Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752656AbaG2B4H (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jul 2014 21:56:07 -0400 Received: from e34.co.us.ibm.com ([32.97.110.152]:60949 "EHLO e34.co.us.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751425AbaG2B4C (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jul 2014 21:56:02 -0400 Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2014 18:55:49 -0700 From: "Paul E. McKenney" To: Pranith Kumar Cc: Frederic Weisbecker , LKML , Ingo Molnar , Lai Jiangshan , Dipankar Sarma , Andrew Morton , Mathieu Desnoyers , Josh Triplett , tglx@linutronix.de, Peter Zijlstra , Steven Rostedt , David Howells , Eric Dumazet , dvhart@linux.intel.com, Oleg Nesterov , Sasha Levin Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu] Fix attempt to avoid offloading callbacks unless requested Message-ID: <20140729015549.GI11241@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Reply-To: paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com References: <20140725233623.GA18537@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <53D2F211.4090509@gmail.com> <20140726023013.GG16182@localhost.localdomain> <20140728210303.GB26017@localhost.localdomain> <20140728231725.GH11241@linux.vnet.ibm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-TM-AS-MML: disable X-Content-Scanned: Fidelis XPS MAILER x-cbid: 14072901-1542-0000-0000-0000039BA411 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 07:35:55PM -0400, Pranith Kumar wrote: > On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 7:17 PM, Paul E. McKenney > wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 11:03:06PM +0200, Frederic Weisbecker wrote: > >> > >> Paul what do you think? If we keep that behaviour, Maybe you could blindly do > >> rcu_nocb_mask |= tick_nohz_full and remove the CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL_ALL dependency > >> on RCU_NOCB_ALL? > > > > You mean something like the following updated patch? > > > > Thanx, Paul > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > rcu: Fix attempt to avoid unsolicited offloading of callbacks > > > > Commit b58cc46c5f6b (rcu: Don't offload callbacks unless specifically > > requested) failed to adjust the callback lists of the CPUs that are > > known to be no-CBs CPUs only because they are also nohz_full= CPUs. > > This failure can result in callbacks that are posted during early boot > > getting stranded on nxtlist for CPUs whose no-CBs property becomes > > apparent late, and there can also be spurious warnings about offline > > CPUs posting callbacks. > > > > This commit fixes these problems by adding an early-boot rcu_init_nohz() > > that properly initializes the no-CBs CPUs. > > > > Note that kernels built with CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_ALL=y or with > > CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=n do not exhibit this bug. Neither do kernels > > booted without the nohz_full= boot parameter. > > > > Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney > > Reviewed-by: Pranith Kumar > > > > diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h > > index d231aa17b1d7..cc7bed1c90dc 100644 > > --- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h > > +++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h > > @@ -269,6 +269,14 @@ static inline void rcu_user_hooks_switch(struct task_struct *prev, > > struct task_struct *next) { } > > #endif /* CONFIG_RCU_USER_QS */ > > > > +#ifdef CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU > > +void rcu_init_nohz(void); > > +#else /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU */ > > +static inline void rcu_init_nohz(void) > > +{ > > +} > > +#endif /* #else #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU */ > > + > > /** > > * RCU_NONIDLE - Indicate idle-loop code that needs RCU readers > > * @a: Code that RCU needs to pay attention to. > > diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig > > index 41066e49e880..6944acd00dff 100644 > > --- a/init/Kconfig > > +++ b/init/Kconfig > > @@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ choice > > > > config RCU_NOCB_CPU_NONE > > bool "No build_forced no-CBs CPUs" > > - depends on RCU_NOCB_CPU && !NO_HZ_FULL_ALL > > + depends