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rcu: Add Kconfig option to expedite grace periods during boot

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This commit adds a CONFIG_RCU_EXPEDITE_BOOT Kconfig parameter
that emulates a very early boot rcu_expedite_gp().  A late-boot
call to rcu_end_inkernel_boot() will provide the corresponding
rcu_unexpedite_gp().  The late-boot call to rcu_end_inkernel_boot()
should be made just before init is spawned.

According to Arjan:

> To show the boot time, I'm using the timestamp of the "Write protecting"
> line, that's pretty much the last thing we print prior to ring 3 execution.
>
> A kernel with default RCU behavior (inside KVM, only virtual devices)
> looks like this:
>
> [    0.038724] Write protecting the kernel read-only data: 10240k
>
> a kernel with expedited RCU (using the command line option, so that I
> don't have to recompile between measurements and thus am completely
> oranges-to-oranges)
>
> [    0.031768] Write protecting the kernel read-only data: 10240k
>
> which, in percentage, is an 18% improvement.

Reported-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Tested-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
This commit is contained in:
Paul E. McKenney 2015-02-19 10:51:32 -08:00
parent 5afff48bdf
commit ee42571f43
3 changed files with 24 additions and 1 deletions
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include/linux/rcupdate.h
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@ -278,6 +278,7 @@ static inline int rcu_preempt_depth(void)
/* Internal to kernel */
void rcu_init(void);
void rcu_end_inkernel_boot(void);
void rcu_sched_qs(void);
void rcu_bh_qs(void);
void rcu_check_callbacks(int user);

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init/Kconfig
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@ -791,6 +791,19 @@ config RCU_NOCB_CPU_ALL
endchoice
config RCU_EXPEDITE_BOOT
bool
default n
help
This option enables expedited grace periods at boot time,
as if rcu_expedite_gp() had been invoked early in boot.
The corresponding rcu_unexpedite_gp() is invoked from
rcu_end_inkernel_boot(), which is intended to be invoked
at the end of the kernel-only boot sequence, just before
init is exec'ed.
Accept the default if unsure.
endmenu # "RCU Subsystem"
config BUILD_BIN2C

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kernel/rcu/update.c
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@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ module_param(rcu_expedited, int, 0);
#ifndef CONFIG_TINY_RCU
static atomic_t rcu_expedited_nesting;
static atomic_t rcu_expedited_nesting =
ATOMIC_INIT(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RCU_EXPEDITE_BOOT) ? 1 : 0);
/*
* Should normal grace-period primitives be expedited? Intended for
@ -109,6 +110,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_unexpedite_gp);
#endif /* #ifndef CONFIG_TINY_RCU */
/*
* Inform RCU of the end of the in-kernel boot sequence.
*/
void rcu_end_inkernel_boot(void)
{
if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RCU_EXPEDITE_BOOT))
rcu_unexpedite_gp();
}
#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU