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2017-06-08srcu: Allow use of Classic SRCU from both process and interrupt contextPaolo Bonzini
Linu Cherian reported a WARN in cleanup_srcu_struct() when shutting down a guest running iperf on a VFIO assigned device. This happens because irqfd_wakeup() calls srcu_read_lock(&kvm->irq_srcu) in interrupt context, while a worker thread does the same inside kvm_set_irq(). If the interrupt happens while the worker thread is executing __srcu_read_lock(), updates to the Classic SRCU ->lock_count[] field or the Tree SRCU ->srcu_lock_count[] field can be lost. The docs say you are not supposed to call srcu_read_lock() and srcu_read_unlock() from irq context, but KVM interrupt injection happens from (host) interrupt context and it would be nice if SRCU supported the use case. KVM is using SRCU here not really for the "sleepable" part, but rather due to its IPI-free fast detection of grace periods. It is therefore not desirable to switch back to RCU, which would effectively revert commit 719d93cd5f5c ("kvm/irqchip: Speed up KVM_SET_GSI_ROUTING", 2014-01-16). However, the docs are overly conservative. You can have an SRCU instance only has users in irq context, and you can mix process and irq context as long as process context users disable interrupts. In addition, __srcu_read_unlock() actually uses this_cpu_dec() on both Tree SRCU and Classic SRCU. For those two implementations, only srcu_read_lock() is unsafe. When Classic SRCU's __srcu_read_unlock() was changed to use this_cpu_dec(), in commit 5a41344a3d83 ("srcu: Simplify __srcu_read_unlock() via this_cpu_dec()", 2012-11-29), __srcu_read_lock() did two increments. Therefore it kept __this_cpu_inc(), with preempt_disable/enable in the caller. Tree SRCU however only does one increment, so on most architectures it is more efficient for __srcu_read_lock() to use this_cpu_inc(), and any performance differences appear to be down in the noise. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Fixes: 719d93cd5f5c ("kvm/irqchip: Speed up KVM_SET_GSI_ROUTING") Reported-by: Linu Cherian <linuc.decode@gmail.com> Suggested-by: Linu Cherian <linuc.decode@gmail.com> Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2017-06-08srcu: Allow use of Tiny/Tree SRCU from both process and interrupt contextPaolo Bonzini
Linu Cherian reported a WARN in cleanup_srcu_struct() when shutting down a guest running iperf on a VFIO assigned device. This happens because irqfd_wakeup() calls srcu_read_lock(&kvm->irq_srcu) in interrupt context, while a worker thread does the same inside kvm_set_irq(). If the interrupt happens while the worker thread is executing __srcu_read_lock(), updates to the Classic SRCU ->lock_count[] field or the Tree SRCU ->srcu_lock_count[] field can be lost. The docs say you are not supposed to call srcu_read_lock() and srcu_read_unlock() from irq context, but KVM interrupt injection happens from (host) interrupt context and it would be nice if SRCU supported the use case. KVM is using SRCU here not really for the "sleepable" part, but rather due to its IPI-free fast detection of grace periods. It is therefore not desirable to switch back to RCU, which would effectively revert commit 719d93cd5f5c ("kvm/irqchip: Speed up KVM_SET_GSI_ROUTING", 2014-01-16). However, the docs are overly conservative. You can have an SRCU instance only has users in irq context, and you can mix process and irq context as long as process context users disable interrupts. In addition, __srcu_read_unlock() actually uses this_cpu_dec() on both Tree SRCU and Classic SRCU. For those two implementations, only srcu_read_lock() is unsafe. When Classic SRCU's __srcu_read_unlock() was changed to use this_cpu_dec(), in commit 5a41344a3d83 ("srcu: Simplify __srcu_read_unlock() via this_cpu_dec()", 2012-11-29), __srcu_read_lock() did two increments. Therefore it kept __this_cpu_inc(), with preempt_disable/enable in the caller. Tree SRCU however only does one increment, so on most architectures it is more efficient for __srcu_read_lock() to use this_cpu_inc(), and any performance differences appear to be down in the noise. Unlike Classic and Tree SRCU, Tiny SRCU does increments and decrements on a single variable. Therefore, as Peter Zijlstra pointed out, Tiny SRCU's implementation already supports mixed-context use of srcu_read_lock() and srcu_read_unlock(), at least as long as uses of srcu_read_lock() and srcu_read_unlock() in each handler are nested and paired properly. In other words, it is still illegal to (say) invoke srcu_read_lock() in an interrupt handler and to invoke the matching srcu_read_unlock() in a softirq handler. Therefore, the only change required for Tiny SRCU is to its comments. Fixes: 719d93cd5f5c ("kvm/irqchip: Speed up KVM_SET_GSI_ROUTING") Reported-by: Linu Cherian <linuc.decode@gmail.com> Suggested-by: Linu Cherian <linuc.decode@gmail.com> Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Tested-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
