[PATCH 2/2] rust: kcsan: add KUnit test for data race detection

From: Marco Elver

Date: Mon Oct 12 2026 - 09:52:59 EST


Add a minimal KUnit test that checks that KCSAN detects data races in
Rust code: two threads concurrently increment a shared counter without
synchronization, and a probe on the console tracepoint waits for the
KCSAN report (similar to kcsan_test.c):

| BUG: KCSAN: data-race in _RNvNtNtCskctMpSfuwL9_6kernel10kcsan_test5tests8racy_inc / _RNvNtNtCskctMpSfuwL9_6kernel10kcsan_test5tests8racy_inc
|
| read-write to 0xffffffffb751ae28 of 8 bytes by task 116 on cpu 5:
| _RNvNtNtCskctMpSfuwL9_6kernel10kcsan_test5tests8racy_inc+0x1c/0x30
| _RNvNtNtCskctMpSfuwL9_6kernel10kcsan_test5tests28kunit_rust_wrapper_data_race+0x28c/0x850
| kunit_try_run_case+0xdf/0x2a0
| kunit_generic_run_threadfn_adapter+0x48/0x80
| kthread+0x234/0x280
| ret_from_fork+0xf8/0x280
| ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
|
| read-write to 0xffffffffb751ae28 of 8 bytes by task 12 on cpu 3:
| _RNvNtNtCskctMpSfuwL9_6kernel10kcsan_test5tests8racy_inc+0x1c/0x30
| _RNvXsb_NtCskctMpSfuwL9_6kernel9workqueueINtNtCs1G77UTwpz6o_4core3pin3PinINtNtNtB7_5alloc4kbox3BoxINtB5_11ClosureWorkNCNvNtNtB7_10kcsan_test5tests9data_races_0ENtNtB1d_9allocator7KmallocEEINtB5_15WorkItemPointerKy0_E3runB7_+0x55/0x120
| process_scheduled_works+0x4cd/0x970
| worker_thread+0x4de/0x6e0
| kthread+0x234/0x280
| ret_from_fork+0xf8/0x280
| ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
|
| value changed: 0x000000000000022b -> 0x00000000000005a2
| [...]

The test is intentionally kept minimal; comprehensive tests of KCSAN's
runtime behaviour are in kernel/kcsan/kcsan_test.c.

Assisted-by: Antigravity
Signed-off-by: Marco Elver <elver@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
MAINTAINERS | 1 +
rust/bindings/bindings_helper.h | 1 +
rust/kernel/Kconfig.test | 11 +++
rust/kernel/kcsan_test.rs | 120 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
rust/kernel/lib.rs | 2 +
5 files changed, 135 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 rust/kernel/kcsan_test.rs

diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index cc3cae2e378b..3fbbfbb31f5d 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -14089,6 +14089,7 @@ F: Documentation/dev-tools/kcsan.rst
F: include/linux/kcsan*.h
F: kernel/kcsan/
F: lib/Kconfig.kcsan
+F: rust/kernel/kcsan_test.rs
F: scripts/Makefile.kcsan

KDUMP
diff --git a/rust/bindings/bindings_helper.h b/rust/bindings/bindings_helper.h
index 4b31aa7f432f..b06d5142d6e1 100644
--- a/rust/bindings/bindings_helper.h
+++ b/rust/bindings/bindings_helper.h
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@
#include <linux/xarray.h>
#include <net/genetlink.h>
#include <net/netlink.h>
+#include <trace/events/printk.h>
#include <trace/events/rust_sample.h>

/*
diff --git a/rust/kernel/Kconfig.test b/rust/kernel/Kconfig.test
index e6a5c7a795f0..caf98a23de76 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/Kconfig.test
+++ b/rust/kernel/Kconfig.test
@@ -83,4 +83,15 @@ config RUST_BITFIELD_KUNIT_TEST

If unsure, say N.

