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2018-08-30rcu: Refactor rcu_{nmi,irq}_{enter,exit}()Byungchul Park
When entering or exiting irq or NMI handlers, the current code uses ->dynticks_nmi_nesting to detect if it is in the outermost handler, that is, the one interrupting or returning to an RCU-idle context (the idle loop or nohz_full usermode execution). When entering the outermost handler via an interrupt (as opposed to NMI), it is necessary to invoke rcu_dynticks_task_exit() just before the CPU is marked non-idle from an RCU perspective and to invoke rcu_cleanup_after_idle() just after the CPU is marked non-idle. Similarly, when exiting the outermost handler via an interrupt, it is necessary to invoke rcu_prepare_for_idle() just before marking the CPU idle and to invoke rcu_dynticks_task_enter() just after marking the CPU idle. The decision to execute these four functions is currently taken in rcu_irq_enter() and rcu_irq_exit() as follows: rcu_irq_enter() /* A conditional branch with ->dynticks_nmi_nesting */ rcu_nmi_enter() /* A conditional branch with ->dynticks */ /* A conditional branch with ->dynticks_nmi_nesting */ rcu_irq_exit() /* A conditional branch with ->dynticks_nmi_nesting */ rcu_nmi_exit() /* A conditional branch with ->dynticks_nmi_nesting */ /* A conditional branch with ->dynticks_nmi_nesting */ rcu_nmi_enter() /* A conditional branch with ->dynticks */ rcu_nmi_exit() /* A conditional branch with ->dynticks_nmi_nesting */ This works, but the conditional branches in rcu_irq_enter() and rcu_irq_exit() are redundant with those in rcu_nmi_enter() and rcu_nmi_exit(), respectively. Redundant branches are not something we want in the to/from-idle fastpaths, so this commit refactors rcu_{nmi,irq}_{enter,exit}() so they use a common inlined function passed a constant argument as follows: rcu_irq_enter() inlining rcu_nmi_enter_common(irq=true) /* A conditional branch with ->dynticks */ rcu_irq_exit() inlining rcu_nmi_exit_common(irq=true) /* A conditional branch with ->dynticks_nmi_nesting */ rcu_nmi_enter() inlining rcu_nmi_enter_common(irq=false) /* A conditional branch with ->dynticks */ rcu_nmi_exit() inlining rcu_nmi_exit_common(irq=false) /* A conditional branch with ->dynticks_nmi_nesting */ The combination of the constant function argument and the inlining allows the compiler to discard the conditionals that previously controlled execution of rcu_dynticks_task_exit(), rcu_cleanup_after_idle(), rcu_prepare_for_idle(), and rcu_dynticks_task_enter(). This reduces both the to-idle and from-idle path lengths by two conditional branches each, and improves readability as well. This commit also changes order of execution from this: rcu_dynticks_task_exit(); rcu_dynticks_eqs_exit(); trace_rcu_dyntick(); rcu_cleanup_after_idle(); To this: rcu_dynticks_task_exit(); rcu_dynticks_eqs_exit(); rcu_cleanup_after_idle(); trace_rcu_dyntick(); In other words, the calls to rcu_cleanup_after_idle() and trace_rcu_dyntick() are reversed. This has no functional effect because the real concern is whether a given call is before or after the call to rcu_dynticks_eqs_exit(), and this patch does not change that. Before the call to rcu_dynticks_eqs_exit(), RCU is not yet watching the current CPU and after that call RCU is watching. A similar switch in calling order happens on the idle-entry path, with similar lack of effect for the same reasons. Suggested-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Byungchul Park <byungchul.park@lge.com> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> [ paulmck: Applied Steven Rostedt feedback. ] Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2018-08-29rcutorture: Maintain self-propagating CB only during forward-progress testPaul E. McKenney
The current forward-progress testing maintains a self-propagating callback during the full test. This could result in false negatives for stutter-end checking, where it might appear that RCU was clearing out old callbacks only because it was being continually motivated by the self-propagating callback. This commit therefore shuts down the self-propagating callback at the end of each forward-progress test interval. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2018-08-29rcutorture: Check GP completion at stutter endPaul E. McKenney
The rcu_torture_writer() function invokes stutter_wait() at the end of each writer pass, which occasionally blocks for an extended time period in order to ensure that RCU can handle intermittent loads. But part of handling a busy period is invoking all the callbacks before the end of the idle period induced by stutter_wait(). This commit therefore adds a return value to stutter_wait() indicating whether stutter_wait() actually waited. In addition, this commit causes rcu_torture_writer() to test this value and if set, checks that all the elements of the rcu_tortures[] array have been freed up. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2018-08-29rcutorture: Print forward-progress test interval on errorPaul E. McKenney