2017-05-10Merge branch 'core-rcu-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip Pull RCU updates from Ingo Molnar: "The main changes are: - Debloat RCU headers - Parallelize SRCU callback handling (plus overlapping patches) - Improve the performance of Tree SRCU on a CPU-hotplug stress test - Documentation updates - Miscellaneous fixes" * 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (74 commits) rcu: Open-code the rcu_cblist_n_lazy_cbs() function rcu: Open-code the rcu_cblist_n_cbs() function rcu: Open-code the rcu_cblist_empty() function rcu: Separately compile large rcu_segcblist functions srcu: Debloat the <linux/rcu_segcblist.h> header srcu: Adjust default auto-expediting holdoff srcu: Specify auto-expedite holdoff time srcu: Expedite first synchronize_srcu() when idle srcu: Expedited grace periods with reduced memory contention srcu: Make rcutorture writer stalls print SRCU GP state srcu: Exact tracking of srcu_data structures containing callbacks srcu: Make SRCU be built by default srcu: Fix Kconfig botch when SRCU not selected rcu: Make non-preemptive schedule be Tasks RCU quiescent state srcu: Expedite srcu_schedule_cbs_snp() callback invocation srcu: Parallelize callback handling kvm: Move srcu_struct fields to end of struct kvm rcu: Fix typo in PER_RCU_NODE_PERIOD header comment rcu: Use true/false in assignment to bool rcu: Use bool value directly ...
2017-05-02rcu: Open-code the rcu_cblist_n_lazy_cbs() functionPaul E. McKenney
Because the rcu_cblist_n_lazy_cbs() just samples the ->len_lazy counter, and because the rcu_cblist structure is quite straightforward, it makes sense to open-code rcu_cblist_n_lazy_cbs(p) as p->len_lazy, cutting out a level of indirection. This commit makes this change. Reported-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2017-05-02rcu: Open-code the rcu_cblist_n_cbs() functionPaul E. McKenney
Because the rcu_cblist_n_cbs() just samples the ->len counter, and because the rcu_cblist structure is quite straightforward, it makes sense to open-code rcu_cblist_n_cbs(p) as p->len, cutting out a level of indirection. This commit makes this change. Reported-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2017-05-02rcu: Open-code the rcu_cblist_empty() functionPaul E. McKenney
Because the rcu_cblist_empty() just samples the ->head pointer, and because the rcu_cblist structure is quite straightforward, it makes sense to open-code rcu_cblist_empty(p) as !p->head, cutting out a level of indirection. This commit makes this change. Reported-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2017-05-02rcu: Separately compile large rcu_segcblist functionsPaul E. McKenney
This commit creates a new kernel/rcu/rcu_segcblist.c file that contains non-trivial segcblist functions. Trivial functions remain as static inline functions in kernel/rcu/rcu_segcblist.h Reported-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2017-05-02srcu: Debloat the <linux/rcu_segcblist.h> headerIngo Molnar
Linus noticed that the <linux/rcu_segcblist.h> has huge inline functions which should not be inline at all. As a first step in cleaning this up, move them all to kernel/rcu/ and only keep an absolute minimum of data type defines in the header: before: -rw-r--r-- 1 mingo mingo 22284 May 2 10:25 include/linux/rcu_segcblist.h after: -rw-r--r-- 1 mingo mingo 3180 May 2 10:22 include/linux/rcu_segcblist.h More can be done, such as uninlining the large functions, which inlining is unjustified even if it's an RCU internal matter. Reported-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2017-04-27srcu: Adjust default auto-expediting holdoffPaul E. McKenney
