Re: [PATCH v3 tip/core/rcu 1/9] rcu: Add call_rcu_tasks()

Paul E. McKenney
2014-08-06T00:51:11Z

On Wed, Aug 06, 2014 at 08:33:29AM +0800, Lai Jiangshan wrote:
> On 08/06/2014 05:55 AM, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 05, 2014 at 08:47:55AM +0800, Lai Jiangshan wrote:
> >> On 08/04/2014 10:56 PM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> >>> On Mon, Aug 04, 2014 at 02:25:15PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> >>>> On Mon, Aug 04, 2014 at 04:50:44AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> >>>>> OK, I will bite...
> >>>>>
> >>>>> What kinds of tasks are on a runqueue, but neither ->on_cpu nor
> >>>>> PREEMPT_ACTIVE?
> >>>>
> >>>> Userspace tasks, they don't necessarily get PREEMPT_ACTIVE when
> >>>> preempted. Now obviously you're not _that_ interested in userspace tasks
> >>>> for this, so that might be ok.
> >>>>
> >>>> But the main point was, you cannot use ->on_cpu or PREEMPT_ACTIVE
> >>>> without holding rq->lock.
> >>>
> >>> Hmm, maybe you can, we have the context switch in between setting
> >>> ->on_cpu and clearing PREEMPT_ACTIVE and vice-versa.
> >>>
> >>> The context switch (obviously) provides a full barrier, so we might be
> >>> able to -- with careful consideration -- read these two separate values
> >>> and construct something usable from them.
> >>>
> >>> Something like:
> >>>
> >>> task_preempt_count(tsk) & PREEMPT_ACTIVE
> >> the @tsk is running on_cpu, the above result is false.
> >>> smp_rmb();
> >>> tsk->on_cpu
> >> now the @tsk is preempted, the above result also is false.
> >>
> >> so it is useless if we fetch the preempt_count and on_cpu in two separated
> >> instructions. Maybe it would work if we also take tsk->nivcsw in consideration.
> >> (I just noticed that tsk->n[i]vcsw are the version numbers for the tsk->on_cpu)
> >>
> >> bool task_on_cpu_or_preempted(tsk)
> >> {
> >> unsigned long saved_nivcsw;
> >>
> >> saved_nivcsw = task->nivcsw;
> >> if (tsk->on_cpu)
> >> return true;
> >>
> >> smp_rmb();
> >>
> >> if (task_preempt_count(tsk) & PREEMPT_ACTIVE)
> >> return true;
> >>
> >> smp_rmb();
> >>
> >> if (tsk->on_cpu || task->nivcsw != saved_nivcsw)
> >> return true;
> >>
> >> return false;
> >> }
> >>
> >>>
> >>> And because we set PREEMPT_ACTIVE before clearing on_cpu, this should
> >>> race the right way (err towards the inclusive side).
> >>>
> >>> Obviously that wants a big fat comment...
> >
> > How about the following? Non-nohz_full userspace tasks are already covered
> > courtesy of scheduling-clock interrupts, and this handles nohz_full usermode
> > tasks.
> >
> > Thoughts?
> >
> > Thanx, Paul
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > rcu: Make TASKS_RCU handle nohx_full= CPUs
> >
> > Currently TASKS_RCU would ignore a CPU running a task in nohz_full=
> > usermode execution. There would be neither a context switch nor a
> > scheduling-clock interrupt to tell TASKS_RCU that the task in question
> > had passed through a quiescent state. The grace period would therefore
> > extend indefinitely. This commit therefore makes RCU's dyntick-idle
> > subsystem record the task_struct structure of the task that is running
> > in dyntick-idle mode on each CPU. The TASKS_RCU grace period can
> > then access this information and record a quiescent state on
> > behalf of any CPU running in dyntick-idle usermode.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> >
> > diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
> > index f504f797c9c8..777aac3a34c0 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
> > @@ -1140,5 +1140,14 @@ static inline void rcu_sysidle_force_exit(void)
> >
> > #endif /* #else #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL_SYSIDLE */
> >
> > +#if defined(CONFIG_TASKS_RCU) && defined(CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL)
> > +struct task_struct *rcu_dynticks_task_cur(int cpu);
> > +#else /* #if defined(CONFIG_TASKS_RCU) && defined(CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL) */
> > +static inline struct task_struct *rcu_dynticks_task_cur(int cpu)
> > +{
> > + return NULL;
> > +}
> > +#endif /* #else #if defined(CONFIG_TASKS_RCU) && defined(CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL) */
> > +
> >
> > #endif /* __LINUX_RCUPDATE_H */
> > diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> > index 645a33efc0d4..86a0a7d5bbbd 100644
> > --- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> > +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> > @@ -526,6 +526,7 @@ static void rcu_eqs_enter_common(struct rcu_dynticks *rdtp, long long oldval,
> > atomic_inc(&rdtp->dynticks);
> > smp_mb__after_atomic(); /* Force ordering with next sojourn. */
> > WARN_ON_ONCE(atomic_read(&rdtp->dynticks) & 0x1);
> > + rcu_dynticks_task_enter(rdtp, current);
> >
> > /*
> > * It is illegal to enter an extended quiescent state while
> > @@ -642,6 +643,7 @@ void rcu_irq_exit(void)
> > static void rcu_eqs_exit_common(struct rcu_dynticks *rdtp, long long oldval,
> > int user)
> > {
> > + rcu_dynticks_task_exit(rdtp);
>
> What happen when the trampoline happens before rcu_eqs_exit_common()?
> synchronize_sched() also skip this CPUs. I think, for all CPUs, only
> real schedule is reliable.

