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<title>rcu: Dump memory object info if callback function is invalid</title>
<updated>2024-08-29T15:33:23+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Zhen Lei</name>
<email>thunder.leizhen@huawei.com</email>
</author>
<published>2023-08-05T03:17:26+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 2cbc482d325ee58001472c4359b311958c4efdd1 ]

When a structure containing an RCU callback rhp is (incorrectly) freed
and reallocated after rhp is passed to call_rcu(), it is not unusual for
rhp-&gt;func to be set to NULL. This defeats the debugging prints used by
__call_rcu_common() in kernels built with CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_RCU_HEAD=y,
which expect to identify the offending code using the identity of this
function.

And in kernels build without CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_RCU_HEAD=y, things
are even worse, as can be seen from this splat:

Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0
... ...
PC is at 0x0
LR is at rcu_do_batch+0x1c0/0x3b8
... ...
 (rcu_do_batch) from (rcu_core+0x1d4/0x284)
 (rcu_core) from (__do_softirq+0x24c/0x344)
 (__do_softirq) from (__irq_exit_rcu+0x64/0x108)
 (__irq_exit_rcu) from (irq_exit+0x8/0x10)
 (irq_exit) from (__handle_domain_irq+0x74/0x9c)
 (__handle_domain_irq) from (gic_handle_irq+0x8c/0x98)
 (gic_handle_irq) from (__irq_svc+0x5c/0x94)
 (__irq_svc) from (arch_cpu_idle+0x20/0x3c)
 (arch_cpu_idle) from (default_idle_call+0x4c/0x78)
 (default_idle_call) from (do_idle+0xf8/0x150)
 (do_idle) from (cpu_startup_entry+0x18/0x20)
 (cpu_startup_entry) from (0xc01530)

This commit therefore adds calls to mem_dump_obj(rhp) to output some
information, for example:

  slab kmalloc-256 start ffff410c45019900 pointer offset 0 size 256

This provides the rough size of the memory block and the offset of the
rcu_head structure, which as least provides at least a few clues to help
locate the problem. If the problem is reproducible, additional slab
debugging can be enabled, for example, CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB=y, which can
provide significantly more information.

Signed-off-by: Zhen Lei &lt;thunder.leizhen@huawei.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker &lt;frederic@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 2cbc482d325ee58001472c4359b311958c4efdd1 ]

When a structure containing an RCU callback rhp is (incorrectly) freed
and reallocated after rhp is passed to call_rcu(), it is not unusual for
rhp-&gt;func to be set to NULL. This defeats the debugging prints used by
__call_rcu_common() in kernels built with CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_RCU_HEAD=y,
which expect to identify the offending code using the identity of this
function.

And in kernels build without CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_RCU_HEAD=y, things
are even worse, as can be seen from this splat:

Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0
... ...
PC is at 0x0
LR is at rcu_do_batch+0x1c0/0x3b8
... ...
 (rcu_do_batch) from (rcu_core+0x1d4/0x284)
 (rcu_core) from (__do_softirq+0x24c/0x344)
 (__do_softirq) from (__irq_exit_rcu+0x64/0x108)
 (__irq_exit_rcu) from (irq_exit+0x8/0x10)
 (irq_exit) from (__handle_domain_irq+0x74/0x9c)
 (__handle_domain_irq) from (gic_handle_irq+0x8c/0x98)
 (gic_handle_irq) from (__irq_svc+0x5c/0x94)
 (__irq_svc) from (arch_cpu_idle+0x20/0x3c)
 (arch_cpu_idle) from (default_idle_call+0x4c/0x78)
 (default_idle_call) from (do_idle+0xf8/0x150)
 (do_idle) from (cpu_startup_entry+0x18/0x20)
 (cpu_startup_entry) from (0xc01530)

This commit therefore adds calls to mem_dump_obj(rhp) to output some
information, for example:

  slab kmalloc-256 start ffff410c45019900 pointer offset 0 size 256

This provides the rough size of the memory block and the offset of the
rcu_head structure, which as least provides at least a few clues to help
locate the problem. If the problem is reproducible, additional slab
debugging can be enabled, for example, CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB=y, which can
provide significantly more information.

