Re: [PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu 0/4] Forbid static SRCU use in modules

[Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>]

----- On Apr 2, 2019, at 10:28 AM, paulmck paulmck@linux.ibm.com wrote:

> Hello!
> 
> This series prohibits use of DEFINE_SRCU() and DEFINE_STATIC_SRCU()
> by loadable modules.  The reason for this prohibition is the fact
> that using these two macros within modules requires that the size of
> the reserved region be increased, which is not something we want to
> be doing all that often.  Instead, loadable modules should define an
> srcu_struct and invoke init_srcu_struct() from their module_init function
> and cleanup_srcu_struct() from their module_exit function.  Note that
> modules using call_srcu() will also need to invoke srcu_barrier() from
> their module_exit function.

This arbitrary API limitation seems weird.

Isn't there a way to allow modules to use DEFINE_SRCU and DEFINE_STATIC_SRCU
while implementing them with dynamic allocation under the hood ?

Thanks,

Mathieu


> 
> This series consist of the following:
> 
> 1.	Dynamically allocate dax_srcu.
> 
> 2.	Dynamically allocate drm_unplug_srcu.
> 
> 3.	Dynamically allocate kfd_processes_srcu.
> 
> These build and have been subjected to 0day testing, but might also need
> testing by someone having the requisite hardware.
> 
>							Thanx, Paul
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> drivers/dax/super.c                        |   10 +++++-
> drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_amdkfd.c |    5 +++
> drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_process.c   |    2 -
> drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c                  |    8 ++++
> include/linux/srcutree.h                   |   19 +++++++++--
> kernel/rcu/rcuperf.c                       |   40 +++++++++++++++++++-----
> kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c                    |   48 +++++++++++++++++++++--------
>  7 files changed, 105 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)

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Mathieu Desnoyers
EfficiOS Inc.
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