Message-Id: <20251102230659.3906740-5-paulmck@kernel.org>
Date: Sun,  2 Nov 2025 15:06:55 -0800
From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
To: rcu@...r.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-team@...a.com,
	rostedt@...dmis.org,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
	Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>,
	Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	bpf@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 5/9] rcu: Add noinstr-fast rcu_read_{,un}lock_tasks_trace() APIs

When expressing RCU Tasks Trace in terms of SRCU-fast, it was
necessary to keep a nesting count and per-CPU srcu_ctr structure
pointer in the task_struct structure, which is slow to access.
But an alternative is to instead make rcu_read_lock_tasks_trace() and
rcu_read_unlock_tasks_trace(), which match the underlying SRCU-fast
semantics, avoiding the task_struct accesses.

When all callers have switched to the new API, the previous
rcu_read_lock_trace() and rcu_read_unlock_trace() APIs will be removed.

The rcu_read_{,un}lock_{,tasks_}trace() functions need to use smp_mb()
only if invoked where RCU is not watching, that is, from locations where
a call to rcu_is_watching() would return false.  In architectures that
define the ARCH_WANTS_NO_INSTR Kconfig option, use of noinstr and friends
ensures that tracing happens only where RCU is watching, so those
architectures can dispense entirely with the read-side calls to smp_mb().

Other architectures include these read-side calls by default, but in many
installations there might be either larger than average tolerance for
risk, prohibition of removing tracing on a running system, or careful
review and approval of removing of tracing.  Such installations can
build their kernels with CONFIG_TASKS_TRACE_RCU_NO_MB=y to avoid those
read-side calls to smp_mb(), thus accepting responsibility for run-time
removal of tracing from code regions that RCU is not watching.

Those wishing to disable read-side memory barriers for an entire
architecture can select this TASKS_TRACE_RCU_NO_MB Kconfig option,
hence the polarity.

[ paulmck: Apply Peter Zijlstra feedback. ]

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
Cc: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: <bpf@...r.kernel.org>
---
 include/linux/rcupdate_trace.h | 65 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 kernel/rcu/Kconfig             | 23 ++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 80 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate_trace.h b/include/linux/rcupdate_trace.h
index 0bd47f12ecd1..f47ba9c07460 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcupdate_trace.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcupdate_trace.h
@@ -34,6 +34,53 @@ static inline int rcu_read_lock_trace_held(void)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_TASKS_TRACE_RCU
 
+/**
+ * rcu_read_lock_tasks_trace - mark beginning of RCU-trace read-side critical section
+ *
+ * When synchronize_rcu_tasks_trace() is invoked by one task, then that
+ * task is guaranteed to block until all other tasks exit their read-side
+ * critical sections.  Similarly, if call_rcu_trace() is invoked on one
+ * task while other tasks are within RCU read-side critical sections,
+ * invocation of the corresponding RCU callback is deferred until after
+ * the all the other tasks exit their critical sections.
+ *
+ * For more details, please see the documentation for
+ * srcu_read_lock_fast().  For a description of how implicit RCU
+ * readers provide the needed ordering for architectures defining the
+ * ARCH_WANTS_NO_INSTR Kconfig option (and thus promising never to trace
+ * code where RCU is not watching), please see the __srcu_read_lock_fast()
+ * (non-kerneldoc) header comment.  Otherwise, the smp_mb() below provided
+ * the needed ordering.
+ */
+static inline struct srcu_ctr __percpu *rcu_read_lock_tasks_trace(void)
+{
+	struct srcu_ctr __percpu *ret = __srcu_read_lock_fast(&rcu_tasks_trace_srcu_struct);
+
+	rcu_try_lock_acquire(&rcu_tasks_trace_srcu_struct.dep_map);
+	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_TASKS_TRACE_RCU_NO_MB))
+		smp_mb(); // Provide ordering on noinstr-incomplete architectures.
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/**
+ * rcu_read_unlock_tasks_trace - mark end of RCU-trace read-side critical section
+ * @scp: return value from corresponding rcu_read_lock_tasks_trace().
+ *
+ * Pairs with the preceding call to rcu_read_lock_tasks_trace() that
+ * returned the value passed in via scp.
+ *
+ * For more details, please see the documentation for rcu_read_unlock().
+ * For memory-ordering information, please see the header comment for the
+ * rcu_read_lock_tasks_trace() function.
+ */
+static inline void rcu_read_unlock_tasks_trace(struct srcu_ctr __percpu *scp)
+{
+	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_TASKS_TRACE_RCU_NO_MB))
+		smp_mb(); // Provide ordering on noinstr-incomplete architectures.
+	__srcu_read_unlock_fast(&rcu_tasks_trace_srcu_struct, scp);
+	srcu_lock_release(&rcu_tasks_trace_srcu_struct.dep_map);
+}
+
 /**
  * rcu_read_lock_trace - mark beginning of RCU-trace read-side critical section
  *
@@ -50,14 +97,15 @@ static inline void rcu_read_lock_trace(void)
 {
 	struct task_struct *t = current;
 
