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 --- arch/mips/kernel/process.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'arch/mips') diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/process.c b/arch/mips/kernel/process.c index c47f96e453c0..c11e5ca2a434 100644 --- a/arch/mips/kernel/process.c +++ b/arch/mips/kernel/process.c @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ void __noreturn cpu_idle(void) /* endless idle loop with no priority at all */ while (1) { - tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick(1); + tick_nohz_idle_enter(); while (!need_resched() && cpu_online(cpu)) { #ifdef CONFIG_MIPS_MT_SMTC extern void smtc_idle_loop_hook(void); @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ void __noreturn cpu_idle(void) system_state == SYSTEM_BOOTING)) play_dead(); #endif - tick_nohz_restart_sched_tick(); + tick_nohz_idle_exit(); preempt_enable_no_resched(); schedule(); preempt_disable(); -- 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 --- arch/mips/kernel/process.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'arch/mips') diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/process.c b/arch/mips/kernel/process.c index c11e5ca2a434..17fb3a270160 100644 --- a/arch/mips/kernel/process.c +++ b/arch/mips/kernel/process.c @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ void __noreturn cpu_idle(void) /* endless idle loop with no priority at all */ while (1) { - tick_nohz_idle_enter(); + tick_nohz_idle_enter_norcu(); while (!need_resched() && cpu_online(cpu)) { #ifdef CONFIG_MIPS_MT_SMTC extern void smtc_idle_loop_hook(void); @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ void __noreturn cpu_idle(void) system_state == SYSTEM_BOOTING)) play_dead(); #endif - tick_nohz_idle_exit(); + tick_nohz_idle_exit_norcu(); preempt_enable_no_resched(); schedule(); preempt_disable(); -- 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 --- arch/mips/kernel/process.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'arch/mips') diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/process.c b/arch/mips/kernel/process.c index 17fb3a270160..7955409051c4 100644 --- a/arch/mips/kernel/process.c +++ b/arch/mips/kernel/process.c @@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ void __noreturn cpu_idle(void) /* endless idle loop with no priority at all */ while (1) { - tick_nohz_idle_enter_norcu(); + tick_nohz_idle_enter(); + rcu_idle_enter(); while (!need_resched() && cpu_online(cpu)) { #ifdef CONFIG_MIPS_MT_SMTC extern void smtc_idle_loop_hook(void); @@ -77,7 +78,8 @@ void __noreturn cpu_idle(void) system_state == SYSTEM_BOOTING)) play_dead(); #endif - tick_nohz_idle_exit_norcu(); + rcu_idle_exit(); + tick_nohz_idle_exit(); preempt_enable_no_resched(); schedule(); preempt_disable(); -- cgit v1.2.2