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authorPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>2019-07-16 02:17:00 -0700
committerPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>2019-08-13 14:38:24 -0700
commitf48fe4c586604c3a09938c6a6e9fd3356dfe8f3c (patch)
tree011d5815d8de824c08a4d9aade25b9e01e6f78bc /kernel/rcu
parent296181d78df9892e08e794f2a9a4d2c38f9acedb (diff)
rcu/nocb: Don't wake no-CBs GP kthread if timer posted under overload
When under overload conditions, __call_rcu_nocb_wake() will wake the no-CBs GP kthread any time the no-CBs CB kthread is asleep or there are no ready-to-invoke callbacks, but only after a timer delay. If the no-CBs GP kthread has a ->nocb_bypass_timer pending, the deferred wakeup from __call_rcu_nocb_wake() is redundant. This commit therefore makes __call_rcu_nocb_wake() avoid posting the redundant deferred wakeup if ->nocb_bypass_timer is pending. This requires adding a bit of ordering of timer actions. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/rcu')
-rw-r--r--kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
index f56fb4e97a8e..2defc7fe74c3 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
@@ -1909,8 +1909,10 @@ static void __call_rcu_nocb_wake(struct rcu_data *rdp, bool was_alldone,
rcu_advance_cbs_nowake(rdp->mynode, rdp);
rdp->nocb_gp_adv_time = j;
}
- if (rdp->nocb_cb_sleep ||
- !rcu_segcblist_ready_cbs(&rdp->cblist))
+ smp_mb(); /* Enqueue before timer_pending(). */
+ if ((rdp->nocb_cb_sleep ||
+ !rcu_segcblist_ready_cbs(&rdp->cblist)) &&
+ !timer_pending(&rdp->nocb_bypass_timer))
wake_nocb_gp_defer(rdp, RCU_NOCB_WAKE_FORCE,
TPS("WakeOvfIsDeferred"));
rcu_nocb_unlock_irqrestore(rdp, flags);
@@ -1929,6 +1931,7 @@ static void do_nocb_bypass_wakeup_timer(struct timer_list *t)
trace_rcu_nocb_wake(rcu_state.name, rdp->cpu, TPS("Timer"));
rcu_nocb_lock_irqsave(rdp, flags);
+ smp_mb__after_spinlock(); /* Timer expire before wakeup. */
__call_rcu_nocb_wake(rdp, true, flags);
}