linux/kernel/rcutiny.c
Paul E. McKenney b2c0710c46 rcu: move TINY_RCU from softirq to kthread
If RCU priority boosting is to be meaningful, callback invocation must
be boosted in addition to preempted RCU readers.  Otherwise, in presence
of CPU real-time threads, the grace period ends, but the callbacks don't
get invoked.  If the callbacks don't get invoked, the associated memory
doesn't get freed, so the system is still subject to OOM.

But it is not reasonable to priority-boost RCU_SOFTIRQ, so this commit
moves the callback invocations to a kthread, which can be boosted easily.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paul.mckenney@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2010-11-17 15:45:09 -08:00

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/*
* Read-Copy Update mechanism for mutual exclusion, the Bloatwatch edition.
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
*
* Copyright IBM Corporation, 2008
*
* Author: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
*
* For detailed explanation of Read-Copy Update mechanism see -
* Documentation/RCU
*/
#include <linux/moduleparam.h>
#include <linux/completion.h>
#include <linux/interrupt.h>
#include <linux/notifier.h>
#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/mutex.h>
#include <linux/sched.h>
#include <linux/types.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/time.h>
#include <linux/cpu.h>
/* Global control variables for rcupdate callback mechanism. */
struct rcu_ctrlblk {
struct rcu_head *rcucblist; /* List of pending callbacks (CBs). */
struct rcu_head **donetail; /* ->next pointer of last "done" CB. */
struct rcu_head **curtail; /* ->next pointer of last CB. */
};
/* Definition for rcupdate control block. */
static struct rcu_ctrlblk rcu_sched_ctrlblk = {
.donetail = &rcu_sched_ctrlblk.rcucblist,
.curtail = &rcu_sched_ctrlblk.rcucblist,
};
static struct rcu_ctrlblk rcu_bh_ctrlblk = {
.donetail = &rcu_bh_ctrlblk.rcucblist,
.curtail = &rcu_bh_ctrlblk.rcucblist,
};
#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
int rcu_scheduler_active __read_mostly;
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_scheduler_active);
#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC */
/* Controls for rcu_cbs() kthread, replacing RCU_SOFTIRQ used previously. */
static struct task_struct *rcu_cbs_task;
static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(rcu_cbs_wq);
static unsigned long have_rcu_cbs;
static void invoke_rcu_cbs(void);
/* Forward declarations for rcutiny_plugin.h. */
static void rcu_process_callbacks(struct rcu_ctrlblk *rcp);
static int rcu_cbs(void *arg);
static void __call_rcu(struct rcu_head *head,
void (*func)(struct rcu_head *rcu),
struct rcu_ctrlblk *rcp);
#include "rcutiny_plugin.h"
#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ
static long rcu_dynticks_nesting = 1;
/*
* Enter dynticks-idle mode, which is an extended quiescent state
* if we have fully entered that mode (i.e., if the new value of
* dynticks_nesting is zero).
*/
void rcu_enter_nohz(void)
{
if (--rcu_dynticks_nesting == 0)
rcu_sched_qs(0); /* implies rcu_bh_qsctr_inc(0) */
}
/*
* Exit dynticks-idle mode, so that we are no longer in an extended
* quiescent state.
*/
void rcu_exit_nohz(void)
{
rcu_dynticks_nesting++;
}
#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ */
/*
* Helper function for rcu_qsctr_inc() and rcu_bh_qsctr_inc().
* Also disable irqs to avoid confusion due to interrupt handlers
* invoking call_rcu().
*/
static int rcu_qsctr_help(struct rcu_ctrlblk *rcp)
{
unsigned long flags;
local_irq_save(flags);
if (rcp->rcucblist != NULL &&
rcp->donetail != rcp->curtail) {
rcp->donetail = rcp->curtail;
local_irq_restore(flags);
return 1;
}
local_irq_restore(flags);
return 0;
}
/*
* Record an rcu quiescent state. And an rcu_bh quiescent state while we
* are at it, given that any rcu quiescent state is also an rcu_bh
* quiescent state. Use "+" instead of "||" to defeat short circuiting.
*/
void rcu_sched_qs(int cpu)
{
if (rcu_qsctr_help(&rcu_sched_ctrlblk) +
rcu_qsctr_help(&rcu_bh_ctrlblk))
invoke_rcu_cbs();
}
/*
* Record an rcu_bh quiescent state.
*/
void rcu_bh_qs(int cpu)
{
if (rcu_qsctr_help(&rcu_bh_ctrlblk))
invoke_rcu_cbs();
}
/*
* Check to see if the scheduling-clock interrupt came from an extended
* quiescent state, and, if so, tell RCU about it.
*/
void rcu_check_callbacks(int cpu, int user)
{
if (user ||
(idle_cpu(cpu) &&
!in_softirq() &&
hardirq_count() <= (1 << HARDIRQ_SHIFT)))
rcu_sched_qs(cpu);
else if (!in_softirq())
rcu_bh_qs(cpu);
rcu_preempt_check_callbacks();
}
/*
* Invoke the RCU callbacks on the specified rcu_ctrlkblk structure
* whose grace period has elapsed.
