From aaf2bc50df1f4bfc6857fc601fc7b21d5a18c6a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Paul E. McKenney" Date: Thu, 21 May 2020 22:05:15 +0200 Subject: rcu: Abstract out rcu_irq_enter_check_tick() from rcu_nmi_enter() There will likely be exception handlers that can sleep, which rules out the usual approach of invoking rcu_nmi_enter() on entry and also rcu_nmi_exit() on all exit paths. However, the alternative approach of just not calling anything can prevent RCU from coaxing quiescent states from nohz_full CPUs that are looping in the kernel: RCU must instead IPI them explicitly. It would be better to enable the scheduler tick on such CPUs to interact with RCU in a lighter-weight manner, and this enabling is one of the things that rcu_nmi_enter() currently does. What is needed is something that helps RCU coax quiescent states while not preventing subsequent sleeps. This commit therefore splits out the nohz_full scheduler-tick enabling from the rest of the rcu_nmi_enter() logic into a new function named rcu_irq_enter_check_tick(). [ tglx: Renamed the function and made it a nop when context tracking is off ] [ mingo: Fixed a CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL assumption, harmonized and fixed all the comment blocks and cleaned up rcu_nmi_enter()/exit() definitions. ] Suggested-by: Andy Lutomirski Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200521202116.996113173@linutronix.de --- kernel/rcu/tree.c | 82 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 62 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) (limited to 'kernel') diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c index 90c8be22d57a..b7f8c494d1d1 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c @@ -848,6 +848,67 @@ void noinstr rcu_user_exit(void) { rcu_eqs_exit(1); } + +/** + * __rcu_irq_enter_check_tick - Enable scheduler tick on CPU if RCU needs it. + * + * The scheduler tick is not normally enabled when CPUs enter the kernel + * from nohz_full userspace execution. After all, nohz_full userspace + * execution is an RCU quiescent state and the time executing in the kernel + * is quite short. Except of course when it isn't. And it is not hard to + * cause a large system to spend tens of seconds or even minutes looping + * in the kernel, which can cause a number of problems, include RCU CPU + * stall warnings. + * + * Therefore, if a nohz_full CPU fails to report a quiescent state + * in a timely manner, the RCU grace-period kthread sets that CPU's + * ->rcu_urgent_qs flag with the expectation that the next interrupt or + * exception will invoke this function, which will turn on the scheduler + * tick, which will enable RCU to detect that CPU's quiescent states, + * for example, due to cond_resched() calls in CONFIG_PREEMPT=n kernels. + * The tick will be disabled once a quiescent state is reported for + * this CPU. + * + * Of course, in carefully tuned systems, there might never be an + * interrupt or exception. In that case, the RCU grace-period kthread + * will eventually cause one to happen. However, in less carefully + * controlled environments, this function allows RCU to get what it + * needs without creating otherwise useless interruptions. + */ +void __rcu_irq_enter_check_tick(void) +{ + struct rcu_data *rdp = this_cpu_ptr(&rcu_data); + + // Enabling the tick is unsafe in NMI handlers. + if (WARN_ON_ONCE(in_nmi())) + return; + + RCU_LOCKDEP_WARN(rcu_dynticks_curr_cpu_in_eqs(), + "Illegal rcu_irq_enter_check_tick() from extended quiescent state"); + + if (!tick_nohz_full_cpu(rdp->cpu) || + !READ_ONCE(rdp->rcu_urgent_qs) || + READ_ONCE(rdp->rcu_forced_tick)) { + // RCU doesn't need nohz_full help from this CPU, or it is + // already getting that help. + return; + } + + // We get here only when not in an extended quiescent state and + // from interrupts (as opposed to NMIs). Therefore, (1) RCU is + // already watching and (2) The fact that we are in an interrupt + // handler and that the rcu_node lock is an irq-disabled lock + // prevents self-deadlock. So we can safely recheck under the lock. + // Note that the nohz_full state currently cannot change. + raw_spin_lock_rcu_node(rdp->mynode); + if (rdp->rcu_urgent_qs && !rdp->rcu_forced_tick) { + // A nohz_full CPU is in the kernel and RCU needs a + // quiescent state. Turn on the tick! + WRITE_ONCE(rdp->rcu_forced_tick, true); + tick_dep_set_cpu(rdp->cpu, TICK_DEP_BIT_RCU); + } + raw_spin_unlock_rcu_node(rdp->mynode); +} #endif /* CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL */ /** @@ -894,26 +955,7 @@ noinstr void rcu_nmi_enter(void) incby = 1; } else if (!in_nmi()) { instrumentation_begin(); - if (tick_nohz_full_cpu(rdp->cpu) && - rdp->dynticks_nmi_nesting == DYNTICK_IRQ_NONIDLE && - READ_ONCE(rdp->rcu_urgent_qs) && - !READ_ONCE(rdp->rcu_forced_tick)) { - // We get here only if we had already exited the - // extended quiescent state and this was an - // interrupt (not an NMI). Therefore, (1) RCU is - // already watching and (2) The fact that we are in - // an interrupt handler and that the rcu_node lock - // is an irq-disabled lock prevents self-deadlock. - // So we can safely recheck under the lock. - raw_spin_lock_rcu_node(rdp->mynode); - if (rdp->rcu_urgent_qs && !rdp->rcu_forced_tick) { - // A nohz_full CPU is in the kernel and RCU - // needs a quiescent state. Turn on the tick! - WRITE_ONCE(rdp->rcu_forced_tick, true); - tick_dep_set_cpu(rdp->cpu, TICK_DEP_BIT_RCU); - } - raw_spin_unlock_rcu_node(rdp->mynode); - } + rcu_irq_enter_check_tick(); instrumentation_end(); } instrumentation_begin(); -- cgit v1.2.3