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<title>linux.git/kernel/rcu/refscale.c, branch v6.19.12</title>
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<title>Merge branch 'rcu/refscale' into next</title>
<updated>2025-11-28T22:30:38+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Frederic Weisbecker</name>
<email>frederic@kernel.org</email>
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<published>2025-11-28T22:30:38+00:00</published>
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Add performance testing for common context synchronizations
(Preemption, IRQ, Softirq) and per-cpu increments. Those are
relevant comparisons against SRCU-fast read side APIs, especially
as they are planned to synchronize further tracing fast-path code.
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Add performance testing for common context synchronizations
(Preemption, IRQ, Softirq) and per-cpu increments. Those are
relevant comparisons against SRCU-fast read side APIs, especially
as they are planned to synchronize further tracing fast-path code.
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<entry>
<title>refscale: Add SRCU-fast-updown readers</title>
<updated>2025-11-28T14:23:17+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@kernel.org</email>
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<published>2025-11-02T22:49:48+00:00</published>
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This commit adds refscale readers based on srcu_read_lock_fast_updown()
and srcu_read_unlock_fast_updown()
("refscale.scale_type=srcu-fast-updown"). On my x86 laptop, these are
about 2.2ns per pair.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers &lt;mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com&gt;
Cc: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior &lt;bigeasy@linutronix.de&gt;
Cc: &lt;bpf@vger.kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker &lt;frederic@kernel.org&gt;
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This commit adds refscale readers based on srcu_read_lock_fast_updown()
and srcu_read_unlock_fast_updown()
("refscale.scale_type=srcu-fast-updown"). On my x86 laptop, these are
about 2.2ns per pair.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers &lt;mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com&gt;
Cc: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior &lt;bigeasy@linutronix.de&gt;
Cc: &lt;bpf@vger.kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker &lt;frederic@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>refscale: Exercise DEFINE_STATIC_SRCU_FAST() and init_srcu_struct_fast()</title>
<updated>2025-11-27T13:22:41+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@kernel.org</email>
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<published>2025-11-02T22:49:41+00:00</published>
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This commit updates the initialization for the "srcu-fast" scale
type to use DEFINE_STATIC_SRCU_FAST() when reader_flavor is equal to
SRCU_READ_FLAVOR_FAST.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers &lt;mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com&gt;
Cc: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior &lt;bigeasy@linutronix.de&gt;
Cc: &lt;bpf@vger.kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker &lt;frederic@kernel.org&gt;
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This commit updates the initialization for the "srcu-fast" scale
type to use DEFINE_STATIC_SRCU_FAST() when reader_flavor is equal to
SRCU_READ_FLAVOR_FAST.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers &lt;mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com&gt;
Cc: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior &lt;bigeasy@linutronix.de&gt;
Cc: &lt;bpf@vger.kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker &lt;frederic@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>refscale: Do not disable interrupts for tests involving local_bh_enable()</title>
<updated>2025-11-07T13:37:17+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@kernel.org</email>
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<published>2025-11-02T22:49:47+00:00</published>
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Some kernel configurations prohibit invoking local_bh_enable() while
interrupts are disabled.  However, refscale disables interrupts to reduce
OS noise during the tests, which results in splats.  This commit therefore
adds an -&gt;enable_irqs flag to the ref_scale_ops structure, and refrains
from disabling interrupts when that flag is set.  This flag is set for
the "bh" and "incpercpubh" scale_type module-parameter values.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker &lt;frederic@kernel.org&gt;
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Some kernel configurations prohibit invoking local_bh_enable() while
interrupts are disabled.  However, refscale disables interrupts to reduce
OS noise during the tests, which results in splats.  This commit therefore
adds an -&gt;enable_irqs flag to the ref_scale_ops structure, and refrains
from disabling interrupts when that flag is set.  This flag is set for
the "bh" and "incpercpubh" scale_type module-parameter values.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker &lt;frederic@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>refscale: Add non-atomic per-CPU increment readers</title>
<updated>2025-11-07T13:37:17+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-11-02T22:49:46+00:00</published>
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This commit adds refscale readers based on READ_ONCE() and WRITE_ONCE()
that are unprotected (can lose counts, "refscale.scale_type=incpercpu"),
preempt-disabled ("refscale.scale_type=incpercpupreempt"),
bh-disabled ("refscale.scale_type=incpercpubh"), and irq-disabled