The default value for the kernel boot parameter srcutree.exp_holdoff is 50 microseconds, which is too long for good Tree SRCU performance (compared to Classic SRCU) on the workloads tested by Mike Galbraith. This commit therefore sets the default value to 25 microseconds, which shows excellent results in Mike's testing. Reported-by: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Tested-by: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
2017-04-26srcu: Specify auto-expedite holdoff timePaul E. McKenney
On small systems, in the absence of readers, expedited SRCU grace periods can complete in less than a microsecond. This means that an eight-CPU system can have all CPUs doing synchronize_srcu() in a tight loop and almost always expedite. This might actually be desirable in some situations, but in general it is a good way to needlessly burn CPU cycles. And in those situations where it is desirable, your friend is the function synchronize_srcu_expedited(). For other situations, this commit adds a kernel parameter that specifies a holdoff between completing the last SRCU grace period and auto-expediting the next. If the next grace period starts before the holdoff expires, auto-expediting is disabled. The holdoff is 50 microseconds by default, and can be tuned to the desired number of nanoseconds. A value of zero disables auto-expediting. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Tested-by: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
2017-04-26srcu: Expedite first synchronize_srcu() when idlePaul E. McKenney
Classic SRCU in effect expedites the first synchronize_srcu() when SRCU is idle, and Mike Galbraith demonstrated that some use cases do in fact rely on this behavior. In particular, Mike showed that Steven Rostedt's hotplug stress script takes 55 seconds with Classic SRCU and more than 16 -minutes- when running Tree SRCU. Assuming that each Tree SRCU's call to synchronize_srcu() takes four milliseconds, this implies that Steven's test invokes synchronize_srcu() in isolation, but more than once per 200 microseconds. Mike used ftrace to demonstrate that the time between successive calls to synchronize_srcu() ranged from 118 to 342 microseconds, with one outlier at 80 milliseconds. This data clearly indicates that Tree SRCU needs to expedite the first invocation of synchronize_srcu() during an SRCU idle period. This commit therefor introduces a srcu_might_be_idle() function that probabilistically checks whether or not SRCU is idle. This function is used by synchronize_rcu() as an additional criterion in deciding whether or not to expedite. (Hat trick to Peter Zijlstra for his earlier suggestion that this might in fact be a problem. Which for all I know might have motivated Mike to look into it.) Reported-by: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Tested-by: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
2017-04-26srcu: Expedited grace periods with reduced memory contentionPaul E. McKenney
Commit f60d231a87c5 ("srcu: Crude control of expedited grace periods") introduced a per-srcu_struct atomic counter to track outstanding requests for grace periods. This works, but represents a memory-contention bottleneck. This commit therefore uses the srcu_node combining tree to remove this bottleneck. This commit adds new ->srcu_gp_seq_needed_exp fields to the srcu_data, srcu_node, and srcu_struct structures, which track the farthest-in-the-future grace period that must be expedited, which in turn requires that all nearer-term grace periods also be expedited. Requests for expediting start with the srcu_data structure, run up through the srcu_node tree, and end at the srcu_struct structure. Note that it may be necessary to expedite a grace period that just now started, and this is handled by a new srcu_funnel_exp_start() function, which is invoked when the grace period itself is already in its way, but when that grace period was not marked as expedited. A new srcu_get_delay() function returns zero if there is at least one expedited SRCU grace period in flight, or SRCU_INTERVAL otherwise. This function is used to calculate delays: Normal grace periods are allowed to extend in order to cover more requests with a given grace-period computation, which decreases per-request overhead. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Tested-by: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
2017-04-26srcu: Make rcutorture writer stalls print SRCU GP statePaul E. McKenney
