From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@kernel.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
bpf@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>,
Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>,
Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>,
Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>,
Indu Bhagat <indu.bhagat@oracle.com>,
"Jose E. Marchesi" <jemarch@gnu.org>,
Beau Belgrave <beaub@linux.microsoft.com>,
Jens Remus <jremus@linux.ibm.com>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>, Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>,
Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>,
"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v16 09/10] unwind deferred: Use SRCU unwind_deferred_task_work()
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2025 14:23:13 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250729182406.331548065@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20250729182304.965835871@kernel.org
From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Instead of using the callback_mutex to protect the link list of callbacks
in unwind_deferred_task_work(), use SRCU instead. This gets called every
time a task exits that has to record a stack trace that was requested.
This can happen for many tasks on several CPUs at the same time. A mutex
is a bottleneck and can cause a bit of contention and slow down performance.
As the callbacks themselves are allowed to sleep, regular RCU cannot be
used to protect the list. Instead use SRCU, as that still allows the
callbacks to sleep and the list can be read without needing to hold the
callback_mutex.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/ca9bd83a-6c80-4ee0-a83c-224b9d60b755@efficios.com/
Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>
Suggested-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
---
kernel/unwind/deferred.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/unwind/deferred.c b/kernel/unwind/deferred.c
index 2311b725d691..a5ef1c1f915e 100644
--- a/kernel/unwind/deferred.c
+++ b/kernel/unwind/deferred.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ static inline bool try_assign_cnt(struct unwind_task_info *info, u32 cnt)
#define UNWIND_MAX_ENTRIES \
((SZ_4K - sizeof(struct unwind_cache)) / sizeof(long))
-/* Guards adding to and reading the list of callbacks */
+/* Guards adding to or removing from the list of callbacks */
static DEFINE_MUTEX(callback_mutex);
static LIST_HEAD(callbacks);
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ static LIST_HEAD(callbacks);
/* Zero'd bits are available for assigning callback users */
static unsigned long unwind_mask = RESERVED_BITS;
+DEFINE_STATIC_SRCU(unwind_srcu);
static inline bool unwind_pending(struct unwind_task_info *info)
{
@@ -174,8 +175,9 @@ static void unwind_deferred_task_work(struct callback_head *head)
cookie = info->id.id;
- guard(mutex)(&callback_mutex);
- list_for_each_entry(work, &callbacks, list) {
+ guard(srcu)(&unwind_srcu);
+ list_for_each_entry_srcu(work, &callbacks, list,
+ srcu_read_lock_held(&unwind_srcu)) {
if (test_bit(work->bit, &bits)) {
work->func(work, &trace, cookie);
if (info->cache)
@@ -213,7 +215,7 @@ int unwind_deferred_request(struct unwind_work *work, u64 *cookie)
{
struct unwind_task_info *info = ¤t->unwind_info;
unsigned long old, bits;
- unsigned long bit = BIT(work->bit);
+ unsigned long bit;
int ret;
*cookie = 0;
@@ -230,6 +232,14 @@ int unwind_deferred_request(struct unwind_work *work, u64 *cookie)
if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!CAN_USE_IN_NMI && in_nmi()))
return -EINVAL;
+ /* Do not allow cancelled works to request again */
+ bit = READ_ONCE(work->bit);
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(bit < 0))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ /* Only need the mask now */
+ bit = BIT(bit);
+
guard(irqsave)();
*cookie = get_cookie(info);
@@ -281,10 +291,15 @@ void unwind_deferred_cancel(struct unwind_work *work)
return;
guard(mutex)(&callback_mutex);
- list_del(&work->list);
+ list_del_rcu(&work->list);
+
+ /* Do not allow any more requests and prevent callbacks */
+ work->bit = -1;
__clear_bit(bit, &unwind_mask);
+ synchronize_srcu(&unwind_srcu);
+
guard(rcu)();
/* Clear this bit from all threads */
for_each_process_thread(g, t) {
@@ -307,7 +322,7 @@ int unwind_deferred_init(struct unwind_work *work, unwind_callback_t func)
work->bit = ffz(unwind_mask);
__set_bit(work->bit, &unwind_mask);
- list_add(&work->list, &callbacks);
+ list_add_rcu(&work->list, &callbacks);
work->func = func;
return 0;
}
--
2.47.2
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-07-29 18:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-07-29 18:23 [PATCH v16 00/10] unwind_user: Deferred unwinding infrastructure Steven Rostedt
2025-07-29 18:23 ` [PATCH v16 01/10] unwind_user: Add user space unwinding API with frame pointer support Steven Rostedt
2025-07-29 18:23 ` [PATCH v16 02/10] unwind_user/deferred: Add unwind_user_faultable() Steven Rostedt
2025-07-29 18:23 ` [PATCH v16 03/10] unwind_user/deferred: Add unwind cache Steven Rostedt
2025-07-30 4:55 ` Indu Bhagat
2025-07-30 13:32 ` Steven Rostedt
2025-07-30 23:58 ` Indu Bhagat
2025-07-29 18:23 ` [PATCH v16 04/10] unwind_user/deferred: Add deferred unwinding interface Steven Rostedt
2025-07-29 18:23 ` [PATCH v16 05/10] unwind_user/deferred: Make unwind deferral requests NMI-safe Steven Rostedt
2025-07-29 18:23 ` [PATCH v16 06/10] unwind deferred: Use bitmask to determine which callbacks to call Steven Rostedt
2025-07-29 18:23 ` [PATCH v16 07/10] unwind deferred: Add unwind_completed mask to stop spurious callbacks Steven Rostedt
2025-07-29 18:23 ` [PATCH v16 08/10] unwind: Add USED bit to only have one conditional on way back to user space Steven Rostedt
2025-07-29 18:23 ` Steven Rostedt [this message]
2025-08-01 0:29 ` [PATCH v16 09/10] unwind deferred: Use SRCU unwind_deferred_task_work() Paul E. McKenney
2025-08-01 1:11 ` Steven Rostedt
2025-07-29 18:23 ` [PATCH v16 10/10] unwind: Finish up unwind when a task exits Steven Rostedt
2025-08-02 0:14 ` [PATCH v16 00/10] unwind_user: Deferred unwinding infrastructure patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
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