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2022-08-31rcu: Add functions to compare grace-period state valuesPaul E. McKenney1-0/+14
This commit adds same_state_synchronize_rcu() and same_state_synchronize_rcu_full() functions to compare grace-period state values, for example, those obtained from get_state_synchronize_rcu() and get_state_synchronize_rcu_full(). These functions allow small structures to omit these state values by placing them in list headers for lists containing structures with the same token value. Presumably the per-structure list pointers are the same ones used to link the structures into whatever reader-accessible data structure was used. This commit also adds both NUM_ACTIVE_RCU_POLL_OLDSTATE and NUM_ACTIVE_RCU_POLL_FULL_OLDSTATE, which define the maximum number of distinct unsigned long values and rcu_gp_oldstate values, respectively, corresponding to not-yet-completed grace periods. These values can be used to size arrays of the list headers described above. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2022-08-31rcu: Add full-sized polling for cond_sync_exp_full()Paul E. McKenney1-0/+5
The cond_synchronize_rcu_expedited() API compresses the combined expedited and normal grace-period states into a single unsigned long, which conserves storage, but can miss grace periods in certain cases involving overlapping normal and expedited grace periods. Missing the occasional grace period is usually not a problem, but there are use cases that care about each and every grace period. This commit therefore adds yet another member of the full-state RCU grace-period polling API, which is the cond_synchronize_rcu_exp_full() function. This uses up to three times the storage (rcu_gp_oldstate structure instead of unsigned long), but is guaranteed not to miss grace periods. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2022-08-31rcu: Add full-sized polling for cond_sync_full()Paul E. McKenney1-0/+5
The cond_synchronize_rcu() API compresses the combined expedited and normal grace-period states into a single unsigned long, which conserves storage, but can miss grace periods in certain cases involving overlapping normal and expedited grace periods. Missing the occasional grace period is usually not a problem, but there are use cases that care about each and every grace period. This commit therefore adds yet another member of the full-state RCU grace-period polling API, which is the cond_synchronize_rcu_full() function. This uses up to three times the storage (rcu_gp_oldstate structure instead of unsigned long), but is guaranteed not to miss grace periods. [ paulmck: Apply feedback from kernel test robot and Julia Lawall. ] Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2022-08-31rcu: Add full-sized polling for start_poll_expedited()Paul E. McKenney1-0/+5
The start_poll_synchronize_rcu_expedited() API compresses the combined expedited and normal grace-period states into a single unsigned long, which conserves storage, but can miss grace periods in certain cases involving overlapping normal and expedited grace periods. Missing the occasional grace period is usually not a problem, but there are use cases that care about each and every grace period. This commit therefore adds yet another member of the full-state RCU grace-period polling API, which is the start_poll_synchronize_rcu_expedited_full() function. This uses up to three times the storage (rcu_gp_oldstate structure instead of unsigned long), but is guaranteed not to miss grace periods. [ paulmck: Apply feedback from kernel test robot and Julia Lawall. ] Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2022-08-31rcu: Add full-sized polling for start_poll()Paul E. McKenney1-0/+6
The start_poll_synchronize_rcu() API compresses the combined expedited and normal grace-period states into a single unsigned long, which conserves storage, but can miss grace periods in certain cases involving overlapping normal and expedited grace periods. Missing the occasional grace period is usually not a problem, but there are use cases that care about each and every grace period. This commit therefore adds the next member of the full-state RCU grace-period polling API, namely the start_poll_synchronize_rcu_full() function. This uses up to three times the storage (rcu_gp_oldstate structure instead of unsigned long), but is guaranteed not to miss grace periods. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2022-08-31rcu: Add full-sized polling for get_state()Paul E. McKenney1-0/+6
The get_state_synchronize_rcu() API compresses the combined expedited and normal grace-period states into a single unsigned long, which conserves storage, but can miss grace periods in certain cases involving overlapping normal and expedited grace periods. Missing the occasional grace period is usually not a problem, but there are use cases that care about each and every grace period. This commit therefore adds the next member of the full-state RCU grace-period polling API, namely the get_state_synchronize_rcu_full() function. This uses up to three times the storage (rcu_gp_oldstate structure instead of unsigned long), but is guaranteed not to miss grace periods. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2022-08-31rcu: Add full-sized polling for get_completed*() and poll_state*()Paul E. McKenney1-0/+9
The get_completed_synchronize_rcu() and poll_state_synchronize_rcu() APIs compress the combined expedited and normal grace-period states into a single unsigned long, which conserves storage, but can miss grace periods in certain cases involving overlapping normal and expedited grace periods. Missing the occasional grace period is usually not a problem, but there are use cases that care about each and every grace period. This commit therefore adds the first members of the full-state RCU grace-period polling API, namely the get_completed_synchronize_rcu_full() and poll_state_synchronize_rcu_full() functions. These use up to three times the storage (rcu_gp_oldstate structure instead of unsigned long), but which are guaranteed not to miss grace periods, at least in situations where the single-CPU grace-period optimization does not apply. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2022-07-21Merge branch 'ctxt.2022.07.05a' into HEADPaul E. McKenney1-6/+0
ctxt.2022.07.05a: Linux-kernel memory model development branch.
