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Paul E. McKenney
7fbe67e46a Merge branch 'strictgp.2020.08.24a' into HEAD
strictgp.2020.08.24a: Strict grace periods for KASAN testing.
2020-09-03 09:47:42 -07:00
Paul E. McKenney
a657f26170 rcu: Execute RCU reader shortly after rcu_core for strict GPs
A kernel built with CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD=y needs a quiescent
state to appear very shortly after a CPU has noticed a new grace period.
Placing an RCU reader immediately after this point is ineffective because
this normally happens in softirq context, which acts as a big RCU reader.
This commit therefore introduces a new per-CPU work_struct, which is
used at the end of rcu_core() processing to schedule an RCU read-side
critical section from within a clean environment.

Reported-by Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2020-08-24 18:40:27 -07:00
Paul E. McKenney
c0f97f20e5 rcu: Move rcu_cpu_started per-CPU variable to rcu_data
When the rcu_cpu_started per-CPU variable was added by commit
f64c6013a2 ("rcu/x86: Provide early rcu_cpu_starting() callback"),
there were multiple sets of per-CPU rcu_data structures.  Therefore, the
rcu_cpu_started flag was added as a separate per-CPU variable.  But now
there is only one set of per-CPU rcu_data structures, so this commit
moves rcu_cpu_started to a new ->cpu_started field in that structure.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2020-08-24 18:37:54 -07:00
Wei Yang
7a0c2b0940 rcu: grpnum just records group number
The ->grpnum field in the rcu_node structure contains the bit position
in this structure's parent's bitmasks, which is not the CPU number.
This commit therefore adjusts this field's comment accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@linux.alibaba.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2020-06-29 11:58:51 -07:00
Wei Yang
a2dae43088 rcu: grplo/grphi just records CPU number
The ->grplo and ->grphi fields store the lowest and highest CPU number
covered by to a rcu_node structure, which is not the group number.
This commit therefore adjusts these fields' comments to match reality.

Signed-off-by: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@linux.alibaba.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2020-06-29 11:58:51 -07:00
Wei Yang
00943a609d rcu: gp_max is protected by root rcu_node's lock
Because gp_max is protected by root rcu_node's lock, this commit moves
the gp_max definition to the region of the rcu_node structure containing
fields protected by this lock.

Signed-off-by: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@linux.alibaba.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2020-06-29 11:58:51 -07:00
Lihao Liang
360fbbb489 rcu: Update comment from rsp->rcu_gp_seq to rsp->gp_seq
Signed-off-by: Lihao Liang <lihaoliang@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2020-06-29 11:58:50 -07:00
Paul E. McKenney
e816d56fad rcu: Add callbacks-invoked counters
This commit adds a count of the callbacks invoked to the per-CPU rcu_data
structure.  This count is printed by the show_rcu_gp_kthreads() that
is invoked by rcutorture and the RCU CPU stall-warning code.  It is also
intended for use by drgn.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2020-06-29 11:58:49 -07:00
Paul E. McKenney
f736e0f1a5 Merge branches 'fixes.2020.04.27a', 'kfree_rcu.2020.04.27a', 'rcu-tasks.2020.04.27a', 'stall.2020.04.27a' and 'torture.2020.05.07a' into HEAD
fixes.2020.04.27a:  Miscellaneous fixes.
kfree_rcu.2020.04.27a:  Changes related to kfree_rcu().
rcu-tasks.2020.04.27a:  Addition of new RCU-tasks flavors.
stall.2020.04.27a:  RCU CPU stall-warning updates.
torture.2020.05.07a:  Torture-test updates.
2020-05-07 10:18:32 -07:00
Paul E. McKenney
7d0c9c50c5 rcu-tasks: Avoid IPIing userspace/idle tasks if kernel is so built
Systems running CPU-bound real-time task do not want IPIs sent to CPUs
executing nohz_full userspace tasks.  Battery-powered systems don't
want IPIs sent to idle CPUs in low-power mode.  Unfortunately, RCU tasks
trace can and will send such IPIs in some cases.