This commit prints the duration of the forward-progress test interval in the case that no forward progress was observed as an aid to debugging. When forward progress does happen, it prints out the number of rcu_torture_writer() versions and grace periods that elapsed during the forward-progress test. At the end of the run, it also prints the number of attempted and actual forward-progress tests. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2018-08-29rcutorture: Adjust number of reader kthreads per CPU-hotplug operationsPaul E. McKenney
Currently, rcutorture provisions rcu_torture_reader() kthreads based on the initial number of CPUs. This can be problematic when CPU hotplug is enabled, as a system with a very large number of CPUs will provision a very large number of rcu_torture_reader() kthreads. All of these kthreads will continue running even if the CPU-hotplug operations result in only one remaining online CPU. This can result in all sorts of strange artifacts due simply to massive overload. This commit therefore causes the rcu_torture_reader() kthreads to start blocking as the number of online CPUs decreases. This is accomplished by numbering these kthreads, and having each check to make sure that the number of online CPUs is at least as large as its assigned number. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2018-08-29rcutorture: Reduce priority of forward-progress testingPaul E. McKenney
On !SMP tests, the forward-progress kthread might prevent RCU's grace-period kthread from running, which would defeat RCU's forward-progress measures. On PREEMPT tests without RCU priority boosting, the forward-progress kthread might preempt a reader for an extended time period, which would also defeat RCU's forward-progress measures. This commit therefore reduced rcutorture's forward-progress kthread's priority in those cases. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2018-08-29rcutorture: Limit reader duration if irq or bh disabledPaul E. McKenney
There are debug checks in some environments that will complain if the duration of a bh-disabled region of code exceeds about 50 milliseconds. Because rcu_read_delay() can produce a 50-millisecond delay and because there could be up to eight reader segments with such delays, this commit limits the maximum delay to 10 milliseconds if either interrupts or softirqs are disabled. Reported-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2018-08-29rcutorture: Increase rcu_read_delay() longdelay_msPaul E. McKenney
RCU now takes certain actions 100 and 200 milliseconds into a grace period by default, but rcutorture only runs RCU read-side critical sections with durations up to 50 milliseconds. This commit therefore increases test coverage by increasing the maximum critical-section duration to 300 milliseconds. Note that the existing code automatically dials down the probability of long delays based on the maximum duration, which means that this change should not significantly change the rate of execution of RCU read-side critical sections. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2018-08-29rcutorture: Add self-propagating callback to forward-progress testingPaul E. McKenney
If rcutorture is run on a quiet system with the rcutorture.stutter module parameter set high, then there can legitimately be an extended period during which no RCU forward progress takes place. This can result in false-positive no-forward-progress splats. This commit therefore makes rcu_torture_fwd_prog() create a self-propagating RCU callback to ensure that grace periods are in progress for the duration of the forward-progress test. Note that the RCU flavor under test must define ->call(), ->sync(), and ->cb_barrier() for this self-propagating callback to be created. If one or more of those rcu_torture_ops fields are NULL, then the rcu_torture_fwd_prog() function will silently proceed without creating the self-propagating callback. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2018-08-29rcutorture: Vary forward-progress test intervalPaul E. McKenney
Some of the Linux kernel's RCU implementations provide several mechanisms to promote forward progress that operate over different timeframes. This commit therefore causes rcu_torture_fwd_prog() to vary the duration of its forward-progress testing in order to test each such mechanism. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2018-08-29rcutorture: Avoid no-test complaint if too few forward-progress triesPaul E. McKenney