+config RUST_KCSAN_KUNIT_TEST
+ bool "KUnit test for KCSAN instrumentation of Rust code" if !KUNIT_ALL_TESTS
+ depends on KCSAN && HAVE_KCSAN_RUSTC && TRACEPOINTS
+ default KUNIT_ALL_TESTS
+ help
+ This option enables a KUnit test checking that KCSAN detects data
+ races in Rust code. The test needs at least 2 CPUs to reliably
+ observe a data race.
+
+ If unsure, say N.
+
endif
diff --git a/rust/kernel/kcsan_test.rs b/rust/kernel/kcsan_test.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5ddc9090cd6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/kernel/kcsan_test.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+//! KUnit test checking that KCSAN detects data races in Rust code.
+
+#[macros::kunit_tests(rust_kcsan)]
+mod tests {
+ use crate::{
+ bindings,
+ error::to_result,
+ ffi::{c_char, c_void},
+ prelude::*,
+ sync::{
+ atomic::{Atomic, Relaxed},
+ Arc, Completion,
+ },
+ time::{Delta, Instant, Monotonic},
+ types::ScopeGuard,
+ workqueue,
+ };
+ use core::{cell::UnsafeCell, ptr, slice};
+
+ struct Racy(UnsafeCell<u64>);
+
+ // SAFETY: Not actually safe: unsynchronized concurrent access is the point of this test.
+ unsafe impl Sync for Racy {}
+
+ static RACY: Racy = Racy(UnsafeCell::new(0));
+
+ /// Set by [`probe_console`] once KCSAN reported a data race in [`racy_inc`].
+ static OBSERVED: Atomic<bool> = Atomic::new(false);
+
+ #[inline(never)]
+ fn racy_inc() {
+ let p = RACY.0.get();
+ // SAFETY: `p` is valid; the data race is intentional. `wrapping_add()` keeps the load and
+ // store in one basic block, so that the access is instrumented as a compound access (plain
+ // writes may be assumed atomic with `CONFIG_KCSAN_ASSUME_PLAIN_WRITES_ATOMIC=y`).
+ unsafe { *p = (*p).wrapping_add(1); }
+ }
+
+ fn contains(haystack: &[u8], needle: &[u8]) -> bool {
+ haystack.windows(needle.len()).any(|w| w == needle)
+ }
+
+ /// Probe for the `console` tracepoint.
+ ///
+ /// # Safety
+ ///
+ /// `buf` must be non-null and valid for reads of `len` bytes.
+ unsafe extern "C" fn probe_console(_data: *mut c_void, buf: *const c_char, len: usize) {
+ // SAFETY: By the safety requirements of this function.
+ let line = unsafe { slice::from_raw_parts(buf.cast::<u8>(), len) };
+
+ if contains(line, b"BUG: KCSAN: data-race in ") && contains(line, b"racy_inc") {
+ OBSERVED.store(true, Relaxed);
+ }
+ }
+
+ #[pin_data]
+ struct Ctx {
+ stop: Atomic<bool>,
+ #[pin]
+ done: Completion,
+ }
+
+ #[test]
+ fn data_race() -> Result {
+ // Do not pass on a report from a previous run of this suite.
+ OBSERVED.store(false, Relaxed);
+
+ let ctx = Arc::pin_init(
+ pin_init!(Ctx {
+ stop: Atomic::new(false),
+ done <- Completion::new(),
+ }),
+ GFP_KERNEL,
+ )?;
+
+ // SAFETY: `probe_console` has the signature expected by the `console` tracepoint. Being
+ // part of the kernel image, it and `OBSERVED` outlive the registration, so there is no
+ // need to synchronize with in-flight probes after unregistering.
+ to_result(unsafe {
+ bindings::tracepoint_probe_register(
+ &raw mut bindings::__tracepoint_console,
+ probe_console as *mut c_void,
+ ptr::null_mut(),
+ )
+ })?;
+ let _unregister = ScopeGuard::new(|| {
+ // SAFETY: The probe was registered above.
+ unsafe {
+ bindings::tracepoint_probe_unregister(
+ &raw mut bindings::__tracepoint_console,
+ probe_console as *mut c_void,
+ ptr::null_mut(),
+ );
+ }
+ });
+
+ let worker = ctx.clone();
+ workqueue::system_unbound().try_spawn(GFP_KERNEL, move || {
+ while !worker.stop.load(Relaxed) {
+ racy_inc();
+ }
+ worker.done.complete_all();
+ })?;
+
+ let start = Instant::<Monotonic>::now();
+ while !OBSERVED.load(Relaxed) && start.elapsed() < Delta::from_secs(10) {
+ racy_inc();
+ }
+
+ ctx.stop.store(true, Relaxed);
+ ctx.done.wait_for_completion();
+ drop(_unregister);
+
+ assert!(OBSERVED.load(Relaxed));
+ Ok(())
+ }
+}
diff --git a/rust/kernel/lib.rs b/rust/kernel/lib.rs
index 4d5c96ddc49c..009efda9e7a4 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/lib.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/lib.rs
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@
pub mod iov;
pub mod irq;
pub mod jump_label;
+#[cfg(CONFIG_RUST_KCSAN_KUNIT_TEST)]
+mod kcsan_test;
#[cfg(CONFIG_KUNIT)]
pub mod kunit;
pub mod list;
--
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