2022-07-21Merge branches 'doc.2022.06.21a', 'fixes.2022.07.19a', 'nocb.2022.07.19a', 'poll.2022.07.21a', 'rcu-tasks.2022.06.21a' and 'torture.2022.06.21a' into HEADPaul E. McKenney1-1/+20
doc.2022.06.21a: Documentation updates. fixes.2022.07.19a: Miscellaneous fixes. nocb.2022.07.19a: Callback-offload updates. poll.2022.07.21a: Polled grace-period updates. rcu-tasks.2022.06.21a: Tasks RCU updates. torture.2022.06.21a: Torture-test updates.
2022-07-21rcu: Add polled expedited grace-period primitivesPaul E. McKenney1-0/+10
This commit adds expedited grace-period functionality to RCU's polled grace-period API, adding start_poll_synchronize_rcu_expedited() and cond_synchronize_rcu_expedited(), which are similar to the existing start_poll_synchronize_rcu() and cond_synchronize_rcu() functions, respectively. Note that although start_poll_synchronize_rcu_expedited() can be invoked very early, the resulting expedited grace periods are not guaranteed to start until after workqueues are fully initialized. On the other hand, both synchronize_rcu() and synchronize_rcu_expedited() can also be invoked very early, and the resulting grace periods will be taken into account as they occur. [ paulmck: Apply feedback from Neeraj Upadhyay. ] Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220121142454.1994916-1-bfoster@redhat.com/ Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RNKWW9jQyfjxw2E8dsXVTdvZYh0HnYeSHDKog9jhdN8/edit?usp=sharing Cc: Brian Foster <bfoster@redhat.com> Cc: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com> Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Cc: Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2022-07-19rcu: tiny: Record kvfree_call_rcu() call stack for KASANJohannes Berg1-1/+10
When running KASAN with Tiny RCU (e.g. under ARCH=um, where a working KASAN patch is now available), we don't get any information on the original kfree_rcu() (or similar) caller when a problem is reported, as Tiny RCU doesn't record this. Add the recording, which required pulling kvfree_call_rcu() out of line for the KASAN case since the recording function (kasan_record_aux_stack_noalloc) is neither exported, nor can we include kasan.h into rcutiny.h. without KASAN, the patch has no size impact (ARCH=um kernel): text data bss dec hex filename 6151515 4423154 33148520 43723189 29b29b5 linux 6151515 4423154 33148520 43723189 29b29b5 linux + patch with KASAN, the impact on my build was minimal: text data bss dec hex filename 13915539 7388050 33282304 54585893 340ea25 linux 13911266 7392114 33282304 54585684 340e954 linux + patch -4273 +4064 +-0 -209 Acked-by: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2022-07-05rcu/context-tracking: Remove unused and/or unecessary middle functionsFrederic Weisbecker1-2/+0
Some eqs functions are now only used internally by context tracking, so their public declarations can be removed. Also middle functions such as rcu_user_*() and rcu_idle_*() which now directly call to rcu_eqs_enter() and rcu_eqs_exit() can be wiped out as well. Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Neeraj Upadhyay <quic_neeraju@quicinc.com> Cc: Uladzislau Rezki <uladzislau.rezki@sony.com> Cc: Joel Fernandes <joel@joelfernandes.org> Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> Cc: Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nsaenz@kernel.org> Cc: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com> Cc: Xiongfeng Wang <wangxiongfeng2@huawei.com> Cc: Yu Liao <liaoyu15@huawei.com> Cc: Phil Auld <pauld@redhat.com> Cc: Paul Gortmaker<paul.gortmaker@windriver.com> Cc: Alex Belits <abelits@marvell.com> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nsaenzju@redhat.com> Tested-by: Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nsaenzju@redhat.com>
2022-07-05rcu/context-tracking: Remove rcu_irq_enter/exit()Frederic Weisbecker1-4/+0
Now rcu_irq_enter/exit() is an unnecessary middle call between ct_irq_enter/exit() and nmi_irq_enter/exit(). Take this opportunity to remove the former functions and move the comments above them to the new entrypoints. Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Neeraj Upadhyay <quic_neeraju@quicinc.com> Cc: Uladzislau Rezki <uladzislau.rezki@sony.com> Cc: Joel Fernandes <joel@joelfernandes.org> Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> Cc: Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nsaenz@kernel.org> Cc: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com> Cc: Xiongfeng Wang <wangxiongfeng2@huawei.com> Cc: Yu Liao <liaoyu15@huawei.com> Cc: Phil Auld <pauld@redhat.com> Cc: Paul Gortmaker<paul.gortmaker@windriver.com> Cc: Alex Belits <abelits@marvell.com> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nsaenzju@redhat.com> Tested-by: Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nsaenzju@redhat.com>