Both of these situations occur only when the target CPU is in RCU
dyntick-idle mode, in other words, when RCU is not watching the
target CPU.  This suggests that CPUs in dyntick-idle mode should use
memory barriers in outermost invocations of rcu_read_lock_trace()
and rcu_read_unlock_trace(), which would allow the RCU tasks trace
grace period to directly read out the target CPU's read-side state.
One challenge is that RCU tasks trace is not targeting a specific
CPU, but rather a task.  And that task could switch from one CPU to
another at any time.

This commit therefore uses try_invoke_on_locked_down_task()
and checks for task_curr() in trc_inspect_reader_notrunning().
When this condition holds, the target task is running and cannot move.
If CONFIG_TASKS_TRACE_RCU_READ_MB=y, the new rcu_dynticks_zero_in_eqs()
function can be used to check if the specified integer (in this case,
t->trc_reader_nesting) is zero while the target CPU remains in that same
dyntick-idle sojourn.  If so, the target task is in a quiescent state.
If not, trc_read_check_handler() must indicate failure so that the
grace-period kthread can take appropriate action or retry after an
appropriate delay, as the case may be.

With this change, given CONFIG_TASKS_TRACE_RCU_READ_MB=y, if a given
CPU remains idle or a given task continues executing in nohz_full mode,
the RCU tasks trace grace-period kthread will detect this without the
need to send an IPI.

Suggested-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2020-04-27 11:03:52 -07:00
Paul E. McKenney
1fca4d12f4 rcu: Expedite first two FQS scans under callback-overload conditions
Even if some CPUs have excessive numbers of callbacks, RCU's grace-period
kthread will still wait normally between successive force-quiescent-state
scans.  The first two are the most important, as they are the ones that
enlist aid from the scheduler when overloaded.  This commit therefore
omits the wait before the first and the second force-quiescent-state
scan under callback-overload conditions.

This approach was inspired by a discussion with Jeff Roberson.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2020-04-27 11:01:16 -07:00
Paul E. McKenney
b2b00ddf19 rcu: React to callback overload by aggressively seeking quiescent states
In default configutions, RCU currently waits at least 100 milliseconds
before asking cond_resched() and/or resched_rcu() for help seeking
quiescent states to end a grace period.  But 100 milliseconds can be
one good long time during an RCU callback flood, for example, as can
happen when user processes repeatedly open and close files in a tight
loop.  These 100-millisecond gaps in successive grace periods during a
callback flood can result in excessive numbers of callbacks piling up,
unnecessarily increasing memory footprint.

This commit therefore asks cond_resched() and/or resched_rcu() for help
as early as the first FQS scan when at least one of the CPUs has more
than 20,000 callbacks queued, a number that can be changed using the new
rcutree.qovld kernel boot parameter.  An auxiliary qovld_calc variable
is used to avoid acquisition of locks that have not yet been initialized.
Early tests indicate that this reduces the RCU-callback memory footprint
during rcutorture floods by from 50% to 4x, depending on configuration.

Reported-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org>
Reported-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
[ paulmck: Fix bug located by Qian Cai. ]
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Dexuan Cui <decui@microsoft.com>
Tested-by: Qian Cai <cai@lca.pw>
2020-02-20 16:00:20 -08:00
Paul E. McKenney
0e247386d9 Merge branches 'doc.2019.12.10a', 'exp.2019.12.09a', 'fixes.2020.01.24a', 'kfree_rcu.2020.01.24a', 'list.2020.01.10a', 'preempt.2020.01.24a' and 'torture.2019.12.09a' into HEAD
doc.2019.12.10a: Documentations updates
exp.2019.12.09a: Expedited grace-period updates
fixes.2020.01.24a: Miscellaneous fixes
kfree_rcu.2020.01.24a: Batch kfree_rcu() work
list.2020.01.10a: RCU-protected-list updates
preempt.2020.01.24a: Preemptible RCU updates
torture.2019.12.09a: Torture-test updates
2020-01-24 10:37:27 -08:00
Paul E. McKenney
f6105fc2a9 rcu: Remove unused stop-machine #include
Long ago, RCU used the stop-machine mechanism to implement expedited
grace periods, but no longer does so.  This commit therefore removes
the no-longer-needed #includes of linux/stop_machine.h.

