[RFC/WIP PATCH 2/4] locking/lockdep: use hazptr to wait for dynamic key lookups
From: Kunwu Chan
Date: Tue Sep 22 2026 - 03:20:38 EST
lockdep_unregister_key() waits for is_dynamic_key() callers with
synchronize_rcu_expedited(), which sends IPIs to every online CPU.
Have is_dynamic_key() mark the hash bucket with a hazard pointer
and use hazptr_synchronize() to wait specifically for those
traversals.
The hash bucket address from keyhashentry() is stable, making it a
suitable hazptr synchronize target. The rest of the key hashlist
lifetime (hlist_del_rcu/call_rcu) remains RCU-based.
This adapts the lockdep use case from Boqun Feng's hazard-pointer
series to the current hazptr API.
Signed-off-by: Kunwu Chan <kunwu.chan@xxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/locking/lockdep.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/locking/lockdep.c b/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
index c56a7f91d72e..f67d847f9abf 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
#include <linux/context_tracking.h>
#include <linux/console.h>
#include <linux/kasan.h>
+#include <linux/hazptr.h>
#include <asm/sections.h>
@@ -1280,14 +1281,24 @@ static bool is_dynamic_key(const struct lock_class_key *key)
hash_head = keyhashentry(key);
- rcu_read_lock();
- hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(k, hash_head, hash_entry) {
- if (k == key) {
- found = true;
- break;
+ /*
+ * The traversal is protected by a hazard pointer rather
+ * than an RCU read-side critical section.
+ */
+ {
+ struct hazptr_ctx ctx;
+ void *bucket = hash_head;
+ void *addr;
+
+ addr = hazptr_acquire(&ctx, &bucket);
+ hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(k, hash_head, hash_entry, 1) {
+ if (k == key) {
+ found = true;
+ break;
+ }
}
+ hazptr_release(&ctx, addr);
}
- rcu_read_unlock();
return found;
}
@@ -6683,11 +6694,10 @@ void lockdep_unregister_key(struct lock_class_key *key)
*
* Some operations like __qdisc_destroy() will call this in a debug
* kernel, and the network traffic is disabled while waiting, hence
- * the delay of the wait matters in debugging cases. Currently use a
- * synchronize_rcu_expedited() to speed up the wait at the cost of
- * system IPIs. TODO: Replace RCU with hazptr for this.
+ * the delay of the wait matters in debugging cases. Replace the
+ * expedited RCU wait with hazptr_synchronize().
*/
- synchronize_rcu_expedited();
+ hazptr_synchronize(keyhashentry(key));
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(lockdep_unregister_key);
--
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