2022-03-07tick/rcu: Remove obsolete rcu_needs_cpu() parametersFrederic Weisbecker1-2/+1
With the removal of CONFIG_RCU_FAST_NO_HZ, the parameters in rcu_needs_cpu() are not necessary anymore. Simply remove them. Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org> Cc: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de>
2021-11-30rcu: in_irq() cleanupChangbin Du1-1/+1
This commit replaces the obsolete and ambiguous macro in_irq() with its shiny new in_hardirq() equivalent. Signed-off-by: Changbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2021-08-06rcu: Remove special bit at the bottom of the ->dynticks counterJoel Fernandes (Google)1-3/+0
Commit b8c17e6664c4 ("rcu: Maintain special bits at bottom of ->dynticks counter") reserved a bit at the bottom of the ->dynticks counter to defer flushing of TLBs, but this facility never has been used. This commit therefore removes this capability along with the rcu_eqs_special_set() function used to trigger it. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-doc/CALCETrWNPOOdTrFabTDd=H7+wc6xJ9rJceg6OL1S0rTV5pfSsA@mail.gmail.com/ Suggested-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: "Joel Fernandes (Google)" <joel@joelfernandes.org> [ paulmck: Forward-port to v5.13-rc1. ] Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2021-05-10rcu: Remove the unused rcu_irq_exit_preempt() functionPaul E. McKenney1-1/+0
Commit 9ee01e0f69a9 ("x86/entry: Clean up idtentry_enter/exit() leftovers") left the rcu_irq_exit_preempt() in place in order to avoid conflicts with the -rcu tree. Now that this change has long since hit mainline, this commit removes the no-longer-used rcu_irq_exit_preempt() function. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2021-03-24rcu: Provide polling interfaces for Tiny RCU grace periodsPaul E. McKenney1-4/+3
There is a need for a non-blocking polling interface for RCU grace periods, so this commit supplies start_poll_synchronize_rcu() and poll_state_synchronize_rcu() for this purpose. Note that the existing get_state_synchronize_rcu() may be used if future grace periods are inevitable (perhaps due to a later call_rcu() invocation). The new start_poll_synchronize_rcu() is to be used if future grace periods might not otherwise happen. Finally, poll_state_synchronize_rcu() provides a lockless check for a grace period having elapsed since the corresponding call to either of the get_state_synchronize_rcu() or start_poll_synchronize_rcu(). As with get_state_synchronize_rcu(), the return value from either get_state_synchronize_rcu() or start_poll_synchronize_rcu() is passed in to a later call to either poll_state_synchronize_rcu() or the existing (might_sleep) cond_synchronize_rcu(). [ paulmck: Revert cond_synchronize_rcu() to might_sleep() per Frederic Weisbecker feedback. ] Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2020-11-06x86/cpu: Avoid cpuinfo-induced IPIing of idle CPUsPaul E. McKenney1-0/+2
Currently, accessing /proc/cpuinfo sends IPIs to idle CPUs in order to learn their clock frequency. Which is a bit strange, given that waking them from idle likely significantly changes their clock frequency. This commit therefore avoids sending /proc/cpuinfo-induced IPIs to idle CPUs. [ paulmck: Also check for idle in arch_freq_prepare_all(). ] Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org> Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> Cc: <x86@kernel.org>
2020-08-24rcu: Remove unused __rcu_is_watching() functionPaul E. McKenney1-1/+0
The x86/entry work removed all uses of __rcu_is_watching(), therefore this commit removes it entirely. Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> Cc: <x86@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2020-06-29rcu: Support reclaim for head-less objectUladzislau Rezki (Sony)1-1/+17
