Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752078Ab1FNEwH (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:52:07 -0400 Received: from e9.ny.us.ibm.com ([32.97.182.139]:45853 "EHLO e9.ny.us.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750800Ab1FNEwF (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:52:05 -0400 Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2011 21:51:50 -0700 From: "Paul E. McKenney" To: Daniel J Blueman Cc: Peter Zijlstra , Linux Kernel Subject: Re: [3.0-rc3] tree RCU boost vs hang notifier... Message-ID: <20110614045150.GA2264@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Reply-To: paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 7487 Lines: 215 On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 12:02:24PM +0800, Daniel J Blueman wrote: > With 3.0-rc3 configured with CONFIG_TREE_PREEMPT_RCU, CONFIG_RCU_BOOST > and CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK, we see frequent task hung reports [1], > possibly as the tree RCU boost kthreads sleep uninterruptably. > > It looks like tinyRCU sleeps interruptably, so won't trigger the hangcheck. > > Thanks, > Daniel > > --- [1] > > INFO: task rcub0:9 blocked for more than 120 seconds. > "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. > rcub0 D ffffffff81c29c80 6768 9 2 0x00000000 > ffff880221713ea0 0000000000000046 ffff880221713db0 ffffffff8171b825 > ffff880221712000 0000000000004000 ffff8802214d0000 ffff88022170c060 > ffff88022ec00000 0000000000010ac0 0000000000000001 ffff88022ec10ac0 > Call Trace: > [] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x75/0x80 > [] ? preempt_schedule+0x3a/0x50 > [] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x75/0x80 > [] ? rcu_boost+0x120/0x120 > [] kthread+0x93/0xc0 > [] ? trace_hardirqs_on_caller+0x13d/0x180 > [] kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10 > [] ? finish_task_switch+0x77/0x100 > [] ? retint_restore_args+0xe/0xe > [] ? __init_kthread_worker+0x70/0x70 > [] ? gs_change+0xb/0xb > no locks held by rcub0/9. Hello, Daniel, Does the following patch help? Thanx, Paul ------------------------------------------------------------------------ rcu: Simplify curing of load woes Make the functions creating the kthreads wake them up. Leverage the fact that the per-node and boost kthreads can run anywhere, thus dispensing with the need to wake them up once the incoming CPU has gone fully online. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney diff --git a/kernel/rcutree.c b/kernel/rcutree.c index 89419ff..0a8ec5b 100644 --- a/kernel/rcutree.c +++ b/kernel/rcutree.c @@ -1635,6 +1635,20 @@ static int rcu_cpu_kthread(void *arg) * to manipulate rcu_cpu_kthread_task. There might be another CPU * attempting to access it during boot, but the locking in kthread_bind() * will enforce sufficient ordering. + * + * Please note that we cannot simply refuse to wake up the per-CPU + * kthread because kthreads are created in TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE state, + * which can result in softlockup complaints if the task ends up being + * idle for more than a couple of minutes. + * + * However, please note also that we cannot bind the per-CPU kthread to its + * CPU until that CPU is fully online. We also cannot wait until the + * CPU is fully online before we create its per-CPU kthread, as this would + * deadlock the system when CPU notifiers tried waiting for grace + * periods. So we bind the per-CPU kthread to its CPU only if the CPU + * is online. If its CPU is not yet fully online, then the code in + * rcu_cpu_kthread() will wait until it is fully online, and then do + * the binding. */ static int __cpuinit rcu_spawn_one_cpu_kthread(int cpu) { @@ -1647,12 +1661,14 @@ static int __cpuinit rcu_spawn_one_cpu_kthread(int cpu) t = kthread_create(rcu_cpu_kthread, (void *)(long)cpu, "rcuc%d", cpu); if (IS_ERR(t)) return PTR_ERR(t); - kthread_bind(t, cpu); + if (cpu_online(cpu)) + kthread_bind(t, cpu); per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_cpu, cpu) = cpu; WARN_ON_ONCE(per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_task, cpu) != NULL); - per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_task, cpu) = t; sp.sched_priority = RCU_KTHREAD_PRIO; sched_setscheduler_nocheck(t, SCHED_FIFO, &sp); + per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_task, cpu) = t; + wake_up_process(t); /* Get to TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE quickly. */ return 0; } @@ -1759,12 +1775,11 @@ static int __cpuinit rcu_spawn_one_node_kthread(struct rcu_state *rsp, raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rnp->lock, flags); sp.sched_priority = 99; sched_setscheduler_nocheck(t, SCHED_FIFO, &sp); + wake_up_process(t); /* get to TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE quickly. */ } return rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread(rsp, rnp, rnp_index); } -static void rcu_wake_one_boost_kthread(struct rcu_node *rnp); - /* * Spawn all kthreads -- called as soon as the scheduler is running. */ @@ -1772,30 +1787,18 @@ static int __init rcu_spawn_kthreads(void) { int cpu; struct rcu_node *rnp; - struct task_struct *t; rcu_kthreads_spawnable = 1; for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) { per_cpu(rcu_cpu_has_work, cpu) = 0; - if (cpu_online(cpu)) { + if (cpu_online(cpu)) (void)rcu_spawn_one_cpu_kthread(cpu); - t = per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_task, cpu); - if (t) - wake_up_process(t); - } } rnp = rcu_get_root(rcu_state); (void)rcu_spawn_one_node_kthread(rcu_state, rnp); - if (rnp->node_kthread_task) - wake_up_process(rnp->node_kthread_task); if (NUM_RCU_NODES > 1) { - rcu_for_each_leaf_node(rcu_state, rnp) { + rcu_for_each_leaf_node(rcu_state, rnp) (void)rcu_spawn_one_node_kthread(rcu_state, rnp); - t = rnp->node_kthread_task; - if (t) - wake_up_process(t); - rcu_wake_one_boost_kthread(rnp); - } } return 0; } @@ -2221,31 +2224,6 @@ static void __cpuinit rcu_prepare_kthreads(int cpu) } /* - * kthread_create() creates threads in TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE state, - * but the RCU threads are woken on demand, and if demand is low this - * could be a while triggering the hung task watchdog. - * - * In order to avoid this, poke all tasks once the CPU is fully - * up and running. - */ -static void __cpuinit rcu_online_kthreads(int cpu) -{ - struct rcu_data *rdp = per_cpu_ptr(rcu_state->rda, cpu); - struct rcu_node *rnp = rdp->mynode; - struct task_struct *t; - - t = per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_task, cpu); - if (t) - wake_up_process(t); - - t = rnp->node_kthread_task; - if (t) - wake_up_process(t); - - rcu_wake_one_boost_kthread(rnp); -} - -/* * Handle CPU online/offline notification events. */ static int __cpuinit rcu_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *self, @@ -2262,7 +2240,6 @@ static int __cpuinit rcu_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *self, rcu_prepare_kthreads(cpu); break; case CPU_ONLINE: - rcu_online_kthreads(cpu); case CPU_DOWN_FAILED: rcu_node_kthread_setaffinity(rnp, -1); rcu_cpu_kthread_setrt(cpu, 1); diff --git a/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h index c8bff30..ea2e2fb 100644 --- a/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h +++ b/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h @@ -1299,15 +1299,10 @@ static int __cpuinit rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread(struct rcu_state *rsp, raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rnp->lock, flags); sp.sched_priority = RCU_KTHREAD_PRIO; sched_setscheduler_nocheck(t, SCHED_FIFO, &sp); + wake_up_process(t); /* get to TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE quickly. */ return 0; } -static void __cpuinit rcu_wake_one_boost_kthread(struct rcu_node *rnp) -{ - if (rnp->boost_kthread_task) - wake_up_process(rnp->boost_kthread_task); -} - #else /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST */ static void rcu_initiate_boost(struct rcu_node *rnp, unsigned long flags) @@ -1331,10 +1326,6 @@ static int __cpuinit rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread(struct rcu_state *rsp, return 0; } -static void __cpuinit rcu_wake_one_boost_kthread(struct rcu_node *rnp) -{ -} - #endif /* #else #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST */ #ifndef CONFIG_SMP -- 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/