Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 04/13] rcu: Don't disable preemption for Tiny and Tree RCU readers

[Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>]

On Tue, Oct 06, 2015 at 10:01:01AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 06, 2015 at 09:44:45AM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> To compensate for them being removed from rcu_read_lock() and
> rcu_read_unlock(), but yes, I will update.

That much seemed clear from the comments, but that doesn't explain *why*
those functions need barriers of their own even though rcu_read_lock()
and rcu_read_unlock() don't.

> > > 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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