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

Paul E. McKenney
2014-08-01T02:04:28Z

On Fri, Aug 01, 2014 at 01:57:50AM +0200, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 02:55:01PM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> >
> > This commit adds a new RCU-tasks flavor of RCU, which provides
> > call_rcu_tasks(). This RCU flavor's quiescent states are voluntary
> > context switch (not preemption!), userspace execution, and the idle loop.
> > Note that unlike other RCU flavors, these quiescent states occur in tasks,
> > not necessarily CPUs. Includes fixes from Steven Rostedt.
> >
> > This RCU flavor is assumed to have very infrequent latency-tolerate
> > updaters. This assumption permits significant simplifications, including
> > a single global callback list protected by a single global lock, along
> > with a single linked list containing all tasks that have not yet passed
> > through a quiescent state. If experience shows this assumption to be
> > incorrect, the required additional complexity will be added.
> >
> > Suggested-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> > ---
> > include/linux/init_task.h | 9 +++
> > include/linux/rcupdate.h | 36 ++++++++++
> > include/linux/sched.h | 23 ++++---
> > init/Kconfig | 10 +++
> > kernel/rcu/tiny.c | 2 +
> > kernel/rcu/tree.c | 2 +
> > kernel/rcu/update.c | 171 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > 7 files changed, 242 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/linux/init_task.h b/include/linux/init_task.h
> > index 6df7f9fe0d01..78715ea7c30c 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/init_task.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/init_task.h
> > @@ -124,6 +124,14 @@ extern struct group_info init_groups;
> > #else
> > #define INIT_TASK_RCU_PREEMPT(tsk)
> > #endif
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_TASKS_RCU
> > +#define INIT_TASK_RCU_TASKS(tsk) \
> > + .rcu_tasks_holdout = false, \
> > + .rcu_tasks_holdout_list = \
> > + LIST_HEAD_INIT(tsk.rcu_tasks_holdout_list),
> > +#else
> > +#define INIT_TASK_RCU_TASKS(tsk)
> > +#endif
> >
> > extern struct cred init_cred;
> >
> > @@ -231,6 +239,7 @@ extern struct task_group root_task_group;
> > INIT_FTRACE_GRAPH \
> > INIT_TRACE_RECURSION \
> > INIT_TASK_RCU_PREEMPT(tsk) \
> > + INIT_TASK_RCU_TASKS(tsk) \
> > INIT_CPUSET_SEQ(tsk) \
> > INIT_RT_MUTEXES(tsk) \
> > INIT_VTIME(tsk) \
> > diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
> > index 6a94cc8b1ca0..829efc99df3e 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
> > @@ -197,6 +197,26 @@ void call_rcu_sched(struct rcu_head *head,
> >
> > void synchronize_sched(void);
> >
> > +/**
> > + * call_rcu_tasks() - Queue an RCU for invocation task-based grace period
> > + * @head: structure to be used for queueing the RCU updates.
> > + * @func: actual callback function to be invoked after the grace period
> > + *
> > + * The callback function will be invoked some time after a full grace
> > + * period elapses, in other words after all currently executing RCU
> > + * read-side critical sections have completed. call_rcu_tasks() assumes
> > + * that the read-side critical sections end at a voluntary context
> > + * switch (not a preemption!), entry into idle, or transition to usermode
> > + * execution. As such, there are no read-side primitives analogous to
> > + * rcu_read_lock() and rcu_read_unlock() because this primitive is intended
> > + * to determine that all tasks have passed through a safe state, not so
> > + * much for data-strcuture synchronization.
> > + *
> > + * See the description of call_rcu() for more detailed information on
> > + * memory ordering guarantees.
> > + */
> > +void call_rcu_tasks(struct rcu_head *head, void (*func)(struct rcu_head *head));
> > +
> > #ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU
> >
> > void __rcu_read_lock(void);
> > @@ -294,6 +314,22 @@ static inline void rcu_user_hooks_switch(struct task_struct *prev,
> > rcu_irq_exit(); \
> > } while (0)
> >
> > +/*
