linux/kernel
Paul E. McKenney a57eb940d1 rcu: Add a TINY_PREEMPT_RCU
Implement a small-memory-footprint uniprocessor-only implementation of
preemptible RCU.  This implementation uses but a single blocked-tasks
list rather than the combinatorial number used per leaf rcu_node by
TREE_PREEMPT_RCU, which reduces memory consumption and greatly simplifies
processing.  This version also takes advantage of uniprocessor execution
to accelerate grace periods in the case where there are no readers.

The general design is otherwise broadly similar to that of TREE_PREEMPT_RCU.

This implementation is a step towards having RCU implementation driven
off of the SMP and PREEMPT kernel configuration variables, which can
happen once this implementation has accumulated sufficient experience.

Removed ACCESS_ONCE() from __rcu_read_unlock() and added barrier() as
suggested by Steve Rostedt in order to avoid the compiler-reordering
issue noted by Mathieu Desnoyers (http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/16/183).

As can be seen below, CONFIG_TINY_PREEMPT_RCU represents almost 5Kbyte
savings compared to CONFIG_TREE_PREEMPT_RCU.  Of course, for non-real-time
workloads, CONFIG_TINY_RCU is even better.

	CONFIG_TREE_PREEMPT_RCU

	   text	   data	    bss	    dec	   filename
	     13	      0	      0	     13	   kernel/rcupdate.o
	   6170	    825	     28	   7023	   kernel/rcutree.o
				   ----
				   7026    Total

	CONFIG_TINY_PREEMPT_RCU

	   text	   data	    bss	    dec	   filename
	     13	      0	      0	     13	   kernel/rcupdate.o
	   2081	     81	      8	   2170	   kernel/rcutiny.o
				   ----
				   2183    Total

	CONFIG_TINY_RCU (non-preemptible)

	   text	   data	    bss	    dec	   filename
	     13	      0	      0	     13	   kernel/rcupdate.o
	    719	     25	      0	    744	   kernel/rcutiny.o
				    ---
				    757    Total