("refscale.scale_type=incpercpuirqsave").  On my x86 laptop, these are
about 4.3ns, 3.8ns, and 7.3ns per pair, respectively.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker &lt;frederic@kernel.org&gt;
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This commit adds refscale readers based on READ_ONCE() and WRITE_ONCE()
that are unprotected (can lose counts, "refscale.scale_type=incpercpu"),
preempt-disabled ("refscale.scale_type=incpercpupreempt"),
bh-disabled ("refscale.scale_type=incpercpubh"), and irq-disabled
("refscale.scale_type=incpercpuirqsave").  On my x86 laptop, these are
about 4.3ns, 3.8ns, and 7.3ns per pair, respectively.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker &lt;frederic@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>refscale: Add this_cpu_inc() readers</title>
<updated>2025-11-07T13:37:17+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-11-02T22:49:45+00:00</published>
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This commit adds refscale readers based on this_cpu_inc() and
this_cpu_inc() ("refscale.scale_type=percpuinc").  On my x86 laptop,
these are about 4.5ns per pair.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker &lt;frederic@kernel.org&gt;
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This commit adds refscale readers based on this_cpu_inc() and
this_cpu_inc() ("refscale.scale_type=percpuinc").  On my x86 laptop,
these are about 4.5ns per pair.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker &lt;frederic@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>refscale: Add preempt_disable() readers</title>
<updated>2025-11-07T13:37:17+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-11-02T22:49:44+00:00</published>
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This commit adds refscale readers based on preempt_disable() and
preempt_enable() ("refscale.scale_type=preempt").  On my x86 laptop, these
are about 2.8ns.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker &lt;frederic@kernel.org&gt;
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This commit adds refscale readers based on preempt_disable() and
preempt_enable() ("refscale.scale_type=preempt").  On my x86 laptop, these
are about 2.8ns.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker &lt;frederic@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>refscale: Add local_bh_disable() readers</title>
<updated>2025-11-07T13:37:17+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-11-02T22:49:43+00:00</published>
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This commit adds refscale readers based on local_bh_disable() and
local_bh_enable() ("refscale.scale_type=bh").  On my x86 laptop, these
are about 4.9ns.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker &lt;frederic@kernel.org&gt;
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This commit adds refscale readers based on local_bh_disable() and
local_bh_enable() ("refscale.scale_type=bh").  On my x86 laptop, these
are about 4.9ns.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker &lt;frederic@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>refscale: Add local_irq_disable() and local_irq_save() readers</title>
<updated>2025-11-07T13:37:17+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-11-02T22:49:42+00:00</published>
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This commit adds refscale readers based on local_irq_disable() and
local_irq_enable() ("refscale.scale_type=irq") and on local_irq_save()
and local_irq_restore ("refscale.scale_type=irqsave").  On my x86 laptop,
these are about 2.8ns and 7.5ns per enable/disable pair, respectively.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker &lt;frederic@kernel.org&gt;
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This commit adds refscale readers based on local_irq_disable() and
local_irq_enable() ("refscale.scale_type=irq") and on local_irq_save()
and local_irq_restore ("refscale.scale_type=irqsave").  On my x86 laptop,
these are about 2.8ns and 7.5ns per enable/disable pair, respectively.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker &lt;frederic@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>refperf: Set reader_tasks to NULL after kfree()</title>
<updated>2025-09-15T12:20:09+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kaushlendra Kumar</name>
<email>kaushlendra.kumar@intel.com</email>
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<published>2025-09-11T03:18:11+00:00</published>
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Set reader_tasks to NULL after kfree() in ref_scale_cleanup() to
improve debugging experience with kernel debugging tools. This
follows the common pattern of NULLing pointers after freeing to
avoid dangling pointer issues during debugging sessions.

Setting pointers to NULL after freeing helps debugging tools like
kdgb,drgn, and other kernel debuggers by providing clear indication
that the memory has been freed and the pointer is no longer valid.

Suggested-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Kaushlendra Kumar &lt;kaushlendra.kumar@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
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Set reader_tasks to NULL after kfree() in ref_scale_cleanup() to
improve debugging experience with kernel debugging tools. This
follows the common pattern of NULLing pointers after freeing to
avoid dangling pointer issues during debugging sessions.

Setting pointers to NULL after freeing helps debugging tools like
kdgb,drgn, and other kernel debuggers by providing clear indication
that the memory has been freed and the pointer is no longer valid.

Suggested-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Kaushlendra Kumar &lt;kaushlendra.kumar@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
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