linux/kernel
Paul E. McKenney 2da4b2a7fd srcu: Expedite first synchronize_srcu() when idle
Classic SRCU in effect expedites the first synchronize_srcu() when SRCU
is idle, and Mike Galbraith demonstrated that some use cases do in fact
rely on this behavior.  In particular, Mike showed that Steven Rostedt's
hotplug stress script takes 55 seconds with Classic SRCU and more than
16 -minutes- when running Tree SRCU.  Assuming that each Tree SRCU's call
to synchronize_srcu() takes four milliseconds, this implies that Steven's
test invokes synchronize_srcu() in isolation, but more than once per
200 microseconds.  Mike used ftrace to demonstrate that the time between
successive calls to synchronize_srcu() ranged from 118 to 342 microseconds,
with one outlier at 80 milliseconds.  This data clearly indicates that
Tree SRCU needs to expedite the first invocation of synchronize_srcu()
during an SRCU idle period.

This commit therefor introduces a srcu_might_be_idle() function that
probabilistically checks whether or not SRCU is idle.  This function is
used by synchronize_rcu() as an additional criterion in deciding whether
or not to expedite.

(Hat trick to Peter Zijlstra for his earlier suggestion that this might
in fact be a problem.  Which for all I know might have motivated Mike to
look into it.)