In the past, SRCU was simple enough that there was little point in making the rcutorture writer stall messages print the SRCU grace-period number state. With the advent of Tree SRCU, this has changed. This commit therefore makes Classic, Tiny, and Tree SRCU report this state to rcutorture as needed. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Tested-by: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
2017-04-26srcu: Exact tracking of srcu_data structures containing callbacksPaul E. McKenney
The current Tree SRCU implementation schedules a workqueue for every srcu_data covered by a given leaf srcu_node structure having callbacks, even if only one of those srcu_data structures actually contains callbacks. This is clearly inefficient for workloads that don't feature callbacks everywhere all the time. This commit therefore adds an array of masks that are used by the leaf srcu_node structures to track exactly which srcu_data structures contain callbacks. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Tested-by: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
2017-04-21Merge branches 'doc.2017.04.12a', 'fixes.2017.04.19a' and 'srcu.2017.04.21a' ↵Paul E. McKenney
into HEAD doc.2017.04.12a: Documentation updates fixes.2017.04.19a: Miscellaneous fixes srcu.2017.04.21a: Parallelize SRCU callback handling
2017-04-21rcu: Make non-preemptive schedule be Tasks RCU quiescent statePaul E. McKenney
Currently, a call to schedule() acts as a Tasks RCU quiescent state only if a context switch actually takes place. However, just the call to schedule() guarantees that the calling task has moved off of whatever tracing trampoline that it might have been one previously. This commit therefore plumbs schedule()'s "preempt" parameter into rcu_note_context_switch(), which then records the Tasks RCU quiescent state, but only if this call to schedule() was -not- due to a preemption. To avoid adding overhead to the common-case context-switch path, this commit hides the rcu_note_context_switch() check under an existing non-common-case check. Suggested-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2017-04-21srcu: Expedite srcu_schedule_cbs_snp() callback invocationPaul E. McKenney
Although Tree SRCU does reduce delays when there is at least one synchronize_srcu_expedited() invocation pending, srcu_schedule_cbs_snp() still waits for SRCU_INTERVAL before invoking callbacks. Since synchronize_srcu_expedited() now posts a callback and waits for that callback to do a wakeup, this destroys the expedited nature of synchronize_srcu_expedited(). This destruction became apparent to Marc Zyngier in the guise of a guest-OS bootup slowdown from five seconds to no fewer than forty seconds. This commit therefore invokes callbacks immediately at the end of the grace period when there is at least one synchronize_srcu_expedited() invocation pending. This brought Marc's guest-OS bootup times back into the realm of reason. Reported-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Tested-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@arm.com>
2017-04-21srcu: Parallelize callback handlingPaul E. McKenney
Peter Zijlstra proposed using SRCU to reduce mmap_sem contention [1,2], however, there are workloads that could result in a high volume of concurrent invocations of call_srcu(), which with current SRCU would result in excessive lock contention on the srcu_struct structure's ->queue_lock, which protects SRCU's callback lists. This commit therefore moves SRCU to per-CPU callback lists, thus greatly reducing contention. Because a given SRCU instance no longer has a single centralized callback list, starting grace periods and invoking callbacks are both more complex than in the single-list Classic SRCU implementation. Starting grace periods and handling callbacks are now handled using an srcu_node tree that is in some ways similar to the rcu_node trees used by RCU-bh, RCU-preempt, and RCU-sched (for example, the srcu_node tree shape is controlled by exactly the same Kconfig options and boot parameters that control the shape of the rcu_node tree). In addition, the old per-CPU srcu_array structure is now named srcu_data and contains an rcu_segcblist structure named ->srcu_cblist for its callbacks (and a spinlock to protect this). The srcu_struct gets an srcu_gp_seq that is used to associate callback segments with the corresponding