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maple_tree: add rcu locking check when LOCKDEP is enabled

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Patch series "maple_tree: lock checking and clean ups", v3.

In this series:
1. Try to detect lock issues
  A number of syzbot reports are incorrectly pointing to the mm exit as
  a source of the locking error.  The first three patches attempt to
  help users detect errors in their locking - but they still have to use
  LOCKDEP.  I guess it's still down to hope and prayers.

2. Documentation fixes
  The documentation was lacking clarity, there are updates to try and
  help the users, especially around the erase() cases.

3. Two benign issues
  The cyclic allocator may have a race, although no in-kernel user can
  hit it.
  The erase functions may cause allocation issues if used with the
  incorrect locking type, but none are present in-tree.

4. The erase gfp uses
  mas_erase() and mtree_erase() do not take a gfp argument.  To improve
  reliability of the erase, the first attempt to allocate will be
  GFP_NOWAIT, followed by a retry (if necessary of GFP_KERNEL |
  GFP_NOFAIL.  This will ensure the data is gone.  I've updated the
  documentation to make it more clear as well.  mas_store() is not
  addressed in the same way, but may need to be updated at a later date,
  but that may require changing callers so it is out of scope here.

Beyond these goals there are some test fixes, some general speed-up
patches targeting extra work and cycles, and dropping dead code.


This patch (of 19):

When CONFIG_LOCKDEP and CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD is enabled, check
for rcu locking issues by recording the grace period in the maple state
and checking the rcu window is still valid whenever the maple state is
reused with a state that is not MA_START or MA_PAUSED.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260821192627.4085470-1-liam@infradead.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260821192627.4085470-2-liam@infradead.org
Signed-off-by: Liam R. Howlett (Oracle) <liam@infradead.org>
Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
Cc: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
Cc: Chris Mason <clm@meta.com>
Cc: Chuck Lever <cel@kernel.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>
Cc: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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Liam R. Howlett (Oracle) 2026-08-21 15:26:09 -04:00 • committed by Andrew Morton
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