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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/workqueue/stall_detector/Makefile b/samples/workqueue/stall_detector/Makefile
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+obj-m += wq_stall.o
diff --git a/samples/workqueue/stall_detector/wq_stall.c b/samples/workqueue/stall_detector/wq_stall.c
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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * wq_stall - Test module for the workqueue stall detector.
+ *
+ * Deliberately creates a workqueue stall so the watchdog fires and
+ * prints diagnostic output. Useful for verifying that the stall
+ * detector correctly identifies stuck workers and produces useful
+ * backtraces.
+ *
+ * The stall is triggered by clearing PF_WQ_WORKER before sleeping,
+ * which hides the worker from the concurrency manager. A second
+ * work item queued on the same pool then sits in the worklist with
+ * no worker available to process it.
+ *
+ * After ~30s the workqueue watchdog fires:
+ * BUG: workqueue lockup - pool cpus=N ...
+ *
+ * Build:
+ * make -C <kernel tree> M=samples/workqueue/stall_detector modules
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2026 Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ * Copyright (c) 2026 Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
+ */
+
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/workqueue.h>
+#include <linux/wait.h>
+#include <linux/atomic.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+
+static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(stall_wq_head);
+static atomic_t wake_condition = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
+static struct work_struct stall_work1;
+static struct work_struct stall_work2;
+
+static void stall_work2_fn(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+ pr_info("wq_stall: second work item finally ran\n");
+}
+
+static void stall_work1_fn(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+ pr_info("wq_stall: first work item running on cpu %d\n",
+ raw_smp_processor_id());
+
+ /*
+ * Queue second item while we're still counted as running
+ * (pool->nr_running > 0). Since schedule_work() on a per-CPU
+ * workqueue targets raw_smp_processor_id(), item 2 lands on the
+ * same pool. __queue_work -> kick_pool -> need_more_worker()
+ * sees nr_running > 0 and does NOT wake a new worker.
+ */
+ schedule_work(&stall_work2);
+
+ /*
+ * Hide from the workqueue concurrency manager. Without
+ * PF_WQ_WORKER, schedule() won't call wq_worker_sleeping(),
+ * so nr_running is never decremented and no replacement
+ * worker is created. Item 2 stays stuck in pool->worklist.
+ */
+ current->flags &= ~PF_WQ_WORKER;
+
+ pr_info("wq_stall: entering wait_event_idle (PF_WQ_WORKER cleared)\n");
+ pr_info("wq_stall: expect 'BUG: workqueue lockup' in ~30-60s\n");
+ wait_event_idle(stall_wq_head, atomic_read(&wake_condition) != 0);
+
+ /* Restore so process_one_work() cleanup works correctly */
+ current->flags |= PF_WQ_WORKER;
+ pr_info("wq_stall: woke up, PF_WQ_WORKER restored\n");
+}
+
+static int __init wq_stall_init(void)
+{
+ pr_info("wq_stall: loading\n");
+
+ INIT_WORK(&stall_work1, stall_work1_fn);
+ INIT_WORK(&stall_work2, stall_work2_fn);
+ schedule_work(&stall_work1);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static void __exit wq_stall_exit(void)
+{
+ pr_info("wq_stall: unloading\n");
+ atomic_set(&wake_condition, 1);
+ wake_up(&stall_wq_head);
+ flush_work(&stall_work1);
+ flush_work(&stall_work2);
+ pr_info("wq_stall: all work flushed, module unloaded\n");
+}
+
+module_init(wq_stall_init);
+module_exit(wq_stall_exit);
+
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Reproduce workqueue stall caused by PF_WQ_WORKER misuse");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>");