2021-07-21 11:58:50

by Nicolas Saenz Julienne

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Subject: [PATCH] ftrace: Avoid synchronize_rcu_tasks_rude() call when not necessary

synchronize_rcu_tasks_rude() triggers IPIs and forces rescheduling on
all CPUs. It is a costly operation and, when targeting nohz_full CPUs,
very disrupting (hence the name). So avoid calling it when 'old_hash'
doesn't need to be freed.

Signed-off-by: Nicolas Saenz Julienne <[email protected]>
---
kernel/trace/ftrace.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index e6fb3e6e1ffc..4fbcf560dd03 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -5985,7 +5985,8 @@ ftrace_graph_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
* infrastructure to do the synchronization, thus we must do it
* ourselves.
*/
- synchronize_rcu_tasks_rude();
+ if (old_hash != EMPTY_HASH)
+ synchronize_rcu_tasks_rude();

free_ftrace_hash(old_hash);
}
--
2.31.1