Messages in this thread | | | From | Joel Fernandes <> | Date | Tue, 12 Dec 2023 18:22:33 -0500 | Subject | Re: [PATCH rcu 3/3] rcu: Force quiescent states only for ongoing grace period |
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On Tue, Dec 12, 2023 at 12:40 PM Neeraj Upadhyay (AMD) <neeraj.iitr10@gmail.com> wrote: > > From: Zqiang <qiang.zhang1211@gmail.com> > > If an rcutorture test scenario creates an fqs_task kthread, it will > periodically invoke rcu_force_quiescent_state() in order to start > force-quiescent-state (FQS) operations. However, an FQS operation > will be started even if there is no RCU grace period in progress. > Although testing FQS operations startup when there is no grace period in > progress is necessary, it need not happen all that often. This commit > therefore causes rcu_force_quiescent_state() to take an early exit > if there is no grace period in progress. > > Note that there will still be attempts to start an FQS scan in the > absence of a grace period because the grace period might end right > after the rcu_force_quiescent_state() function's check. In actual > testing, this happens about once every ten minutes, which should > provide adequate testing. > > Signed-off-by: Zqiang <qiang.zhang1211@gmail.com> > Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org> > Signed-off-by: Neeraj Upadhyay (AMD) <neeraj.iitr10@gmail.com> > --- > kernel/rcu/tree.c | 2 ++ > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c > index 3ac3c846105f..1ae851777806 100644 > --- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c > +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c > @@ -2338,6 +2338,8 @@ void rcu_force_quiescent_state(void) > struct rcu_node *rnp; > struct rcu_node *rnp_old = NULL; > > + if (!rcu_gp_in_progress()) > + return;
Reviewed-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org>
(Probably no need to resend with the tag, just update the patch in the PR).
Thanks.
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