completion-time grace-period number. These completion-time grace-period numbers are propagated up the srcu_node tree so that the grace-period workqueue handler can determine whether additional grace periods are needed on the one hand and where to look for callbacks that are ready to be invoked. The srcu_barrier() function must now wait on all instances of the per-CPU ->srcu_cblist. Because each ->srcu_cblist is protected by ->lock, srcu_barrier() can remotely add the needed callbacks. In theory, it could also remotely start grace periods, but in practice doing so is complex and racy. And interestingly enough, it is never necessary for srcu_barrier() to start a grace period because srcu_barrier() only enqueues a callback when a callback is already present--and it turns out that a grace period has to have already been started for this pre-existing callback. Furthermore, it is only the callback that srcu_barrier() needs to wait on, not any particular grace period. Therefore, a new rcu_segcblist_entrain() function enqueues the srcu_barrier() function's callback into the same segment occupied by the last pre-existing callback in the list. The special case where all the pre-existing callbacks are on a different list (because they are in the process of being invoked) is handled by enqueuing srcu_barrier()'s callback into the RCU_DONE_TAIL segment, relying on the done-callbacks check that takes place after all callbacks are inovked. Note that the readers use the same algorithm as before. Note that there is a separate srcu_idx that tells the readers what counter to increment. This unfortunately cannot be combined with srcu_gp_seq because they need to be incremented at different times. This commit introduces some ugly #ifdefs in rcutorture. These will go away when I feel good enough about Tree SRCU to ditch Classic SRCU. Some crude performance comparisons, courtesy of a quickly hacked rcuperf asynchronous-grace-period capability: Callback Queuing Overhead ------------------------- # CPUS Classic SRCU Tree SRCU ------ ------------ --------- 2 0.349 us 0.342 us 16 31.66 us 0.4 us 41 --------- 0.417 us The times are the 90th percentiles, a statistic that was chosen to reject the overheads of the occasional srcu_barrier() call needed to avoid OOMing the test machine. The rcuperf test hangs when running Classic SRCU at 41 CPUs, hence the line of dashes. Despite the hacks to both the rcuperf code and that statistics, this is a convincing demonstration of Tree SRCU's performance and scalability advantages. [1] https://lwn.net/Articles/309030/ [2] https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/5108281/ Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> [ paulmck: Fix initialization if synchronize_srcu_expedited() called first. ]
2017-04-19rcu: Fix typo in PER_RCU_NODE_PERIOD header commentPaul E. McKenney
This commit just changes a "the the" to "the" to reduce repetition. Reported-by: Michalis Kokologiannakis <mixaskok@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2017-04-19rcu: Use true/false in assignment to boolNicholas Mc Guire
This commit makes the parse_rcu_nocb_poll() function assign true (rather than the constant 1) to the bool variable rcu_nocb_poll. Signed-off-by: Nicholas Mc Guire <der.herr@hofr.at> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2017-04-19rcu: Use bool value directlyNicholas Mc Guire
The beenonline variable is declared bool so there is no need for an explicit comparison, especially not against the constant zero. Signed-off-by: Nicholas Mc Guire <der.herr@hofr.at> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2017-04-19rcu: Improve comments for hotplug/suspend/hibernate functionsPaul E. McKenney
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2017-04-19rcu: Remove obsolete comment from rcu_future_gp_cleanup() headerPaul E. McKenney
The rcu_nocb_gp_cleanup() function is now invoked elsewhere, so this commit drags this comment into the year 2017. Reported-by: Michalis Kokologiannakis <mixaskok@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2017-04-18srcu: Introduce CLASSIC_SRCU Kconfig optionPaul E. McKenney
