From 9b2e4f1880b789be1f24f9684f7a54b90310b5c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Paul E. McKenney" Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 12:10:22 -0700 Subject: rcu: Track idleness independent of idle tasks Earlier versions of RCU used the scheduling-clock tick to detect idleness by checking for the idle task, but handled idleness differently for CONFIG_NO_HZ=y. But there are now a number of uses of RCU read-side critical sections in the idle task, for example, for tracing. A more fine-grained detection of idleness is therefore required. This commit presses the old dyntick-idle code into full-time service, so that rcu_idle_enter(), previously known as rcu_enter_nohz(), is always invoked at the beginning of an idle loop iteration. Similarly, rcu_idle_exit(), previously known as rcu_exit_nohz(), is always invoked at the end of an idle-loop iteration. This allows the idle task to use RCU everywhere except between consecutive rcu_idle_enter() and rcu_idle_exit() calls, in turn allowing architecture maintainers to specify exactly where in the idle loop that RCU may be used. Because some of the userspace upcall uses can result in what looks to RCU like half of an interrupt, it is not possible to expect that the irq_enter() and irq_exit() hooks will give exact counts. This patch therefore expands the ->dynticks_nesting counter to 64 bits and uses two separate bitfields to count process/idle transitions and interrupt entry/exit transitions. It is presumed that userspace upcalls do not happen in the idle loop or from usermode execution (though usermode might do a system call that results in an upcall). The counter is hard-reset on each process/idle transition, which avoids the interrupt entry/exit error from accumulating. Overflow is avoided by the 64-bitness of the ->dyntick_nesting counter. This commit also adds warnings if a non-idle task asks RCU to enter idle state (and these checks will need some adjustment before applying Frederic's OS-jitter patches (http://lkml.org/lkml/2011/10/7/246). In addition, validation of ->dynticks and ->dynticks_nesting is added. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett --- include/linux/tick.h | 11 +++++++++-- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'include/linux/tick.h') diff --git a/include/linux/tick.h b/include/linux/tick.h index b232ccc0ee29..ca40838fdfb7 100644 --- a/include/linux/tick.h +++ b/include/linux/tick.h @@ -127,8 +127,15 @@ extern ktime_t tick_nohz_get_sleep_length(void); extern u64 get_cpu_idle_time_us(int cpu, u64 *last_update_time); extern u64 get_cpu_iowait_time_us(int cpu, u64 *last_update_time); # else -static inline void tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick(int inidle) { } -static inline void tick_nohz_restart_sched_tick(void) { } +static inline void tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick(int inidle) +{ + if (inidle) + rcu_idle_enter(); +} +static inline void tick_nohz_restart_sched_tick(void) +{ + rcu_idle_exit(); +} static inline ktime_t tick_nohz_get_sleep_length(void) { ktime_t len = { .tv64 = NSEC_PER_SEC/HZ }; -- cgit v1.2.2 From 280f06774afedf849f0b34248ed6aff57d0f6908 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Frederic Weisbecker Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2011 18:22:06 +0200 Subject: nohz: Separate out irq exit and idle loop dyntick logic The tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick() function, which tries to delay the next timer tick as long as possible, can be called from two places: - From the idle loop to start the dytick idle mode - From interrupt exit if we have interrupted the dyntick idle mode, so that we reprogram the next tick event in case the irq changed some internal state that requires this action. There are only few minor differences between both that are handled by that function, driven by the ts->inidle cpu variable and the inidle parameter. The whole guarantees that we only update the dyntick mode on irq exit if we actually interrupted the dyntick idle mode, and that we enter in RCU extended quiescent state from idle loop entry only. Split this function into: - tick_nohz_idle_enter(), which sets ts->inidle to 1, enters dynticks idle mode unconditionally if it can, and enters into RCU extended quiescent state. - tick_nohz_irq_exit() which only updates the dynticks idle mode when ts->inidle is set (ie: if tick_nohz_idle_enter() has been called). To maintain symmetry, tick_nohz_restart_sched_tick() has been renamed into tick_nohz_idle_exit(). This simplifies the code and micro-optimize the irq exit path (no need for local_irq_save there). This also prepares for the split between dynticks and rcu extended quiescent state logics. We'll need this split to further fix illegal uses of RCU in extended quiescent states in the idle loop. Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Mike Frysinger Cc: Guan Xuetao Cc: David Miller Cc: Chris Metcalf Cc: Hans-Christian Egtvedt Cc: Ralf Baechle Cc: Paul E. McKenney Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Thomas Gleixner Cc: H. Peter Anvin Cc: Russell King Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Heiko Carstens Cc: Paul Mundt Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett --- include/linux/tick.h | 13 +++++++------ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'include/linux/tick.h') diff --git a/include/linux/tick.h b/include/linux/tick.h index ca40838fdfb7..0df1d50a408a 100644 --- a/include/linux/tick.h +++ b/include/linux/tick.h @@ -121,21 +121,22 @@ static inline int tick_oneshot_mode_active(void) { return 0; } #endif /* !CONFIG_GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS */ # ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ -extern void tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick(int inidle); -extern void tick_nohz_restart_sched_tick(void); +extern void tick_nohz_idle_enter(void); +extern void tick_nohz_idle_exit(void); +extern void tick_nohz_irq_exit(void); extern ktime_t tick_nohz_get_sleep_length(void); extern u64 get_cpu_idle_time_us(int cpu, u64 *last_update_time); extern u64 get_cpu_iowait_time_us(int cpu, u64 *last_update_time); # else -static inline void tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick(int inidle) +static inline void tick_nohz_idle_enter(void) { - if (inidle) - rcu_idle_enter(); + rcu_idle_enter(); } -static inline void tick_nohz_restart_sched_tick(void) +static inline void tick_nohz_idle_exit(void) { rcu_idle_exit(); } + static inline ktime_t tick_nohz_get_sleep_length(void) { ktime_t len = { .tv64 = NSEC_PER_SEC/HZ }; -- cgit v1.2.2 From 2bbb6817c0ac1b5f2a68d720f364f98eeb1ac4fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Frederic Weisbecker Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2011 16:01:00 +0200 Subject: nohz: Allow rcu extended quiescent state handling seperately from tick stop It is assumed that rcu won't be used once we switch to tickless mode and until we restart the tick. However this is not always true, as in x86-64 where we dereference the idle notifiers after the tick is stopped. To prepare for fixing this, add two new APIs: tick_nohz_idle_enter_norcu() and tick_nohz_idle_exit_norcu(). If no use of RCU is made in the idle loop between tick_nohz_enter_idle() and tick_nohz_exit_idle() calls, the arch must instead call the new *_norcu() version such that the arch doesn't need to call rcu_idle_enter() and rcu_idle_exit(). Otherwise the arch must call tick_nohz_enter_idle() and tick_nohz_exit_idle() and also call explicitly: - rcu_idle_enter() after its last use of RCU before the CPU is put to sleep. - rcu_idle_exit() before the first use of RCU after the CPU is woken up. Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Mike Frysinger Cc: Guan Xuetao Cc: David Miller Cc: Chris Metcalf Cc: Hans-Christian Egtvedt Cc: Ralf Baechle Cc: Paul E. McKenney Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Thomas Gleixner Cc: H. Peter Anvin Cc: Russell King Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Heiko Carstens Cc: Paul Mundt Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney --- include/linux/tick.h | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'include/linux/tick.h') diff --git a/include/linux/tick.h b/include/linux/tick.h index 0df1d50a408a..327434a05757 100644 --- a/include/linux/tick.h +++ b/include/linux/tick.h @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ #define _LINUX_TICK_H #include +#include #ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS @@ -121,18 +122,57 @@ static inline int tick_oneshot_mode_active(void) { return 0; } #endif /* !CONFIG_GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS */ # ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ -extern void tick_nohz_idle_enter(void); +extern void __tick_nohz_idle_enter(void); +static inline void tick_nohz_idle_enter(void) +{ + local_irq_disable(); + __tick_nohz_idle_enter(); + local_irq_enable(); +} extern void tick_nohz_idle_exit(void); + +/* + * Call this pair of function if the arch doesn't make any use + * of RCU in-between. You won't need to call rcu_idle_enter() and + * rcu_idle_exit(). + * Otherwise you need to call tick_nohz_idle_enter() and tick_nohz_idle_exit() + * and explicitly tell RCU about the window around the place the CPU enters low + * power mode where no RCU use is made. This is done by calling rcu_idle_enter() + * after the last use of RCU before the CPU is put to sleep and by calling + * rcu_idle_exit() before the first use of RCU after the CPU woke up. + */ +static inline void tick_nohz_idle_enter_norcu(void) +{ + /* + * Also call rcu_idle_enter() in the irq disabled section even + * if it disables irq itself. + * Just an optimization that prevents from an interrupt happening + * between it and __tick_nohz_idle_enter() to lose time to help + * completing a grace period while we could be in extended grace + * period already. + */ + local_irq_disable(); + __tick_nohz_idle_enter(); + rcu_idle_enter(); + local_irq_enable(); +} +static inline void tick_nohz_idle_exit_norcu(void) +{ + rcu_idle_exit(); + tick_nohz_idle_exit(); +} extern void tick_nohz_irq_exit(void); extern ktime_t tick_nohz_get_sleep_length(void); extern u64 get_cpu_idle_time_us(int cpu, u64 *last_update_time); extern u64 get_cpu_iowait_time_us(int cpu, u64 *last_update_time); # else -static inline void tick_nohz_idle_enter(void) +static inline void tick_nohz_idle_enter(void) { } +static inline void tick_nohz_idle_exit(void) { } +static inline void tick_nohz_idle_enter_norcu(void) { rcu_idle_enter(); } -static inline void tick_nohz_idle_exit(void) +static inline void tick_nohz_idle_exit_norcu(void) { rcu_idle_exit(); } -- cgit v1.2.2 From 1268fbc746ea1cd279886a740dcbad4ba5232225 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Frederic Weisbecker Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 18:48:14 +0100 Subject: nohz: Remove tick_nohz_idle_enter_norcu() / tick_nohz_idle_exit_norcu() Those two APIs were provided to optimize the calls of tick_nohz_idle_enter() and rcu_idle_enter() into a single irq disabled section. This way no interrupt happening in-between would needlessly process any RCU job. Now we are talking about an optimization for which benefits have yet to be measured. Let's start simple and completely decouple idle rcu and dyntick idle logics to simplify. Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Thomas Gleixner Cc: Peter Zijlstra Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney --- include/linux/tick.h | 47 +---------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 46 deletions(-) (limited to 'include/linux/tick.h') diff --git a/include/linux/tick.h b/include/linux/tick.h index 327434a05757..ab8be90b5cc9 100644 --- a/include/linux/tick.h +++ b/include/linux/tick.h @@ -122,45 +122,8 @@ static inline int tick_oneshot_mode_active(void) { return 0; } #endif /* !CONFIG_GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS */ # ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ -extern void __tick_nohz_idle_enter(void); -static inline void tick_nohz_idle_enter(void) -{ - local_irq_disable(); - __tick_nohz_idle_enter(); - local_irq_enable(); -} +extern void tick_nohz_idle_enter(void); extern void tick_nohz_idle_exit(void); - -/* - * Call this pair of function if the arch doesn't make any use - * of RCU in-between. You won't need to call rcu_idle_enter() and - * rcu_idle_exit(). - * Otherwise you need to call tick_nohz_idle_enter() and tick_nohz_idle_exit() - * and explicitly tell RCU about the window around the place the CPU enters low - * power mode where no RCU use is made. This is done by calling rcu_idle_enter() - * after the last use of RCU before the CPU is put to sleep and by calling - * rcu_idle_exit() before the first use of RCU after the CPU woke up. - */ -static inline void tick_nohz_idle_enter_norcu(void) -{ - /* - * Also call rcu_idle_enter() in the irq disabled section even - * if it disables irq itself. - * Just an optimization that prevents from an interrupt happening - * between it and __tick_nohz_idle_enter() to lose time to help - * completing a grace period while we could be in extended grace - * period already. - */ - local_irq_disable(); - __tick_nohz_idle_enter(); - rcu_idle_enter(); - local_irq_enable(); -} -static inline void tick_nohz_idle_exit_norcu(void) -{ - rcu_idle_exit(); - tick_nohz_idle_exit(); -} extern void tick_nohz_irq_exit(void); extern ktime_t tick_nohz_get_sleep_length(void); extern u64 get_cpu_idle_time_us(int cpu, u64 *last_update_time); @@ -168,14 +131,6 @@ extern u64 get_cpu_iowait_time_us(int cpu, u64 *last_update_time); # else static inline void tick_nohz_idle_enter(void) { } static inline void tick_nohz_idle_exit(void) { } -static inline void tick_nohz_idle_enter_norcu(void) -{ - rcu_idle_enter(); -} -static inline void tick_nohz_idle_exit_norcu(void) -{ - rcu_idle_exit(); -} static inline ktime_t tick_nohz_get_sleep_length(void) { -- cgit v1.2.2