Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 1 Sep 2012 18:22:53 -0700 | From | Josh Triplett <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 03/23] rcu: Move RCU grace-period cleanup into kthread |
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On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 11:18:18AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> > > As a first step towards allowing grace-period cleanup to be preemptible, > this commit moves the RCU grace-period cleanup into the same kthread > that is now used to initialize grace periods. This is needed to keep > scheduling latency down to a dull roar. > > Reported-by: Mike Galbraith <mgalbraith@suse.de> > Reported-by: Dimitri Sivanich <sivanich@sgi.com> > Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
> kernel/rcutree.c | 112 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------ > 1 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 50 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/kernel/rcutree.c b/kernel/rcutree.c > index ef56aa3..9fad21c 100644 > --- a/kernel/rcutree.c > +++ b/kernel/rcutree.c > @@ -1045,6 +1045,7 @@ rcu_start_gp_per_cpu(struct rcu_state *rsp, struct rcu_node *rnp, struct rcu_dat > static int rcu_gp_kthread(void *arg) > { > unsigned long flags; > + unsigned long gp_duration; > struct rcu_data *rdp; > struct rcu_node *rnp; > struct rcu_state *rsp = arg; > @@ -1135,6 +1136,65 @@ static int rcu_gp_kthread(void *arg) > rsp->fqs_state = RCU_SIGNAL_INIT; > raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rnp->lock, flags); > put_online_cpus(); > + > + /* Handle grace-period end. */ > + rnp = rcu_get_root(rsp); > + for (;;) { > + wait_event_interruptible(rsp->gp_wq, > + !ACCESS_ONCE(rnp->qsmask) && > + !rcu_preempt_blocked_readers_cgp(rnp)); > + if (!ACCESS_ONCE(rnp->qsmask) && > + !rcu_preempt_blocked_readers_cgp(rnp)) > + break; > + flush_signals(current); > + } > + > + raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&rnp->lock, flags); > + gp_duration = jiffies - rsp->gp_start; > + if (gp_duration > rsp->gp_max) > + rsp->gp_max = gp_duration; > + > + /* > + * We know the grace period is complete, but to everyone else > + * it appears to still be ongoing. But it is also the case > + * that to everyone else it looks like there is nothing that > + * they can do to advance the grace period. It is therefore > + * safe for us to drop the lock in order to mark the grace > + * period as completed in all of the rcu_node structures. > + * > + * But if this CPU needs another grace period, it will take > + * care of this while initializing the next grace period. > + * We use RCU_WAIT_TAIL instead of the usual RCU_DONE_TAIL > + * because the callbacks have not yet been advanced: Those > + * callbacks are waiting on the grace period that just now > + * completed. > + */ > + if (*rdp->nxttail[RCU_WAIT_TAIL] == NULL) { > + raw_spin_unlock(&rnp->lock); /* irqs remain disabled. */ > + > + /* > + * Propagate new ->completed value to rcu_node > + * structures so that other CPUs don't have to > + * wait until the start of the next grace period > + * to process their callbacks. > + */ > + rcu_for_each_node_breadth_first(rsp, rnp) { > + /* irqs already disabled. */ > + raw_spin_lock(&rnp->lock); > + rnp->completed = rsp->gpnum; > + /* irqs remain disabled. */ > + raw_spin_unlock(&rnp->lock); > + } > + rnp = rcu_get_root(rsp); > + raw_spin_lock(&rnp->lock); /* irqs already disabled. */ > + } > + > + rsp->completed = rsp->gpnum; /* Declare grace period done. */ > + trace_rcu_grace_period(rsp->name, rsp->completed, "end"); > + rsp->fqs_state = RCU_GP_IDLE; > + if (cpu_needs_another_gp(rsp, rdp)) > + rsp->gp_flags = 1; > + raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rnp->lock, flags); > } > return 0; > } > @@ -1182,57 +1242,9 @@ rcu_start_gp(struct rcu_state *rsp, unsigned long flags) > static void rcu_report_qs_rsp(struct rcu_state *rsp, unsigned long flags) > __releases(rcu_get_root(rsp)->lock) > { > - unsigned long gp_duration; > - struct rcu_node *rnp = rcu_get_root(rsp); > - struct rcu_data *rdp = this_cpu_ptr(rsp->rda); > - > WARN_ON_ONCE(!rcu_gp_in_progress(rsp)); > - > - /* > - * Ensure that all grace-period and pre-grace-period activity > - * is seen before the assignment to rsp->completed. > - */ > - smp_mb(); /* See above block comment. */ > - gp_duration = jiffies - rsp->gp_start; > - if (gp_duration > rsp->gp_max) > - rsp->gp_max = gp_duration; > - > - /* > - * We know the grace period is complete, but to everyone else > - * it appears to still be ongoing. But it is also the case > - * that to everyone else it looks like there is nothing that > - * they can do to advance the grace period. It is therefore > - * safe for us to drop the lock in order to mark the grace > - * period as completed in all of the rcu_node structures. > - * > - * But if this CPU needs another grace period, it will take > - * care of this while initializing the next grace period. > - * We use RCU_WAIT_TAIL instead of the usual RCU_DONE_TAIL > - * because the callbacks have not yet been advanced: Those > - * callbacks are waiting on the grace period that just now > - * completed. > - */ > - if (*rdp->nxttail[RCU_WAIT_TAIL] == NULL) { > - raw_spin_unlock(&rnp->lock); /* irqs remain disabled. */ > - > - /* > - * Propagate new ->completed value to rcu_node structures > - * so that other CPUs don't have to wait until the start > - * of the next grace period to process their callbacks. > - */ > - rcu_for_each_node_breadth_first(rsp, rnp) { > - raw_spin_lock(&rnp->lock); /* irqs already disabled. */ > - rnp->completed = rsp->gpnum; > - raw_spin_unlock(&rnp->lock); /* irqs remain disabled. */ > - } > - rnp = rcu_get_root(rsp); > - raw_spin_lock(&rnp->lock); /* irqs already disabled. */ > - } > - > - rsp->completed = rsp->gpnum; /* Declare the grace period complete. */ > - trace_rcu_grace_period(rsp->name, rsp->completed, "end"); > - rsp->fqs_state = RCU_GP_IDLE; > - rcu_start_gp(rsp, flags); /* releases root node's rnp->lock. */ > + raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rcu_get_root(rsp)->lock, flags); > + wake_up(&rsp->gp_wq); /* Memory barrier implied by wake_up() path. */ > } > > /* > -- > 1.7.8 >
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