[PATCH 1/2] lockdep/selftests: Restore migrate_disable() state on PREEMPT_RT

From: Karl Mehltretter

Date: Sat May 23 2026 - 14:51:40 EST


The lockdep selftests deliberately run unbalanced locking patterns.
dotest() restores the task state they leave behind before running the
next testcase.

On PREEMPT_RT, spin_lock() uses migrate_disable() instead of disabling
preemption. dotest() cleans up the resulting migration-disabled state, but
that cleanup is still guarded by CONFIG_SMP.

That used to match the scheduler data model, where migration_disabled was
also CONFIG_SMP-only. The commit referenced below made SMP scheduler state
unconditional, so CONFIG_SMP=n PREEMPT_RT kernels with
CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCKING_API_SELFTESTS=y report success from the selftests and
then trip over stale current->migration_disabled state:

releasing a pinned lock
bad: scheduling from the idle thread!
Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception

Save and restore current->migration_disabled for every PREEMPT_RT build.

Fixes: cac5cefbade9 ("sched/smp: Make SMP unconditional")
Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-5
Signed-off-by: Karl Mehltretter <kmehltretter@xxxxxxxxx>
---
lib/locking-selftest.c | 4 ----
1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/locking-selftest.c b/lib/locking-selftest.c
index d939403331b5..34554e26d477 100644
--- a/lib/locking-selftest.c
+++ b/lib/locking-selftest.c
@@ -1431,9 +1431,7 @@ static void dotest(void (*testcase_fn)(void), int expected, int lockclass_mask)
{
int saved_preempt_count = preempt_count();
#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT
-#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
int saved_mgd_count = current->migration_disabled;
-#endif
int saved_rcu_count = current->rcu_read_lock_nesting;
#endif

@@ -1471,10 +1469,8 @@ static void dotest(void (*testcase_fn)(void), int expected, int lockclass_mask)
preempt_count_set(saved_preempt_count);

#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT
-#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
while (current->migration_disabled > saved_mgd_count)
migrate_enable();
-#endif

while (current->rcu_read_lock_nesting > saved_rcu_count)
rcu_read_unlock();
--
2.39.5 (Apple Git-154)