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authorPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>2026-08-14 15:43:51 -0700
committerPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>2026-08-14 15:43:51 -0700
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Merge branches 'expcb.2026.07.24a', 'misc.2026.07.30a', 'rcu-tasks.2026.07.30a', 'srcu.2026.08.11a' and 'torture.2026.08.14a' into HEADgrafted
Changes: Make expedited grace periods expedite normal RCU callbacks Miscellaneous fixes: * Improve diagnostic output with character task states. * Mark accesses to inform KCSAN of concurrency design. * Move from kmalloc() to kmalloc_obj(). * Documentation updates. * Improve handling of RCU deferred quiescent states. * Clean up unused function arguments and structure fields. * Reduce show_rcu_gp_kthreads() stack space. Tasks RCU updates: * Clean up after SRCU re-implementation of Tasks Trace RCU. * Mark accesses to inform KCSAN of concurrency design. * Add ->lazy_timer status to diagnostic output. * Remove an unnecessary memory barrier. * Fix a data race, courtesy of KCSAN. * Documentation updates. * Convert cond_resched_tasks_rcu_qs() from macro to static inline function. SRCU updates: * Add Rust helpers for SRCU. * Avoid losing queued work at cleanup_srcu_struct() time. Torture-test updates: * Preparation work for immediate RCU priority deboosting. * Test RCU readers from real interrupt handlers (as opposed to softirq). * Simplify code through use of cpumask_next_wrap(). * Improve diagnostic output with character task states. * Add rcutorture.nwriters parameter to allow lightweight stall testing, and rcutorture.stall_only to make doing so easier. * Test an RCU Tasks Trace grace period implying an RCU grace period. * Make RCU Tasks Trace torturing track reader batches. * Fix a data race, courtesy of KCSAN. * Plug a shuffle_tmp_mask memory leak on kthread spawn failure.
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diff --git a/samples/hw_breakpoint/Makefile b/samples/hw_breakpoint/Makefile
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+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_HW_BREAKPOINT) += data_breakpoint.o
diff --git a/samples/hw_breakpoint/data_breakpoint.c b/samples/hw_breakpoint/data_breakpoint.c
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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+/*
+ * data_breakpoint.c - Sample HW Breakpoint file to watch kernel data address
+ *
+ * usage: insmod data_breakpoint.ko ksym=<ksym_name>
+ *
+ * This file is a kernel module that places a breakpoint over ksym_name kernel
+ * variable using Hardware Breakpoint register. The corresponding handler which
+ * prints a backtrace is invoked every time a write operation is performed on
+ * that variable.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) IBM Corporation, 2009
+ *
+ * Author: K.Prasad <prasad@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+ */
+#include <linux/module.h> /* Needed by all modules */
+#include <linux/kernel.h> /* Needed for KERN_INFO */
+#include <linux/init.h> /* Needed for the macros */
+#include <linux/kallsyms.h>
+
+#include <linux/perf_event.h>
+#include <linux/hw_breakpoint.h>
+
+static struct perf_event * __percpu *sample_hbp;
+
+static char ksym_name[KSYM_NAME_LEN] = "jiffies";
+module_param_string(ksym, ksym_name, KSYM_NAME_LEN, S_IRUGO);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(ksym, "Kernel symbol to monitor; this module will report any"
+ " write operations on the kernel symbol");
+
+static void sample_hbp_handler(struct perf_event *bp,
+ struct perf_sample_data *data,
+ struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+ printk(KERN_INFO "%s value is changed\n", ksym_name);
+ dump_stack();
+ printk(KERN_INFO "Dump stack from sample_hbp_handler\n");
+}
+
+static int __init hw_break_module_init(void)
+{
+ int ret;
+ struct perf_event_attr attr;
+ void *addr = __symbol_get(ksym_name);
+
+ if (!addr)
+ return -ENXIO;
+
+ hw_breakpoint_init(&attr);
+ attr.bp_addr = (unsigned long)addr;
+ attr.bp_len = HW_BREAKPOINT_LEN_4;
+ attr.bp_type = HW_BREAKPOINT_W;
+
+ sample_hbp = register_wide_hw_breakpoint(&attr, sample_hbp_handler, NULL);
+ if (IS_ERR_PCPU(sample_hbp)) {
+ ret = PTR_ERR_PCPU(sample_hbp);
+ goto fail;
+ }
+
+ printk(KERN_INFO "HW Breakpoint for %s write installed\n", ksym_name);
+
+ return 0;
+
+fail:
+ printk(KERN_INFO "Breakpoint registration failed\n");
+
+ return ret;
+}
+
+static void __exit hw_break_module_exit(void)
+{
+ unregister_wide_hw_breakpoint(sample_hbp);
+#ifdef CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD
+ __symbol_put(ksym_name);
+#endif
+ printk(KERN_INFO "HW Breakpoint for %s write uninstalled\n", ksym_name);
+}
+
+module_init(hw_break_module_init);
+module_exit(hw_break_module_exit);
+
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("K.Prasad");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("ksym breakpoint");