In a too-short test, random delays can cause each attempt to do forward-progress testing to fail to complete, thus resulting in spurious splats. This commit therefore requires at least five tries before complaining about rcutorture runs that failed to produce at least one valid forward-progress testing attempt. Note that actual forward-progress failures will splat regardless of the number of tries. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2018-08-29rcutorture: Also use GP sequence to judge forward progressPaul E. McKenney
Currently, rcutorture relies solely on the progress of rcu_torture_writer() to judge grace-period forward progress. In theory, this is the gold standard of forward progress, but in practice rcutorture separately detects and reports rcu_torture_writer() stalls. This commit therefore adds the grace-period sequence number (when provided) to the judgment of grace-period forward progress, which makes it easier to distinguish between failure of actual grace periods to progress on the one hand and downstream forward-progress failures on the other. For example, given this change, if rcu_torture_writer() stalls, but rcu_torture_fwd_prog() does not complain, then the grace-period computation is working, which is a hint that the failure lies in callback processing, wakeup of the rcu_torture_writer() kthread, or similar. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2018-08-29rcutorture: Add forward-progress tests for RCU grace periodsPaul E. McKenney
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>
2018-08-29rcuperf: Warn on bad perf type for built-in testsPaul E. McKenney
When running a built-in rcuperf test, specifying an invalid perf type results in what looks like a hard hang, with the error messages hidden by other boot-time output. This commit therefore executes a WARN_ON() in this case so that the splat appears just following the error messages. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2018-08-29rcutorture: Warn on bad torture type for built-in testsPaul E. McKenney
When running a built-in rcutorture test, specifying an invalid torture type results in what looks like a hard hang, with the error messages hidden by other boot-time output. This commit therefore executes a WARN_ON() in this case so that the splat appears just following the error messages. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2018-08-29rcutorture: Force occasional reader waitsPaul E. McKenney
Deferred quiescent states can interact with the scheduler, but rcu_torture_reader() does not force such interaction all that frequently. This commit therefore blocks for one jiffy after ten jiffies of read-side runtime. This has the beneficial effect of being most likely to block just after long-running readers, and it is exactly these readers that are most likely to have been preempted (in CONFIG_PREEMPT=y kernels). This in turn helps increase the probability that a deferred quiescent state will be seen by RCU's context-switch hooks. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2018-08-13Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip Pull scheduler updates from Thomas Gleixner: - Cleanup and improvement of NUMA balancing - Refactoring and improvements to the PELT (Per Entity Load Tracking) code - Watchdog simplification and related cleanups - The usual pile of small incremental fixes and improvements * 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (41 commits) watchdog: Reduce message verbosity stop_machine: Reflow cpu_stop_queue_two_works() sched/numa: Move task_numa_placement() closer to numa_migrate_preferred() sched/numa: Use group_weights to identify if migration degrades locality sched/numa: Update the scan period without holding the numa_group lock sched/numa: Remove numa_has_capacity() sched/numa: Modify migrate_swap() to accept additional parameters sched/numa: Remove unused task_capacity from 'struct numa_stats' sched/numa: Skip nodes that are at 'hoplimit' sched/debug: Reverse the order of printing faults sched/numa: Use task faults only if numa_group is not yet set up sched/numa: Set preferred_node based on best_cpu sched/numa: Simplify load_too_imbalanced() sched/numa: Evaluate move once per node sched/numa: Remove redundant field sched/debug: Show the sum wait time of a task group sched/fair: Remove #ifdefs from scale_rt_capacity() sched/core: Remove get_cpu() from sched_fork() sched/cpufreq: Clarify sugov_get_util() sched/sysctl: Remove unused sched_time_avg_ms sysctl ...
