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Frederic Weisbecker
0efdf14a9f rcu/nocb: Remove stale comment above rcu_segcblist_offload()
This commit removes a stale comment claiming that the cblist must be
empty before changing the offloading state.  This claim was correct back
when the offloaded state was defined exclusively at boot.

Reported-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
Cc: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
Cc: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@gmail.com>
Cc: Joel Fernandes <joel@joelfernandes.org>
Cc: Neeraj Upadhyay <neeraju@codeaurora.org>
Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2021-03-15 13:54:54 -07:00
Frederic Weisbecker
d97b078182 rcu/nocb: De-offloading CB kthread
To de-offload callback processing back onto a CPU, it is necessary to
clear SEGCBLIST_OFFLOAD and notify the nocb CB kthread, which will then
clear its own bit flag and go to sleep to stop handling callbacks.  This
commit makes that change.  It will also be necessary to notify the nocb
GP kthread in this same way, which is the subject of a follow-on commit.

Cc: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Cc: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@gmail.com>
Cc: Joel Fernandes <joel@joelfernandes.org>
Cc: Neeraj Upadhyay <neeraju@codeaurora.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Inspired-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
[ paulmck: Add export per kernel test robot feedback. ]
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2021-01-06 16:24:19 -08:00
Frederic Weisbecker
8d346d438f rcu/nocb: Provide basic callback offloading state machine bits
Offloading and de-offloading RCU callback processes must be done
carefully.  There must never be a time at which callback processing is
disabled because the task driving the offloading or de-offloading might be
preempted or otherwise stalled at that point in time, which would result
in OOM due to calbacks piling up indefinitely.  This implies that there
will be times during which a given CPU's callbacks might be concurrently
invoked by both that CPU's RCU_SOFTIRQ handler (or, equivalently, that
CPU's rcuc kthread) and by that CPU's rcuo kthread.

This situation could fatally confuse both rcu_barrier() and the
CPU-hotplug offlining process, so these must be excluded during any
concurrent-callback-invocation period.  In addition, during times of
concurrent callback invocation, changes to ->cblist must be protected
both as needed for RCU_SOFTIRQ and as needed for the rcuo kthread.

This commit therefore defines and documents the states for a state
machine that coordinates offloading and deoffloading.

Cc: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Cc: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@gmail.com>
Cc: Joel Fernandes <joel@joelfernandes.org>
Cc: Neeraj Upadhyay <neeraju@codeaurora.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Inspired-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2021-01-06 16:24:19 -08:00
Frederic Weisbecker
65e560327f rcu/nocb: Turn enabled/offload states into a common flag
This commit gathers the rcu_segcblist ->enabled and ->offloaded property
field into a single ->flags bitmask to avoid further proliferation of
individual u8 fields in the structure.  This change prepares for the
state formerly known as ->offloaded state to be modified at runtime.

Cc: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Cc: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@gmail.com>
Cc: Joel Fernandes <joel@joelfernandes.org>
Cc: Neeraj Upadhyay <neeraju@codeaurora.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Inspired-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2021-01-06 16:24:19 -08:00
Joel Fernandes (Google)
b4e6039e8a rcu/segcblist: Add debug checks for segment lengths
This commit adds debug checks near the end of rcu_do_batch() that emit
warnings if an empty rcu_segcblist structure has non-zero segment counts,
or, conversely, if a non-empty structure has all-zero segment counts.

Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org>
[ paulmck: Fix queue/segment-length checks. ]
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2021-01-06 16:24:19 -08:00
Joel Fernandes (Google)
68804cf1c9 rcu/tree: segcblist: Remove redundant smp_mb()s
The full memory barriers in rcu_segcblist_enqueue() and in rcu_do_batch()
are not needed because rcu_segcblist_add_len(), and thus also
rcu_segcblist_inc_len(), already includes a memory barrier *before*
and *after* the length of the list is updated.

This commit therefore removes these redundant smp_mb() invocations.

Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2021-01-06 16:24:19 -08:00
Joel Fernandes (Google)
ae5c2341ed rcu/segcblist: Add counters to segcblist datastructure
Add counting of segment lengths of segmented callback list.

This will be useful for a number of things such as knowing how big the
ready-to-execute segment have gotten. The immediate benefit is ability
to trace how the callbacks in the segmented callback list change.

Also this patch remove hacks related to using donecbs's ->len field as a
temporary variable to save the segmented callback list's length. This cannot be
done anymore and is not needed.

Also fix SRCU:
The negative counting of the unsegmented list cannot be used to adjust
the segmented one. To fix this, sample the unsegmented length in
advance, and use it after CB execution to adjust the segmented list's
length.

Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2021-01-06 16:24:19 -08:00
Joel Fernandes (Google)
c2e13112e8 rcu/segcblist: Add additional comments to explain smp_mb()
One counter-intuitive property of RCU is the fact that full memory
barriers are needed both before and after updates to the full
(non-segmented) length.  This patch therefore helps to assist the
reader's intuition by adding appropriate comments.