Update the kvfree_call_rcu() function with head-less support. This allows RCU to reclaim objects without an embedded rcu_head. tree-RCU: We introduce two chains of arrays to store SLAB-backed and vmalloc pointers, each. Storage in either of these arrays does not require embedding an rcu_head within the object. Maintaining the arrays may become impossible due to high memory pressure. For such cases there is an emergency path. Objects with rcu_head inside are just queued on a backup rcu_head list. Later on that list is drained. As for the head-less variant, as the current context can sleep, the following emergency measures are applied: a) Synchronously wait until a grace period has elapsed. b) Call kvfree(). tiny-RCU: For double argument calls, there are no new changes in behavior. For single argument call, kvfree() is directly inlined on the current stack after a synchronize_rcu() call. Note that for tiny-RCU, any call to synchronize_rcu() is actually a quiescent state, therefore it does nothing. Reviewed-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org> Signed-off-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org> Co-developed-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2020-06-29rcu: Rename *_kfree_callback/*_kfree_rcu_offset/kfree_call_*Uladzislau Rezki (Sony)1-1/+1
The following changes are introduced: 1. Rename rcu_invoke_kfree_callback() to rcu_invoke_kvfree_callback(), as well as the associated trace events, so the rcu_kfree_callback(), becomes rcu_kvfree_callback(). The reason is to be aligned with kvfree() notation. 2. Rename __is_kfree_rcu_offset to __is_kvfree_rcu_offset. All RCU paths use kvfree() now instead of kfree(), thus rename it. 3. Rename kfree_call_rcu() to the kvfree_call_rcu(). The reason is, it is capable of freeing vmalloc() memory now. Do the same with __kfree_rcu() macro, it becomes __kvfree_rcu(), the goal is the same. Reviewed-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org> Co-developed-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org> Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org> Signed-off-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2020-05-26rcu: Provide rcu_irq_exit_check_preempt()Thomas Gleixner1-0/+1
Provide a debug check which can be invoked from exception return to kernel mode before an attempt is made to schedule. Warn if RCU is not ready for this. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200521202117.089709607@linutronix.de
2020-05-19rcu: Provide __rcu_is_watching()Thomas Gleixner1-0/+1
Same as rcu_is_watching() but without the preempt_disable/enable() pair inside the function. It is merked noinstr so it ends up in the non-instrumentable text section. This is useful for non-preemptible code especially in the low level entry section. Using rcu_is_watching() there results in a call to the preempt_schedule_notrace() thunk which triggers noinstr section warnings in objtool. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200512213810.518709291@linutronix.de
2020-05-19rcu: Provide rcu_irq_exit_preempt()Thomas Gleixner1-0/+1
Interrupts and exceptions invoke rcu_irq_enter() on entry and need to invoke rcu_irq_exit() before they either return to the interrupted code or invoke the scheduler due to preemption. The general assumption is that RCU idle code has to have preemption disabled so that a return from interrupt cannot schedule. So the return from interrupt code invokes rcu_irq_exit() and preempt_schedule_irq(). If there is any imbalance in the rcu_irq/nmi* invocations or RCU idle code had preemption enabled then this goes unnoticed until the CPU goes idle or some other RCU check is executed. Provide rcu_irq_exit_preempt() which can be invoked from the interrupt/exception return code in case that preemption is enabled. It invokes rcu_irq_exit() and contains a few sanity checks in case that CONFIG_PROVE_RCU is enabled to catch such issues directly. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Alexandre Chartre <alexandre.chartre@oracle.com> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200505134904.364456424@linutronix.de
2020-05-07Merge branches 'fixes.2020.04.27a', 'kfree_rcu.2020.04.27a', 'rcu-tasks.2020.04.27a', 'stall.2020.04.27a' and 'torture.2020.05.07a' into HEADPaul E. McKenney1-1/+2
fixes.2020.04.27a: Miscellaneous fixes. kfree_rcu.2020.04.27a: Changes related to kfree_rcu(). rcu-tasks.2020.04.27a: Addition of new RCU-tasks flavors. stall.2020.04.27a: RCU CPU stall-warning updates. torture.2020.05.07a: Torture-test updates.
2020-04-27rcu-tasks: Make RCU Tasks Trace make use of RCU scheduler hooksPaul E. McKenney1-1/+1
This commit makes the calls to rcu_tasks_qs() detect and report quiescent states for RCU tasks trace. If the task is in a quiescent state and if ->trc_reader_checked is not yet set, the task sets its own ->trc_reader_checked. This will cause the grace-period kthread to remove it from the holdout list if it still remains there. [ paulmck: Fix conditional compilation per kbuild test robot feedback. ] Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2020-04-27rcu: Add rcu_gp_might_be_stalled()Paul E. McKenney1-0/+1
This commit adds rcu_gp_might_be_stalled(), which returns true if there is some reason to believe that the RCU grace period is stalled. The use case is where an RCU free-memory path needs to allocate memory in order to free it, a situation that should be avoided where possible. But where it is necessary, there is always the alternative of using synchronize_rcu() to wait for a grace period in order to avoid the allocation. And if the grace period is stalled, allocating memory to asynchronously wait for it is a bad idea of epic proportions: Far better to let others use the memory, because these others might actually be able to free that memory before the grace period ends. Thus, rcu_gp_might_be_stalled() can be used to help decide whether allocating memory on an RCU free path is a semi-reasonable course of action. Cc: Joel Fernandes <joel@joelfernandes.org> Cc: Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2020-02-20rcutorture: Suppress forward-progress complaints during early bootPaul E. McKenney1-0/+1
Some larger systems can take in excess of 50 seconds to complete their early boot initcalls prior to spawing init. This does not in any way help the forward-progress judgments of built-in rcutorture (when rcutorture is built as a module, the insmod or modprobe command normally cannot happen until some time after boot completes). This commit therefore suppresses such complaints until about the time that init is spawned. This also includes a fix to a stupid error located by kbuild test robot. [ paulmck: Apply kbuild test robot feedback. ] Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org> [ paulmck: Fix to nohz_full slow-expediting recovery logic, per bpetkov. ] [ paulmck: Restrict splat to CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y kernels and simplify. ] Tested-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
2020-01-24rcu: Remove kfree_call_rcu_nobatch()Joel Fernandes (Google)1-5/+0
Now that the kfree_rcu() special-casing has been removed from tree RCU, this commit removes kfree_call_rcu_nobatch() since it is no longer needed. Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2020-01-24rcu: Add basic support for kfree_rcu() batchingByungchul Park1-0/+6
Recently a discussion about stability and performance of a system involving a high rate of kfree_rcu() calls surfaced on the list [1] which led to another discussion how to prepare for this situation. This patch adds basic batching support for kfree_rcu(). It is "basic" because we do none of the slab management, dynamic allocation, code moving or any of the other things, some of which previous attempts did [2]. These fancier improvements can be follow-up patches and there are different ideas being discussed in those regards. This is an effort to start simple, and build up from there. In the future, an extension to use kfree_bulk and possibly per-slab batching could be done to further improve performance due to cache-locality and slab-specific bulk free optimizations. By using an array of pointers, the worker thread processing the work would need to read lesser data since it does not need to deal with large rcu_head(s) any longer. Torture tests follow in the next patch and show improvements of around 5x reduction in number of grace periods on a 16 CPU system. More details and test data are in that patch. There is an implication with rcu_barrier() with this patch. Since the kfree_rcu() calls can be batched, and may not be handed yet to the RCU machinery in fact, the monitor may not have even run yet to do the queue_rcu_work(), there seems no easy way of implementing rcu_barrier() to wait for those kfree_rcu()s that are already made. So this means a kfree_rcu() followed by an rcu_barrier() does not imply that memory will be freed once rcu_barrier() returns. Another implication is higher active memory usage (although not run-away..) until the kfree_rcu() flooding ends, in comparison to without batching. More details about this are in the