Requested-by: Loïc Minier <loic.minier@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2010-08-20 08:55:00 -07:00
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debug kdb: fix compile error without CONFIG_KALLSYMS 2010-08-16 15:58:29 -05:00
gcov
irq irq: Add new IRQ flag IRQF_NO_SUSPEND 2010-07-29 13:24:57 +02:00
power Merge branch 'for-2.6.36' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block 2010-08-10 15:22:42 -07:00
time time: Workaround gcc loop optimization that causes 64bit div errors 2010-08-13 12:03:24 -07:00
trace Merge branch 'tip/perf/urgent-3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-2.6-trace into trace/tip/perf/urgent-4 2010-08-16 11:17:30 -04:00
.gitignore
acct.c pass a struct path to vfs_statfs 2010-08-09 16:48:42 -04:00
async.c async: use workqueue for worker pool 2010-07-14 11:29:46 +02:00
audit_tree.c fanotify: use both marks when possible 2010-07-28 10:18:55 -04:00
audit_watch.c Revert "fsnotify: store struct file not struct path" 2010-08-12 14:23:04 -07:00
audit.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.infradead.org/users/eparis/notify 2010-08-10 11:39:13 -07:00
audit.h Audit: split audit watch Kconfig 2010-07-28 09:58:19 -04:00
auditfilter.c audit: do not get and put just to free a watch 2010-07-28 09:58:17 -04:00
auditsc.c vfs: add helpers to get root and pwd 2010-08-11 00:28:20 -04:00
backtracetest.c
bounds.c
capability.c sched: Remove remaining USER_SCHED code 2010-04-02 20:12:00 +02:00
cgroup_freezer.c Freezer / cgroup freezer: Update stale locking comments 2010-05-10 23:18:47 +02:00
cgroup.c cgroups: __rcu annotations 2010-08-19 17:18:00 -07:00
compat.c rlimits: switch more rlimit syscalls to do_prlimit 2010-07-16 09:48:48 +02:00
configs.c
cpu.c sched: adjust when cpu_active and cpuset configurations are updated during cpu on/offlining 2010-06-08 21:40:36 +02:00
cpuset.c Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2010-08-06 09:39:22 -07:00
cred.c Add a dummy printk function for the maintenance of unused printks 2010-08-12 09:51:35 -07:00
delayacct.c
dma.c
early_res.c kmemleak: Add support for NO_BOOTMEM configurations 2010-07-19 11:54:15 +01:00
elfcore.c elf coredump: add extended numbering support 2010-03-06 11:26:46 -08:00
exec_domain.c sys_personality: remove the bogus checks in sys_personality()->__set_personality() path 2010-08-09 20:45:05 -07:00
exit.c Fix unprotected access to task credentials in waitid() 2010-08-17 18:07:43 -07:00
extable.c
fork.c fs: fs_struct rwlock to spinlock 2010-08-18 08:35:46 -04:00
freezer.c
futex_compat.c
futex.c futex: futex_find_get_task remove credentails check 2010-06-30 15:43:44 -07:00
groups.c security: remove dead hook task_setgroups 2010-04-12 12:19:18 +10:00
hrtimer.c Merge branch 'timers-timekeeping-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2010-08-06 13:18:29 -07:00
hung_task.c
hw_breakpoint.c Merge branch 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2010-08-06 09:30:52 -07:00
itimer.c
kallsyms.c kdb: core for kgdb back end (2 of 2) 2010-05-20 21:04:21 -05:00
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.locks
Kconfig.preempt
kexec.c kexec: return -EFAULT on copy_to_user() failures 2010-08-11 08:59:22 -07:00
kfifo.c kernel/kfifo.c: add handling of chained scatterlists 2010-08-12 08:43:29 -07:00
kmod.c Make do_execve() take a const filename pointer 2010-08-17 18:07:43 -07:00
kprobes.c kprobes: Move enable/disable_kprobe() out from debugfs code 2010-05-08 18:08:30 +02:00
ksysfs.c sysfs: add struct file* to bin_attr callbacks 2010-05-21 09:37:31 -07:00
kthread.c kthread: implement kthread_data() 2010-06-29 10:07:09 +02:00
latencytop.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
lockdep_internals.h lockdep: No need to disable preemption in debug atomic ops 2010-05-04 05:38:16 +02:00
lockdep_proc.c lockstat: Make lockstat counting per cpu 2010-04-06 00:15:37 +02:00
lockdep_states.h
lockdep.c sched_clock: Add local_clock() API and improve documentation 2010-06-09 10:34:49 +02:00
Makefile rcu: Add a TINY_PREEMPT_RCU 2010-08-20 08:55:00 -07:00
module.c module: cleanup comments, remove noinline 2010-08-05 12:59:13 +09:30
mutex-debug.c
mutex-debug.h locking: Implement new raw_spinlock 2009-12-14 23:55:32 +01:00
mutex.c mutex: Fix optimistic spinning vs. BKL 2010-05-19 08:18:44 +02:00
mutex.h
notifier.c sched: Use lockdep-based checking on rcu_dereference() 2010-02-25 10:34:26 +01:00
ns_cgroup.c
nsproxy.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
padata.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2010-08-04 15:23:14 -07:00
panic.c lib/bug.c: add oops end marker to WARN implementation 2010-08-11 08:59:22 -07:00
params.c param: locking for kernel parameters 2010-08-11 23:04:20 +09:30
perf_event.c Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2010-08-06 09:39:22 -07:00