2018-07-12Merge branches 'fixes1.2018.07.12b' and 'torture1.2018.07.12b' into HEADPaul E. McKenney
fixes1.2018.07.12b: Post-gp_seq miscellaneous fixes torture1.2018.07.12b: Post-gp_seq torture-test updates
2018-07-12rcutorture: Fix rcu_barrier successes counterJoel Fernandes (Google)
The rcutorture test module currently increments both successes and error for the barrier test upon error, which results in misleading statistics being printed. This commit therefore changes the code to increment the success counter only when the test actually passes. This change was tested by by returning from the barrier callback without incrementing the callback counter, thus introducing what appeared to rcutorture to be rcu_barrier() failures. Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2018-07-12rcutorture: Add support to detect if boost kthread prio is too lowJoel Fernandes (Google)
When rcutorture is built in to the kernel, an earlier patch detects that and raises the priority of RCU's kthreads to allow rcutorture's RCU priority boosting tests to succeed. However, if rcutorture is built as a module, those priorities must be raised manually via the rcutree.kthread_prio kernel boot parameter. If this manual step is not taken, rcutorture's RCU priority boosting tests will fail due to kthread starvation. One approach would be to raise the default priority, but that risks breaking existing users. Another approach would be to allow runtime adjustment of RCU's kthread priorities, but that introduces numerous "interesting" race conditions. This patch therefore instead detects too-low priorities, and prints a message and disables the RCU priority boosting tests in that case. Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2018-07-12rcutorture: Use monotonic timestamp for stall detectionArnd Bergmann
The get_seconds() call is deprecated because it overflows on 32-bit architectures. The algorithm in rcu_torture_stall() can deal with the overflow, but another problem here is that using a CLOCK_REALTIME stamp can lead to a false-positive stall warning when a settimeofday() happens concurrently. Using ktime_get_seconds() instead avoids those issues and will never overflow. The added cast to 'unsigned long' however is necessary to make ULONG_CMP_LT() work correctly. Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2018-07-12rcutorture: Make boost test more robustJoel Fernandes (Google)
Currently, with RCU_BOOST disabled, I get no failures when forcing rcutorture to test RCU boost priority inversion. The reason seems to be that we don't check for failures if the callback never ran at all for the duration of the boost-test loop. Further, the 'rtb' and 'rtbf' counters seem to be used inconsistently. 'rtb' is incremented at the start of each test and 'rtbf' is incremented per-cpu on each failure of call_rcu. So its possible 'rtbf' > 'rtb'. To test the boost with rcutorture, I did following on a 4-CPU x86 machine: modprobe rcutorture test_boost=2 sleep 20 rmmod rcutorture With patch: rtbf: 8 rtb: 12 Without patch: rtbf: 0 rtb: 2 In summary this patch: - Increments failed and total test counters once per boost-test. - Checks for failure cases correctly. Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2018-07-12rcutorture: Disable RT throttling for boost testsJoel Fernandes (Google)
Currently rcutorture is not able to torture RCU boosting properly. This is because the rcutorture's boost threads which are doing the torturing may be throttled due to RT throttling. This patch makes rcutorture use the right torture technique (unthrottled rcutorture boost tasks) for torturing RCU so that the test fails correctly when no boost is available. Currently this requires accessing sysctl_sched_rt_runtime directly, but that should be Ok since rcutorture is test code. Such direct access is also only possible if rcutorture is used as a built-in so make it conditional on that. Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2018-07-12rcutorture: Emphasize testing of single reader protection typePaul E. McKenney
For RCU implementations supporting multiple types of reader protection, rcutorture currently randomly selects the combinations of types of protection for each phase of each reader. The problem with this, for example, given the four kinds of protection for RCU-sched (local_irq_disable(), local_bh_disable(), preempt_disable(), and rcu_read_lock_sched()), the reader will be protected by a single mechanism only 25% of the time. We really heavier testing of single read-side mechanisms. This commit therefore uses only a single mechanism about 60% of the time, half of the time explicitly and one-eighth of the time by chance. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2018-07-12rcutorture: Handle extended read-side critical sectionsPaul E. McKenney