Reported-by: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Tested-by: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
2017-04-26 16:32:16 -07:00
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bpf bpf: fix checking xdp_adjust_head on tail calls 2017-04-17 15:51:57 -04:00
cgroup Merge branch 'for-4.11-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup 2017-04-16 11:48:10 -07:00
configs config: android-base: enable hardened usercopy and kernel ASLR 2017-02-27 18:43:46 -08:00
debug sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/debug.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:34 +01:00
events Merge branch 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-03-17 13:59:52 -07:00
gcov
irq irq/affinity: Fix extra vecs calculation 2017-04-13 23:41:00 +02:00
livepatch
locking Merge branch 'for-mingo' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-rcu into core/rcu 2017-04-23 11:12:44 +02:00
power Merge branch 'WIP.sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-03-03 10:16:38 -08:00
printk sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/task_stack.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:36 +01:00
rcu srcu: Expedite first synchronize_srcu() when idle 2017-04-26 16:32:16 -07:00
sched Merge branch 'for-mingo' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-rcu into core/rcu 2017-04-23 11:12:44 +02:00
time Merge branch 'timers-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-03-07 14:45:22 -08:00
trace ring-buffer: Have ring_buffer_iter_empty() return true when empty 2017-04-19 21:23:47 -04:00
.gitignore
acct.c sched/headers: Prepare to move cputime functionality from <linux/sched.h> into <linux/sched/cputime.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:39 +01:00
async.c
audit_fsnotify.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2016-12-17 18:44:00 -08:00
audit_tree.c Merge branch 'stable-4.10' of git://git.infradead.org/users/pcmoore/audit 2017-01-05 23:06:06 -08:00
audit_watch.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2016-12-17 18:44:00 -08:00
audit.c audit: make sure we don't let the retry queue grow without bounds 2017-04-10 11:16:59 -04:00
audit.h audit: move audit_signal_info() into kernel/auditsc.c 2017-03-27 14:30:06 -04:00
auditfilter.c audit: add support for session ID user filter 2016-11-29 15:10:12 -05:00
auditsc.c audit: move audit_signal_info() into kernel/auditsc.c 2017-03-27 14:30:06 -04:00
backtracetest.c
bounds.c
capability.c capability: export has_capability 2017-01-12 07:01:56 -07:00
compat.c Replace <asm/uaccess.h> with <linux/uaccess.h> globally 2016-12-24 11:46:01 -08:00
configs.c Replace <asm/uaccess.h> with <linux/uaccess.h> globally 2016-12-24 11:46:01 -08:00
context_tracking.c
cpu_pm.c
cpu.c cpu/hotplug: Serialize callback invocations proper 2017-03-14 19:19:27 +01:00
crash_dump.c
cred.c sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/coredump.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:28 +01:00
delayacct.c sched/headers: Prepare to move cputime functionality from <linux/sched.h> into <linux/sched/cputime.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:39 +01:00
dma.c
elfcore.c
exec_domain.c
exit.c userfaultfd: non-cooperative: rollback userfaultfd_exit 2017-03-09 17:01:09 -08:00
extable.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2017-02-22 10:15:09 -08:00
fork.c mm: Rename SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU to SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU 2017-04-18 11:42:36 -07:00
freezer.c
futex_compat.c Replace <asm/uaccess.h> with <linux/uaccess.h> globally 2016-12-24 11:46:01 -08:00
futex.c futex: Add missing error handling to FUTEX_REQUEUE_PI 2017-03-14 21:45:36 +01:00
groups.c Replace <asm/uaccess.h> with <linux/uaccess.h> globally 2016-12-24 11:46:01 -08:00
hung_task.c sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/debug.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:34 +01:00
irq_work.c
jump_label.c This release has no new tracing features, just clean ups, minor fixes 2017-02-27 13:26:17 -08:00
kallsyms.c bpf: make jited programs visible in traces 2017-02-17 13:40:05 -05:00
kcmp.c
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.locks
Kconfig.preempt
kcov.c kcov: make kcov work properly with KASLR enabled 2016-12-20 09:48:47 -08:00
kexec_core.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pmladek/printk 2017-02-22 17:33:34 -08:00
kexec_file.c kexec, x86/purgatory: Unbreak it and clean it up 2017-03-10 20:55:09 +01:00
kexec_internal.h kexec, x86/purgatory: Unbreak it and clean it up 2017-03-10 20:55:09 +01:00
kexec.c
kmod.c sched/headers, vfs/execve: Prepare to move the do_execve*() prototypes from <linux/sched.h> to <linux/binfmts.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:39 +01:00
kprobes.c powerpc updates for 4.11 part 1. 2017-02-22 10:30:38 -08:00
ksysfs.c kernel/ksysfs.c: add __ro_after_init to bin_attribute structure 2017-02-24 17:46:56 -08:00
kthread.c cgroup, kthread: close race window where new kthreads can be migrated to non-root cgroups 2017-03-17 10:18:47 -04:00
latencytop.c sched/headers: Prepare to move sched_info_on() and force_schedstat_enabled() from <linux/sched.h> to <linux/sched/stat.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:39 +01:00
Makefile cgroup: move cgroup files under kernel/cgroup/ 2016-12-27 14:49:05 -05:00
membarrier.c Fix: Disable sys_membarrier when nohz_full is enabled 2017-01-23 11:32:16 -08:00
memremap.c mm: add private lock to serialize memory hotplug operations 2017-03-16 16:56:18 -07:00
module_signing.c
module-internal.h
module.c Modules updates for v4.11 2017-02-22 17:08:33 -08:00
notifier.c kernel/notifier.c: simplify expression 2017-02-24 17:46:56 -08:00
nsproxy.c
padata.c padata: avoid race in reordering 2017-03-24 21:51:33 +08:00
panic.c sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/debug.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:34 +01:00
params.c
pid_namespace.c sched/headers: Prepare for the reduction of <linux/sched.h>'s signal API dependency 2017-03-02 08:42:37 +01:00
pid.c sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/task.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:35 +01:00
profile.c sched/headers: Prepare to move sched_info_on() and force_schedstat_enabled() from <linux/sched.h> to <linux/sched/stat.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:39 +01:00
ptrace.c ptrace: fix PTRACE_LISTEN race corrupting task->state 2017-04-08 00:47:48 -07:00
range.c
reboot.c
relay.c lib/vsprintf.c: remove %Z support 2017-02-27 18:43:47 -08:00
resource.c
seccomp.c sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/task_stack.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:36 +01:00
signal.c mm: Rename SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU to SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU 2017-04-18 11:42:36 -07:00
smp.c sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/idle.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:26 +01:00
smpboot.c sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/task.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:35 +01:00
smpboot.h
softirq.c
stacktrace.c stacktrace, lockdep: Fix address, newline ugliness 2017-02-08 08:21:31 +01:00
stop_machine.c
sys_ni.c move aio compat to fs/aio.c 2016-12-22 22:58:37 -05:00
sys.c sched/headers: Prepare to move cputime functionality from <linux/sched.h> into <linux/sched/cputime.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:39 +01:00
sysctl_binary.c sysctl: add KERN_CONT to deprecated_sysctl_warning() 2016-12-14 16:04:07 -08:00
sysctl.c sysctl: report EINVAL if value is larger than UINT_MAX for proc_douintvec 2017-04-08 10:27:40 -07:00
task_work.c
taskstats.c
test_kprobes.c
torture.c sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/clock.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:27 +01:00
tracepoint.c sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/task.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:35 +01:00
tsacct.c sched/headers: Prepare to move cputime functionality from <linux/sched.h> into <linux/sched/cputime.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:39 +01:00
ucount.c ucount: Remove the atomicity from ucount->count 2017-03-06 15:26:37 -06:00
uid16.c sched/headers: Prepare to remove <linux/cred.h> inclusion from <linux/sched.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:31 +01:00
up.c
user_namespace.c sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/signal.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:29 +01:00
user-return-notifier.c
user.c sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/user.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:29 +01:00
utsname_sysctl.c sched/headers: Remove <linux/rwsem.h> from <linux/sched.h> 2017-03-03 01:45:36 +01:00
utsname.c sched/headers: Prepare to move the task_lock()/unlock() APIs to <linux/sched/task.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:38 +01:00
watchdog_hld.c sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/debug.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:34 +01:00
watchdog.c sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/debug.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:34 +01:00
workqueue_internal.h
workqueue.c workqueue: trigger WARN if queue_delayed_work() is called with NULL @wq 2017-03-06 15:33:42 -05:00