Re: [PATCH] hazptrtorture: Fix inverted sleep condition in do_pending kthread
From: Bradley Morgan
Date: Sun Sep 06 2026 - 09:27:38 EST
On 6 September 2026 14:20:59 BST, Bradley Morgan <brads@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>On 6 September 2026 14:09:53 BST, Mathieu Desnoyers
><mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>On 2026-09-05 16:40, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
>>> On Fri, Sep 04, 2026 at 06:28:45PM +0100, Bradley Morgan wrote:
>>[...]
>>> I would not say "no" to a fix for this issue:
>>>
>>>
>>https://lore.kernel.org/all/EE579805-42F2-4C58-B752-F28779EEB717@xxxxxxxxx/
>>
>>I'm not sure this URL actually points to a relevant issue ?
>>
>
>No, that URL is my signature, just in case people
>
>1: add my old email to R-Bs, or SOBs.
>
>2: makes people aware this is me.
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>>>
>>> Once that is in place, I would be happy to put this back into -next.
>>>
>>> At some point, we will need to get rid of the concept of wildcard
>hazard
>>> pointers, as those end up instead emulating RCU, but I don't see that
>>> as an immediate obstacle.
>>
>>I already have the implementation which eliminates the wildcard if we
>>care about this. It was part of a previous hazptr series version.
>>
>>Do you want me to resurrect it on top of the current series ?
>>This depends on:
>>
>>- ptr_eq(),
>>- then use ptr_eq() to compare the loaded pointer (pre mb)
>> with the re-loaded pointer (post-mb).
>>
Sure, I can help write it if you want
>>See:
>https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251218014531.3793471-1-mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx/
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Mathieu
>>
>>
>
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