Re: [RFC PATCH 5/5 single-thread-version] implement per-domain single-thread state machine call_srcu()

[Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>]

On Wed, 2012-03-07 at 11:54 +0800, Lai Jiangshan wrote:
> This patch is on the top of the 4 previous patches(1/6, 2/6, 3/6, 4/6).
> 
> o       state machine is light way and single-threaded, it is preemptible when checking.
> 
> o       state machine is a work_struct. So, there is no thread occupied
>         by SRCU when the srcu is not actived(no callback). And it does
>         not sleep(avoid to occupy a thread when sleep).
> 
> o       state machine is the only thread can flip/check/write(*) the srcu_struct,
>         so we don't need any mutex.
>         (write(*): except ->per_cpu_ref, ->running, ->batch_queue)
> 
> o       synchronize_srcu() is always call call_srcu().
>         synchronize_srcu_expedited() is also.
>         It is OK for mb()-based srcu are extremely fast.
> 
> o       In current kernel, we can expect that there are only 1 callback per gp.
>         so callback is probably called in the same CPU when it is queued.
> 
> The trip of a callback:
>         1) ->batch_queue when call_srcu()
> 
>         2) ->batch_check0 when try to do check_zero
> 
>         3) ->batch_check1 after finish its first check_zero and the flip
> 
>         4) ->batch_done after finish its second check_zero
> 
> The current requirement of the callbacks:
>         The callback will be called inside process context.
>         The callback should be fast without any sleeping path.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@cn.fujitsu.com> 

Aside from the nit on srcu_advance_batches() this seems like a nice
implementation. Thanks!

I didn't fully verify the srcu state machine, but it looks about
right :-)

Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>