*/
static void rcu_process_callbacks(struct rcu_ctrlblk *rcp)
{
struct rcu_head *next, *list;
unsigned long flags;
/* If no RCU callbacks ready to invoke, just return. */
if (&rcp->rcucblist == rcp->donetail)
return;
/* Move the ready-to-invoke callbacks to a local list. */
local_irq_save(flags);
list = rcp->rcucblist;
rcp->rcucblist = *rcp->donetail;
*rcp->donetail = NULL;
if (rcp->curtail == rcp->donetail)
rcp->curtail = &rcp->rcucblist;
rcu_preempt_remove_callbacks(rcp);
rcp->donetail = &rcp->rcucblist;
local_irq_restore(flags);
/* Invoke the callbacks on the local list. */
while (list) {
next = list->next;
prefetch(next);
debug_rcu_head_unqueue(list);
local_bh_disable();
list->func(list);
local_bh_enable();
list = next;
}
}
/*
* This kthread invokes RCU callbacks whose grace periods have
* elapsed. It is awakened as needed, and takes the place of the
* RCU_SOFTIRQ that was used previously for this purpose.
* This is a kthread, but it is never stopped, at least not until
* the system goes down.
*/
static int rcu_cbs(void *arg)
{
unsigned long work;
unsigned long flags;
for (;;) {
wait_event(rcu_cbs_wq, have_rcu_cbs != 0);
local_irq_save(flags);
work = have_rcu_cbs;
have_rcu_cbs = 0;
local_irq_restore(flags);
if (work) {
rcu_process_callbacks(&rcu_sched_ctrlblk);
rcu_process_callbacks(&rcu_bh_ctrlblk);
rcu_preempt_process_callbacks();
}
}
return 0; /* Not reached, but needed to shut gcc up. */
}
/*
* Wake up rcu_cbs() to process callbacks now eligible for invocation.
*/
static void invoke_rcu_cbs(void)
{
unsigned long flags;
local_irq_save(flags);
have_rcu_cbs = 1;
wake_up(&rcu_cbs_wq);
local_irq_restore(flags);
}
/*
* Wait for a grace period to elapse. But it is illegal to invoke
* synchronize_sched() from within an RCU read-side critical section.
* Therefore, any legal call to synchronize_sched() is a quiescent
* state, and so on a UP system, synchronize_sched() need do nothing.
* Ditto for synchronize_rcu_bh(). (But Lai Jiangshan points out the
* benefits of doing might_sleep() to reduce latency.)
*
* Cool, huh? (Due to Josh Triplett.)
*
* But we want to make this a static inline later. The cond_resched()
* currently makes this problematic.
*/
void synchronize_sched(void)
{
cond_resched();
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(synchronize_sched);
/*
* Helper function for call_rcu() and call_rcu_bh().
*/
static void __call_rcu(struct rcu_head *head,
void (*func)(struct rcu_head *rcu),
struct rcu_ctrlblk *rcp)
{
unsigned long flags;
debug_rcu_head_queue(head);
head->func = func;
head->next = NULL;
local_irq_save(flags);
*rcp->curtail = head;
rcp->curtail = &head->next;
local_irq_restore(flags);
}
/*
* Post an RCU callback to be invoked after the end of an RCU-sched grace
* period. But since we have but one CPU, that would be after any
* quiescent state.
*/
void call_rcu_sched(struct rcu_head *head, void (*func)(struct rcu_head *rcu))
{
__call_rcu(head, func, &rcu_sched_ctrlblk);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(call_rcu_sched);
/*
* Post an RCU bottom-half callback to be invoked after any subsequent
* quiescent state.
*/
void call_rcu_bh(struct rcu_head *head, void (*func)(struct rcu_head *rcu))
{
__call_rcu(head, func, &rcu_bh_ctrlblk);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(call_rcu_bh);
void rcu_barrier_bh(void)
{
struct rcu_synchronize rcu;
init_rcu_head_on_stack(&rcu.head);
init_completion(&rcu.completion);
/* Will wake me after RCU finished. */
call_rcu_bh(&rcu.head, wakeme_after_rcu);
/* Wait for it. */
wait_for_completion(&rcu.completion);
destroy_rcu_head_on_stack(&rcu.head);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_barrier_bh);
void rcu_barrier_sched(void)
{
struct rcu_synchronize rcu;
init_rcu_head_on_stack(&rcu.head);
init_completion(&rcu.completion);
/* Will wake me after RCU finished. */
call_rcu_sched(&rcu.head, wakeme_after_rcu);
/* Wait for it. */
wait_for_completion(&rcu.completion);
destroy_rcu_head_on_stack(&rcu.head);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_barrier_sched);
/*
* Spawn the kthread that invokes RCU callbacks.
*/
static int __init rcu_spawn_kthreads(void)
{
rcu_cbs_task = kthread_run(rcu_cbs, NULL, "rcu_cbs");
return 0;
}
early_initcall(rcu_spawn_kthreads);