rcu: New rcu_user_enter_after_irq() and rcu_user_exit_after_irq() APIs

In some cases, it is necessary to enter or exit userspace-RCU-idle mode
from an interrupt handler, for example, if some other CPU sends this
CPU a resched IPI.  In this case, the current CPU would enter the IPI
handler in userspace-RCU-idle mode, but would need to exit the IPI handler
after having exited that mode.

To allow this to work, this commit adds two new APIs to TREE_RCU:

- rcu_user_enter_after_irq(). This must be called from an interrupt between
rcu_irq_enter() and rcu_irq_exit().  After the irq calls rcu_irq_exit(),
the irq handler will return into an RCU extended quiescent state.
In theory, this interrupt is never a nested interrupt, but in practice
it might interrupt softirq, which looks to RCU like a nested interrupt.

- rcu_user_exit_after_irq(). This must be called from a non-nesting
interrupt, interrupting an RCU extended quiescent state, also
between rcu_irq_enter() and rcu_irq_exit(). After the irq calls
rcu_irq_exit(), the irq handler will return in an RCU non-quiescent
state.

[ Combined with "Allow calls to rcu_exit_user_irq from nesting irqs." ]

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>

1 files changed, 43 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/rcutree.c b/kernel/rcutree.c
index af0dc3472a4b..4138f59fa2f4 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcutree.c
@@ -426,6 +426,27 @@ void rcu_user_enter(void)
 
 
 /**
+ * rcu_user_enter_after_irq - inform RCU that we are going to resume userspace
+ * after the current irq returns.
+ *
+ * This is similar to rcu_user_enter() but in the context of a non-nesting
+ * irq. After this call, RCU enters into idle mode when the interrupt
+ * returns.
+ */
+void rcu_user_enter_after_irq(void)
+{
+        unsigned long flags;
+        struct rcu_dynticks *rdtp;
+
+        local_irq_save(flags);
+        rdtp = &__get_cpu_var(rcu_dynticks);
+        /* Ensure this irq is interrupting a non-idle RCU state.  */
+        WARN_ON_ONCE(!(rdtp->dynticks_nesting & DYNTICK_TASK_MASK));
+        rdtp->dynticks_nesting = 1;
+        local_irq_restore(flags);
+}
+
+/**
  * rcu_irq_exit - inform RCU that current CPU is exiting irq towards idle
  *
  * Exit from an interrupt handler, which might possibly result in entering
@@ -550,6 +571,28 @@ void rcu_user_exit(void)
 }
 
 /**
+ * rcu_user_exit_after_irq - inform RCU that we won't resume to userspace
+ * idle mode after the current non-nesting irq returns.
+ *
+ * This is similar to rcu_user_exit() but in the context of an irq.
+ * This is called when the irq has interrupted a userspace RCU idle mode
+ * context. When the current non-nesting interrupt returns after this call,
+ * the CPU won't restore the RCU idle mode.
+ */
+void rcu_user_exit_after_irq(void)
+{
+        unsigned long flags;
+        struct rcu_dynticks *rdtp;
+
+        local_irq_save(flags);
+        rdtp = &__get_cpu_var(rcu_dynticks);
+        /* Ensure we are interrupting an RCU idle mode. */
+        WARN_ON_ONCE(rdtp->dynticks_nesting & DYNTICK_TASK_NEST_MASK);
+        rdtp->dynticks_nesting += DYNTICK_TASK_EXIT_IDLE;
+        local_irq_restore(flags);
+}
+
+/**
  * rcu_irq_enter - inform RCU that current CPU is entering irq away from idle
  *
  * Enter an interrupt handler, which might possibly result in exiting