Link: https://lwn.net/Articles/805317/
Reported-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2020-01-24 10:33:52 -08:00
Lai Jiangshan
e2167b38c8 rcu: Move gp_state_names[] and gp_state_getname() to tree_stall.h
Only tree_stall.h needs to get name from GP state, so this commit
moves the gp_state_names[] array and the gp_state_getname()
from kernel/rcu/tree.h and kernel/rcu/tree.c, respectively, to
kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h.  While moving gp_state_names[], this commit
uses the GCC syntax to ensure that the right string is associated with
the right CPP macro.

Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@linux.alibaba.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2020-01-24 10:33:45 -08:00
Lai Jiangshan
4778339df0 rcu: Remove the declaration of call_rcu() in tree.h
The call_rcu() function is an external RCU API that is declared in
include/linux/rcupdate.h.  There is thus no point in redeclaring it
in kernel/rcu/tree.h, so this commit removes that redundant declaration.

Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@linux.alibaba.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2020-01-24 10:33:38 -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
Paul E. McKenney
c30fe54189 rcu: Mark non-global functions and variables as static
Each of rcu_state, rcu_rnp_online_cpus(), rcu_dynticks_curr_cpu_in_eqs(),
and rcu_dynticks_snap() are used only in the kernel/rcu/tree.o translation
unit, and may thus be marked static.  This commit therefore makes this
change.

Reported-by: Ben Dooks <ben.dooks@codethink.co.uk>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org>
2019-12-12 10:24:52 -08:00
Paul E. McKenney
df1e849ae4 rcu: Enable tick for nohz_full CPUs slow to provide expedited QS
An expedited grace period can be stalled by a nohz_full CPU looping
in kernel context.  This possibility is currently handled by some
carefully crafted checks in rcu_read_unlock_special() that enlist help
from ksoftirqd when permitted by the scheduler.  However, it is exactly
these checks that require the scheduler avoid holding any of its rq or
pi locks across rcu_read_unlock() without also having held them across
the entire RCU read-side critical section.

It would therefore be very nice if expedited grace periods could
handle nohz_full CPUs looping in kernel context without such checks.
This commit therefore adds code to the expedited grace period's wait
and cleanup code that forces the scheduler-clock interrupt on for CPUs
that fail to quickly supply a quiescent state.  "Quickly" is currently
a hard-coded single-jiffy delay.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2019-12-09 12:32:59 -08:00
Paul E. McKenney
66e4c33b51 rcu: Force tick on for nohz_full CPUs not reaching quiescent states
CPUs running for long time periods in the kernel in nohz_full mode
might leave the scheduling-clock interrupt disabled for then full
duration of their in-kernel execution.  This can (among other things)
delay grace periods.  This commit therefore forces the tick back on
for any nohz_full CPU that is failing to pass through a quiescent state
upon return from interrupt, which the resched_cpu() will induce.