This commit enables rcutorture to test whether RCU properly aggregates different types of read-side critical sections into a larger section covering the set. It does this by extending an initial read-side critical section randomly for a random number of extensions. There is a new rcu_torture_ops field ->extendable that specifies what extensions are permitted for a given flavor of RCU (for example, SRCU does not permit any extensions, while RCU-sched permits all types). Note that if a given operation (for example, local_bh_disable()) extends an RCU read-side critical section, then rcutorture feels free to also start and end the critical section with that operation's type of disabling. Disabling operations include local_bh_disable(), local_irq_disable(), and preempt_disable(). This commit also adds a new "busted_srcud" torture type, which verifies rcutorture's ability to detect extensions of RCU read-side critical sections that are not handled. Gotta test the test, after all! Note that it is not legal to invoke local_bh_disable() with interrupts disabled, and this transition is avoided by overriding the random-number generator when it wants to call local_bh_disable() while interrupts are disabled. The code instead leaves both interrupts and bh/softirq disabled in this case. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2018-07-12rcutorture: Make rcu_torture_timer() use rcu_torture_one_read()Paul E. McKenney
This commit saves a few lines of code by making rcu_torture_timer() invoke rcu_torture_one_read(), thus completing the consolidation of code between rcu_torture_timer() and rcu_torture_reader(). Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2018-07-12rcutorture: Use per-CPU random state for rcu_torture_timer()Paul E. McKenney
Currently, the rcu_torture_timer() function uses a single global torture_random_state structure protected by a single global lock. This conflicts to some extent with performance and scalability, but even more with the goal of consolidating read-side testing with rcu_torture_reader(). This commit therefore creates a per-CPU torture_random_state structure for use by rcu_torture_timer() and eliminates the lock. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> [ paulmck: Make rcu_torture_timer_rand static, per 0day Test Robot report. ]
2018-07-12rcutorture: Use atomic increment for n_rcu_torture_timersPaul E. McKenney
Currently, rcu_torture_timer() relies on a lock to guard updates to n_rcu_torture_timers. Unfortunately, consolidating code with rcu_torture_reader() will dispense with this lock. This commit therefore makes n_rcu_torture_timers be an atomic_long_t and uses atomic_long_inc() to carry out the update. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2018-07-12rcutorture: Extract common code from rcu_torture_reader()Paul E. McKenney
This commit extracts the code executed on each pass through the loop in rcu_torture_reader() into a new rcu_torture_one_read() function. This new function will also be used by rcu_torture_timer(). Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2018-07-12rcuperf: Remove unused torturing_tasks() functionPaul E. McKenney
The torturing_tasks() function in rcuperf.c is not used, so this commit removes it. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2018-07-12rcu: Remove rcutorture test version and sequence numberPaul E. McKenney
Back when RCU had a debugfs interface, there was a test version and sequence number that allowed associating debugfs data with a particular test run, where the test run started with modprobe and ended with rmmod, which was how tests were run back on the old ABAT system within IBM. But rcutorture testing no longer runs on ABAT, and there is no longer an RCU debugfs interface, so there is no longer any need for test versions and sequence numbers. This commit therefore removes the rcutorture_record_test_transition() and rcutorture_record_progress() functions, and along with them the rcutorture_testseq and rcutorture_vernum variables that they update. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2018-07-12rcutorture: Change units of onoff_interval to jiffiesPaul E. McKenney
Some RCU bugs have been sensitive to the frequency of CPU-hotplug operations, which have been gradually increased over time. But this frequency is now at the one-second lower limit that can be specified using the rcutorture.onoff_interval kernel parameter. This commit therefore changes the units of rcutorture.onoff_interval from seconds to jiffies, and also sets the value specified for this kernel parameter in the TREE03 rcutorture scenario to 200, which is 200 milliseconds for HZ=1000. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2018-07-12rcu: Assign higher prio to RCU threads if rcutorture is built-inJoel Fernandes (Google)
The rcutorture RCU priority boosting tests fail even with CONFIG_RCU_BOOST set because rcutorture's threads run at the same priority as the default RCU kthreads (RT class with priority of 1). This patch checks if RCU torture is built into the kernel and if so, assigns RT priority 1 to the RCU threads, allowing the rcutorture boost tests to pass. Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2018-07-12srcu: Add grace-period number to rcutorture statistics printoutPaul E. McKenney
This commit adds the SRCU grace-period number to the rcutorture statistics printout, which allows it to be compared to the rcutorture "Writer stall state" message. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2018-07-12rcu: Print stall-warning NMI dyntick state in hexadecimalPaul E. McKenney
The ->dynticks_nmi_nesting field records the nesting depth of both interrupt and NMI handlers. Because the kernel can enter interrupts and never leave them (and vice versa) and because NMIs can interrupt manipulation of the ->dynticks_nmi_nesting field, the values in this field must be both chosen and maniupated very carefully. As a result, although the value is zero when the corresponding CPU is executing neither an interrupt nor an NMI handler, it is 4,611,686,018,427,387,906 on 64-bit systems when there is a single level of interrupt/NMI handling in progress. This number is difficult to remember and interpret, so this commit switches the output to hexadecimal, resulting in the much nicer 0x4000000000000002. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2018-07-12rcu: Make rcu_seq_diff() more exactPaul E. McKenney
The current implementatation of rcu_seq_diff() follows tradition in providing a rough-and-ready approximation of the number of elapsed grace periods between the two rcu_seq values. However, this difference is used to flag RCU-failure "near misses", which can be a valuable debugging aid, so more exactitude would be an improvement. This commit therefore improves the accuracy of rcu_seq_diff(). Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2018-07-12rcu: Check the range of jiffies_till_{first,next}_fqs when setting themByungchul Park
Currently, the range of jiffies_till_{first,next}_fqs are checked and adjusted on and on in the loop of rcu_gp_kthread on runtime. However, it's enough to check them only when setting them, not every time in the loop. So make them handled on a setting time via sysfs. Signed-off-by: Byungchul Park <byungchul.park@lge.com> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2018-07-12rcu: Add diagnostics for rcutorture writer stall warningPaul E. McKenney
This commit adds any in-the-future ->gp_seq_needed fields to the diagnostics for an rcutorture writer stall warning message. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2018-07-12rcu: Add comment to the last sleep in the rcu tasks loopSteven Rostedt (VMware)
At the end of rcu_tasks_kthread() there's a lonely schedule_timeout_uninterruptible() call with no apparent rationale for its existence. But there is. It is to keep the thread from going into a tight loop if there's some anomaly. That really needs a comment. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180524223839.GU3803@linux.vnet.ibm.com Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2018-07-12rcu: Speed up calling of RCU tasks callbacksSteven Rostedt (VMware)
