From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933162Ab2GEWhm (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Jul 2012 18:37:42 -0400 Received: from e36.co.us.ibm.com ([32.97.110.154]:44073 "EHLO e36.co.us.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757182Ab2GEWhk (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Jul 2012 18:37:40 -0400 Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2012 15:37:31 -0700 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@efficios.com, 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, fweisbec@gmail.com, sbw@mit.edu, patches@linaro.org Subject: [PATCH tip/core/rcu] Make RCU_FAST_NO_HZ respect nohz= boot parameter Message-ID: <20120705223731.GA27608@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Reply-To: paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Content-Scanned: Fidelis XPS MAILER x-cbid: 12070522-7606-0000-0000-000001C54CDF Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org If the nohz= boot parameter disables nohz, then RCU_FAST_NO_HZ needs to also disable itself. This commit therefore checks for tick_nohz_enabled being zero, disabling rcu_prepare_for_idle() if so. This patch assumes that tick_nohz_enabled can change at runtime: If this is not the case, then a simpler approach suffices. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney diff --git a/kernel/rcutree.h b/kernel/rcutree.h index 19b61ac..e978845 100644 --- a/kernel/rcutree.h +++ b/kernel/rcutree.h @@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ struct rcu_dynticks { /* # times non-lazy CBs posted to CPU. */ unsigned long nonlazy_posted_snap; /* idle-period nonlazy_posted snapshot. */ + int tick_nohz_enabled_snap; /* Previously seen value from sysfs. */ #endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_FAST_NO_HZ */ }; diff --git a/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h index c28d255..3508000 100644 --- a/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h +++ b/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h @@ -1971,6 +1971,8 @@ static void rcu_idle_count_callbacks_posted(void) #define RCU_IDLE_GP_DELAY 4 /* Roughly one grace period. */ #define RCU_IDLE_LAZY_GP_DELAY (6 * HZ) /* Roughly six seconds. */ +extern int tick_nohz_enabled; + /* * Does the specified flavor of RCU have non-lazy callbacks pending on * the specified CPU? Both RCU flavor and CPU are specified by the @@ -2112,6 +2114,7 @@ static void rcu_cleanup_after_idle(int cpu) del_timer(&rdtp->idle_gp_timer); trace_rcu_prep_idle("Cleanup after idle"); + rdtp->tick_nohz_enabled_snap = ACCESS_ONCE(tick_nohz_enabled); } /* @@ -2137,6 +2140,18 @@ static void rcu_prepare_for_idle(int cpu) { struct timer_list *tp; struct rcu_dynticks *rdtp = &per_cpu(rcu_dynticks, cpu); + int tne; + + /* Handle nohz enablement switches conservatively. */ + tne = ACCESS_ONCE(tick_nohz_enabled); + if (tne != rdtp->tick_nohz_enabled_snap) { + if (rcu_cpu_has_callbacks(cpu)) + invoke_rcu_core(); /* force nohz to see update. */ + rdtp->tick_nohz_enabled_snap = tne; + return; + } + if (!tne) + return; /* * If this is an idle re-entry, for example, due to use of diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c index 8699978..66ff07f 100644 --- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c +++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c @@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ static ktime_t tick_init_jiffy_update(void) /* * NO HZ enabled ? */ -static int tick_nohz_enabled __read_mostly = 1; +int tick_nohz_enabled __read_mostly = 1; /* * Enable / Disable tickless mode