> > + * Note a voluntary context switch for RCU-tasks benefit. This is a
> > + * macro rather than an inline function to avoid #include hell.
> > + */
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_TASKS_RCU
> > +#define rcu_note_voluntary_context_switch(t) \
> > + do { \
> > + preempt_disable(); /* Exclude synchronize_sched(); */ \
> > + if (ACCESS_ONCE((t)->rcu_tasks_holdout)) \
> > + ACCESS_ONCE((t)->rcu_tasks_holdout) = 0; \
> > + preempt_enable(); \
> > + } while (0)
> > +#else /* #ifdef CONFIG_TASKS_RCU */
> > +#define rcu_note_voluntary_context_switch(t) do { } while (0)
> > +#endif /* #else #ifdef CONFIG_TASKS_RCU */
> > +
> > #if defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC) || defined(CONFIG_RCU_TRACE) || defined(CONFIG_SMP)
> > bool __rcu_is_watching(void);
> > #endif /* #if defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC) || defined(CONFIG_RCU_TRACE) || defined(CONFIG_SMP) */
> > diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
> > index 306f4f0c987a..3cf124389ec7 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/sched.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/sched.h
> > @@ -1273,6 +1273,11 @@ struct task_struct {
> > #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST
> > struct rt_mutex *rcu_boost_mutex;
> > #endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST */
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_TASKS_RCU
> > + unsigned long rcu_tasks_nvcsw;
> > + int rcu_tasks_holdout;
> > + struct list_head rcu_tasks_holdout_list;
> > +#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_TASKS_RCU */
> >
> > #if defined(CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS) || defined(CONFIG_TASK_DELAY_ACCT)
> > struct sched_info sched_info;
> > @@ -1998,31 +2003,27 @@ extern void task_clear_jobctl_pending(struct task_struct *task,
> > unsigned int mask);
> >
> > #ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU
> > -
> > #define RCU_READ_UNLOCK_BLOCKED (1 << 0) /* blocked while in RCU read-side. */
> > #define RCU_READ_UNLOCK_NEED_QS (1 << 1) /* RCU core needs CPU response. */
> > +#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU */
> >
> > static inline void rcu_copy_process(struct task_struct *p)
> > {
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU
> > p->rcu_read_lock_nesting = 0;
> > p->rcu_read_unlock_special = 0;
> > -#ifdef CONFIG_TREE_PREEMPT_RCU
> > p->rcu_blocked_node = NULL;
> > -#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_TREE_PREEMPT_RCU */
> > #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST
> > p->rcu_boost_mutex = NULL;
> > #endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST */
> > INIT_LIST_HEAD(&p->rcu_node_entry);
> > +#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU */
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_TASKS_RCU
> > + p->rcu_tasks_holdout = false;
> > + INIT_LIST_HEAD(&p->rcu_tasks_holdout_list);
> > +#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_TASKS_RCU */
> > }
> >
> > -#else
> > -
> > -static inline void rcu_copy_process(struct task_struct *p)
> > -{
> > -}
> > -
> > -#endif
> > -
> > static inline void tsk_restore_flags(struct task_struct *task,
> > unsigned long orig_flags, unsigned long flags)
> > {
> > diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
> > index 9d76b99af1b9..c56cb62a2df1 100644
> > --- a/init/Kconfig
> > +++ b/init/Kconfig
> > @@ -507,6 +507,16 @@ config PREEMPT_RCU
> > This option enables preemptible-RCU code that is common between
> > the TREE_PREEMPT_RCU and TINY_PREEMPT_RCU implementations.
> >
> > +config TASKS_RCU
> > + bool "Task_based RCU implementation using voluntary context switch"
> > + default n
> > + help
> > + This option enables a task-based RCU implementation that uses
> > + only voluntary context switch (not preemption!), idle, and
> > + user-mode execution as quiescent states.
> > +
> > + If unsure, say N.
>
> I don't remember who said that, but indeed this is a pure internal feature
> only. The user doesn't need to select that option ever.