Reported-by: Joel Fernandes <joel@joelfernandes.org>
[ paulmck: Clear ->rcu_forced_tick as reported by Joel Fernandes testing. ]
[ paulmck: Apply Joel Fernandes TICK_DEP_MASK_RCU->TICK_DEP_BIT_RCU fix. ]
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2019-10-28 07:02:21 -07:00
Paul E. McKenney
f7a81b12d6 rcu/nocb: Print no-CBs diagnostics when rcutorture writer unduly delayed
This commit causes locking, sleeping, and callback state to be printed
for no-CBs CPUs when the rcutorture writer is delayed sufficiently for
rcutorture to complain.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
2019-08-13 14:38:24 -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
4fd8c5f153 rcu/nocb: Reduce ->nocb_lock contention with separate ->nocb_gp_lock
The sleep/wakeup of the no-CBs grace-period kthreads is synchronized
using the ->nocb_lock of the first CPU corresponding to that kthread.
This commit provides a separate ->nocb_gp_lock for this purpose, thus
reducing contention on ->nocb_lock.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
2019-08-13 14:35:49 -07:00
Paul E. McKenney
81c0b3d724 rcu/nocb: Avoid ->nocb_lock capture by corresponding CPU
A given rcu_data structure's ->nocb_lock can be acquired very frequently
by the corresponding CPU and occasionally by the corresponding no-CBs
grace-period and callbacks kthreads.  In particular, these two kthreads
will have frequent gaps between ->nocb_lock acquisitions that are roughly
a grace period in duration.  This means that any excessive ->nocb_lock
contention will be due to the CPU's acquisitions, and this in turn
enables a very naive contention-avoidance strategy to be quite effective.

This commit therefore modifies rcu_nocb_lock() to first
attempt a raw_spin_trylock(), and to atomically increment a
separate ->nocb_lock_contended across a raw_spin_lock().  This new
->nocb_lock_contended field is checked in __call_rcu_nocb_wake() when
interrupts are enabled, with a spin-wait for contending acquisitions
to complete, thus allowing the kthreads a chance to acquire the lock.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
2019-08-13 14:35:49 -07:00
Paul E. McKenney
4f9c1bc727 rcu/nocb: Remove obsolete nocb_gp_head and nocb_gp_tail fields
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
2019-08-13 14:35:49 -07:00
Paul E. McKenney
2a777de757 rcu/nocb: Remove obsolete nocb_cb_tail and nocb_cb_head fields
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
2019-08-13 14:35:49 -07:00
Paul E. McKenney
c035280f17 rcu/nocb: Remove obsolete nocb_q_count and nocb_q_count_lazy fields
This commit removes the obsolete nocb_q_count and nocb_q_count_lazy
fields, also removing rcu_get_n_cbs_nocb_cpu(), adjusting
rcu_get_n_cbs_cpu(), and making rcutree_migrate_callbacks() once again
disable the ->cblist fields of offline CPUs.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
2019-08-13 14:35:49 -07:00
Paul E. McKenney
e7f4c5b399 rcu/nocb: Remove obsolete nocb_head and nocb_tail fields
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
12f54c3a84 rcu/nocb: Provide separate no-CBs grace-period kthreads
Currently, there is one no-CBs rcuo kthread per CPU, and these kthreads
are divided into groups.  The first rcuo kthread to come online in a
given group is that group's leader, and the leader both waits for grace
periods and invokes its CPU's callbacks.  The non-leader rcuo kthreads
only invoke callbacks.

This works well in the real-time/embedded environments for which it was
intended because such environments tend not to generate all that many
callbacks.  However, given huge floods of callbacks, it is possible for
the leader kthread to be stuck invoking callbacks while its followers
wait helplessly while their callbacks pile up.  This is a good recipe
for an OOM, and rcutorture's new callback-flood capability does generate
such OOMs.

One strategy would be to wait until such OOMs start happening in
production, but similar OOMs have in fact happened starting in 2018.
It would therefore be wise to take a more proactive approach.

This commit therefore features per-CPU rcuo kthreads that do nothing
but invoke callbacks.  Instead of having one of these kthreads act as
leader, each group has a separate rcog kthread that handles grace periods
for its group.  Because these rcuog kthreads do not invoke callbacks,
callback floods on one CPU no longer block callbacks from reaching the
rcuc callback-invocation kthreads on other CPUs.

This change does introduce additional kthreads, however:

1.	The number of additional kthreads is about the square root of
	the number of CPUs, so that a 4096-CPU system would have only
	about 64 additional kthreads.  Note that recent changes
	decreased the number of rcuo kthreads by a factor of two
	(CONFIG_PREEMPT=n) or even three (CONFIG_PREEMPT=y), so
	this still represents a significant improvement on most systems.