Signed-off-by: Zhen Lei &lt;thunder.leizhen@huawei.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker &lt;frederic@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>rcu: Refactor kvfree_call_rcu() and high-level helpers</title>
<updated>2023-01-04T01:48:40+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Uladzislau Rezki (Sony)</name>
<email>urezki@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2022-10-25T14:46:12+00:00</published>
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Currently a kvfree_call_rcu() takes an offset within a structure as
a second parameter, so a helper such as a kvfree_rcu_arg_2() has to
convert rcu_head and a freed ptr to an offset in order to pass it. That
leads to an extra conversion on macro entry.

Instead of converting, refactor the code in way that a pointer that has
to be freed is passed directly to the kvfree_call_rcu().

This patch does not make any functional change and is transparent to
all kvfree_rcu() users.

Signed-off-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) &lt;urezki@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
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Currently a kvfree_call_rcu() takes an offset within a structure as
a second parameter, so a helper such as a kvfree_rcu_arg_2() has to
convert rcu_head and a freed ptr to an offset in order to pass it. That
leads to an extra conversion on macro entry.

Instead of converting, refactor the code in way that a pointer that has
to be freed is passed directly to the kvfree_call_rcu().

This patch does not make any functional change and is transparent to
all kvfree_rcu() users.

Signed-off-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) &lt;urezki@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>rcu: Make call_rcu() lazy to save power</title>
<updated>2022-11-29T22:02:23+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Joel Fernandes (Google)</name>
<email>joel@joelfernandes.org</email>
</author>
<published>2022-10-16T16:22:54+00:00</published>
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Implement timer-based RCU callback batching (also known as lazy
callbacks). With this we save about 5-10% of power consumed due
to RCU requests that happen when system is lightly loaded or idle.

By default, all async callbacks (queued via call_rcu) are marked
lazy. An alternate API call_rcu_hurry() is provided for the few users,
for example synchronize_rcu(), that need the old behavior.

The batch is flushed whenever a certain amount of time has passed, or
the batch on a particular CPU grows too big. Also memory pressure will
flush it in a future patch.

To handle several corner cases automagically (such as rcu_barrier() and
hotplug), we re-use bypass lists which were originally introduced to
address lock contention, to handle lazy CBs as well. The bypass list
length has the lazy CB length included in it. A separate lazy CB length
counter is also introduced to keep track of the number of lazy CBs.

[ paulmck: Fix formatting of inline call_rcu_lazy() definition. ]
[ paulmck: Apply Zqiang feedback. ]
[ paulmck: Apply s/call_rcu_flush/call_rcu_hurry/ feedback from Tejun Heo. ]

Suggested-by: Paul McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Frederic Weisbecker &lt;frederic@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) &lt;joel@joelfernandes.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
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Implement timer-based RCU callback batching (also known as lazy
callbacks). With this we save about 5-10% of power consumed due
to RCU requests that happen when system is lightly loaded or idle.

By default, all async callbacks (queued via call_rcu) are marked
lazy. An alternate API call_rcu_hurry() is provided for the few users,
for example synchronize_rcu(), that need the old behavior.

The batch is flushed whenever a certain amount of time has passed, or
the batch on a particular CPU grows too big. Also memory pressure will
flush it in a future patch.

To handle several corner cases automagically (such as rcu_barrier() and
hotplug), we re-use bypass lists which were originally introduced to
address lock contention, to handle lazy CBs as well. The bypass list
length has the lazy CB length included in it. A separate lazy CB length
counter is also introduced to keep track of the number of lazy CBs.

[ paulmck: Fix formatting of inline call_rcu_lazy() definition. ]
[ paulmck: Apply Zqiang feedback. ]
[ paulmck: Apply s/call_rcu_flush/call_rcu_hurry/ feedback from Tejun Heo. ]

