This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled rcutorture: Fix rcu_torture_one_read() pipe_count overflow comment to the 6.1-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: rcutorture-fix-rcu_torture_one_read-pipe_count-overf.patch and it can be found in the queue-6.1 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. commit aacce1ee02da534180c2d9188ba6b5cd3044bf71 Author: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed Mar 6 19:21:47 2024 -0800 rcutorture: Fix rcu_torture_one_read() pipe_count overflow comment [ Upstream commit 8b9b443fa860276822b25057cb3ff3b28734dec0 ] The "pipe_count > RCU_TORTURE_PIPE_LEN" check has a comment saying "Should not happen, but...". This is only true when testing an RCU whose grace periods are always long enough. This commit therefore fixes this comment. Reported-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wi7rJ-eGq+xaxVfzFEgbL9tdf6Kc8Z89rCpfcQOKm74Tw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c b/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c index 503c2aa845a4a..2f6c52a863f2e 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c +++ b/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c @@ -1946,7 +1946,8 @@ static bool rcu_torture_one_read(struct torture_random_state *trsp, long myid) preempt_disable(); pipe_count = READ_ONCE(p->rtort_pipe_count); if (pipe_count > RCU_TORTURE_PIPE_LEN) { - /* Should not happen, but... */ + // Should not happen in a correct RCU implementation, + // happens quite often for torture_type=busted. pipe_count = RCU_TORTURE_PIPE_LEN; } completed = cur_ops->get_gp_seq();