[ paulmck:  Wordsmithing. ]
Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2021-01-06 16:23:23 -08:00
Joel Fernandes (Google)
6bc3358280 rcu/tree: Make rcu_do_batch count how many callbacks were executed
The rcu_do_batch() function extracts the ready-to-invoke callbacks
from the rcu_segcblist located in the ->cblist field of the current
CPU's rcu_data structure.  These callbacks are first moved to a local
(unsegmented) rcu_cblist.  The rcu_do_batch() function then uses this
rcu_cblist's ->len field to count how many CBs it has invoked, but it
does so by counting that field down from zero.  Finally, this function
negates the value in this ->len field (resulting in a positive number)
and subtracts the result from the ->len field of the current CPU's
->cblist field.

Except that it is sometimes necessary for rcu_do_batch() to stop invoking
callbacks mid-stream, despite there being more ready to invoke, for
example, if a high-priority task wakes up.  In this case the remaining
not-yet-invoked callbacks are requeued back onto the CPU's ->cblist,
but remain in the ready-to-invoke segment of that list.  As above, the
negative of the local rcu_cblist's ->len field is still subtracted from
the ->len field of the current CPU's ->cblist field.

The design of counting down from 0 is confusing and error-prone, plus
use of a positive count will make it easier to provide a uniform and
consistent API to deal with the per-segment counts that are added
later in this series.  For example, rcu_segcblist_extract_done_cbs()
can unconditionally populate the resulting unsegmented list's ->len
field during extraction.

This commit therefore explicitly counts how many callbacks were executed
in rcu_do_batch() itself, counting up from zero, and then uses that
to update the per-CPU segcb list's ->len field, without relying on the
downcounting of rcl->len from zero.

Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Neeraj Upadhyay <neeraju@codeaurora.org>
Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2021-01-04 13:22:12 -08:00
Joel Fernandes (Google)
53922270d2 rcu/segcblist: Prevent useless GP start if no CBs to accelerate
The rcu_segcblist_accelerate() function returns true iff it is necessary
to request another grace period.  A tracing session showed that this
function unnecessarily requests grace periods.

For example, consider the following sequence of events:
1. Callbacks are queued only on the NEXT segment of CPU A's callback list.
2. CPU A runs RCU_SOFTIRQ, accelerating these callbacks from NEXT to WAIT.
3. Thus rcu_segcblist_accelerate() returns true, requesting grace period N.
4. RCU's grace-period kthread wakes up on CPU B and starts grace period N.
4. CPU A notices the new grace period and invokes RCU_SOFTIRQ.
5. CPU A's RCU_SOFTIRQ again invokes rcu_segcblist_accelerate(), but
   there are no new callbacks.  However, rcu_segcblist_accelerate()
   nevertheless (uselessly) requests a new grace period N+1.

This extra grace period results in additional lock contention and also
additional wakeups, all for no good reason.

This commit therefore adds a check to rcu_segcblist_accelerate() that
prevents the return of true when there are no new callbacks.

This change reduces the number of grace periods (GPs) and wakeups in each
of eleven five-second rcutorture runs as follows:

+----+-------------------+-------------------+
| #  | Number of GPs     | Number of Wakeups |
+====+=========+=========+=========+=========+
| 1  | With    | Without | With    | Without |
+----+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| 2  |      75 |      89 |     113 |     119 |
+----+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| 3  |      62 |      91 |     105 |     123 |
+----+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| 4  |      60 |      79 |      98 |     110 |
+----+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| 5  |      63 |      79 |      99 |     112 |
+----+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| 6  |      57 |      89 |      96 |     123 |
+----+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| 7  |      64 |      85 |      97 |     118 |
+----+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| 8  |      58 |      83 |      98 |     113 |
+----+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| 9  |      57 |      77 |      89 |     104 |
+----+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| 10 |      66 |      82 |      98 |     119 |
+----+---------+---------+---------+---------+
| 11 |      52 |      82 |      83 |     117 |
+----+---------+---------+---------+---------+

The reduction in the number of wakeups ranges from 5% to 40%.

Cc: urezki@gmail.com
[ paulmck: Rework commit log and comment. ]
Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2020-09-03 09:39:59 -07:00
Paul E. McKenney
57721fd15a rcu: Remove dead code from rcu_segcblist_insert_pend_cbs()
The rcu_segcblist_insert_pend_cbs() function currently (partially)
initializes the rcu_cblist that it pulls callbacks from.  However, all
the resulting stores are dead because all callers pass in the address of
an on-stack cblist that is not used afterwards.  This commit therefore
removes this pointless initialization.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2020-02-20 15:58:23 -08:00
Paul E. McKenney
bfeebe2421 rcu: Add READ_ONCE() to rcu_segcblist ->tails[]
The rcu_segcblist structure's ->tails[] array entries are read
locklessly, so this commit adds the READ_ONCE() to a load in order to
avoid destructive compiler optimizations.