Joel Fernandes found that the synchronize_rcu_tasks() was taking a significant amount of time. He demonstrated it with the following test: # cd /sys/kernel/tracing # while [ 1 ]; do x=1; done & # echo '__schedule_bug:traceon' > set_ftrace_filter # time echo '!__schedule_bug:traceon' > set_ftrace_filter; real 0m1.064s user 0m0.000s sys 0m0.004s Where it takes a little over a second to perform the synchronize, because there's a loop that waits 1 second at a time for tasks to get through their quiescent points when there's a task that must be waited for. After discussion we came up with a simple way to wait for holdouts but increase the time for each iteration of the loop but no more than a full second. With the new patch we have: # time echo '!__schedule_bug:traceon' > set_ftrace_filter; real 0m0.131s user 0m0.000s sys 0m0.004s Which drops it down to 13% of what the original wait time was. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180523063815.198302-2-joel@joelfernandes.org Reported-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org> Suggested-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2018-07-12rcu: Add comment documenting how rcu_seq_snap worksJoel Fernandes (Google)
rcu_seq_snap may be tricky to decipher. Lets document how it works with an example to make it easier. Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> [ paulmck: Shrink comment as suggested by Peter Zijlstra. ]
2018-07-12rcu: Use RCU CPU stall timeout for rcu_check_gp_start_stall()Paul E. McKenney
Currently, rcu_check_gp_start_stall() waits for one second after the first request before complaining that a grace period has not yet started. This was desirable while testing the conversion from ->future_gp_needed[] to ->gp_seq_needed, but it is a bit on the hair-trigger side for production use under heavy load. This commit therefore makes this wait time be exactly that of the RCU CPU stall warning, allowing easy adjustment of both timeouts to suit the distribution or installation at hand. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2018-07-12rcu: Remove __maybe_unused from rcu_cpu_has_callbacks()Paul E. McKenney
The rcu_cpu_has_callbacks() function is now used in all configurations, so this commit removes the __maybe_unused. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2018-07-12rcu: Remove "inline" from rcu_perf_print_module_parms()Paul E. McKenney
This function is in rcuperf.c, which is not an include file, so there is no problem dropping the "inline", especially given that this function is invoked only twice per rcuperf run. This commit therefore delegates the inlining decision to the compiler by dropping the "inline". Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2018-07-12rcu: Remove "inline" from rcu_torture_print_module_parms()Paul E. McKenney
This function is in rcutorture.c, which is not an include file, so there is no problem dropping the "inline", especially given that this function is invoked only twice per rcutorture run. This commit therefore delegates the inlining decision to the compiler by dropping the "inline". Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2018-07-12rcu: Remove "inline" from panic_on_rcu_stall() and rcu_blocking_is_gp()Paul E. McKenney
These functions are in kernel/rcu/tree.c, which is not an include file, so there is no problem dropping the "inline", especially given that these functions are nowhere near a fastpath. This commit therefore delegates the inlining decision to the compiler by dropping the "inline". Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2018-07-12rcu: Remove unused local variable "cpu"Paul E. McKenney
One danger of using __maybe_unused is that the compiler doesn't yell at you when you remove the last reference, witness rcu_bind_gp_kthread() and its local variable "cpu". This commit removes this local variable. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2018-07-12rcu: Remove unused rcu_kick_nohz_cpu() functionPaul E. McKenney
The rcu_kick_nohz_cpu() function is no longer used, and the functionality it used to provide is now provided by a call to resched_cpu() in the force-quiescent-state function rcu_implicit_dynticks_qs(). This commit therefore removes rcu_kick_nohz_cpu(). Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2018-07-12rcu: Clarify and correct the rcu_preempt_qs() header commentPaul E. McKenney
The rcu_preempt_qs() function only applies to the CPU, not the task. A task really is allowed to invoke this function while in an RCU-preempt read-side critical section, but only if it has first added itself to some leaf rcu_node structure's ->blkd_tasks list. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2018-07-12rcu: Inline rcu_dynticks_momentary_idle() into its sole callerPaul E. McKenney
The rcu_dynticks_momentary_idle() function is invoked only from rcu_momentary_dyntick_idle(), and neither function is particularly large. This commit therefore saves a few lines by inlining rcu_dynticks_momentary_idle() into rcu_momentary_dyntick_idle(). Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>