2.	The leading "rcuo" of the rcuog kthreads should allow existing
	scripting to affinity these additional kthreads as needed, the
	same as for the rcuop and rcuos kthreads.  (There are no longer
	any rcuob kthreads.)

3.	A state-machine approach was considered and rejected.  Although
	this would allow the rcuo kthreads to continue their dual
	leader/follower roles, it complicates callback invocation
	and makes it more difficult to consolidate rcuo callback
	invocation with existing softirq callback invocation.

The introduction of rcuog kthreads should thus be acceptable.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
2019-08-13 14:32:39 -07:00
Paul E. McKenney
6484fe54b5 rcu/nocb: Update comments to prepare for forward-progress work
This commit simply rewords comments to prepare for leader nocb kthreads
doing only grace-period work and callback shuffling.  This will mean
the addition of replacement kthreads to invoke callbacks.  The "leader"
and "follower" thus become less meaningful, so the commit changes no-CB
comments with these strings to "GP" and "CB", respectively.  (Give or
take the usual grammatical transformations.)

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
2019-08-13 14:32:39 -07:00
Paul E. McKenney
58bf6f77c6 rcu/nocb: Rename rcu_data fields to prepare for forward-progress work
This commit simply renames rcu_data fields to prepare for leader
nocb kthreads doing only grace-period work and callback shuffling.
This will mean the addition of replacement kthreads to invoke callbacks.
The "leader" and "follower" thus become less meaningful, so the commit
changes no-CB fields with these strings to "gp" and "cb", respectively.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
2019-08-13 14:32:39 -07:00
Paul E. McKenney
1bb336443c rcu: Rename rcu_data's ->deferred_qs to ->exp_deferred_qs
The rcu_data structure's ->deferred_qs field is used to indicate that the
current CPU is blocking an expedited grace period (perhaps a future one).
Given that it is used only for expedited grace periods, its current name
is misleading, so this commit renames it to ->exp_deferred_qs.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
2019-05-28 08:48:19 -07:00
Paul E. McKenney
0864f057b0 rcu: Use irq_work to get scheduler's attention in clean context
When rcu_read_unlock_special() is invoked with interrupts disabled, is
either not in an interrupt handler or is not using RCU_SOFTIRQ, is not
the first RCU read-side critical section in the chain, and either there
is an expedited grace period in flight or this is a NO_HZ_FULL kernel,
the end of the grace period can be unduly delayed.  The reason for this
is that it is not safe to do wakeups in this situation.

This commit fixes this problem by using the irq_work subsystem to
force a later interrupt handler in a clean environment.  Because
set_tsk_need_resched(current) and set_preempt_need_resched() are
invoked prior to this, the scheduler will force a context switch
upon return from this interrupt (though perhaps at the end of any
interrupted preempt-disable or BH-disable region of code), which will
invoke rcu_note_context_switch() (again in a clean environment), which
will in turn give RCU the chance to report the deferred quiescent state.

Of course, by then this task might be within another RCU read-side
critical section.  But that will be detected at that time and reporting
will be further deferred to the outermost rcu_read_unlock().  See
rcu_preempt_need_deferred_qs() and rcu_preempt_deferred_qs() for more
details on the checking.

Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
2019-05-25 14:50:49 -07:00
Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
48d07c04b4 rcu: Enable elimination of Tree-RCU softirq processing
Some workloads need to change kthread priority for RCU core processing
without affecting other softirq work.  This commit therefore introduces
the rcutree.use_softirq kernel boot parameter, which moves the RCU core
work from softirq to a per-CPU SCHED_OTHER kthread named rcuc.  Use of
SCHED_OTHER approach avoids the scalability problems that appeared
with the earlier attempt to move RCU core processing to from softirq
to kthreads.  That said, kernels built with RCU_BOOST=y will run the
rcuc kthreads at the RCU-boosting priority.