Suggested-by: Paul McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Frederic Weisbecker &lt;frederic@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) &lt;joel@joelfernandes.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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<entry>
<title>Merge branches 'doc.2022.08.31b', 'fixes.2022.08.31b', 'kvfree.2022.08.31b', 'nocb.2022.09.01a', 'poll.2022.08.31b', 'poll-srcu.2022.08.31b' and 'tasks.2022.08.31b' into HEAD</title>
<updated>2022-09-01T17:55:57+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2022-09-01T17:55:57+00:00</published>
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doc.2022.08.31b: Documentation updates
fixes.2022.08.31b: Miscellaneous fixes
kvfree.2022.08.31b: kvfree_rcu() updates
nocb.2022.09.01a: NOCB CPU updates
poll.2022.08.31b: Full-oldstate RCU polling grace-period API
poll-srcu.2022.08.31b: Polled SRCU grace-period updates
tasks.2022.08.31b: Tasks RCU updates
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doc.2022.08.31b: Documentation updates
fixes.2022.08.31b: Miscellaneous fixes
kvfree.2022.08.31b: kvfree_rcu() updates
nocb.2022.09.01a: NOCB CPU updates
poll.2022.08.31b: Full-oldstate RCU polling grace-period API
poll-srcu.2022.08.31b: Polled SRCU grace-period updates
tasks.2022.08.31b: Tasks RCU updates
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>rcu: Add full-sized polling for get_completed*() and poll_state*()</title>
<updated>2022-08-31T12:08:07+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2022-07-28T22:37:05+00:00</published>
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The get_completed_synchronize_rcu() and poll_state_synchronize_rcu()
APIs compress the combined expedited and normal grace-period states into a
single unsigned long, which conserves storage, but can miss grace periods
in certain cases involving overlapping normal and expedited grace periods.
Missing the occasional grace period is usually not a problem, but there
are use cases that care about each and every grace period.

This commit therefore adds the first members of the full-state RCU
grace-period polling API, namely the get_completed_synchronize_rcu_full()
and poll_state_synchronize_rcu_full() functions.  These use up to three
times the storage (rcu_gp_oldstate structure instead of unsigned long),
but which are guaranteed not to miss grace periods, at least in situations
where the single-CPU grace-period optimization does not apply.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
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The get_completed_synchronize_rcu() and poll_state_synchronize_rcu()
APIs compress the combined expedited and normal grace-period states into a
single unsigned long, which conserves storage, but can miss grace periods
in certain cases involving overlapping normal and expedited grace periods.
Missing the occasional grace period is usually not a problem, but there
are use cases that care about each and every grace period.

This commit therefore adds the first members of the full-state RCU
grace-period polling API, namely the get_completed_synchronize_rcu_full()
and poll_state_synchronize_rcu_full() functions.  These use up to three
times the storage (rcu_gp_oldstate structure instead of unsigned long),
but which are guaranteed not to miss grace periods, at least in situations
where the single-CPU grace-period optimization does not apply.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>rcu: Make tiny RCU support leak callbacks for debug-object errors</title>
<updated>2022-08-31T12:03:14+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Zqiang</name>
<email>qiang1.zhang@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2022-07-01T02:44:04+00:00</published>
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Currently, only Tree RCU leaks callbacks setting when it detects a
duplicate call_rcu().  This commit causes Tiny RCU to also leak
callbacks in this situation.

Because this is Tiny RCU, kernel size is important:

1. CONFIG_TINY_RCU=y and CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_RCU_HEAD=n
   (Production kernel)

    Original:
    text      data      bss       dec       hex     filename
    26290663  20159823  15212544  61663030  3ace736 vmlinux

    With this commit:
    text      data      bss       dec       hex     filename
    26290663  20159823  15212544  61663030  3ace736 vmlinux

2. CONFIG_TINY_RCU=y and CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_RCU_HEAD=y
   (Debugging kernel)

    Original:
    text      data      bss       dec       hex     filename
    26291319  20160143  15212544  61664006  3aceb06 vmlinux

    With this commit:
    text      data      bss       dec       hex     filename
    26291319  20160431  15212544  61664294  3acec26 vmlinux

These results show that the kernel size is unchanged for production
kernels, as desired.

Signed-off-by: Zqiang &lt;qiang1.zhang@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
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Currently, only Tree RCU leaks callbacks setting when it detects a
duplicate call_rcu().  This commit causes Tiny RCU to also leak
callbacks in this situation.