I suspect that you are correct. This way is convenient for me for testing,
but I expect to make it pure internal before long.

> > +
> > config RCU_STALL_COMMON
> > def_bool ( TREE_RCU || TREE_PREEMPT_RCU || RCU_TRACE )
> > help
> > diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tiny.c b/kernel/rcu/tiny.c
> > index d9efcc13008c..717f00854fc0 100644
> > --- a/kernel/rcu/tiny.c
> > +++ b/kernel/rcu/tiny.c
> > @@ -254,6 +254,8 @@ void rcu_check_callbacks(int cpu, int user)
> > rcu_sched_qs(cpu);
> > else if (!in_softirq())
> > rcu_bh_qs(cpu);
> > + if (user)
> > + rcu_note_voluntary_context_switch(current);
> > }
> >
> > /*
> > diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> > index 625d0b0cd75a..f958c52f644d 100644
> > --- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> > +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> > @@ -2413,6 +2413,8 @@ void rcu_check_callbacks(int cpu, int user)
> > rcu_preempt_check_callbacks(cpu);
> > if (rcu_pending(cpu))
> > invoke_rcu_core();
> > + if (user)
> > + rcu_note_voluntary_context_switch(current);
> > trace_rcu_utilization(TPS("End scheduler-tick"));
> > }
> >
> > diff --git a/kernel/rcu/update.c b/kernel/rcu/update.c
> > index bc7883570530..50453589e3ca 100644
> > --- a/kernel/rcu/update.c
> > +++ b/kernel/rcu/update.c
> > @@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
> > #include <linux/hardirq.h>
> > #include <linux/delay.h>
> > #include <linux/module.h>
> > +#include <linux/kthread.h>
> >
> > #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
> >
> > @@ -350,3 +351,173 @@ static int __init check_cpu_stall_init(void)
> > early_initcall(check_cpu_stall_init);
> >
> > #endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_STALL_COMMON */
> > +
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_TASKS_RCU
> > +
> > +/*
> > + * Simple variant of RCU whose quiescent states are voluntary context switch,
> > + * user-space execution, and idle. As such, grace periods can take one good
> > + * long time. There are no read-side primitives similar to rcu_read_lock()
> > + * and rcu_read_unlock() because this implementation is intended to get
> > + * the system into a safe state for some of the manipulations involved in
> > + * tracing and the like. Finally, this implementation does not support
> > + * high call_rcu_tasks() rates from multiple CPUs. If this is required,
> > + * per-CPU callback lists will be needed.
> > + */
> > +
> > +/* Lists of tasks that we are still waiting for during this grace period. */
> > +static LIST_HEAD(rcu_tasks_holdouts);
> > +
> > +/* Global list of callbacks and associated lock. */
> > +static struct rcu_head *rcu_tasks_cbs_head;
> > +static struct rcu_head **rcu_tasks_cbs_tail = &rcu_tasks_cbs_head;
> > +static DEFINE_RAW_SPINLOCK(rcu_tasks_cbs_lock);
> > +
> > +/* Post an RCU-tasks callback. */
> > +void call_rcu_tasks(struct rcu_head *rhp, void (*func)(struct rcu_head *rhp))
> > +{
> > + unsigned long flags;
> > +
> > + rhp->next = NULL;
> > + rhp->func = func;
> > + raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&rcu_tasks_cbs_lock, flags);
> > + *rcu_tasks_cbs_tail = rhp;
> > + rcu_tasks_cbs_tail = &rhp->next;
> > + raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rcu_tasks_cbs_lock, flags);
> > +}
> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(call_rcu_tasks);
> > +
> > +/* RCU-tasks kthread that detects grace periods and invokes callbacks. */
> > +static int __noreturn rcu_tasks_kthread(void *arg)
> > +{
> > + unsigned long flags;
> > + struct task_struct *g, *t;
> > + struct rcu_head *list;
> > + struct rcu_head *next;
> > +
> > + /* FIXME: Add housekeeping affinity. */
> > +
> > + /*
> > + * Each pass through the following loop makes one check for
> > + * newly arrived callbacks, and, if there are some, waits for
> > + * one RCU-tasks grace period and then invokes the callbacks.
> > + * This loop is terminated by the system going down. ;-)
> > + */
> > + for (;;) {
> > +
> > + /* Pick up any new callbacks. */
> > + raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&rcu_tasks_cbs_lock, flags);
> > + smp_mb__after_unlock_lock(); /* Enforce GP memory ordering. */
>
> I have no idea which against what this is exactly ordering. GP is a vast thing.
> Especially for tricky barriers like __after_unlock_lock() which suggest very
> counter-intuitive ordering, a detailed comment is very welcome :)

Mostly makes sure that whatever happened before the callback was queued
is seen by everyone to have happened before the grace period started.
Though the synchronize_sched() below may have obsoleted this, will
check.

> > + list = rcu_tasks_cbs_head;
> > + rcu_tasks_cbs_head = NULL;
> > + rcu_tasks_cbs_tail = &rcu_tasks_cbs_head;
> > + raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rcu_tasks_cbs_lock, flags);
> > +
> > + /* If there were none, wait a bit and start over. */
> > + if (!list) {
> > + schedule_timeout_interruptible(HZ);
>
> So this thread is going to poll every second? I guess something prevents it
> to run when system is idle somewhere? But I'm not familiar with the whole patchset
> yet. But even without that it looks like a very annoying noise. why not use something
> wait/wakeup based?

