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authorPaul 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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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+/*
+ * Here's a sample kernel module showing the use of kprobes to dump a
+ * stack trace and selected registers when kernel_clone() is called.
+ *
+ * For more information on theory of operation of kprobes, see
+ * Documentation/trace/kprobes.rst
+ *
+ * You will see the trace data in /var/log/messages and on the console
+ * whenever kernel_clone() is invoked to create a new process.
+ */
+
+#define pr_fmt(fmt) "%s: " fmt, __func__
+
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/kprobes.h>
+
+static char symbol[KSYM_NAME_LEN] = "kernel_clone";
+module_param_string(symbol, symbol, KSYM_NAME_LEN, 0644);
+
+/* For each probe you need to allocate a kprobe structure */
+static struct kprobe kp = {
+ .symbol_name = symbol,
+};
+
+/* kprobe pre_handler: called just before the probed instruction is executed */
+static int __kprobes handler_pre(struct kprobe *p, struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86
+ pr_info("<%s> p->addr = 0x%p, ip = %lx, flags = 0x%lx\n",
+ p->symbol_name, p->addr, regs->ip, regs->flags);
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC
+ pr_info("<%s> p->addr = 0x%p, nip = 0x%lx, msr = 0x%lx\n",
+ p->symbol_name, p->addr, regs->nip, regs->msr);
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_MIPS
+ pr_info("<%s> p->addr = 0x%p, epc = 0x%lx, status = 0x%lx\n",
+ p->symbol_name, p->addr, regs->cp0_epc, regs->cp0_status);
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64
+ pr_info("<%s> p->addr = 0x%p, pc = 0x%lx, pstate = 0x%lx\n",
+ p->symbol_name, p->addr, (long)regs->pc, (long)regs->pstate);
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARM
+ pr_info("<%s> p->addr = 0x%p, pc = 0x%lx, cpsr = 0x%lx\n",
+ p->symbol_name, p->addr, (long)regs->ARM_pc, (long)regs->ARM_cpsr);
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_RISCV
+ pr_info("<%s> p->addr = 0x%p, pc = 0x%lx, status = 0x%lx\n",
+ p->symbol_name, p->addr, regs->epc, regs->status);
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_S390
+ pr_info("<%s> p->addr, 0x%p, ip = 0x%lx, flags = 0x%lx\n",
+ p->symbol_name, p->addr, regs->psw.addr, regs->flags);
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_LOONGARCH
+ pr_info("<%s> p->addr = 0x%p, era = 0x%lx, estat = 0x%lx\n",
+ p->symbol_name, p->addr, regs->csr_era, regs->csr_estat);
+#endif
+
+ /* A dump_stack() here will give a stack backtrace */
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/* kprobe post_handler: called after the probed instruction is executed */
+static void __kprobes handler_post(struct kprobe *p, struct pt_regs *regs,
+ unsigned long flags)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86
+ pr_info("<%s> p->addr = 0x%p, flags = 0x%lx\n",
+ p->symbol_name, p->addr, regs->flags);
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC
+ pr_info("<%s> p->addr = 0x%p, msr = 0x%lx\n",
+ p->symbol_name, p->addr, regs->msr);
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_MIPS
+ pr_info("<%s> p->addr = 0x%p, status = 0x%lx\n",
+ p->symbol_name, p->addr, regs->cp0_status);
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64
+ pr_info("<%s> p->addr = 0x%p, pstate = 0x%lx\n",
+ p->symbol_name, p->addr, (long)regs->pstate);
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARM
+ pr_info("<%s> p->addr = 0x%p, cpsr = 0x%lx\n",
+ p->symbol_name, p->addr, (long)regs->ARM_cpsr);
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_RISCV
+ pr_info("<%s> p->addr = 0x%p, status = 0x%lx\n",
+ p->symbol_name, p->addr, regs->status);
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_S390
+ pr_info("<%s> p->addr, 0x%p, flags = 0x%lx\n",
+ p->symbol_name, p->addr, regs->flags);
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_LOONGARCH
+ pr_info("<%s> p->addr = 0x%p, estat = 0x%lx\n",
+ p->symbol_name, p->addr, regs->csr_estat);
+#endif
+}
+
+static int __init kprobe_init(void)
+{
+ int ret;
+ kp.pre_handler = handler_pre;
+ kp.post_handler = handler_post;
+
+ ret = register_kprobe(&kp);
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ pr_err("register_kprobe failed, returned %d\n", ret);
+ return ret;
+ }
+ pr_info("Planted kprobe at %p\n", kp.addr);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static void __exit kprobe_exit(void)
+{
+ unregister_kprobe(&kp);
+ pr_info("kprobe at %p unregistered\n", kp.addr);
+}
+
+module_init(kprobe_init)
+module_exit(kprobe_exit)
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("sample kernel module showing the use of kprobes");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");