Because this is Tiny RCU, kernel size is important:

1. CONFIG_TINY_RCU=y and CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_RCU_HEAD=n
   (Production kernel)

    Original:
    text      data      bss       dec       hex     filename
    26290663  20159823  15212544  61663030  3ace736 vmlinux

    With this commit:
    text      data      bss       dec       hex     filename
    26290663  20159823  15212544  61663030  3ace736 vmlinux

2. CONFIG_TINY_RCU=y and CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_RCU_HEAD=y
   (Debugging kernel)

    Original:
    text      data      bss       dec       hex     filename
    26291319  20160143  15212544  61664006  3aceb06 vmlinux

    With this commit:
    text      data      bss       dec       hex     filename
    26291319  20160431  15212544  61664294  3acec26 vmlinux

These results show that the kernel size is unchanged for production
kernels, as desired.

Signed-off-by: Zqiang &lt;qiang1.zhang@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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<entry>
<title>Merge branches 'doc.2022.06.21a', 'fixes.2022.07.19a', 'nocb.2022.07.19a', 'poll.2022.07.21a', 'rcu-tasks.2022.06.21a' and 'torture.2022.06.21a' into HEAD</title>
<updated>2022-07-22T00:43:16+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2022-07-22T00:43:16+00:00</published>
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doc.2022.06.21a: Documentation updates.
fixes.2022.07.19a: Miscellaneous fixes.
nocb.2022.07.19a: Callback-offload updates.
poll.2022.07.21a: Polled grace-period updates.
rcu-tasks.2022.06.21a: Tasks RCU updates.
torture.2022.06.21a: Torture-test updates.
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doc.2022.06.21a: Documentation updates.
fixes.2022.07.19a: Miscellaneous fixes.
nocb.2022.07.19a: Callback-offload updates.
poll.2022.07.21a: Polled grace-period updates.
rcu-tasks.2022.06.21a: Tasks RCU updates.
torture.2022.06.21a: Torture-test updates.
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>rcu: Make Tiny RCU grace periods visible to polled APIs</title>
<updated>2022-07-22T00:41:56+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2022-04-14T18:49:58+00:00</published>
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This commit makes the Tiny RCU implementation of synchronize_rcu()
increment the rcu_ctrlblk.gp_seq counter, thus making both
synchronize_rcu() and synchronize_rcu_expedited() visible to
get_state_synchronize_rcu() and friends.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220121142454.1994916-1-bfoster@redhat.com/
Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RNKWW9jQyfjxw2E8dsXVTdvZYh0HnYeSHDKog9jhdN8/edit?usp=sharing
Cc: Brian Foster &lt;bfoster@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Dave Chinner &lt;david@fromorbit.com&gt;
Cc: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
Cc: Ian Kent &lt;raven@themaw.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
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This commit makes the Tiny RCU implementation of synchronize_rcu()
increment the rcu_ctrlblk.gp_seq counter, thus making both
synchronize_rcu() and synchronize_rcu_expedited() visible to
get_state_synchronize_rcu() and friends.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220121142454.1994916-1-bfoster@redhat.com/
Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RNKWW9jQyfjxw2E8dsXVTdvZYh0HnYeSHDKog9jhdN8/edit?usp=sharing
Cc: Brian Foster &lt;bfoster@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Dave Chinner &lt;david@fromorbit.com&gt;
Cc: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
Cc: Ian Kent &lt;raven@themaw.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>rcu: tiny: Record kvfree_call_rcu() call stack for KASAN</title>
<updated>2022-07-19T18:40:00+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Johannes Berg</name>
<email>johannes.berg@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2022-05-27T15:07:45+00:00</published>
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When running KASAN with Tiny RCU (e.g. under ARCH=um, where
a working KASAN patch is now available), we don't get any
information on the original kfree_rcu() (or similar) caller
when a problem is reported, as Tiny RCU doesn't record this.