And a later patch does the wait/wakeup thing. Start stupid, add small
amounts of sophistication incrementally.

> > + flush_signals(current);
> > + continue;
> > + }
> > +
> > + /*
> > + * Wait for all pre-existing t->on_rq and t->nvcsw
> > + * transitions to complete. Invoking synchronize_sched()
> > + * suffices because all these transitions occur with
> > + * interrupts disabled. Without this synchronize_sched(),
> > + * a read-side critical section that started before the
> > + * grace period might be incorrectly seen as having started
> > + * after the grace period.
> > + *
> > + * This synchronize_sched() also dispenses with the
> > + * need for a memory barrier on the first store to
> > + * ->rcu_tasks_holdout, as it forces the store to happen
> > + * after the beginning of the grace period.
> > + */
> > + synchronize_sched();
> > +
> > + /*
> > + * There were callbacks, so we need to wait for an
> > + * RCU-tasks grace period. Start off by scanning
> > + * the task list for tasks that are not already
> > + * voluntarily blocked. Mark these tasks and make
> > + * a list of them in rcu_tasks_holdouts.
> > + */
> > + rcu_read_lock();
> > + for_each_process_thread(g, t) {
> > + if (t != current && ACCESS_ONCE(t->on_rq) &&
> > + !is_idle_task(t)) {
> > + get_task_struct(t);
> > + t->rcu_tasks_nvcsw = ACCESS_ONCE(t->nvcsw);
> > + ACCESS_ONCE(t->rcu_tasks_holdout) = 1;
> > + list_add(&t->rcu_tasks_holdout_list,
> > + &rcu_tasks_holdouts);
> > + }
> > + }
> > + rcu_read_unlock();
> > +
> > + /*
> > + * Each pass through the following loop scans the list
> > + * of holdout tasks, removing any that are no longer
> > + * holdouts. When the list is empty, we are done.
> > + */
> > + while (!list_empty(&rcu_tasks_holdouts)) {
> > + schedule_timeout_interruptible(HZ / 10);
>
> OTOH here it is not annoying because it should only happen when rcu task
> is used, which should be rare.

Glad you like it!

I will likely also add checks for other things needing the current CPU.

Thanx, Paul

> Thanks.
>
> > + flush_signals(current);
> > + rcu_read_lock();
> > + list_for_each_entry_rcu(t, &rcu_tasks_holdouts,
> > + rcu_tasks_holdout_list) {
> > + if (ACCESS_ONCE(t->rcu_tasks_holdout)) {
> > + if (t->rcu_tasks_nvcsw ==
> > + ACCESS_ONCE(t->nvcsw) &&
> > + ACCESS_ONCE(t->on_rq))
> > + continue;
> > + ACCESS_ONCE(t->rcu_tasks_holdout) = 0;
> > + }
> > + list_del_rcu(&t->rcu_tasks_holdout_list);
> > + put_task_struct(t);
> > + }
> > + rcu_read_unlock();
> > + }
> > +
> > + /*
> > + * Because ->on_rq and ->nvcsw are not guaranteed
> > + * to have a full memory barriers prior to them in the
> > + * schedule() path, memory reordering on other CPUs could
> > + * cause their RCU-tasks read-side critical sections to
> > + * extend past the end of the grace period. However,
> > + * because these ->nvcsw updates are carried out with
> > + * interrupts disabled, we can use synchronize_sched()
> > + * to force the needed ordering on all such CPUs.
> > + *
> > + * This synchronize_sched() also confines all
> > + * ->rcu_tasks_holdout accesses to be within the grace
> > + * period, avoiding the need for memory barriers for
> > + * ->rcu_tasks_holdout accesses.
> > + */
> > + synchronize_sched();
> > +
> > + /* Invoke the callbacks. */
> > + while (list) {
> > + next = list->next;
> > + local_bh_disable();
> > + list->func(list);
> > + local_bh_enable();
> > + list = next;
> > + cond_resched();
> > + }
> > + }
> > +}
> > +
> > +/* Spawn rcu_tasks_kthread() at boot time. */
> > +static int __init rcu_spawn_tasks_kthread(void)
> > +{
> > + struct task_struct __maybe_unused *t;
> > +
> > + t = kthread_run(rcu_tasks_kthread, NULL, "rcu_tasks_kthread");
> > + BUG_ON(IS_ERR(t));
> > + return 0;
> > +}
> > +early_initcall(rcu_spawn_tasks_kthread);
> > +
> > +#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_TASKS_RCU */
> > --
> > 1.8.1.5
> >
>