second patch which adds an rcuperf test. Finally, in the near future we will get rid of kfree_rcu() special casing within RCU such as in rcu_do_batch and switch everything to just batching. Currently we don't do that since timer subsystem is not yet up and we cannot schedule the kfree_rcu() monitor as the timer subsystem's lock are not initialized. That would also mean getting rid of kfree_call_rcu_nobatch() entirely. [1] http://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20190723035725-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org [2] https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/12/19/824 Cc: kernel-team@android.com Cc: kernel-team@lge.com Co-developed-by: Byungchul Park <byungchul.park@lge.com> Signed-off-by: Byungchul Park <byungchul.park@lge.com> Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org> [ paulmck: Applied 0day and Paul Walmsley feedback on ->monitor_todo. ] [ paulmck: Make it work during early boot. ] [ paulmck: Add a crude early boot self-test. ] [ paulmck: Style adjustments and experimental docbook structure header. ] Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/alpine.DEB.2.21.9999.1908161931110.32497@viisi.sifive.com/T/#me9956f66cb611b95d26ae92700e1d901f46e8c59 Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2019-10-05rcutorture: Emulate dyntick aspect of userspace nohz_full sojournPaul E. McKenney1-0/+1
During an actual call_rcu() flood, there would be frequent trips to userspace (in-kernel call_rcu() floods must be otherwise housebroken). Userspace execution on nohz_full CPUs implies an RCU dyntick idle/not-idle transition pair, so this commit adds emulation of that pair. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2019-08-26rcu: Don't include <linux/ktime.h> in rcutiny.hChristoph Hellwig1-1/+1
The kbuild reported a built failure due to a header loop when RCUTINY is enabled with my pending riscv-nommu port. Switch rcutiny.h to only include the minimal required header to get HZ instead. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
2019-02-09linux/rcutiny: Convert to SPDX license identifierPaul E. McKenney1-15/+2
Replace the license boiler plate with a SPDX license identifier. While in the area, update an email address. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com> [ paulmck: Update .h SPDX format per Joe Perches. ] Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2018-08-30Merge branches 'doc.2018.08.30a', 'dynticks.2018.08.30b', 'srcu.2018.08.30b' and 'torture.2018.08.29a' into HEADPaul E. McKenney1-39/+14
doc.2018.08.30a: Documentation updates dynticks.2018.08.30b: RCU flavor consolidation updates and cleanups srcu.2018.08.30b: SRCU updates torture.2018.08.29a: Torture-test updates
2018-08-30rcu: Remove unused rcu_dynticks_snap() from Tiny RCUPaul E. McKenney1-6/+0
The rcu_dynticks_snap() function is defined in include/linux/rcutiny.h, but is no longer used by Tiny RCU. This commit therefore removes it. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2018-08-30rcu: Consolidate RCU-sched update-side function definitionsPaul E. McKenney1-31/+1
This commit saves a few lines by consolidating the RCU-sched function definitions at the end of include/linux/rcupdate.h. This consolidation also makes it easier to remove them all when the time comes. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2018-08-30rcu: Consolidate RCU-bh update-side function definitionsPaul E. McKenney1-15/+0
This commit saves a few lines by consolidating the RCU-bh function definitions at the end of include/linux/rcupdate.h. This consolidation also makes it easier to remove them all when the time comes. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2018-08-30rcu: Express Tiny RCU updates in terms of RCU rather than RCU-schedPaul E. McKenney1-15/+19
This commit renames Tiny RCU functions so that the lowest level of functionality is RCU (e.g., synchronize_rcu()) rather than RCU-sched (e.g., synchronize_sched()). This provides greater naming compatibility with Tree RCU, which will in turn permit more LoC removal once the RCU-sched and RCU-bh update-side API is removed. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> [ paulmck: Fix Tiny call_rcu()'s EXPORT_SYMBOL() in response to a bug report from kbuild test robot. ]
2018-08-30rcu: Define RCU-sched API in terms of RCU for Tree RCU PREEMPT buildsPaul E. McKenney1-0/+7