Add the recording, which required pulling kvfree_call_rcu()
out of line for the KASAN case since the recording function
(kasan_record_aux_stack_noalloc) is neither exported, nor
can we include kasan.h into rcutiny.h.

without KASAN, the patch has no size impact (ARCH=um kernel):
    text       data         bss         dec        hex    filename
 6151515    4423154    33148520    43723189    29b29b5    linux
 6151515    4423154    33148520    43723189    29b29b5    linux + patch

with KASAN, the impact on my build was minimal:
    text       data         bss         dec        hex    filename
13915539    7388050    33282304    54585893    340ea25    linux
13911266    7392114    33282304    54585684    340e954    linux + patch
   -4273      +4064         +-0        -209

Acked-by: Dmitry Vyukov &lt;dvyukov@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg &lt;johannes.berg@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
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When running KASAN with Tiny RCU (e.g. under ARCH=um, where
a working KASAN patch is now available), we don't get any
information on the original kfree_rcu() (or similar) caller
when a problem is reported, as Tiny RCU doesn't record this.

Add the recording, which required pulling kvfree_call_rcu()
out of line for the KASAN case since the recording function
(kasan_record_aux_stack_noalloc) is neither exported, nor
can we include kasan.h into rcutiny.h.

without KASAN, the patch has no size impact (ARCH=um kernel):
    text       data         bss         dec        hex    filename
 6151515    4423154    33148520    43723189    29b29b5    linux
 6151515    4423154    33148520    43723189    29b29b5    linux + patch

with KASAN, the impact on my build was minimal:
    text       data         bss         dec        hex    filename
13915539    7388050    33282304    54585893    340ea25    linux
13911266    7392114    33282304    54585684    340e954    linux + patch
   -4273      +4064         +-0        -209

Acked-by: Dmitry Vyukov &lt;dvyukov@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg &lt;johannes.berg@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>rcu: Provide a get_completed_synchronize_rcu() function</title>
<updated>2022-06-20T16:21:51+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2022-04-13T22:17:25+00:00</published>
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It is currently up to the caller to handle stale return values from
get_state_synchronize_rcu().  If poll_state_synchronize_rcu() returned
true once, a grace period has elapsed, regardless of the fact that counter
wrap might cause some future poll_state_synchronize_rcu() invocation to
return false.  For example, the caller might store a separate flag that
indicates whether some previous call to poll_state_synchronize_rcu()
determined that the relevant grace period had already ended.

This approach works, but it requires extra storage and is easy to get
wrong.  This commit therefore introduces a get_completed_synchronize_rcu()
that returns a cookie that causes poll_state_synchronize_rcu() to always
return true.  This already-completed cookie can be stored in place of the
cookie that previously caused poll_state_synchronize_rcu() to return true.
It can also be used to flag a given structure as not having been exposed
to readers, and thus not requiring a grace period to elapse.

This commit is in preparation for polled expedited grace periods.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220121142454.1994916-1-bfoster@redhat.com/
Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RNKWW9jQyfjxw2E8dsXVTdvZYh0HnYeSHDKog9jhdN8/edit?usp=sharing
Cc: Brian Foster &lt;bfoster@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Dave Chinner &lt;david@fromorbit.com&gt;
Cc: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
Cc: Ian Kent &lt;raven@themaw.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
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It is currently up to the caller to handle stale return values from
get_state_synchronize_rcu().  If poll_state_synchronize_rcu() returned
true once, a grace period has elapsed, regardless of the fact that counter
wrap might cause some future poll_state_synchronize_rcu() invocation to
return false.  For example, the caller might store a separate flag that
indicates whether some previous call to poll_state_synchronize_rcu()
determined that the relevant grace period had already ended.

This approach works, but it requires extra storage and is easy to get
wrong.  This commit therefore introduces a get_completed_synchronize_rcu()
that returns a cookie that causes poll_state_synchronize_rcu() to always
return true.  This already-completed cookie can be stored in place of the
cookie that previously caused poll_state_synchronize_rcu() to return true.
It can also be used to flag a given structure as not having been exposed
to readers, and thus not requiring a grace period to elapse.

This commit is in preparation for polled expedited grace periods.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220121142454.1994916-1-bfoster@redhat.com/
Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RNKWW9jQyfjxw2E8dsXVTdvZYh0HnYeSHDKog9jhdN8/edit?usp=sharing
Cc: Brian Foster &lt;bfoster@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Dave Chinner &lt;david@fromorbit.com&gt;
Cc: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
Cc: Ian Kent &lt;raven@themaw.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
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