Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 0/3] rcu: prevent hangs by simplifying rcu_barrier/CPU-hotplug, fix lockdep complaint

[Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>]

* Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> This patchset fixes a couple of issues with TREE_PREEMPT_RCU:
> 
> 1.	The current implementation of rcu_barrier() waits for any
> 	prior CPU-hotplug operation to complete.  This code path has
> 	resulted in some hangs, so first move this code from rcupdate.c
> 	to rcutree.c and then use a simpler algorithm that avoids the
> 	waiting, eliminating the possibility of such hangs.
> 
> 2.	The lockdep facility complains from time to time due to the
> 	fact that certain combinations of CPU-hotplug operations can
> 	cause the TREE_PREEMPT_RCU code to acquire the root rcu_node
> 	structure's lock while holding a leaf rcu_node structure's
> 	lock.  This patch places the root rcu_node structure's lock
> 	into its own lockdep class to prevent this false positive.
> 
> Ingo, please rewind tip/core/rcu to commit #135c8aea before applying this
> series, as these patches really need to go into 2.6.32.  Reworked and
> retested rcutiny (for 2.6.33, as Linus requested) will follow in a
> few days.  Or more patches for more bug fixes, as the case may be.  ;-)
> 
>  b/kernel/rcupdate.c       |  120 -----------------------------------
>  b/kernel/rcutree.c        |  120 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  b/kernel/rcutree.h        |   11 ++-
>  b/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h |   34 ++++++++++
>  b/kernel/rcutree_trace.c  |    5 -
>  kernel/rcutree.c          |  156 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
>  6 files changed, 248 insertions(+), 198 deletions(-)

Applied, thanks Paul!

I dropped these commits for now:

 3ffea79: rcu: Make hot-unplugged CPU relinquish its own RCU callbacks
 eddd962: rcu: Move rcu_barrier() to rcutree, make lightweight rcu_barrier() for rcutiny
 a39e7d5: rcu-tiny: The Bloatwatch Edition, v6

We can apply rcu-tiny for .33 again, once the dust has settled.

	Ingo