rcu: Make simple callback acceleration refer to rdp->gp_seq_needed

Now that the rcu_data structure contains ->gp_seq_needed, create an
rcu_accelerate_cbs_unlocked() helper function that locklessly checks to
see if new callbacks' required grace period has already been requested.
If so, update the callback list locally and again locklessly.  (Though
interrupts must be and are disabled to avoid racing with conflicting
updates in interrupt handlers.)

Otherwise, call rcu_accelerate_cbs() as before.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

1 files changed, 32 insertions, 19 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 0aeddc908181..5643c135fb06 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -1702,6 +1702,34 @@ static bool rcu_accelerate_cbs(struct rcu_state *rsp, struct rcu_node *rnp,
 }
 
 /*
+ * Similar to rcu_accelerate_cbs(), but does not require that the leaf
+ * rcu_node structure's ->lock be held.  It consults the cached value
+ * of ->gp_seq_needed in the rcu_data structure, and if that indicates
+ * that a new grace-period request be made, invokes rcu_accelerate_cbs()
+ * while holding the leaf rcu_node structure's ->lock.
+ */
+static void rcu_accelerate_cbs_unlocked(struct rcu_state *rsp,
+                                        struct rcu_node *rnp,
+                                        struct rcu_data *rdp)
+{
+        unsigned long c;
+        bool needwake;
+
+        lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled();
+        c = rcu_seq_snap(&rsp->gp_seq);
+        if (!rdp->gpwrap && ULONG_CMP_GE(rdp->gp_seq_needed, c)) {
+                /* Old request still live, so mark recent callbacks. */
+                (void)rcu_segcblist_accelerate(&rdp->cblist, c);
+                return;
+        }
+        raw_spin_lock_rcu_node(rnp); /* irqs already disabled. */
+        needwake = rcu_accelerate_cbs(rsp, rnp, rdp);
+        raw_spin_unlock_rcu_node(rnp); /* irqs remain disabled. */
+        if (needwake)
+                rcu_gp_kthread_wake(rsp);
+}
+
+/*
  * Move any callbacks whose grace period has completed to the
  * RCU_DONE_TAIL sublist, then compact the remaining sublists and
  * assign ->gp_seq numbers to any callbacks in the RCU_NEXT_TAIL
@@ -2739,7 +2767,6 @@ static void
 __rcu_process_callbacks(struct rcu_state *rsp)
 {
         unsigned long flags;
-        bool needwake;
         struct rcu_data *rdp = raw_cpu_ptr(rsp->rda);
         struct rcu_node *rnp = rdp->mynode;
 
@@ -2752,15 +2779,9 @@ __rcu_process_callbacks(struct rcu_state *rsp)
         if (!rcu_gp_in_progress(rsp) &&
             rcu_segcblist_is_enabled(&rdp->cblist)) {
                 local_irq_save(flags);
-                if (rcu_segcblist_restempty(&rdp->cblist, RCU_NEXT_READY_TAIL)) {
-                        local_irq_restore(flags);
-                } else {
-                        raw_spin_lock_rcu_node(rnp); /* irqs disabled. */
-                        needwake = rcu_accelerate_cbs(rsp, rnp, rdp);
-                        raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore_rcu_node(rnp, flags);
-                        if (needwake)
-                                rcu_gp_kthread_wake(rsp);
-                }
+                if (!rcu_segcblist_restempty(&rdp->cblist, RCU_NEXT_READY_TAIL))
+                        rcu_accelerate_cbs_unlocked(rsp, rnp, rdp);
+                local_irq_restore(flags);
         }
 
         rcu_check_gp_start_stall(rsp, rnp, rdp);
@@ -2818,8 +2839,6 @@ static void invoke_rcu_core(void)
 static void __call_rcu_core(struct rcu_state *rsp, struct rcu_data *rdp,
                             struct rcu_head *head, unsigned long flags)
 {
-        bool needwake;
-
         /*
          * If called from an extended quiescent state, invoke the RCU
          * core in order to force a re-evaluation of RCU's idleness.
@@ -2846,13 +2865,7 @@ static void __call_rcu_core(struct rcu_state *rsp, struct rcu_data *rdp,
 
                 /* Start a new grace period if one not already started. */
                 if (!rcu_gp_in_progress(rsp)) {
-                        struct rcu_node *rnp = rdp->mynode;
-
-                        raw_spin_lock_rcu_node(rnp);
-                        needwake = rcu_accelerate_cbs(rsp, rnp, rdp);
-                        raw_spin_unlock_rcu_node(rnp);
-                        if (needwake)
-                                rcu_gp_kthread_wake(rsp);
+                        rcu_accelerate_cbs_unlocked(rsp, rdp->mynode, rdp);
                 } else {
                         /* Give the grace period a kick. */
                         rdp->blimit = LONG_MAX;