[PATCH] tick/nohz: Only check for RCU deferred wakeup on user/guest entry when needed

[PATCH] tick/nohz: Only check for RCU deferred wakeup on user/guest entry when needed

[Frederic Weisbecker]

Checking for and processing RCU-nocb deferred wakeup upon user/guest
entry is only relevant when nohz_full runs on the local CPU, otherwise
the periodic tick should take care of it.

Make sure we don't needlessly pollute these fast-paths as a -3%
performance regression on a will-it-scale.per_process_ops has been
reported so far.

Reported-by: kernel test robot <oliver.sang@intel.com>
Fixes: 47b8ff194c1f (entry: Explicitly flush pending rcuog wakeup before last rescheduling point)
Fixes: 4ae7dc97f726 (entry/kvm: Explicitly flush pending rcuog wakeup before last rescheduling point)
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
---
 include/linux/entry-kvm.h | 3 ++-
 include/linux/tick.h      | 7 +++++++
 kernel/entry/common.c     | 5 +++--
 kernel/time/tick-sched.c  | 1 +
 4 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/entry-kvm.h b/include/linux/entry-kvm.h
index 8b2b1d68b954..136b8d97d8c0 100644
--- a/include/linux/entry-kvm.h
+++ b/include/linux/entry-kvm.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #define __LINUX_ENTRYKVM_H
 
 #include <linux/entry-common.h>
+#include <linux/tick.h>
 
 /* Transfer to guest mode work */
 #ifdef CONFIG_KVM_XFER_TO_GUEST_WORK
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ int xfer_to_guest_mode_handle_work(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
 static inline void xfer_to_guest_mode_prepare(void)
 {
 	lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled();
-	rcu_nocb_flush_deferred_wakeup();
+	tick_nohz_user_enter_prepare();
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/include/linux/tick.h b/include/linux/tick.h
index 7340613c7eff..1a0ff88fa107 100644
--- a/include/linux/tick.h
+++ b/include/linux/tick.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <linux/context_tracking_state.h>
 #include <linux/cpumask.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 extern void __init tick_init(void);
@@ -300,4 +301,10 @@ static inline void tick_nohz_task_switch(void)
 		__tick_nohz_task_switch();
 }
 
+static inline void tick_nohz_user_enter_prepare(void)
+{
+	if (tick_nohz_full_cpu(smp_processor_id()))
+		rcu_nocb_flush_deferred_wakeup();
+}
+
 #endif
diff --git a/kernel/entry/common.c b/kernel/entry/common.c
index a0b3b04fb596..bf16395b9e13 100644
--- a/kernel/entry/common.c
+++ b/kernel/entry/common.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <linux/highmem.h>
 #include <linux/livepatch.h>
 #include <linux/audit.h>
+#include <linux/tick.h>
 
 #include "common.h"
 
@@ -186,7 +187,7 @@ static unsigned long exit_to_user_mode_loop(struct pt_regs *regs,
 		local_irq_disable_exit_to_user();
 
 		/* Check if any of the above work has queued a deferred wakeup */
-		rcu_nocb_flush_deferred_wakeup();
+		tick_nohz_user_enter_prepare();
 
 		ti_work = READ_ONCE(current_thread_info()->flags);
 	}
@@ -202,7 +203,7 @@ static void exit_to_user_mode_prepare(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled();
 
 	/* Flush pending rcuog wakeup before the last need_resched() check */
-	rcu_nocb_flush_deferred_wakeup();
+	tick_nohz_user_enter_prepare();
 
 	if (unlikely(ti_work & EXIT_TO_USER_MODE_WORK))
 		ti_work = exit_to_user_mode_loop(regs, ti_work);
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index 828b091501ca..6784f27a3099 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ static void tick_sched_handle(struct tick_sched *ts, struct pt_regs *regs)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL
 cpumask_var_t tick_nohz_full_mask;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tick_nohz_full_mask);
 bool tick_nohz_full_running;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tick_nohz_full_running);
 static atomic_t tick_dep_mask;
-- 
2.25.1

Re: [PATCH] tick/nohz: Only check for RCU deferred wakeup on user/guest entry when needed

[Paul E. McKenney]

On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 01:34:41PM +0200, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> Checking for and processing RCU-nocb deferred wakeup upon user/guest
> entry is only relevant when nohz_full runs on the local CPU, otherwise
> the periodic tick should take care of it.

The above initially confused me into thinking that we were dealing
with non-local CPUs, and the patch itself straightened me out.
How about something like this?

	Because the periodic tick is active during user/guest execution
	on non-nohz_full CPUs, only nohz_full CPUs need to check for
	RCU-nocb deferred wakeup on user/guest transitions.

> Make sure we don't needlessly pollute these fast-paths as a -3%
> performance regression on a will-it-scale.per_process_ops has been
> reported so far.
> 
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <oliver.sang@intel.com>
> Fixes: 47b8ff194c1f (entry: Explicitly flush pending rcuog wakeup before last rescheduling point)
> Fixes: 4ae7dc97f726 (entry/kvm: Explicitly flush pending rcuog wakeup before last rescheduling point)
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>

Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>

> ---
>  include/linux/entry-kvm.h | 3 ++-
>  include/linux/tick.h      | 7 +++++++
>  kernel/entry/common.c     | 5 +++--
>  kernel/time/tick-sched.c  | 1 +
>  4 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/entry-kvm.h b/include/linux/entry-kvm.h
> index 8b2b1d68b954..136b8d97d8c0 100644
> --- a/include/linux/entry-kvm.h
> +++ b/include/linux/entry-kvm.h
> @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
>  #define __LINUX_ENTRYKVM_H
>  
>  #include <linux/entry-common.h>
> +#include <linux/tick.h>
>  
>  /* Transfer to guest mode work */
>  #ifdef CONFIG_KVM_XFER_TO_GUEST_WORK
> @@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ int xfer_to_guest_mode_handle_work(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
>  static inline void xfer_to_guest_mode_prepare(void)
>  {
>  	lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled();
> -	rcu_nocb_flush_deferred_wakeup();
> +	tick_nohz_user_enter_prepare();
>  }
>  
>  /**
> diff --git a/include/linux/tick.h b/include/linux/tick.h
> index 7340613c7eff..1a0ff88fa107 100644
> --- a/include/linux/tick.h
> +++ b/include/linux/tick.h
> @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
>  #include <linux/context_tracking_state.h>
>  #include <linux/cpumask.h>
>  #include <linux/sched.h>
> +#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
>  extern void __init tick_init(void);
> @@ -300,4 +301,10 @@ static inline void tick_nohz_task_switch(void)
>  		__tick_nohz_task_switch();
>  }
>  
> +static inline void tick_nohz_user_enter_prepare(void)
> +{
> +	if (tick_nohz_full_cpu(smp_processor_id()))
> +		rcu_nocb_flush_deferred_wakeup();
> +}
> +
>  #endif
> diff --git a/kernel/entry/common.c b/kernel/entry/common.c
> index a0b3b04fb596..bf16395b9e13 100644
> --- a/kernel/entry/common.c
> +++ b/kernel/entry/common.c
> @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
>  #include <linux/highmem.h>
>  #include <linux/livepatch.h>
>  #include <linux/audit.h>
> +#include <linux/tick.h>
>  
>  #include "common.h"
>  
> @@ -186,7 +187,7 @@ static unsigned long exit_to_user_mode_loop(struct pt_regs *regs,
>  		local_irq_disable_exit_to_user();
>  
>  		/* Check if any of the above work has queued a deferred wakeup */
> -		rcu_nocb_flush_deferred_wakeup();
> +		tick_nohz_user_enter_prepare();
>  
>  		ti_work = READ_ONCE(current_thread_info()->flags);
>  	}
> @@ -202,7 +203,7 @@ static void exit_to_user_mode_prepare(struct pt_regs *regs)
>  	lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled();
>  
>  	/* Flush pending rcuog wakeup before the last need_resched() check */
> -	rcu_nocb_flush_deferred_wakeup();
> +	tick_nohz_user_enter_prepare();
>  
>  	if (unlikely(ti_work & EXIT_TO_USER_MODE_WORK))
>  		ti_work = exit_to_user_mode_loop(regs, ti_work);
> diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
> index 828b091501ca..6784f27a3099 100644
> --- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
> +++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
> @@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ static void tick_sched_handle(struct tick_sched *ts, struct pt_regs *regs)
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL
>  cpumask_var_t tick_nohz_full_mask;
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tick_nohz_full_mask);
>  bool tick_nohz_full_running;
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tick_nohz_full_running);
>  static atomic_t tick_dep_mask;
> -- 
> 2.25.1
> 

