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| From | Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 04/13] rcu: Don't disable preemption for Tiny and Tree RCU readers |
| Date | 2015-10-06 18:50 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <qgDB8-3mf-13@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <qgD85-2O1-3@gated-at.bofh.it> <qgD85-2O1-5@gated-at.bofh.it> <qgD86-2O1-23@gated-at.bofh.it> |
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On Tue, Oct 06, 2015 at 09:13:39AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> From: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
>
> Because preempt_disable() maps to barrier() for non-debug builds,
> it forces the compiler to spill and reload registers. Because Tree
> RCU and Tiny RCU now only appear in CONFIG_PREEMPT=n builds, these
> barrier() instances generate needless extra code for each instance of
> rcu_read_lock() and rcu_read_unlock(). This extra code slows down Tree
> RCU and bloats Tiny RCU.
>
> This commit therefore removes the preempt_disable() and preempt_enable()
> from the non-preemptible implementations of __rcu_read_lock() and
> __rcu_read_unlock(), respectively. However, for debug purposes,
> preempt_disable() and preempt_enable() are still invoked if
> CONFIG_PREEMPT_COUNT=y, because this allows detection of sleeping inside
> atomic sections in non-preemptible kernels.
>
> This is based on an earlier patch by Paul E. McKenney, fixing
> a bug encountered in kernels built with CONFIG_PREEMPT=n and
> CONFIG_PREEMPT_COUNT=y.
This also adds explicit barrier() calls to several internal RCU
functions, but the commit message doesn't explain those at all.
> Signed-off-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
> include/linux/rcupdate.h | 6 ++++--
> include/linux/rcutiny.h | 1 +
> kernel/rcu/tree.c | 9 +++++++++
> 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
> index d63bb77dab35..6c3ceceb6148 100644
> --- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
> +++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
> @@ -297,12 +297,14 @@ void synchronize_rcu(void);
>
> static inline void __rcu_read_lock(void)
> {
> - preempt_disable();
> + if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_COUNT))
> + preempt_disable();
> }
>
> static inline void __rcu_read_unlock(void)
> {
> - preempt_enable();
> + if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_COUNT))
> + preempt_enable();
> }
>
> static inline void synchronize_rcu(void)
> diff --git a/include/linux/rcutiny.h b/include/linux/rcutiny.h
> index c8a0722f77ea..4c1aaf9cce7b 100644
> --- a/include/linux/rcutiny.h
> +++ b/include/linux/rcutiny.h
> @@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ static inline bool rcu_is_watching(void)
>
> static inline void rcu_all_qs(void)
> {
> + barrier(); /* Avoid RCU read-side critical sections leaking across. */
> }
>
> #endif /* __LINUX_RCUTINY_H */
> diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> index b9d9e0249e2f..93c0f23c3e45 100644
> --- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> @@ -337,12 +337,14 @@ static void rcu_momentary_dyntick_idle(void)
> */
> void rcu_note_context_switch(void)
> {
> + barrier(); /* Avoid RCU read-side critical sections leaking down. */
> trace_rcu_utilization(TPS("Start context switch"));
> rcu_sched_qs();
> rcu_preempt_note_context_switch();
> if (unlikely(raw_cpu_read(rcu_sched_qs_mask)))
> rcu_momentary_dyntick_idle();
> trace_rcu_utilization(TPS("End context switch"));
> + barrier(); /* Avoid RCU read-side critical sections leaking up. */
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_note_context_switch);
>
> @@ -353,12 +355,19 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_note_context_switch);
> * RCU flavors in desperate need of a quiescent state, which will normally
> * be none of them). Either way, do a lightweight quiescent state for
> * all RCU flavors.
> + *
> + * The barrier() calls are redundant in the common case when this is
> + * called externally, but just in case this is called from within this
> + * file.
> + *
> */
> void rcu_all_qs(void)
> {
> + barrier(); /* Avoid RCU read-side critical sections leaking down. */
> if (unlikely(raw_cpu_read(rcu_sched_qs_mask)))
> rcu_momentary_dyntick_idle();
> this_cpu_inc(rcu_qs_ctr);
> + barrier(); /* Avoid RCU read-side critical sections leaking up. */
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_all_qs);
>
> --
> 2.5.2
>
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