True, this prohibits tracing the point from the call to
rcu_eqs_enter_common() to the transition to usermode. I am betting that
this is OK, though.

Thanx, Paul

> > smp_mb__before_atomic(); /* Force ordering w/previous sojourn. */
> > atomic_inc(&rdtp->dynticks);
> > /* CPUs seeing atomic_inc() must see later RCU read-side crit sects */
> > diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.h b/kernel/rcu/tree.h
> > index 0f69a79c5b7d..1e79fa1b7cbf 100644
> > --- a/kernel/rcu/tree.h
> > +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.h
> > @@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ struct rcu_dynticks {
> > /* Process level is worth LLONG_MAX/2. */
> > int dynticks_nmi_nesting; /* Track NMI nesting level. */
> > atomic_t dynticks; /* Even value for idle, else odd. */
> > +#if defined(CONFIG_TASKS_RCU) && defined(CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL)
> > + struct task_struct *dynticks_tsk;
> > +#endif /* #if defined(CONFIG_TASKS_RCU) && defined(CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL) */
> > #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL_SYSIDLE
> > long long dynticks_idle_nesting;
> > /* irq/process nesting level from idle. */
> > @@ -579,6 +582,9 @@ static void rcu_sysidle_report_gp(struct rcu_state *rsp, int isidle,
> > static void rcu_bind_gp_kthread(void);
> > static void rcu_sysidle_init_percpu_data(struct rcu_dynticks *rdtp);
> > static bool rcu_nohz_full_cpu(struct rcu_state *rsp);
> > +static void rcu_dynticks_task_enter(struct rcu_dynticks *rdtp,
> > + struct task_struct *t);
> > +static void rcu_dynticks_task_exit(struct rcu_dynticks *rdtp);
> >
> > #endif /* #ifndef RCU_TREE_NONCORE */
> >
> > diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
> > index a86a363ea453..442d62edc564 100644
> > --- a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
> > +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
> > @@ -2852,3 +2852,29 @@ static void rcu_bind_gp_kthread(void)
> > set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, cpumask_of(cpu));
> > #endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL */
> > }
> > +
> > +/* Record the current task on dyntick-idle entry. */
> > +static void rcu_dynticks_task_enter(struct rcu_dynticks *rdtp,
> > + struct task_struct *t)
> > +{
> > +#if defined(CONFIG_TASKS_RCU) && defined(CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL)
> > + ACCESS_ONCE(rdtp->dynticks_tsk) = t;
> > +#endif /* #if defined(CONFIG_TASKS_RCU) && defined(CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL) */
> > +}
> > +
> > +/* Record no current task on dyntick-idle exit. */
> > +static void rcu_dynticks_task_exit(struct rcu_dynticks *rdtp)
> > +{
> > + rcu_dynticks_task_enter(rdtp, NULL);
> > +}
> > +
> > +#if defined(CONFIG_TASKS_RCU) && defined(CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL)
> > +struct task_struct *rcu_dynticks_task_cur(int cpu)
> > +{
> > + struct rcu_dynticks *rdtp = &per_cpu(rcu_dynticks, cpu);
> > + struct task_struct *t = ACCESS_ONCE(rdtp->dynticks_tsk);
> > +
> > + smp_read_barrier_depends(); /* Dereferences after fetch of "t". */
> > + return t;
> > +}
> > +#endif /* #if defined(CONFIG_TASKS_RCU) && defined(CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL) */
> > diff --git a/kernel/rcu/update.c b/kernel/rcu/update.c
> > index ad2a8df43757..6ad6af2ab028 100644
> > --- a/kernel/rcu/update.c
> > +++ b/kernel/rcu/update.c
> > @@ -481,6 +481,28 @@ static void check_holdout_task(struct task_struct *t,
> > sched_show_task(current);
> > }
> >
> > +/* Check for nohz_full CPUs executing in userspace. */
> > +static void check_no_hz_full_tasks(void)
> > +{
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL
> > + int cpu;
> > + struct task_struct *t;
> > +
> > + for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
> > + cond_resched();
> > + rcu_read_lock();
> > + t = rcu_dynticks_task_cur(cpu);
> > + if (t == NULL || is_idle_task(t)) {
> > + rcu_read_unlock();
> > + continue;
> > + }
> > + if (ACCESS_ONCE(t->rcu_tasks_holdout))
> > + ACCESS_ONCE(t->rcu_tasks_holdout) = 0;
> > + rcu_read_unlock();
> > + }
> > +#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL */
> > +}
> > +
> > /* RCU-tasks kthread that detects grace periods and invokes callbacks. */
> > static int __noreturn rcu_tasks_kthread(void *arg)
> > {
> > @@ -584,6 +606,7 @@ static int __noreturn rcu_tasks_kthread(void *arg)
> > lastreport = jiffies;
> > firstreport = true;
> > WARN_ON(signal_pending(current));
> > + check_no_hz_full_tasks();
> > rcu_read_lock();
> > list_for_each_entry_rcu(t, &rcu_tasks_holdouts,
> > rcu_tasks_holdout_list)
> >
> > .
> >
>