Now that RCU-preempt knows about preemption disabling, its implementation of synchronize_rcu() works for synchronize_sched(), and likewise for the other RCU-sched update-side API members. This commit therefore confines the RCU-sched update-side code to CONFIG_PREEMPT=n builds, and defines RCU-sched's update-side API members in terms of those of RCU-preempt. This means that any given build of the Linux kernel has only one update-side flavor of RCU, namely RCU-preempt for CONFIG_PREEMPT=y builds and RCU-sched for CONFIG_PREEMPT=n builds. This in turn means that kernels built with CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=y have only one rcuo kthread per CPU. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
2018-08-30rcu: Define RCU-bh update API in terms of RCUPaul E. McKenney1-3/+7
Now that the main RCU API knows about softirq disabling and softirq's quiescent states, the RCU-bh update code can be dispensed with. This commit therefore removes the RCU-bh update-side implementation and defines RCU-bh's update-side API in terms of that of either RCU-preempt or RCU-sched, depending on the setting of the CONFIG_PREEMPT Kconfig option. In kernels built with CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=y this has the knock-on effect of reducing by one the number of rcuo kthreads per CPU. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2018-08-30rcu: Apply RCU-bh QSes to RCU-sched and RCU-preempt when safePaul E. McKenney1-0/+5
One necessary step towards consolidating the three flavors of RCU is to make sure that the resulting consolidated "one flavor to rule them all" correctly handles networking denial-of-service attacks. One thing that allows RCU-bh to do so is that __do_softirq() invokes rcu_bh_qs() every so often, and so something similar has to happen for consolidated RCU. This must be done carefully. For example, if a preemption-disabled region of code takes an interrupt which does softirq processing before returning, consolidated RCU must ignore the resulting rcu_bh_qs() invocations -- preemption is still disabled, and that means an RCU reader for the consolidated flavor. This commit therefore creates a new rcu_softirq_qs() that is called only from the ksoftirqd task, thus avoiding the interrupted-a-preempted-region problem. This new rcu_softirq_qs() function invokes rcu_sched_qs(), rcu_preempt_qs(), and rcu_preempt_deferred_qs(). The latter call handles any deferred quiescent states. Note that __do_softirq() still invokes rcu_bh_qs(). It will continue to do so until a later stage of cleanup when the RCU-bh flavor is removed. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> [ paulmck: Fix !SMP issue located by kbuild test robot. ]
2018-08-30rcu: Defer reporting RCU-preempt quiescent states when disabledPaul E. McKenney1-0/+5
This commit defers reporting of RCU-preempt quiescent states at rcu_read_unlock_special() time when any of interrupts, softirq, or preemption are disabled. These deferred quiescent states are reported at a later RCU_SOFTIRQ, context switch, idle entry, or CPU-hotplug offline operation. Of course, if another RCU read-side critical section has started in the meantime, the reporting of the quiescent state will be further deferred. This also means that disabling preemption, interrupts, and/or softirqs will act as an RCU-preempt read-side critical section. This is enforced by checking preempt_count() as needed. Some special cases must be handled on an ad-hoc basis, for example, context switch is a quiescent state even though both the scheduler and do_exit() disable preemption. In these cases, additional calls to rcu_preempt_deferred_qs() override the preemption disabling. Similar logic overrides disabled interrupts in rcu_preempt_check_callbacks() because in this case the quiescent state happened just before the corresponding scheduling-clock interrupt. In theory, this change lifts a long-standing restriction that required that if interrupts were disabled across a call to rcu_read_unlock() that the matching rcu_read_lock() also be contained within that interrupts-disabled region of code. Because the reporting of the corresponding RCU-preempt quiescent state is now deferred until after interrupts have been enabled, it is no longer possible for this situation to result in deadlocks involving the scheduler's runqueue and priority-inheritance locks. This may allow some code simplification that might reduce interrupt latency a bit. Unfortunately, in practice this would also defer deboosting a low-priority task that had been subjected to RCU priority boosting, so real-time-response considerations might well force this restriction to remain in place. Because RCU-preempt grace periods are now blocked not only by RCU read-side critical sections, but also by disabling of interrupts, preemption, and softirqs, it will be possible to eliminate RCU-bh and RCU-sched in favor of RCU-preempt in CONFIG_PREEMPT=y kernels. This may require some additional plumbing to provide the network denial-of-service guarantees that have been traditionally provided by RCU-bh. Once these are in place, CONFIG_PREEMPT=n kernels will be able to fold RCU-bh into RCU-sched. This would mean that all kernels would have but one flavor of RCU, which would open the door to significant code cleanup. Moving to a single flavor of RCU would also have the beneficial effect of reducing the NOCB kthreads by at least a factor of two. