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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/3] kvfree_rcu: Allocate a page for a single argument
On 2021-01-20 17:21:46 [+0100], Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) wrote:
> For a single argument we can directly request a page from a caller
> context when a "carry page block" is run out of free spots. Instead
> of hitting a slow path we can request an extra page by demand and
> proceed with a fast path.
>
> A single-argument kvfree_rcu() must be invoked in sleepable contexts,
> and that its fallback is the relatively high latency synchronize_rcu().
> Single-argument kvfree_rcu() therefore uses GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL
> to allow limited sleeping within the memory allocator.
>
> [ paulmck: Add add_ptr_to_bulk_krc_lock header comment per Michal Hocko. ]
> Signed-off-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
> ---
> kernel/rcu/tree.c | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
> 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> index e04e336bee42..2014fb22644d 100644
> --- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> @@ -3465,37 +3465,50 @@ run_page_cache_worker(struct kfree_rcu_cpu *krcp)
> }
> }
>
> +// Record ptr in a page managed by krcp, with the pre-krc_this_cpu_lock()
> +// state specified by flags. If can_alloc is true, the caller must
> +// be schedulable and not be holding any locks or mutexes that might be
> +// acquired by the memory allocator or anything that it might invoke.
> +// Returns true if ptr was successfully recorded, else the caller must
> +// use a fallback.

The whole RCU department is getting swamped by the // comments. Can't we
have proper kernel doc and /* */ style comments like the remaining part
of the kernel?

> static inline bool
> -kvfree_call_rcu_add_ptr_to_bulk(struct kfree_rcu_cpu *krcp, void *ptr)
> +add_ptr_to_bulk_krc_lock(struct kfree_rcu_cpu **krcp,
> + unsigned long *flags, void *ptr, bool can_alloc)
> {
> struct kvfree_rcu_bulk_data *bnode;
> int idx;
>
> - if (unlikely(!krcp->initialized))
> + *krcp = krc_this_cpu_lock(flags);
> + if (unlikely(!(*krcp)->initialized))
> return false;
>
> - lockdep_assert_held(&krcp->lock);
> idx = !!is_vmalloc_addr(ptr);
>
> /* Check if a new block is required. */
> - if (!krcp->bkvhead[idx] ||
> - krcp->bkvhead[idx]->nr_records == KVFREE_BULK_MAX_ENTR) {
> - bnode = get_cached_bnode(krcp);
> - /* Switch to emergency path. */
> + if (!(*krcp)->bkvhead[idx] ||
> + (*krcp)->bkvhead[idx]->nr_records == KVFREE_BULK_MAX_ENTR) {
> + bnode = get_cached_bnode(*krcp);
> + if (!bnode && can_alloc) {
> + krc_this_cpu_unlock(*krcp, *flags);
> + bnode = (struct kvfree_rcu_bulk_data *)

There is no need for this cast.

> + __get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL | __GFP_NOWARN);
> + *krcp = krc_this_cpu_lock(flags);

so if bnode is NULL you could retry get_cached_bnode() since it might
have been filled (given preemption or CPU migration changed something).
Judging from patch #3 you think that a CPU migration is a bad thing. But
why?

Sebastian

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