linux/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h, branch v5.0

rcu: Account for nocb-CPU callback counts in RCU CPU stall warnings

2018-12-01T20:45:37Z

The RCU CPU stall warnings print an estimate of the total number of RCU callbacks queued in the system, but this estimate leaves out the callbacks queued for nocbs CPUs. This commit therefore introduces rcu_get_n_cbs_cpu(), which gives an accurate callback estimate for both nocbs and normal CPUs, and uses this new function as needed. This commit also introduces a rcu_get_n_cbs_nocb_cpu() helper function that returns the number of callbacks for nocbs CPUs or zero otherwise, and also uses this function in place of direct access to ->nocb_q_count while in the area (fewer characters, you see). Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney

rcutorture: Affinity forward-progress test to avoid housekeeping CPUs

2018-12-01T20:45:34Z

This commit affinities the forward-progress tests to avoid hogging a housekeeping CPU on the theory that the offloaded callbacks will be running on those housekeeping CPUs. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney [ paulmck: Fix NULL-pointer issue located by kbuild test robot. ] Tested-by: Rong Chen

Merge branches 'bug.2018.11.12a', 'consolidate.2018.12.01a', 'doc.2018.11.12a', 'fixes.2018.11.12a', 'initrd.2018.11.08b', 'sil.2018.11.12a' and 'srcu.2018.11.27a' into HEAD

2018-12-01T20:43:16Z

bug.2018.11.12a: Get rid of BUG_ON() and friends consolidate.2018.12.01a: Continued RCU flavor-consolidation cleanup doc.2018.11.12a: Documentation updates fixes.2018.11.12a: Miscellaneous fixes initrd.2018.11.08b: Automate creation of rcutorture initrd sil.2018.11.12a: Remove more spin_unlock_wait() calls

rcu: Avoid signed integer overflow in rcu_preempt_deferred_qs()

2018-11-12T17:03:59Z

Subtracting INT_MIN can be interpreted as unconditional signed integer overflow, which according to the C standard is undefined behavior. Therefore, kernel build arguments notwithstanding, it would be good to future-proof the code. This commit therefore substitutes INT_MAX for INT_MIN in order to avoid undefined behavior. While in the neighborhood, this commit also creates some meaningful names for INT_MAX and friends in order to improve readability, as suggested by Joel Fernandes. Reported-by: Ran Rozenstein Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney

rcu: Replace this_cpu_ptr() with __this_cpu_read()

2018-11-12T17:03:59Z

Because __this_cpu_read() can be lighter weight than equivalent uses of this_cpu_ptr(), this commit replaces the latter with the former. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney

rcu: Speed up expedited GPs when interrupting RCU reader

2018-11-12T17:03:59Z

In PREEMPT kernels, an expedited grace period might send an IPI to a CPU that is executing an RCU read-side critical section. In that case, it would be nice if the rcu_read_unlock() directly interacted with the RCU core code to immediately report the quiescent state. And this does happen in the case where the reader has been preempted. But it would also be a nice performance optimization if immediate reporting also happened in the preemption-free case. This commit therefore adds an ->exp_hint field to the task_struct structure's ->rcu_read_unlock_special field. The IPI handler sets this hint when it has interrupted an RCU read-side critical section, and this causes the outermost rcu_read_unlock() call to invoke rcu_read_unlock_special(), which, if preemption is enabled, reports the quiescent state immediately. If preemption is disabled, then the report is required to be deferred until preemption (or bottom halves or interrupts or whatever) is re-enabled. Because this is a hint, it does nothing for more complicated cases. For example, if the IPI interrupts an RCU reader, but interrupts are disabled across the rcu_read_unlock(), but another rcu_read_lock() is executed before interrupts are re-enabled, the hint will already have been cleared. If you do crazy things like this, reporting will be deferred until some later RCU_SOFTIRQ handler, context switch, cond_resched(), or similar. Reported-by: Joel Fernandes Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney Acked-by: Joel Fernandes (Google)

rcu: Eliminate BUG_ON() for kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h

2018-11-12T16:15:16Z

The tree_plugin.h file has a number of calls to BUG_ON(), which panics the kernel, which is not a good strategy for devices (like embedded) that don't have a way to capture console output. This commit therefore converts these BUG_ON() calls to WARN_ON_ONCE() and WARN_ONCE(). Reported-by: Linus Torvalds Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney [ paulmck: Fix typo: s/rcuo/rcub/. ]

rcu: Switch ->dynticks to rcu_data structure, remove rcu_dynticks

2018-08-30T23:03:52Z

This commit move ->dynticks from the rcu_dynticks structure to the rcu_data structure, replacing the field of the same name. It also updates the code to access ->dynticks from the rcu_data structure and to use the rcu_data structure rather than following to now-gone ->dynticks field to the now-gone rcu_dynticks structure. While in the area, this commit also fixes up comments. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney

rcu: Switch dyntick nesting counters to rcu_data structure

2018-08-30T23:03:51Z

This commit removes ->dynticks_nesting and ->dynticks_nmi_nesting from the rcu_dynticks structure and updates the code to access them from the rcu_data structure. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney

rcu: Switch urgent quiescent-state requests to rcu_data structure

2018-08-30T23:03:50Z

This commit removes ->rcu_need_heavy_qs and ->rcu_urgent_qs from the rcu_dynticks structure and updates the code to access them from the rcu_data structure. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney