[PATCH RFC v2 11/15] Documentation/litmus-tests: add hazptr acquire-before-scan test

From: Kunwu Chan

Date: Fri Oct 02 2026 - 13:13:02 EST


Add an LKMM test for the hazard-pointer publication protocol used
by the lockdep conversion.

The test checks that a scan cannot miss a hazard-pointer
publication while the reader still observes the pre-unpublish
pointer. The smp_mb() pair provides the required ordering.

This covers the resolved-publication case. The in-flight wildcard
window of the wildcard-flip scan is covered by
hazptr-wildcard-flip-escape.litmus.

Verified with herd7: Never 0 3.

Signed-off-by: Kunwu Chan <kunwu.chan@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/litmus-tests/README | 13 ++++++
.../hazptr/hazptr-acquire-before-scan.litmus | 45 +++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 58 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 Documentation/litmus-tests/hazptr/hazptr-acquire-before-scan.litmus

diff --git a/Documentation/litmus-tests/README b/Documentation/litmus-tests/README
index 4d4ec9c6f2cc..c2bf20fa4092 100644
--- a/Documentation/litmus-tests/README
+++ b/Documentation/litmus-tests/README
@@ -97,3 +97,16 @@ SRCU-fastpath-scan-before-anchor.litmus
period, violating the SRCU grace-period guarantee. See
SRCU-fastpath-anchor-before-scan.litmus for the opposite
ordering.
+
+
+hazptr (/hazptr directory)
+--------------------------
+
+hazptr-acquire-before-scan.litmus
+ Test the resolved-publication ordering between hazard-pointer
+ publication and the scan.
+
+hazptr-wildcard-flip-escape.litmus
+ Test the in-flight wildcard window of the single-pass wildcard-flip
+ scan: a straggling acquire that published the old wildcard after
+ the final walk cannot still load the unpublished object.
diff --git a/Documentation/litmus-tests/hazptr/hazptr-acquire-before-scan.litmus b/Documentation/litmus-tests/hazptr/hazptr-acquire-before-scan.litmus
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6dc13830c07c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/litmus-tests/hazptr/hazptr-acquire-before-scan.litmus
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+C hazptr-acquire-before-scan
+
+(*
+ * Result: Never
+ *
+ * The reclaimer unpublishes the pointer, executes smp_mb(), then
+ * scans the hazard-pointer slot. The reader publishes the
+ * protected address, executes smp_mb(), then loads the pointer.
+ *
+ * The smp_mb() pair forbids the reclaimer from missing the
+ * publication while the reader still observes the pre-unpublish
+ * pointer.
+ *
+ * This is the publication protocol used by the lockdep
+ * is_dynamic_key()/lockdep_unregister_key() conversion.
+ *
+ * This models the resolved-publication case. The in-flight
+ * wildcard window of the wildcard-flip scan is covered by
+ * hazptr-wildcard-flip-escape.litmus.
+ *)
+
+{
+int ptr = 1;
+int hp = 0;
+}
+
+P0(int *ptr, int *hp)
+{
+ int r0;
+
+ WRITE_ONCE(*ptr, 0); /* Unpublish. */
+ smp_mb();
+ r0 = READ_ONCE(*hp); /* Scan. */
+}
+
+P1(int *ptr, int *hp)
+{
+ int r0;
+
+ WRITE_ONCE(*hp, 1); /* Publish. */
+ smp_mb();
+ r0 = READ_ONCE(*ptr); /* Load pointer. */
+}
+
+exists (0:r0=0 /\ 1:r0=1)
--
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