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> [ paulmck: Apply rcu_read_unlock_special() preempt_count() feedback from Joel Fernandes. ] [ paulmck: Adjust rcu_eqs_enter() call to rcu_preempt_deferred_qs() in response to bug reports from kbuild test robot. ] [ paulmck: Fix bug located by kbuild test robot involving recursion via rcu_preempt_deferred_qs(). ]
2018-08-29rcutorture: Add forward-progress tests for RCU grace periodsPaul E. McKenney1-0/+1
This commit adds a kthread that loops going into and out of RCU read-side critical sections, but also including a cond_resched(), optionally guarded by a check of need_resched(), in that same loop. This commit relies solely on rcu_torture_writer() progress to judge the forward progress of grace periods. Note that Tasks RCU and SRCU are exempted from forward-progress testing due their (intentionally) less-robust forward-progress guarantees. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2018-07-12rcu: Improve RCU-tasks naming and commentsPaul E. McKenney1-1/+1
The naming and comments associated with some RCU-tasks code make the faulty assumption that context switches due to cond_resched() are voluntary. As several people pointed out, this is not the case. This commit therefore updates function names and comments to better reflect current reality. Reported-by: Byungchul Park <byungchul.park@lge.com> Reported-by: Joel Fernandes <joel@joelfernandes.org> Reported-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2018-05-22rcu/x86: Provide early rcu_cpu_starting() callbackPeter Zijlstra1-0/+1
The x86/mtrr code does horrific things because hardware. It uses stop_machine_from_inactive_cpu(), which does a wakeup (of the stopper thread on another CPU), which uses RCU, all before the CPU is onlined. RCU complains about this, because wakeups use RCU and RCU does (rightfully) not consider offline CPUs for grace-periods. Fix this by initializing RCU way early in the MTRR case. Tested-by: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> [ paulmck: Add !SMP support, per 0day Test Robot report. ]
2017-11-27rcu: Eliminate rcu_irq_enter_disabled()Paul E. McKenney1-1/+0
Now that the irq path uses the rcu_nmi_{enter,exit}() algorithm, rcu_irq_enter() and rcu_irq_exit() may be used from any context. There is thus no need for rcu_irq_enter_disabled() and for the checks using it. This commit therefore eliminates rcu_irq_enter_disabled(). Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2017-07-24srcu: Move rcu_scheduler_starting() from Tiny RCU to Tiny SRCUPaul E. McKenney1-5/+3
Other than lockdep support, Tiny RCU has no need for the scheduler status. However, Tiny SRCU will need this to control boot-time behavior independent of lockdep. Therefore, this commit moves rcu_scheduler_starting() from kernel/rcu/tiny_plugin.h to kernel/rcu/srcutiny.c. This in turn allows the complete removal of kernel/rcu/tiny_plugin.h. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2017-06-08rcu: Remove #ifdef moving rcu_end_inkernel_boot from rcupdate.hPaul E. McKenney1-1/+1
This commit removes a #ifdef and saves a few lines of code by moving the rcu_end_inkernel_boot() function from include/linux/rcupdate.h to include/linux/rcutiny.h (for TINY_RCU) and to include/linux/rcutree.h (for TREE_RCU). Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2017-06-08rcu: Refactor #includes from include/linux/rcupdate.hPaul E. McKenney1-1/+7
The list of #includes from include/linux/rcupdate.h has grown quite a bit, so it is time to trim it. This commit moves the #include of include/linux/ktime.h to include/linux/rcutiny.h, along with the Tiny-RCU-only function that was the only thing needing ktimem.h. It then reconstructs the files included into include/linux/ktime.h based on what is actually needed, with significant help from the 0day Test Robot. This single change reduces the .i file footprint from rcupdate.h from 9018 lines to 7101 lines. Reported-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>