From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933184AbZLOXQP (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:16:15 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1761936AbZLOXPm (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:15:42 -0500 Received: from e3.ny.us.ibm.com ([32.97.182.143]:44975 "EHLO e3.ny.us.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S934168AbZLOXCq (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:02:46 -0500 From: "Paul E. McKenney" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: mingo@elte.hu, laijs@cn.fujitsu.com, dipankar@in.ibm.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org, mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca, josh@joshtriplett.org, dvhltc@us.ibm.com, niv@us.ibm.com, tglx@linutronix.de, peterz@infradead.org, rostedt@goodmis.org, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu, dhowells@redhat.com, "Paul E. McKenney" Subject: [PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu 10/18] rcu: make force_quiescent_state() start grace period if needed Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:02:33 -0800 Message-Id: <12609181613597-git-send-email-> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.5.2.5 In-Reply-To: <20091215230213.GA9093@linux.vnet.ibm.com> References: <20091215230213.GA9093@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Paul E. McKenney Proposed for 2.6.34, not for inclusion. Grace periods cannot be started while force_quiescent_state() is active. This is OK in that the affected CPUs will try again later, but it does induce needless grace-period delays. This patch causes rcu_start_gp() to record a failed attempt to start a grace period. When force_quiescent_state() prepares to return, it then starts the grace period if there was such a failed attempt. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney --- kernel/rcutree.c | 8 ++++++++ kernel/rcutree.h | 5 +++++ 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/rcutree.c b/kernel/rcutree.c index d920285..55e8f6e 100644 --- a/kernel/rcutree.c +++ b/kernel/rcutree.c @@ -660,6 +660,8 @@ rcu_start_gp(struct rcu_state *rsp, unsigned long flags) struct rcu_node *rnp = rcu_get_root(rsp); if (!cpu_needs_another_gp(rsp, rdp) || rsp->fqs_active) { + if (cpu_needs_another_gp(rsp, rdp)) + rsp->fqs_need_gp = 1; if (rnp->completed == rsp->completed) { spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rnp->lock, flags); return; @@ -1239,6 +1241,12 @@ static void force_quiescent_state(struct rcu_state *rsp, int relaxed) break; } rsp->fqs_active = 0; + if (rsp->fqs_need_gp) { + spin_unlock(&rsp->fqslock); /* irqs remain disabled */ + rsp->fqs_need_gp = 0; + rcu_start_gp(rsp, flags); /* releases rnp->lock */ + return; + } spin_unlock(&rnp->lock); /* irqs remain disabled */ unlock_fqs_ret: spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rsp->fqslock, flags); diff --git a/kernel/rcutree.h b/kernel/rcutree.h index edb6fae..bd5d78a 100644 --- a/kernel/rcutree.h +++ b/kernel/rcutree.h @@ -278,6 +278,11 @@ struct rcu_state { /* Force QS state. */ u8 fqs_active; /* force_quiescent_state() */ /* is running. */ + u8 fqs_need_gp; /* A CPU was prevented from */ + /* starting a new grace */ + /* period because */ + /* force_quiescent_state() */ + /* was running. */ long gpnum; /* Current gp number. */ long completed; /* # of last completed gp. */ -- 1.5.2.5