From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755999Ab1IGGZt (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Sep 2011 02:25:49 -0400 Received: from e3.ny.us.ibm.com ([32.97.182.143]:52604 "EHLO e3.ny.us.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755740Ab1IGGVC (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Sep 2011 02:21:02 -0400 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, niv@us.ibm.com, tglx@linutronix.de, peterz@infradead.org, rostedt@goodmis.org, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu, dhowells@redhat.com, eric.dumazet@gmail.com, darren@dvhart.com, patches@linaro.org, "Paul E. McKenney" Subject: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 46/55] rcu: Remove rcu_needs_cpu_flush() to avoid false quiescent states Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2011 11:00:40 -0700 Message-Id: <1315332049-2604-46-git-send-email-paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.3.2 In-Reply-To: <20110906180015.GA2560@linux.vnet.ibm.com> References: <20110906180015.GA2560@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org The purpose of rcu_needs_cpu_flush() was to iterate on pushing the current grace period in order to help the current CPU enter dyntick-idle mode. However, this can result in failures if the CPU starts entering dyntick-idle mode, but then backs out. In this case, the call to rcu_pending() from rcu_needs_cpu_flush() might end up announcing a non-existing quiescent state. This commit therefore removes rcu_needs_cpu_flush() in favor of letting the dyntick-idle machinery at the end of the softirq handler push the loop along via its call to rcu_pending(). Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney --- kernel/rcutree.c | 3 --- kernel/rcutree.h | 1 - kernel/rcutree_plugin.h | 25 ------------------------- 3 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/rcutree.c b/kernel/rcutree.c index 743a658..ab37c19 100644 --- a/kernel/rcutree.c +++ b/kernel/rcutree.c @@ -1528,9 +1528,6 @@ static void rcu_process_callbacks(struct softirq_action *unused) &__get_cpu_var(rcu_sched_data)); __rcu_process_callbacks(&rcu_bh_state, &__get_cpu_var(rcu_bh_data)); rcu_preempt_process_callbacks(); - - /* If we are last CPU on way to dyntick-idle mode, accelerate it. */ - rcu_needs_cpu_flush(); trace_rcu_utilization("End RCU core"); } diff --git a/kernel/rcutree.h b/kernel/rcutree.h index f509f72..849ce9e 100644 --- a/kernel/rcutree.h +++ b/kernel/rcutree.h @@ -458,7 +458,6 @@ static int rcu_preempt_needs_cpu(int cpu); static void __cpuinit rcu_preempt_init_percpu_data(int cpu); static void rcu_preempt_send_cbs_to_online(void); static void __init __rcu_init_preempt(void); -static void rcu_needs_cpu_flush(void); static void rcu_initiate_boost(struct rcu_node *rnp, unsigned long flags); static void rcu_preempt_boost_start_gp(struct rcu_node *rnp); static void invoke_rcu_callbacks_kthread(void); diff --git a/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h index f751a2d..e4fb1ff 100644 --- a/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h +++ b/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h @@ -1949,15 +1949,6 @@ int rcu_needs_cpu(int cpu) return rcu_needs_cpu_quick_check(cpu); } -/* - * Check to see if we need to continue a callback-flush operations to - * allow the last CPU to enter dyntick-idle mode. But fast dyntick-idle - * entry is not configured, so we never do need to. - */ -static void rcu_needs_cpu_flush(void) -{ -} - #else /* #if !defined(CONFIG_RCU_FAST_NO_HZ) */ #define RCU_NEEDS_CPU_FLUSHES 5 @@ -2033,20 +2024,4 @@ int rcu_needs_cpu(int cpu) return c; } -/* - * Check to see if we need to continue a callback-flush operations to - * allow the last CPU to enter dyntick-idle mode. - */ -static void rcu_needs_cpu_flush(void) -{ - int cpu = smp_processor_id(); - unsigned long flags; - - if (per_cpu(rcu_dyntick_drain, cpu) <= 0) - return; - local_irq_save(flags); - (void)rcu_needs_cpu(cpu); - local_irq_restore(flags); -} - #endif /* #else #if !defined(CONFIG_RCU_FAST_NO_HZ) */ -- 1.7.3.2