The TREE_SRCU rewrite is large and a bit on the non-simple side, so this commit helps reduce risk by allowing the old v4.11 SRCU algorithm to be selected using a new CLASSIC_SRCU Kconfig option that depends on RCU_EXPERT. The default is to use the new TREE_SRCU and TINY_SRCU algorithms, in order to help get these the testing that they need. However, if your users do not require the update-side scalability that is to be provided by TREE_SRCU, select RCU_EXPERT and then CLASSIC_SRCU to revert back to the old classic SRCU algorithm. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2017-04-18srcutorture: Print Tiny SRCU reader statisticsPaul E. McKenney
The srcu_torture_stats() function is adapted to the specific srcu_struct layout traditionally used by SRCU. This commit therefore adds support for Tiny SRCU. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2017-04-18srcu: Create a tiny SRCUPaul E. McKenney
In response to automated complaints about modifications to SRCU increasing its size, this commit creates a tiny SRCU that is used in SMP=n && PREEMPT=n builds. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2017-04-18srcu: Crude control of expedited grace periodsPaul E. McKenney
SRCU's implementation of expedited grace periods has always assumed that the SRCU instance is idle when the expedited request arrives. This commit improves this a bit by maintaining a count of the number of outstanding expedited requests, thus allowing prior non-expedited grace periods accommodate these requests by shifting to expedited mode. However, any non-expedited wait already in progress will still wait for the full duration. Improved control of expedited grace periods is planned, but one step at a time. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2017-04-18srcu: Merge ->srcu_state into ->srcu_gp_seqPaul E. McKenney
Updating ->srcu_state and ->srcu_gp_seq will lead to extremely complex race conditions given multiple callback queues, so this commit takes advantage of the two-bit state now available in rcu_seq counters to store the state in the bottom two bits of ->srcu_gp_seq. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2017-04-18srcu: Allow a second bit in rcu_seq for SRCU statePaul E. McKenney
This commit increases the number of reserved bits at the bottom of an rcu_seq grace-period counter from one to two, as will be needed to accommodate SRCU's three-state grace periods. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2017-04-18srcu: Improve rcu_seq grace-period-counter abstractionPaul E. McKenney
The expedited grace-period code contains several open-coded shifts know the format of an rcu_seq grace-period counter, which is not particularly good style. This commit therefore creates a new rcu_seq_ctr() function that extracts the counter portion of the counter, and an rcu_seq_state() function that extracts the low-order state bit. This commit prepares for SRCU callback parallelization, which will require two state bits. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2017-04-18srcu: Fix bogus try_check_zero() commentPaul E. McKenney
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2017-04-18srcu: Make num_rcu_lvl[] array be externalPaul E. McKenney
This commit makes the num_rcu_lvl[] array external so that SRCU can make use of it for initializing its upcoming srcu_node tree. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2017-04-18srcu: Move rcu_node traversal macros to rcu.hPaul E. McKenney
This commit moves rcu_for_each_node_breadth_first(), rcu_for_each_nonleaf_node_breadth_first(), and rcu_for_each_leaf_node() from kernel/rcu/tree.h to kernel/rcu/rcu.h so that SRCU can access them. This commit is code-movement only. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2017-04-18rcu: Remove redundant levelcnt[] array from rcu_init_one()Paul E. McKenney
The levelcnt[] array is identical to num_rcu_lvl[], so this commit removes levelcnt[]. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2017-04-18srcu: Move rcu_init_levelspread() to rcu_tree_node.hPaul E. McKenney
This commit moves the rcu_init_levelspread() function from kernel/rcu/tree.c to kernel/rcu/rcu.h so that SRCU can access it. This is another step towards enabling SRCU to create its own combining tree. This commit is code-movement only, give or take knock-on adjustments. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2017-04-18srcu: Move combining-tree definitions for SRCU's benefitPaul E. McKenney