This data race was reported by KCSAN.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2020-02-20 15:58:22 -08:00
Joel Fernandes (Google)
77a40f9703 rcu: Remove kfree_rcu() special casing and lazy-callback handling
This commit removes kfree_rcu() special-casing and the lazy-callback
handling from Tree RCU.  It moves some of this special casing to Tiny RCU,
the removal of which will be the subject of later commits.

This results in a nice negative delta.

Suggested-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org>
[ paulmck: Add slab.h #include, thanks to kbuild test robot <lkp@intel.com>. ]
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2020-01-24 10:24:31 -08:00
kbuild test robot
1d24dd4e01 rcu: Several rcu_segcblist functions can be static
None of rcu_segcblist_set_len(), rcu_segcblist_add_len(), or
rcu_segcblist_xchg_len() are used outside of kernel/rcu/rcu_segcblist.c.
This commit therefore makes them static.

Fixes: eda669a6a2 ("rcu/nocb: Atomic ->len field in rcu_segcblist structure")
Signed-off-by: kbuild test robot <lkp@intel.com>
[ paulmck: "Fixes:" updated per Stephen Rothwell feedback. ]
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2019-10-30 08:33:22 -07:00
Paul E. McKenney
d1b222c6be rcu/nocb: Add bypass callback queueing
Use of the rcu_data structure's segmented ->cblist for no-CBs CPUs
takes advantage of unrelated grace periods, thus reducing the memory
footprint in the face of floods of call_rcu() invocations.  However,
the ->cblist field is a more-complex rcu_segcblist structure which must
be protected via locking.  Even though there are only three entities
which can acquire this lock (the CPU invoking call_rcu(), the no-CBs
grace-period kthread, and the no-CBs callbacks kthread), the contention
on this lock is excessive under heavy stress.

This commit therefore greatly reduces contention by provisioning
an rcu_cblist structure field named ->nocb_bypass within the
rcu_data structure.  Each no-CBs CPU is permitted only a limited
number of enqueues onto the ->cblist per jiffy, controlled by a new
nocb_nobypass_lim_per_jiffy kernel boot parameter that defaults to
about 16 enqueues per millisecond (16 * 1000 / HZ).  When that limit is
exceeded, the CPU instead enqueues onto the new ->nocb_bypass.

The ->nocb_bypass is flushed into the ->cblist every jiffy or when
the number of callbacks on ->nocb_bypass exceeds qhimark, whichever
happens first.  During call_rcu() floods, this flushing is carried out
by the CPU during the course of its call_rcu() invocations.  However,
a CPU could simply stop invoking call_rcu() at any time.  The no-CBs
grace-period kthread therefore carries out less-aggressive flushing
(every few jiffies or when the number of callbacks on ->nocb_bypass
exceeds (2 * qhimark), whichever comes first).  This means that the
no-CBs grace-period kthread cannot be permitted to do unbounded waits
while there are callbacks on ->nocb_bypass.  A ->nocb_bypass_timer is
used to provide the needed wakeups.

[ paulmck: Apply Coverity feedback reported by Colin Ian King. ]
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
2019-08-13 14:37:32 -07:00
Paul E. McKenney
eda669a6a2 rcu/nocb: Atomic ->len field in rcu_segcblist structure
Upcoming ->nocb_lock contention-reduction work requires that the
rcu_segcblist structure's ->len field be concurrently manipulated,
but only if there are no-CBs CPUs in the kernel.  This commit
therefore makes this ->len field be an atomic_long_t, but only
in CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=y kernels.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
2019-08-13 14:35:49 -07:00
Paul E. McKenney
5d6742b377 rcu/nocb: Use rcu_segcblist for no-CBs CPUs
Currently the RCU callbacks for no-CBs CPUs are queued on a series of
ad-hoc linked lists, which means that these callbacks cannot benefit
from "drive-by" grace periods, thus suffering needless delays prior
to invocation.  In addition, the no-CBs grace-period kthreads first
wait for callbacks to appear and later wait for a new grace period,
which means that callbacks appearing during a grace-period wait can
be delayed.  These delays increase memory footprint, and could even
result in an out-of-memory condition.

