ipv4: Use synchronize_rcu() during trie_rebalance()

During trie_rebalance() we free memory after resizing with call_rcu(),
but large updates, especially with PREEMPT_NONE configs, can cause
memory stresses, so this patch calls synchronize_rcu() in
tnode_free_flush() after each sync_pages to guarantee such freeing
(especially before resizing the root node).

The value of sync_pages = 128 is based on Pawel Staszewski's tests as
the lowest which doesn't hinder updating times. (For testing purposes
there was a sysfs module parameter to change it on demand, but it's
removed until we're sure it could be really useful.)

The patch is based on suggestions by: Paul E. McKenney
<paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

Reported-by: Pawel Staszewski <pstaszewski@itcare.pl>
Tested-by: Pawel Staszewski <pstaszewski@itcare.pl>
Signed-off-by: Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c b/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c
index 63c2fa7b68c4..58ba9f4f2c92 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c
@@ -164,6 +164,14 @@ static struct tnode *inflate(struct trie *t, struct tnode *tn);
 static struct tnode *halve(struct trie *t, struct tnode *tn);
 /* tnodes to free after resize(); protected by RTNL */
 static struct tnode *tnode_free_head;
+static size_t tnode_free_size;
+
+/*
+ * synchronize_rcu after call_rcu for that many pages; it should be especially
+ * useful before resizing the root node with PREEMPT_NONE configs; the value was
+ * obtained experimentally, aiming to avoid visible slowdown.
+ */
+static const int sync_pages = 128;
 
 static struct kmem_cache *fn_alias_kmem __read_mostly;
 static struct kmem_cache *trie_leaf_kmem __read_mostly;
@@ -393,6 +401,8 @@ static void tnode_free_safe(struct tnode *tn)
         BUG_ON(IS_LEAF(tn));
         tn->tnode_free = tnode_free_head;
         tnode_free_head = tn;
+        tnode_free_size += sizeof(struct tnode) +
+                           (sizeof(struct node *) << tn->bits);
 }
 
 static void tnode_free_flush(void)
@@ -404,6 +414,11 @@ static void tnode_free_flush(void)
                 tn->tnode_free = NULL;
                 tnode_free(tn);
         }
+
+        if (tnode_free_size >= PAGE_SIZE * sync_pages) {
+                tnode_free_size = 0;
+                synchronize_rcu();
+        }
 }
 
 static struct leaf *leaf_new(void)