Re: [PATCH v6 1/4] rcu: Make call_rcu() lazy to save power

Joel Fernandes
2022-09-26T16:16:05Z

On Mon, Sep 26, 2022 at 12:00:45AM +0200, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 24, 2022 at 09:00:39PM -0400, Joel Fernandes wrote:
> >
> >
> > > On Sep 24, 2022, at 7:28 PM, Joel Fernandes <joel@joelfernandes.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > ﻿Hi Frederic, thanks for the response, replies
> > > below courtesy fruit company’s device:
> > >
> > >>> On Sep 24, 2022, at 6:46 PM, Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> ﻿On Thu, Sep 22, 2022 at 10:01:01PM +0000, Joel Fernandes (Google) wrote:
> > >>> @@ -3902,7 +3939,11 @@ static void rcu_barrier_entrain(struct rcu_data *rdp)
> > >>> rdp->barrier_head.func = rcu_barrier_callback;
> > >>> debug_rcu_head_queue(&rdp->barrier_head);
> > >>> rcu_nocb_lock(rdp);
> > >>> - WARN_ON_ONCE(!rcu_nocb_flush_bypass(rdp, NULL, jiffies));
> > >>> + /*
> > >>> + * Flush the bypass list, but also wake up the GP thread as otherwise
> > >>> + * bypass/lazy CBs maynot be noticed, and can cause real long delays!
> > >>> + */
> > >>> + WARN_ON_ONCE(!rcu_nocb_flush_bypass(rdp, NULL, jiffies, FLUSH_BP_WAKE));
> > >>
> > >> This fixes an issue that goes beyond lazy implementation. It should be done
> > >> in a separate patch, handling rcu_segcblist_entrain() as well, with "Fixes: " tag.
> > >
> > > I wanted to do that, however on discussion with
> > > Paul I thought of making this optimization only for
> > > all lazy bypass CBs. That makes it directly related
> > > this patch since the laziness notion is first
> > > introduced here. On the other hand I could make
> > > this change in a later patch since we are not
> > > super bisectable anyway courtesy of the last
> > > patch (which is not really an issue if the CONFIG
> > > is kept off during someone’s bisection.
> >
> > Or are we saying it’s worth doing the wake up for rcu barrier even for
> > regular bypass CB? That’d save 2 jiffies on rcu barrier. If we agree it’s
> > needed, then yes splitting the patch makes sense.
> >
> > Please let me know your opinions, thanks,
> >
> > - Joel
>
> Sure, I mean since we are fixing the buggy rcu_barrier_entrain() anyway, let's
> just fix bypass as well. Such as in the following (untested):

Got it. This sounds good to me, and will simplify the code a bit more for sure.

I guess a question for Paul - are you Ok with rcu_barrier() causing wake ups
if the bypass list has any non-lazy CBs as well? That should be OK, IMO.

>
> diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> index b39e97175a9e..a0df964abb0e 100644
> --- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> @@ -3834,6 +3834,8 @@ static void rcu_barrier_entrain(struct rcu_data *rdp)
> {
> unsigned long gseq = READ_ONCE(rcu_state.barrier_sequence);
> unsigned long lseq = READ_ONCE(rdp->barrier_seq_snap);
> + bool wake_nocb = false;
> + bool was_alldone = false;
>
> lockdep_assert_held(&rcu_state.barrier_lock);
> if (rcu_seq_state(lseq) || !rcu_seq_state(gseq) || rcu_seq_ctr(lseq) != rcu_seq_ctr(gseq))
> @@ -3842,6 +3844,8 @@ static void rcu_barrier_entrain(struct rcu_data *rdp)
> rdp->barrier_head.func = rcu_barrier_callback;
> debug_rcu_head_queue(&rdp->barrier_head);
> rcu_nocb_lock(rdp);
> + if (rcu_rdp_is_offloaded(rdp) && !rcu_segcblist_pend_cbs(&rdp->cblist))
> + was_alldone = true;
> WARN_ON_ONCE(!rcu_nocb_flush_bypass(rdp, NULL, jiffies));
> if (rcu_segcblist_entrain(&rdp->cblist, &rdp->barrier_head)) {
> atomic_inc(&rcu_state.barrier_cpu_count);
> @@ -3849,7 +3853,12 @@ static void rcu_barrier_entrain(struct rcu_data *rdp)
> debug_rcu_head_unqueue(&rdp->barrier_head);
> rcu_barrier_trace(TPS("IRQNQ"), -1, rcu_state.barrier_sequence);
> }
> + if (was_alldone && rcu_segcblist_pend_cbs(&rdp->cblist))
> + wake_nocb = true;
> rcu_nocb_unlock(rdp);
> + if (wake_nocb)
> + wake_nocb_gp(rdp, false);
> +

Thanks for the code snippet, I like how you are checking if the bypass list
is empty, without actually checking it ;-)

thanks,

- Joel