+	rcu_try_lock_acquire(&rcu_tasks_trace_srcu_struct.dep_map);
 	if (t->trc_reader_nesting++) {
 		// In case we interrupted a Tasks Trace RCU reader.
-		rcu_try_lock_acquire(&rcu_tasks_trace_srcu_struct.dep_map);
 		return;
 	}
 	barrier();  // nesting before scp to protect against interrupt handler.
-	t->trc_reader_scp = srcu_read_lock_fast(&rcu_tasks_trace_srcu_struct);
-	smp_mb(); // Placeholder for more selective ordering
+	t->trc_reader_scp = __srcu_read_lock_fast(&rcu_tasks_trace_srcu_struct);
+	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_TASKS_TRACE_RCU_NO_MB))
+		smp_mb(); // Placeholder for more selective ordering
 }
 
 /**
@@ -74,13 +122,14 @@ static inline void rcu_read_unlock_trace(void)
 	struct srcu_ctr __percpu *scp;
 	struct task_struct *t = current;
 
-	smp_mb(); // Placeholder for more selective ordering
 	scp = t->trc_reader_scp;
 	barrier();  // scp before nesting to protect against interrupt handler.
-	if (!--t->trc_reader_nesting)
-		srcu_read_unlock_fast(&rcu_tasks_trace_srcu_struct, scp);
-	else
-		srcu_lock_release(&rcu_tasks_trace_srcu_struct.dep_map);
+	if (!--t->trc_reader_nesting) {
+		if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_TASKS_TRACE_RCU_NO_MB))
+			smp_mb(); // Placeholder for more selective ordering
+		__srcu_read_unlock_fast(&rcu_tasks_trace_srcu_struct, scp);
+	}
+	srcu_lock_release(&rcu_tasks_trace_srcu_struct.dep_map);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/Kconfig b/kernel/rcu/Kconfig
index 73a6cc364628..6a319e292658 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/rcu/Kconfig
@@ -142,6 +142,29 @@ config TASKS_TRACE_RCU
 	default n
 	select IRQ_WORK
 
+config TASKS_TRACE_RCU_NO_MB
+	bool "Override RCU Tasks Trace inclusion of read-side memory barriers"
+	depends on RCU_EXPERT && TASKS_TRACE_RCU
+	default ARCH_WANTS_NO_INSTR
+	help
+	  This option prevents the use of read-side memory barriers in
+	  rcu_read_lock_tasks_trace() and rcu_read_unlock_tasks_trace()
+	  even in kernels built with CONFIG_ARCH_WANTS_NO_INSTR=n, that is,
+	  in kernels that do not have noinstr set up in entry/exit code.
+	  By setting this option, you are promising to carefully review
+	  use of ftrace, BPF, and friends to ensure that no tracing
+	  operation is attached to a function that runs in that portion
+	  of the entry/exit code that RCU does not watch, that is,
+	  where rcu_is_watching() returns false.  Alternatively, you
+	  might choose to never remove traces except by rebooting.
+
+	  Those wishing to disable read-side memory barriers for an entire
+	  architecture can select this Kconfig option, hence the polarity.
+
+	  Say Y here if you need speed and will review use of tracing.
+	  Say N here for certain esoteric testing of RCU itself.
+	  Take the default if you are unsure.
+
 config RCU_STALL_COMMON
 	def_bool TREE_RCU
 	help
-- 
2.40.1

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