on RCU_NOCB_CPU > > help > > This option does not force any of the CPUs to be no-CBs CPUs. > > Only CPUs designated by the rcu_nocbs= boot parameter will be > > @@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ config RCU_NOCB_CPU_NONE > > > > config RCU_NOCB_CPU_ZERO > > bool "CPU 0 is a build_forced no-CBs CPU" > > - depends on RCU_NOCB_CPU && !NO_HZ_FULL_ALL > > + depends on RCU_NOCB_CPU > > help > > This option forces CPU 0 to be a no-CBs CPU, so that its RCU > > callbacks are invoked by a per-CPU kthread whose name begins > > diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c > > index e8ae1fef0908..5d8c83ae6c55 100644 > > --- a/init/main.c > > +++ b/init/main.c > > @@ -577,6 +577,7 @@ asmlinkage __visible void __init start_kernel(void) > > idr_init_cache(); > > rcu_init(); > > tick_nohz_init(); > > + rcu_init_nohz(); > > context_tracking_init(); > > radix_tree_init(); > > /* init some links before init_ISA_irqs() */ > > diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h > > index 00dc411e9676..91208497e407 100644 > > --- a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h > > +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h > > @@ -85,33 +85,6 @@ static void __init rcu_bootup_announce_oddness(void) > > pr_info("\tBoot-time adjustment of leaf fanout to %d.\n", rcu_fanout_leaf); > > if (nr_cpu_ids != NR_CPUS) > > pr_info("\tRCU restricting CPUs from NR_CPUS=%d to nr_cpu_ids=%d.\n", NR_CPUS, nr_cpu_ids); > > -#ifdef CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU > > -#ifndef CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_NONE > > - if (!have_rcu_nocb_mask) { > > - zalloc_cpumask_var(&rcu_nocb_mask, GFP_KERNEL); > > - have_rcu_nocb_mask = true; > > - } > > -#ifdef CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_ZERO > > - pr_info("\tOffload RCU callbacks from CPU 0\n"); > > - cpumask_set_cpu(0, rcu_nocb_mask); > > -#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_ZERO */ > > -#ifdef CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_ALL > > - pr_info("\tOffload RCU callbacks from all CPUs\n"); > > - cpumask_copy(rcu_nocb_mask, cpu_possible_mask); > > -#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_ALL */ > > -#endif /* #ifndef CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_NONE */ > > - if (have_rcu_nocb_mask) { > > - if (!cpumask_subset(rcu_nocb_mask, cpu_possible_mask)) { > > - pr_info("\tNote: kernel parameter 'rcu_nocbs=' contains nonexistent CPUs.\n"); > > - cpumask_and(rcu_nocb_mask, cpu_possible_mask, > > - rcu_nocb_mask); > > - } > > - cpulist_scnprintf(nocb_buf, sizeof(nocb_buf), rcu_nocb_mask); > > - pr_info("\tOffload RCU callbacks from CPUs: %s.\n", nocb_buf); > > - if (rcu_nocb_poll) > > - pr_info("\tPoll for callbacks from no-CBs CPUs.\n"); > > - } > > -#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU */ > > } > > > > #ifdef CONFIG_TREE_PREEMPT_RCU > > @@ -2451,6 +2424,67 @@ static void do_nocb_deferred_wakeup(struct rcu_data *rdp) > > trace_rcu_nocb_wake(rdp->rsp->name, rdp->cpu, TPS("DeferredWakeEmpty")); > > } > > > > +void __init rcu_init_nohz(void) > > +{ > > + int cpu; > > + bool need_rcu_nocb_mask = true; > > + struct rcu_state *rsp; > > + > > +#ifdef CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_NONE > > + need_rcu_nocb_mask = false; > > +#endif /* #ifndef CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_NONE */ > > + > > +#if defined(CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL) && !defined(CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL_ALL) > > + if (tick_nohz_full_running && cpumask_weight(tick_nohz_full_mask)) > > + need_rcu_nocb_mask = true; > > +#endif /* #if defined(CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL) && !defined(CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL_ALL) */ > > If you are removing the dependency on NO_HZ_FULL_ALL, I think this can just be > > #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL > > Otherwise, a kernel config with CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_NONE=y, > CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL_ALL=y with nohz_full= boot parameter will not have a > rcu_nocb_mask. Good point, fixed. Thanx, Paul -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/