This commit moves the C preprocessor code that defines the default shape of the rcu_node combining tree to a new include/linux/rcu_node_tree.h file as a first step towards enabling SRCU to create its own combining tree, which in turn enables SRCU to implement per-CPU callback handling, thus avoiding contention on the lock currently guarding the single list of callbacks. Note that users of SRCU still need to know the size of the srcu_struct structure, hence include/linux rather than kernel/rcu. This commit is code-movement only. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2017-04-18srcu: Use rcu_segcblist to track SRCU callbacksPaul E. McKenney
This commit switches SRCU from custom-built callback queues to the new rcu_segcblist structure. This change associates grace-period sequence numbers with groups of callbacks, which will be needed for efficient processing of per-CPU callbacks. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2017-04-18srcu: Add grace-period sequence numbersPaul E. McKenney
This commit adds grace-period sequence numbers, which will be used to handle mid-boot grace periods and per-CPU callback lists. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2017-04-18srcu: Move to state-based grace-period sequencingPaul E. McKenney
The current SRCU grace-period processing might never reach the last portion of srcu_advance_batches(). This is OK given the current implementation, as the first portion, up to the try_check_zero() following the srcu_flip() is sufficient to drive grace periods forward. However, it has the unfortunate side-effect of making it impossible to determine when a given grace period has ended, and it will be necessary to efficiently trace ends of grace periods in order to efficiently handle per-CPU SRCU callback lists. This commit therefore adds states to the SRCU grace-period processing, so that the end of a given SRCU grace period is marked by the transition to the SRCU_STATE_DONE state. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2017-04-18srcu: Push srcu_advance_batches() fastpath into common casePaul E. McKenney
This commit simplifies the SRCU state machine by pushing the srcu_advance_batches() idle-SRCU fastpath into the common case. This is done by giving srcu_reschedule() a delay parameter, which is zero in the call from srcu_advance_batches(). This commit is a step towards numbering callbacks in order to efficiently handle per-CPU callback lists. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2017-04-18rcu: Fix warning in rcu_seq_end()Dmitry Vyukov
The rcu_seq_end() function increments seq signifying completion of a grace period, after that checks that the seq is even and wakes _synchronize_rcu_expedited(). The _synchronize_rcu_expedited() function uses wait_event() to wait for even seq. The problem is that wait_event() can return as soon as seq becomes even without waiting for the wakeup. In such case the warning in rcu_seq_end() can falsely fire if the next expedited grace period starts before the check. Check that seq has good value before incrementing it. Signed-off-by: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com> Cc: syzkaller@googlegroups.com Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com> Cc: josh@joshtriplett.org Cc: jiangshanlai@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> --- syzkaller-triggered warning: WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 4832 at kernel/rcu/tree.c:3533 rcu_seq_end+0x110/0x140 kernel/rcu/tree.c:3533 CPU: 0 PID: 4832 Comm: kworker/0:3 Not tainted 4.10.0+ #276 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS Bochs 01/01/2011 Workqueue: events wait_rcu_exp_gp Call Trace: __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:15 [inline] dump_stack+0x2ee/0x3ef lib/dump_stack.c:51 panic+0x1fb/0x412 kernel/panic.c:179 __warn+0x1c4/0x1e0 kernel/panic.c:540 warn_slowpath_null+0x2c/0x40 kernel/panic.c:583 rcu_seq_end+0x110/0x140 kernel/rcu/tree.c:3533 rcu_exp_gp_seq_end kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h:36 [inline] rcu_exp_wait_wake+0x8a9/0x1330 kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h:517 rcu_exp_sel_wait_wake kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h:559 [inline] wait_rcu_exp_gp+0x83/0xc0 kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h:570 process_one_work+0xc06/0x1c20 kernel/workqueue.c:2096 worker_thread+0x223/0x19c0 kernel/workqueue.c:2230 kthread+0x326/0x3f0 kernel/kthread.c:227 ret_from_fork+0x31/0x40 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:430 ---
2017-04-18rcu: Expedited wakeups need to be fully orderedPaul E. McKenney
Expedited grace periods use workqueue handlers that wake up the requesters, but there is no lock mediating this wakeup. Therefore, memory barriers are required to ensure that the handler's memory references are seen by all to occur before synchronize_*_expedited() returns to its caller. Possibly detected by syzkaller. Reported-by: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2017-04-18srcu: Move rcu_seq_start() and friends to rcu.hPaul E. McKenney
This commit moves rcu_seq_start(), rcu_seq_end(), rcu_seq_snap(), and rcu_seq_done() from kernel/rcu/tree.c to kernel/rcu/rcu.h. This will allow SRCU to use these functions, which in turn will allow SRCU to move from a single global callback queue to a per-CPU callback queue. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2017-04-18rcu: Add single-element dequeue functions to rcu_segcblistPaul E. McKenney
This commit adds single-element dequeue functions to rcu_segcblist. These are less efficient than using the extract and insert functions, but allow more precise debugging code. These functions are thus expected to be used only in debug builds, for example, CONFIG_PROVE_RCU. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2017-04-18srcu: Allow early boot use of synchronize_srcu()Paul E. McKenney
This commit checks for pre-scheduler state, and if that early in the boot process, synchronize_srcu() and friends are no-ops. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2017-04-18srcu: Allow SRCU to access rcu_scheduler_activePaul E. McKenney
This is primarily a code-movement commit in preparation for allowing SRCU to handle early-boot SRCU grace periods. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2017-04-18srcu: Abstract multi-tail callback list handlingPaul E. McKenney
RCU has only one multi-tail callback list, which is implemented via the nxtlist, nxttail, nxtcompleted, qlen_lazy, and qlen fields in the rcu_data structure, and whose operations are open-code throughout the Tree RCU implementation. This has been more or less OK in the past, but upcoming callback-list optimizations in SRCU could really use a multi-tail callback list there as well. This commit therefore abstracts the multi-tail callback list handling into a new kernel/rcu/rcu_segcblist.h file, and uses this new API. The simple head-and-tail pointer callback list is also abstracted and applied everywhere except for the NOCB callback-offload lists. (Yes, the plan is to apply them there as well, but this commit is already bigger than would be good.) Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2017-04-18rcu: Default RCU_FANOUT_LEAF to 16 unless explicitly changedPaul E. McKenney
If the RCU_EXPERT Kconfig option is not set (the default), then the RCU_FANOUT_LEAF Kconfig option will not be defined, which will cause the leaf-level rcu_node tree fanout to default to 32 on 32-bit systems and 64 on 64-bit systems. This can result in excessive lock contention. This commit therefore changes the computation of the leaf-level rcu_node tree fanout so that the result will be 16 unless an explicit Kconfig or kernel-boot setting says otherwise. Reported-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2017-04-18rcu: Place guard on rcu_all_qs() and rcu_note_context_switch() actionsPaul E. McKenney
The rcu_all_qs() and rcu_note_context_switch() do a series of checks, taking various actions to supply RCU with quiescent states, depending on the outcomes of the various checks. This is a bit much for scheduling fastpaths, so this commit creates a separate ->rcu_urgent_qs field in the rcu_dynticks structure that acts as a global guard for these checks. Thus, in the common case, rcu_all_qs() and rcu_note_context_switch() check the ->rcu_urgent_qs field, find it false, and simply return. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
2017-04-18rcu: Eliminate flavor scan in rcu_momentary_dyntick_idle()Paul E. McKenney
The rcu_momentary_dyntick_idle() function scans the RCU flavors, checking that one of them still needs a quiescent state before doing an expensive atomic operation on the ->dynticks counter. However, this check reduces overhead only after a rare race condition, and increases complexity. This commit therefore removes the scan and the mechanism enabling the scan. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>