pid_namespace.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
pid.c Add RCU check for find_task_by_vpid(). 2010-08-19 17:18:02 -07:00
pm_qos_params.c pm_qos: Get rid of the allocation in pm_qos_add_request() 2010-07-19 02:00:34 +02:00
posix-cpu-timers.c Merge branch 'writable_limits' of git://decibel.fi.muni.cz/~xslaby/linux 2010-08-10 12:07:51 -07:00
posix-timers.c posix_timer: Move copy_to_user(created_timer_id) down in timer_create() 2010-07-23 15:08:12 +02:00
printk.c gcc-4.6: printk: use stable variable to dump kmsg buffer 2010-08-09 20:45:06 -07:00
profile.c numa: in-kernel profiling: use cpu_to_mem() for per cpu allocations 2010-05-27 09:12:57 -07:00
ptrace.c ptrace: optimize exit_ptrace() for the likely case 2010-08-11 08:59:19 -07:00
range.c kernel/range: remove unused definition of ARRAY_SIZE() 2010-08-09 20:45:06 -07:00
rcupdate.c rcu: define __rcu address space modifier for sparse 2010-08-19 17:17:59 -07:00
rcutiny_plugin.h rcu: Add a TINY_PREEMPT_RCU 2010-08-20 08:55:00 -07:00
rcutiny.c rcu: Add a TINY_PREEMPT_RCU 2010-08-20 08:55:00 -07:00
rcutorture.c rcutorture: add random preemption 2010-08-19 17:18:01 -07:00
rcutree_plugin.h rcu: improve kerneldoc for rcu_read_lock(), call_rcu(), and synchronize_rcu() 2010-08-19 17:18:02 -07:00
rcutree_trace.c rcu: simplify the usage of percpu data 2010-08-19 17:18:01 -07:00
rcutree.c rcu: Allow RCU CPU stall warnings to be off at boot, but manually enablable 2010-08-19 17:18:04 -07:00
rcutree.h rcu: Allow RCU CPU stall warnings to be off at boot, but manually enablable 2010-08-19 17:18:04 -07:00
relay.c kernel/: convert cpu notifier to return encapsulate errno value 2010-05-27 09:12:48 -07:00
res_counter.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
resource.c resource: shared I/O region support 2010-05-11 12:01:10 -07:00
rtmutex_common.h
rtmutex-debug.c sched: Convert pi_lock to raw_spinlock 2009-12-14 23:55:33 +01:00
rtmutex-debug.h
rtmutex-tester.c
rtmutex.c rtmutes: Convert rtmutex.lock to raw_spinlock 2009-12-14 23:55:33 +01:00
rtmutex.h
rwsem.c
sched_clock.c sched_clock: Add local_clock() API and improve documentation 2010-06-09 10:34:49 +02:00
sched_cpupri.c sched: No need for bootmem special cases 2010-07-17 12:06:22 +02:00
sched_cpupri.h sched: No need for bootmem special cases 2010-07-17 12:06:22 +02:00
sched_debug.c sched: Use correct macro to display sched_child_runs_first in /proc/sched_debug 2010-07-21 21:46:12 +02:00
sched_fair.c Merge branch 'linus' into sched/core 2010-07-21 21:45:08 +02:00
sched_features.h sched: Remove ASYM_GRAN feature 2010-03-11 18:32:53 +01:00
sched_idletask.c sched: Cure load average vs NO_HZ woes 2010-04-23 11:02:02 +02:00
sched_rt.c sched: task_tick_rt: Remove the obsolete ->signal != NULL check 2010-06-18 10:46:56 +02:00
sched_stats.h sched: Remove the obsolete exit_state/signal hacks 2010-06-18 10:46:56 +02:00
sched.c Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2010-08-06 09:39:22 -07:00
seccomp.c
semaphore.c
signal.c CRED: Fix RCU warning due to previous patch fixing __task_cred()'s checks 2010-08-04 11:17:10 -07:00
smp.c kernel/: convert cpu notifier to return encapsulate errno value 2010-05-27 09:12:48 -07:00
softirq.c kernel/: fix BUG_ON checks for cpu notifier callbacks direct call 2010-06-04 15:21:45 -07:00
spinlock.c locking: Cleanup the name space completely 2009-12-14 23:55:33 +01:00
srcu.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
stacktrace.c
stop_machine.c stop_machine: struct cpu_stopper, remove alignment padding on 64 bits 2010-08-09 20:45:06 -07:00
sys_ni.c fanotify: sys_fanotify_mark declartion 2010-07-28 09:58:55 -04:00
sys.c rlimits: implement prlimit64 syscall 2010-07-16 09:48:48 +02:00
sysctl_binary.c sysctl: don't use own implementation of hex_to_bin() 2010-05-25 08:07:05 -07:00
sysctl_check.c
sysctl.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.infradead.org/users/eparis/notify 2010-08-10 11:39:13 -07:00
taskstats.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
test_kprobes.c
time.c time: Kill off CONFIG_GENERIC_TIME 2010-07-27 12:40:54 +02:00
timeconst.pl
timer.c kernel/timer.c: fix kernel-doc function parameter warning 2010-08-10 15:33:09 -07:00
tracepoint.c tracing: Let tracepoints have data passed to tracepoint callbacks 2010-05-14 09:50:34 -04:00
tsacct.c mm: clean up mm_counter 2010-03-06 11:26:23 -08:00
uid16.c
up.c
user_namespace.c user_ns: Introduce user_nsmap_uid and user_ns_map_gid. 2010-06-16 14:55:34 -07:00
user-return-notifier.c
user.c sched: Remove a stale comment 2010-05-10 08:48:39 +02:00
utsname_sysctl.c
utsname.c
wait.c
watchdog.c kernel/watchdog: Initialize 'result' 2010-07-07 08:46:42 +02:00
workqueue_sched.h workqueue: implement concurrency managed dynamic worker pool 2010-06-29 10:07:14 +02:00
workqueue.c workqueue: workqueue_cpu_callback() should be cpu_notifier instead of hotcpu_notifier 2010-08-09 11:50:34 +02:00