linux/kernel/rcu
Frederic Weisbecker b3bb02fe5a rcu/nocb: Make rcu_core() callbacks acceleration (de-)offloading safe
When callbacks are offloaded, the NOCB kthreads handle the callbacks
progression on behalf of rcu_core().

However during the (de-)offloading process, the kthread may not be
entirely up to the task. As a result some callbacks grace period
sequence number may remain stale for a while because rcu_core() won't
take care of them either.

Fix this with forcing callbacks acceleration from rcu_core() as long
as the offloading process isn't complete.

Reported-and-tested-by: Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@arm.com>
Tested-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
Cc: Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@arm.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Cc: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
Cc: Joel Fernandes <joel@joelfernandes.org>
Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
Cc: Neeraj Upadhyay <neeraju@codeaurora.org>
Cc: Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@gmail.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2021-12-07 16:24:44 -08:00
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Kconfig Merge branches 'doc.2021.01.06a', 'fixes.2021.01.04b', 'kfree_rcu.2021.01.04a', 'mmdumpobj.2021.01.22a', 'nocb.2021.01.06a', 'rt.2021.01.04a', 'stall.2021.01.06a', 'torture.2021.01.12a' and 'tortureall.2021.01.06a' into HEAD 2021-01-22 15:26:44 -08:00
Kconfig.debug rcu: Restrict RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD to at most four CPUs 2021-05-10 16:22:54 -07:00
Makefile rcuperf: Change rcuperf to rcuscale 2020-08-24 18:39:24 -07:00
rcu_segcblist.c rcu/nocb: Invoke rcu_core() at the start of deoffloading 2021-12-07 16:24:44 -08:00
rcu_segcblist.h rcu/nocb: Prepare state machine for a new step 2021-12-07 16:24:44 -08:00
rcu.h Merge branches 'bitmaprange.2021.05.10c', 'doc.2021.05.10c', 'fixes.2021.05.13a', 'kvfree_rcu.2021.05.10c', 'mmdumpobj.2021.05.10c', 'nocb.2021.05.12a', 'srcu.2021.05.12a', 'tasks.2021.05.18a' and 'torture.2021.05.10c' into HEAD 2021-05-18 10:56:19 -07:00
rcuscale.c rcuscale: Warn on individual rcu_scale_init() error conditions 2021-09-13 16:36:16 -07:00
rcutorture.c Merge branches 'fixes.2021.10.07a', 'scftorture.2021.09.16a', 'tasks.2021.09.15a', 'torture.2021.09.13b' and 'torturescript.2021.09.16a' into HEAD 2021-10-07 10:02:17 -07:00
refscale.c refscale: Warn on individual ref_scale_init() error conditions 2021-09-13 16:36:16 -07:00
srcutiny.c srcutiny: Mark read-side data races 2021-08-06 13:41:48 -07:00
srcutree.c Merge branches 'bitmaprange.2021.05.10c', 'doc.2021.05.10c', 'fixes.2021.05.13a', 'kvfree_rcu.2021.05.10c', 'mmdumpobj.2021.05.10c', 'nocb.2021.05.12a', 'srcu.2021.05.12a', 'tasks.2021.05.18a' and 'torture.2021.05.10c' into HEAD 2021-05-18 10:56:19 -07:00
sync.c rcu: Fix various typos in comments 2021-05-12 12:11:05 -07:00
tasks.h RCU pull request for v5.16 2021-11-01 20:25:38 -07:00
tiny.c srcu: Initialize SRCU after timers 2021-05-10 16:03:35 -07:00
tree_exp.h rcu: Fix existing exp request check in sync_sched_exp_online_cleanup() 2021-09-13 16:32:46 -07:00
tree_nocb.h rcu/nocb: Invoke rcu_core() at the start of deoffloading 2021-12-07 16:24:44 -08:00
tree_plugin.h rcu: Always inline rcu_dynticks_task*_{enter,exit}() 2021-10-07 09:59:41 -07:00
tree_stall.h sched,rcu: Rework try_invoke_on_locked_down_task() 2021-10-07 13:51:15 +02:00
tree.c rcu/nocb: Make rcu_core() callbacks acceleration (de-)offloading safe 2021-12-07 16:24:44 -08:00
tree.h rcu/nocb: Make local rcu_nocb_lock_irqsave() safe against concurrent deoffloading 2021-12-07 16:24:44 -08:00
update.c RCU pull request for v5.16 2021-11-01 20:25:38 -07:00