linux/kernel/rcu/update.c, branch v5.6

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

2020-01-24T18:37:27Z

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

rcu: Move rcu_{expedited,normal} definitions into rcupdate.h

2020-01-24T18:33:50Z

This commit moves the rcu_{expedited,normal} definitions from kernel/rcu/update.c to include/linux/rcupdate.h to make sure they are in sync, and also to avoid the following warning from sparse: kernel/ksysfs.c:150:5: warning: symbol 'rcu_expedited' was not declared. Should it be static? kernel/ksysfs.c:167:5: warning: symbol 'rcu_normal' was not declared. Should it be static? Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney

rcu: Add basic support for kfree_rcu() batching

2020-01-24T18:17:03Z

Recently a discussion about stability and performance of a system involving a high rate of kfree_rcu() calls surfaced on the list [1] which led to another discussion how to prepare for this situation. This patch adds basic batching support for kfree_rcu(). It is "basic" because we do none of the slab management, dynamic allocation, code moving or any of the other things, some of which previous attempts did [2]. These fancier improvements can be follow-up patches and there are different ideas being discussed in those regards. This is an effort to start simple, and build up from there. In the future, an extension to use kfree_bulk and possibly per-slab batching could be done to further improve performance due to cache-locality and slab-specific bulk free optimizations. By using an array of pointers, the worker thread processing the work would need to read lesser data since it does not need to deal with large rcu_head(s) any longer. Torture tests follow in the next patch and show improvements of around 5x reduction in number of grace periods on a 16 CPU system. More details and test data are in that patch. There is an implication with rcu_barrier() with this patch. Since the kfree_rcu() calls can be batched, and may not be handed yet to the RCU machinery in fact, the monitor may not have even run yet to do the queue_rcu_work(), there seems no easy way of implementing rcu_barrier() to wait for those kfree_rcu()s that are already made. So this means a kfree_rcu() followed by an rcu_barrier() does not imply that memory will be freed once rcu_barrier() returns. Another implication is higher active memory usage (although not run-away..) until the kfree_rcu() flooding ends, in comparison to without batching. More details about this are in the second patch which adds an rcuperf test. Finally, in the near future we will get rid of kfree_rcu() special casing within RCU such as in rcu_do_batch and switch everything to just batching. Currently we don't do that since timer subsystem is not yet up and we cannot schedule the kfree_rcu() monitor as the timer subsystem's lock are not initialized. That would also mean getting rid of kfree_call_rcu_nobatch() entirely. [1] http://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20190723035725-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org [2] https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/12/19/824 Cc: kernel-team@android.com Cc: kernel-team@lge.com Co-developed-by: Byungchul Park Signed-off-by: Byungchul Park Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) [ paulmck: Applied 0day and Paul Walmsley feedback on ->monitor_todo. ] [ paulmck: Make it work during early boot. ] [ paulmck: Add a crude early boot self-test. ] [ paulmck: Style adjustments and experimental docbook structure header. ] Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/alpine.DEB.2.21.9999.1908161931110.32497@viisi.sifive.com/T/#me9956f66cb611b95d26ae92700e1d901f46e8c59 Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney

rcu: Make PREEMPT_RCU be a modifier to TREE_RCU

2019-12-09T20:37:51Z

Currently PREEMPT_RCU and TREE_RCU are mutually exclusive Kconfig options. But PREEMPT_RCU actually specifies a kind of TREE_RCU, namely a preemptible TREE_RCU. This commit therefore makes PREEMPT_RCU be a modifer to the TREE_RCU Kconfig option. This has the benefit of simplifying several of the #if expressions that formerly needed to check both, but now need only check one or the other. Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan Reviewed-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney

Merge branches 'consolidate.2019.08.01b', 'fixes.2019.08.12a', 'lists.2019.08.13a' and 'torture.2019.08.01b' into HEAD

2019-08-13T21:30:30Z

consolidate.2019.08.01b: Further consolidation cleanups fixes.2019.08.12a: Miscellaneous fixes lists.2019.08.13a: Optional lockdep arguments for RCU list macros torture.2019.08.01b: Torture-test updates

rcu: Remove redundant "if" condition from rcu_gp_is_expedited()

2019-08-12T18:25:06Z

Because rcu_expedited_nesting is initialized to 1 and not decremented until just before init is spawned, rcu_expedited_nesting is guaranteed to be non-zero whenever rcu_scheduler_active == RCU_SCHEDULER_INIT. This commit therefore removes this redundant "if" equality test. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney Reviewed-by: Joel Fernandes (Google)

rcu: Add support for consolidated-RCU reader checking

2019-08-09T18:00:35Z

This commit adds RCU-reader checks to list_for_each_entry_rcu() and hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(). These checks are optional, and are indicated by a lockdep expression passed to a new optional argument to these two macros. If this optional lockdep expression is omitted, these two macros act as before, checking for an RCU read-side critical section. Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) [ paulmck: Update to eliminate return within macro and update comment. ] Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney

rcu: Remove redundant debug_locks check in rcu_read_lock_sched_held()

2019-08-01T21:17:01Z

The debug_locks flag can never be true at the end of rcu_read_lock_sched_held() because it is already checked by the earlier call todebug_lockdep_rcu_enabled(). This commit therefore removes this redundant check. Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney

rcu: Add kernel parameter to dump trace after RCU CPU stall warning

2019-08-01T21:05:51Z

This commit adds a rcu_cpu_stall_ftrace_dump kernel boot parameter, that, when set, causes the trace buffer to be dumped after an RCU CPU stall warning is printed. This kernel boot parameter is disabled by default, maintaining compatibility with previous behavior. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney

rcutorture: Add trivial RCU implementation

2019-05-28T16:06:09Z

I have been showing off a trivial RCU implementation for non-preemptive environments for some time now: #define rcu_read_lock() #define rcu_read_unlock() #define rcu_dereference(p) READ_ONCE(p) #define rcu_assign_pointer(p, v) smp_store_release(&(p), (v)) void synchronize_rcu(void) { int cpu; for_each_online_cpu(cpu) sched_setaffinity(current->pid, cpumask_of(cpu)); } Trivial or not, as the old saying goes, "if it ain't tested, it don't work!". This commit therefore adds a "trivial" flavor to rcutorture and a corresponding TRIVIAL test scenario. This variant does not handle CPU hotplug, which is unconditionally enabled on x86 for post-v5.1-rc3 kernels, which is why the TRIVIAL.boot says "rcutorture.onoff_interval=0". This commit actually does handle CONFIG_PREEMPT=y kernels, but only because it turns back the Linux-kernel clock in order to provide these alternative definitions (or the moral equivalent thereof): #define rcu_read_lock() preempt_disable() #define rcu_read_unlock() preempt_enable() In CONFIG_PREEMPT=n kernels without debugging, these are equivalent to empty macros give or take a compiler barrier. However, the have been successfully tested with actual empty macros as well. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney [ paulmck: Fix symbol issue reported by kbuild test robot . ] [ paulmck: Work around sched_setaffinity() issue noted by Andrea Parri. ] [ paulmck: Add rcutorture.shuffle_interval=0 to TRIVIAL.boot to fix interaction with shuffler task noted by Peter Zijlstra. ] Tested-by: Andrea Parri