[PATCH RFC v2 11/24] hazptrtorture: Defer release of hazard pointers

From: Paul E. McKenney

Date: Wed Jul 15 2026 - 20:18:39 EST


This commit creates the defer_modulus module parameter, so that the
releases of one out of defer_modulus hazard-pointer acquisitions will
be deferred. This parameter defaults to -1, which results in a value
of 1000*nr_cpu_ids to be used.

This parameter must be zero for hazptr_torture runs that set
cur_ops->onstack_ctx, because otherwise we would get on-stack data races.
It must also be zero when the kthread_do_pending_ms module parameter
is zero. Setting the defer_modulus module parameter to a value less
than -1 will result in disabling hazard-pointer deferral.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/rcu/hazptrtorture.c | 87 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
1 file changed, 58 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/hazptrtorture.c b/kernel/rcu/hazptrtorture.c
index de2b4e45d9599a..8b1315e2d1d1a6 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/hazptrtorture.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/hazptrtorture.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Hazard-pointer module-based torture test facility");
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
MODULE_AUTHOR("Paul E. McKenney <paulmckrcu@xxxxxxxx>");

+torture_param(int, defer_modulus, -1, "Defer once per specified # of hazptr ops, zero to disable");
torture_param(int, kthread_do_pending_ms, -1,
"Delay between cleanups for deferred hazard pointers (ms), zero to disable");
torture_param(int, nreaders, -1, "Number of hazard-pointer reader threads");
@@ -187,7 +188,7 @@ hazptr_torture_pipe_update(struct hazptr_torture *old_rp)
struct hazptr_torture_ops {
void (*init)(void);
void (*cleanup)(void);
- struct hazptr_torture *((*readlock)(struct hazptr_ctx **hcpp));
+ struct hazptr_torture *((*readlock)(struct hazptr_ctx *hcpp));
void (*read_delay)(struct torture_random_state *rrsp);
void (*readunlock)(struct hazptr_ctx *hcp, struct hazptr_torture *htp);
void (*sync)(void *htp);
@@ -203,14 +204,12 @@ static struct hazptr_torture_ops *cur_ops;
* structures.
*/

-static struct hazptr_torture *hazptr_torture_read_lock(struct hazptr_ctx **hcpp)
+static struct hazptr_torture *hazptr_torture_read_lock(struct hazptr_ctx *hcpp)
{
- struct hazptr_ctx *hcp = kmalloc(sizeof(*hcp), GFP_KERNEL);
+ struct hazptr_torture *htp;

- *hcpp = hcp;
- if (!hcp)
- return NULL;
- return (struct hazptr_torture *)hazptr_acquire(hcp, (void *)&hazptr_torture_current);
+ htp = (struct hazptr_torture *)hazptr_acquire(hcpp, (void *)&hazptr_torture_current);
+ return htp;
}

static void hazptr_read_delay(struct torture_random_state *rrsp)
@@ -241,8 +240,6 @@ static void hazptr_torture_read_unlock(struct hazptr_ctx *hcp, struct hazptr_tor
{
if (hcp) {
hazptr_release(hcp, htp);
- if (cur_ops->onstack_ctx)
- kfree(hcp);
}
}

@@ -266,17 +263,9 @@ static struct hazptr_torture_ops hazptr_ops = {
* hazptr_ctx structures.
*/

-static struct hazptr_torture *hazptr_torture_read_lock_stack(struct hazptr_ctx **hcpp)
-{
- struct hazptr_torture *htp;
-
- htp = (struct hazptr_torture *)hazptr_acquire(*hcpp, (void *)&hazptr_torture_current);
- return htp;
-}
-
static struct hazptr_torture_ops hazptr_stack_ops = {
.init = hazptr_sync_torture_init,
- .readlock = hazptr_torture_read_lock_stack,
+ .readlock = hazptr_torture_read_lock,
.read_delay = hazptr_read_delay,
.readunlock = hazptr_torture_read_unlock,
.sync = hazptr_synchronize,
@@ -387,6 +376,20 @@ static void hazptr_torture_reader_tail(struct hazptr_ctx *hcp, struct hazptr_tor
cur_ops->readunlock(hcp, htp);
}