[tip: sched/urgent] tick/nohz: Only check for RCU deferred wakeup on user/guest entry when needed

[tip-bot2 for Frederic Weisbecker]

The following commit has been merged into the sched/urgent branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     f268c3737ecaefcfeecfb4cb5e44958a8976f067
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/f268c3737ecaefcfeecfb4cb5e44958a8976f067
Author:        Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
AuthorDate:    Thu, 27 May 2021 13:34:41 +02:00
Committer:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
CommitterDate: Mon, 31 May 2021 10:14:49 +02:00

tick/nohz: Only check for RCU deferred wakeup on user/guest entry when needed

Checking for and processing RCU-nocb deferred wakeup upon user/guest
entry is only relevant when nohz_full runs on the local CPU, otherwise
the periodic tick should take care of it.

Make sure we don't needlessly pollute these fast-paths as a -3%
performance regression on a will-it-scale.per_process_ops has been
reported so far.

Fixes: 47b8ff194c1f (entry: Explicitly flush pending rcuog wakeup before last rescheduling point)
Fixes: 4ae7dc97f726 (entry/kvm: Explicitly flush pending rcuog wakeup before last rescheduling point)
Reported-by: kernel test robot <oliver.sang@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210527113441.465489-1-frederic@kernel.org
---
 include/linux/entry-kvm.h | 3 ++-
 include/linux/tick.h      | 7 +++++++
 kernel/entry/common.c     | 5 +++--
 kernel/time/tick-sched.c  | 1 +
 4 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/entry-kvm.h b/include/linux/entry-kvm.h
index 8b2b1d6..136b8d9 100644
--- a/include/linux/entry-kvm.h
+++ b/include/linux/entry-kvm.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #define __LINUX_ENTRYKVM_H
 
 #include <linux/entry-common.h>
+#include <linux/tick.h>
 
 /* Transfer to guest mode work */
 #ifdef CONFIG_KVM_XFER_TO_GUEST_WORK
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ int xfer_to_guest_mode_handle_work(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
 static inline void xfer_to_guest_mode_prepare(void)
 {
 	lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled();
-	rcu_nocb_flush_deferred_wakeup();
+	tick_nohz_user_enter_prepare();
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/include/linux/tick.h b/include/linux/tick.h
index 7340613..1a0ff88 100644
--- a/include/linux/tick.h
+++ b/include/linux/tick.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <linux/context_tracking_state.h>
 #include <linux/cpumask.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 extern void __init tick_init(void);
@@ -300,4 +301,10 @@ static inline void tick_nohz_task_switch(void)
 		__tick_nohz_task_switch();
 }
 
+static inline void tick_nohz_user_enter_prepare(void)
+{
+	if (tick_nohz_full_cpu(smp_processor_id()))
+		rcu_nocb_flush_deferred_wakeup();
+}
+
 #endif
diff --git a/kernel/entry/common.c b/kernel/entry/common.c
index a0b3b04..bf16395 100644
--- a/kernel/entry/common.c
+++ b/kernel/entry/common.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <linux/highmem.h>
 #include <linux/livepatch.h>
 #include <linux/audit.h>
+#include <linux/tick.h>
 
 #include "common.h"
 
@@ -186,7 +187,7 @@ static unsigned long exit_to_user_mode_loop(struct pt_regs *regs,
 		local_irq_disable_exit_to_user();
 
 		/* Check if any of the above work has queued a deferred wakeup */
-		rcu_nocb_flush_deferred_wakeup();
+		tick_nohz_user_enter_prepare();
 
 		ti_work = READ_ONCE(current_thread_info()->flags);
 	}
@@ -202,7 +203,7 @@ static void exit_to_user_mode_prepare(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled();
 
 	/* Flush pending rcuog wakeup before the last need_resched() check */
-	rcu_nocb_flush_deferred_wakeup();
+	tick_nohz_user_enter_prepare();
 
 	if (unlikely(ti_work & EXIT_TO_USER_MODE_WORK))
 		ti_work = exit_to_user_mode_loop(regs, ti_work);
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index 828b091..6784f27 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ static void tick_sched_handle(struct tick_sched *ts, struct pt_regs *regs)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL
 cpumask_var_t tick_nohz_full_mask;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tick_nohz_full_mask);
 bool tick_nohz_full_running;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tick_nohz_full_running);
 static atomic_t tick_dep_mask;