This commit therefore enqueues RCU callbacks from no-CBs CPUs on the
rcu_segcblist structure that is already used by non-no-CBs CPUs.  It also
restructures the no-CBs grace-period kthread to be checking for incoming
callbacks while waiting for grace periods.  Also, instead of waiting
for a new grace period, it waits for the closest grace period that will
cause some of the callbacks to be safe to invoke.  All of these changes
reduce callback latency and thus the number of outstanding callbacks,
in turn reducing the probability of an out-of-memory condition.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
2019-08-13 14:35:49 -07:00
Paul E. McKenney
e83e73f5b0 rcu/nocb: Leave ->cblist enabled for no-CBs CPUs
As a first step towards making no-CBs CPUs use the ->cblist, this commit
leaves the ->cblist enabled for these CPUs.  The main reason to make
no-CBs CPUs use ->cblist is to take advantage of callback numbering,
which will reduce the effects of missed grace periods which in turn will
reduce forward-progress problems for no-CBs CPUs.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
2019-08-13 14:35:49 -07:00
Paul E. McKenney
e6060b41c9 rcu/nocb: Allow lockless use of rcu_segcblist_empty()
Currently, rcu_segcblist_empty() assumes that the callback list is not
being changed by other CPUs, but upcoming changes will require it to
operate locklessly.  This commit therefore adds the needed READ_ONCE()
call, along with the WRITE_ONCE() calls when updating the callback list's
->head field.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
2019-08-13 14:35:49 -07:00
Paul E. McKenney
76c6927c3e rcu/nocb: Allow lockless use of rcu_segcblist_restempty()
Currently, rcu_segcblist_restempty() assumes that the callback list
is not being changed by other CPUs, but upcoming changes will require
it to operate locklessly.  This commit therefore adds the needed
READ_ONCE() calls, along with the WRITE_ONCE() calls when updating
the callback list.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
2019-08-13 14:35:49 -07:00
Paul E. McKenney
ce5215c134 rcu/nocb: Use separate flag to indicate offloaded ->cblist
RCU callback processing currently uses rcu_is_nocb_cpu() to determine
whether or not the current CPU's callbacks are to be offloaded.
This works, but it is not so good for cache locality.  Plus use of
->cblist for offloaded callbacks will greatly increase the frequency
of these checks.  This commit therefore adds a ->offloaded flag to the
rcu_segcblist structure to provide a more flexible and cache-friendly
means of checking for callback offloading.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
2019-08-13 14:35:49 -07:00
Paul E. McKenney
1bb5f9b95a rcu/nocb: Use separate flag to indicate disabled ->cblist
NULLing the RCU_NEXT_TAIL pointer was a clever way to save a byte, but
forward-progress considerations would require that this pointer be both
NULL and non-NULL, which, absent a quantum-computer port of the Linux
kernel, simply won't happen.  This commit therefore creates as separate
->enabled flag to replace the current NULL checks.

[ paulmck: Add include files per 0day test robot and -next. ]
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
2019-08-13 14:34:50 -07:00
Paul E. McKenney
eb7935e479 rcu/rcu_segcblist: Convert to SPDX license identifier
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>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2019-02-09 08:43:40 -08:00
Paul E. McKenney
c1935209df rcu: Simplify and inline cpu_needs_another_gp()
Now that RCU no longer relies on failsafe checks, cpu_needs_another_gp()
can be greatly simplified.  This simplification eliminates the last
call to rcu_future_needs_gp() and to rcu_segcblist_future_gp_needed(),
both of which which can then be eliminated.  And then, because
cpu_needs_another_gp() is called only from __rcu_pending(), it can be
inlined and eliminated.

This commit carries out the simplification, inlining, and elimination
called out above.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Tested-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>
2018-05-15 10:30:59 -07:00
Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
56628a7fc8 rcu/segcblist: Include rcupdate.h
The RT build on ARM complains about non-existing ULONG_CMP_LT.
This commit therefore includes rcupdate.h into rcu_segcblist.c.

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2017-10-19 12:13:36 -07:00
Paul E. McKenney
aed4e04686 rcu: Remove unused RCU list functions
Given changes to callback migration, rcu_cblist_head(),
rcu_cblist_tail(), rcu_cblist_count_cbs(), rcu_segcblist_segempty(),
rcu_segcblist_dequeued_lazy(), and rcu_segcblist_new_cbs() are
no longer used.  This commit therefore removes them.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2017-07-25 13:04:49 -07:00
Paul E. McKenney
f2dbe4a562 rcu: Localize rcu_state ->orphan_pend and ->orphan_done
Given that the rcu_state structure's >orphan_pend and ->orphan_done
fields are used only during migration of callbacks from the recently
offlined CPU to a surviving CPU, if rcu_send_cbs_to_orphanage() and
rcu_adopt_orphan_cbs() are combined, these fields can become local
variables in the combined function.  This commit therefore combines
rcu_send_cbs_to_orphanage() and rcu_adopt_orphan_cbs() into a new
rcu_segcblist_merge() function and removes the ->orphan_pend and
->orphan_done fields.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2017-07-25 13:04:49 -07:00
Paul E. McKenney
98059b9861 rcu: Separately compile large rcu_segcblist functions
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>
2017-05-02 07:21:02 -07:00