+/*
+ * Defer the specified hazard pointer to some other context.
+ */
+static void hazptr_torture_defer(struct hazptr_pending *hppp, struct torture_random_state *trsp)
+{
+ int cpu = torture_random(trsp) % nr_cpu_ids;
+ struct llist_head *llhp;
+
+ guard(preempt)();
+ cpu = cpumask_next_wrap(cpu, cpu_online_mask);
+ llhp = per_cpu_ptr(&hazptr_pending, cpu);
+ llist_add(&hppp->hpp_node, llhp);
+}
+
/*
* Hazard-pointer torture reader kthread. Repeatedly dereferences
* hazptr_torture_current, incrementing the corresponding element of the
@@ -395,9 +398,9 @@ static void hazptr_torture_reader_tail(struct hazptr_ctx *hcp, struct hazptr_tor
*/
static int hazptr_torture_reader(void *arg)
{
- struct hazptr_ctx hc;
- struct hazptr_ctx *hcp = &hc;
- struct hazptr_torture *htp;
+ bool can_defer = !cur_ops->onstack_ctx && kthread_do_pending_ms && defer_modulus;
+ struct hazptr_pending hpp;
+ struct hazptr_pending *hppp = cur_ops->onstack_ctx ? &hpp : NULL;
unsigned long lastsleep = jiffies;
long myid = (long)arg;
int mynumonline = myid % nr_cpu_ids;
@@ -406,10 +409,17 @@ static int hazptr_torture_reader(void *arg)
VERBOSE_TOROUT_STRING("hazptr_torture_reader task started");
set_user_nice(current, MAX_NICE);
do {
- htp = cur_ops->readlock(&hcp);
- if (!htp) {
- // Still starting up or allocation failure,
- // so get out of the way.
+ if (!hppp) {
+ hppp = kmalloc_obj(*hppp, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!hppp) {
+ // Allocation failure, so get out of the way.
+ schedule_timeout_interruptible(HZ / 10);
+ continue;
+ }
+ }
+ hppp->hpp_htp = cur_ops->readlock(&hppp->hpp_hc);
+ if (!hppp->hpp_htp) {
+ // Still starting up, so get out of the way.
schedule_timeout_interruptible(HZ / 10);
continue;
}
@@ -417,7 +427,12 @@ static int hazptr_torture_reader(void *arg)
torture_hrtimeout_us(500, 1000, &rand);
lastsleep = jiffies + 10;
}
- hazptr_torture_reader_tail(hcp, htp, &rand);
+ if (can_defer && !(torture_random(&rand) % defer_modulus)) {
+ hazptr_torture_defer(hppp, &rand);
+ hppp = NULL;
+ } else {
+ hazptr_torture_reader_tail(&hppp->hpp_hc, hppp->hpp_htp, &rand);
+ }
while (!torture_must_stop() &&
(torture_num_online_cpus() < mynumonline || !rcu_inkernel_boot_has_ended()))
schedule_timeout_interruptible(HZ / 5);
@@ -478,7 +493,10 @@ static int hazptr_torture_do_pending(void *arg)
static int hazptr_torture_do_pending_init(void)
{
if (kthread_do_pending_ms == -1)
- kthread_do_pending_ms = cur_ops->onstack_ctx ? 0 : 3;
+ kthread_do_pending_ms = (cur_ops->onstack_ctx || defer_modulus == 0) ? 0 : 3;
+ if (defer_modulus == -1)
+ defer_modulus = (cur_ops->onstack_ctx ||
+ kthread_do_pending_ms == 0) ? 0 : 1000 * nr_cpu_ids;
if (kthread_do_pending_ms < 0) {
pr_alert("Cannot have negative kthread_do_pending_ms, disabling deferral.\n");
goto err_out;
@@ -487,6 +505,16 @@ static int hazptr_torture_do_pending_init(void)
pr_alert("Cannot defer onstack hazptr_ctx, disabling deferral.\n");
goto err_out;
}
+ if (defer_modulus < 0) {
+ pr_alert("Cannot have negative defer_modulus (%d), disabling deferral.\n",
+ defer_modulus);
+ goto err_out;
+ }
+ if (!kthread_do_pending_ms != !defer_modulus) {
+ pr_alert("Pending kthread (%d) & deferral (%d) don't match, disabling deferral.\n",
+ kthread_do_pending_ms, defer_modulus);
+ goto err_out;
+ }
if (!kthread_do_pending_ms)
return 0;
return torture_create_kthread(hazptr_torture_do_pending, NULL, do_pending_task);
@@ -494,6 +522,7 @@ static int hazptr_torture_do_pending_init(void)
err_out:
WARN_ON(IS_BUILTIN(CONFIG_HAZPTR_TORTURE_TEST));
kthread_do_pending_ms = 0;
+ defer_modulus = 0;
return 0;
}

@@ -606,14 +635,14 @@ hazptr_torture_print_module_parms(struct hazptr_torture_ops *cur_ops, const char
{
pr_alert("%s" TORTURE_FLAG
"--- %s: nreaders=%d "
- "kthread_do_pending_ms=%d "
+ "defer_modulus=%d kthread_do_pending_ms=%d "
"onoff_interval=%d onoff_holdoff=%d "
"preempt_duration=%d preempt_interval=%d "
"reader_sleep_us=%d "
"shuffle_interval=%d shutdown_secs=%d stat_interval=%d stutter=%d "
"verbose=%d\n",
torture_type, tag, nrealreaders,
- kthread_do_pending_ms,
+ defer_modulus, kthread_do_pending_ms,
onoff_interval, onoff_holdoff,
preempt_duration, preempt_interval,
reader_sleep_us,
--
2.40.1