Note that rcutree.use_softirq=0 must be specified to move RCU core
processing to the rcuc kthreads: rcutree.use_softirq=1 is the default.

Reported-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Tested-by: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
[ paulmck: Adjust for invoke_rcu_callbacks() only ever being invoked
  from RCU core processing, in contrast to softirq->rcuc transition
  in old mainline RCU priority boosting. ]
[ paulmck: Avoid wakeups when scheduler might have invoked rcu_read_unlock()
  while holding rq or pi locks, also possibly fixing a pre-existing latent
  bug involving raise_softirq()-induced wakeups. ]
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
2019-05-25 14:50:46 -07:00
Paul E. McKenney
b51bcbbf16 rcu: Move forward-progress checkers into tree_stall.h
This commit further consolidates stall-warning functionality by moving
forward-progress checkers into kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h, updating a
comment or two while in the area.  More specifically, this commit moves
show_rcu_gp_kthreads(), rcu_check_gp_start_stall(), rcu_fwd_progress_check(),
sysrq_rcu, sysrq_show_rcu(), sysrq_rcudump_op, and rcu_sysrq_init() from
kernel/rcu/tree.c to kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
2019-03-26 14:40:13 -07:00
Paul E. McKenney
7ac1907c9e rcu: Move irq-disabled stall-warning checking to tree_stall.h
The rcu_iw_handler() function's sole purpose in life is to indicate
whether a stalled CPU had interrupts disabled, so it belongs in
kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h.  This commit therefore makes that move,
clarifying its header comment while in the area.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
2019-03-26 14:40:13 -07:00
Paul E. McKenney
e23344c2ca rcu: Organize functions in tree_stall.h
This commit does only code movement, removal of now-unneeded forward
declarations, and addition of comments.  It organizes the functions
that implement RCU CPU stall warnings for normal grace periods into
three categories:

1.	Control of RCU CPU stall warnings, including computing timeouts.

2.	Interaction of stall warnings with grace periods.

3.	Actual printing of the RCU CPU stall-warning messages.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
2019-03-26 14:40:13 -07:00
Paul E. McKenney
59b73a2768 rcu: Move FAST_NO_HZ stall-warning code to tree_stall.h
This commit further consolidates the stall-warning code by moving
print_cpu_stall_info() and its helper functions along with
zero_cpu_stall_ticks() to kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
2019-03-26 14:40:13 -07:00
Paul E. McKenney
40e69ac7d0 rcu: Inline RCU stall-warning info helper functions
The print_cpu_stall_info_begin() and print_cpu_stall_info_end() print a
single character each onto the console, and are a holdover from a time
when RCU CPU stall warning messages could be abbreviated using a long-gone
Kconfig option.  This commit therefore adds these single characters to
already-printed strings in the calling functions, and then eliminates
both print_cpu_stall_info_begin() and print_cpu_stall_info_end().

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
2019-03-26 14:40:13 -07:00
Paul E. McKenney
21d0d79ab0 rcu: Inline RCU task stall-warning helper functions
The rcu_print_detail_task_stall(), rcu_print_task_stall_begin(), and
rcu_print_task_stall_end() functions were defined to allow long-gone
Kconfig options to provide an abbreviated RCU CPU stall warning printout.
This commit saves a few lines of code by inlining them into their sole
callers.

While in the area, a useless call of rcu_print_detail_task_stall_rnp()
on the root rcu_node structure was eliminated.  If there is only one
rcu_node structure, its tasks get printed twice, but if there are more,
the root rcu_node structure is guaranteed to have an empty list of blocked
tasks, hence the uselessness.  (Long ago, root rcu_node structures with
non-empty ->blkd_tasks lists could happen, but no longer.)

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
2019-03-26 14:40:13 -07:00
Paul E. McKenney
32255d51b6 rcu: Move RCU CPU stall-warning code out of tree.c
This commit completes the process of consolidating the code for RCU CPU
stall warnings for normal grace periods by moving the remaining such
code from kernel/rcu/tree.c to kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
2019-03-26 14:40:13 -07:00
Paul E. McKenney
e7ffb4eb9a Merge branches 'doc.2019.01.26a', 'fixes.2019.01.26a', 'sil.2019.01.26a', 'spdx.2019.02.09a', 'srcu.2019.01.26a' and 'torture.2019.01.26a' into HEAD
doc.2019.01.26a:  Documentation updates.
fixes.2019.01.26a:  Miscellaneous fixes.
sil.2019.01.26a:  Removal of a few more spin_is_locked() instances.
spdx.2019.02.09a:  Add SPDX identifiers to RCU files
srcu.2019.01.26a:  SRCU updates.
torture.2019.01.26a: Torture-test updates.
2019-02-09 08:47:52 -08:00
Paul E. McKenney
22e4092531 rcu/tree: 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>
[ paulmck: Update .h file SPDX comment format per Joe Perches. ]
Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2019-02-09 08:44:10 -08:00
Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
e81baf4cb1 srcu: Remove srcu_queue_delayed_work_on()
srcu_queue_delayed_work_on() disables preemption (and therefore CPU
hotplug in RCU's case) and then checks based on its own accounting if a
CPU is online. If the CPU is online it uses queue_delayed_work_on()
otherwise it fallbacks to queue_delayed_work().
The problem here is that queue_work() on -RT does not work with disabled
preemption.

queue_work_on() works also on an offlined CPU. queue_delayed_work_on()
has the problem that it is possible to program a timer on an offlined
CPU. This timer will fire once the CPU is online again. But until then,
the timer remains programmed and nothing will happen.

Add a local timer which will fire (as requested per delay) on the local
CPU and then enqueue the work on the specific CPU.

RCUtorture testing with SRCU-P for 24h showed no problems.

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
2019-01-25 15:36:42 -08:00
Paul E. McKenney
c98cac603f rcu: Rename rcu_check_callbacks() to rcu_sched_clock_irq()
The name rcu_check_callbacks() arguably made sense back in the early
2000s when RCU was quite a bit simpler than it is today, but it has
become quite misleading, especially with the advent of dyntick-idle
and NO_HZ_FULL.  The rcu_check_callbacks() function is RCU's hook into
the scheduling-clock interrupt, and is now but one of many ways that
callbacks get promoted to invocable state.

This commit therefore changes the name to rcu_sched_clock_irq(),
which is the same number of characters and clearly indicates this
function's relation to the rest of the Linux kernel.  In addition, for
the sake of consistency, rcu_flavor_check_callbacks() is also renamed
to rcu_flavor_sched_clock_irq().

While in the area, the header comments for both functions are reworked.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
2019-01-25 15:35:21 -08:00
Paul E. McKenney
7a968bb26a Merge branches 'consolidate.2019.01.26a' and 'fwd.2019.01.26a' into HEAD
consolidate.2019.01.26a: RCU flavor consolidation cleanups.
fwd.2019.01.26a: RCU grace-period forward-progress fixes.
2019-01-25 15:32:01 -08:00
Paul E. McKenney
fd897573fa rcu: Improve diagnostics for failed RCU grace-period start
If a grace period fails to start (for example, because you commented
out the last two lines of rcu_accelerate_cbs_unlocked()), rcu_core()
will invoke rcu_check_gp_start_stall(), which will notice and complain.
However, this complaint is lacking crucial debugging information such
as when the last wakeup executed and what the value of ->gp_seq was at
that time.  This commit therefore removes the current pr_alert() from
rcu_check_gp_start_stall(), instead invoking show_rcu_gp_kthreads(),
which has been updated to print the needed information, which is collected
by rcu_gp_kthread_wake().

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
2019-01-25 15:29:57 -08:00
Paul E. McKenney
b2c1955b88 rcu: Remove unused rcu_cpu_kthread_cpu per-CPU variable
The rcu_cpu_kthread_cpu used to provide debugfs information, but is no
longer used.  This commit therefore removes it.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
2019-01-25 15:29:56 -08:00