From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com>
Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
mhillenb@amazon.de, linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
kvm <kvm@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC] Make need_resched() return true when rcu_urgent_qs requested
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2018 13:17:59 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180711201759.GB3593@linux.vnet.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9ee4d6fd-02e2-2c73-36a7-36ef4f6413b0@de.ibm.com>
On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 08:31:55PM +0200, Christian Borntraeger wrote:
> So why is the rcu_virt_note_context_switch(smp_processor_id());
> in guest_enter_irqoff not good enough?
>
> This was actually supposed to tell rcu that being in the guest
> is an extended quiescing period (like userspace).
>
> What has changed?
As I understand it, they would like to have their guest run uninterrupted
for extended times. Because rcu_virt_note_context_switch() is a
point-in-time quiescent state, it cannot tell RCU about the extended
quiescent state.
Should we replace the current calls to rcu_virt_note_context_switch()
with rcu_kvm_enter() and rcu_kvm_exit()? Would that be better
than the below architecture-by-architecture approach?
Thanx, Paul
> On 07/11/2018 07:03 PM, David Woodhouse wrote:
> > On Wed, 2018-07-11 at 09:49 -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> >> And here is an updated v4.15 patch with Marius's Reported-by and David's
> >> fix to my lost exclamation point.
> >
> > Thanks. Are you sending the original version of that to Linus? It'd be
> > useful to have the commit ID so that we can watch for it landing, and
> > chase this one up to Greg.
> >
> > As discussed on IRC, this patch reduces synchronize_sched() latency for
> > us from ~4600s to ~160ms, which is nice.
> >
> > However, it isn't going to be sufficient in the NO_HZ_FULL case. For
> > that you want a patch like the one below, which happily reduces the
> > latency in our (!NO_HZ_FULL) case still further to ~40ms.
> >
> > Adding kvm list for better review...
> >
> > From: David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk>
> > Subject: [PATCH] kvm/x86: Inform RCU of quiescent state when entering guest mode
> >
> > RCU can spend long periods of time waiting for a CPU which is actually in
> > KVM guest mode, entirely pointlessly. Treat it like the idle and userspace
> > modes, and don't wait for it.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk>
> > ---
> > arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 2 ++
> > include/linux/rcutree.h | 2 ++
> > kernel/rcu/tree.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
> > 3 files changed, 20 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> > index 0046aa70205a..b0c82f70afa7 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> > @@ -7458,7 +7458,9 @@ static int vcpu_enter_guest(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> > vcpu->arch.switch_db_regs &= ~KVM_DEBUGREG_RELOAD;
> > }
> >
> > + rcu_kvm_enter();
> > kvm_x86_ops->run(vcpu);
> > + rcu_kvm_exit();
> >
> > /*
> > * Do this here before restoring debug registers on the host. And
> > diff --git a/include/linux/rcutree.h b/include/linux/rcutree.h
> > index 914655848ef6..6d07af5a50fc 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/rcutree.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/rcutree.h
> > @@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ void cond_synchronize_sched(unsigned long oldstate);
> >
> > void rcu_idle_enter(void);
> > void rcu_idle_exit(void);
> > +void rcu_kvm_enter(void);
> > +void rcu_kvm_exit(void);
> > void rcu_irq_enter(void);
> > void rcu_irq_exit(void);
> > void rcu_irq_enter_irqson(void);
> > diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> > index aa7cade1b9f3..df7893273939 100644
> > --- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> > +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> > @@ -1019,6 +1019,22 @@ void rcu_irq_enter_irqson(void)
> > local_irq_restore(flags);
> > }
> >
> > +/*
> > + * These are currently identical to the _idle_ versions but let's
> > + * explicitly have separate copies to keep Paul honest in future.
> > + */
> > +void rcu_kvm_enter(void)
> > +{
> > + rcu_idle_enter();
> > +}
> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_kvm_enter);
> > +
> > +void rcu_kvm_exit(void)
> > +{
> > + rcu_idle_exit();
> > +}
> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_kvm_exit);
> > +
> > /**
> > * rcu_is_watching - see if RCU thinks that the current CPU is idle
> > *
> >
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-07-11 20:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 93+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-07-06 14:53 [RFC] Make need_resched() return true when rcu_urgent_qs requested David Woodhouse
2018-07-06 16:29 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-07-06 17:11 ` Paul E. McKenney
2018-07-06 17:14 ` David Woodhouse
2018-07-06 21:12 ` Paul E. McKenney
2018-07-09 8:58 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-07-09 8:53 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-07-09 9:18 ` David Woodhouse
2018-07-09 10:44 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-07-09 10:56 ` David Woodhouse
2018-07-09 11:06 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-07-09 11:12 ` David Woodhouse
2018-07-09 11:31 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-07-09 12:34 ` Paul E. McKenney
2018-07-09 12:47 ` David Woodhouse
2018-07-09 14:30 ` Paul E. McKenney
2018-07-09 12:55 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-07-09 12:57 ` David Woodhouse
2018-07-09 13:02 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-07-09 14:29 ` Paul E. McKenney
2018-07-09 14:43 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-07-09 14:54 ` Paul E. McKenney
2018-07-09 15:26 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-07-09 16:34 ` Paul E. McKenney
2018-07-09 16:44 ` Paul E. McKenney
2018-07-09 18:50 ` David Woodhouse
2018-07-09 20:34 ` Paul E. McKenney
2018-07-09 20:35 ` David Woodhouse
2018-07-09 20:42 ` Paul E. McKenney
2018-07-09 20:45 ` David Woodhouse
2018-07-09 21:05 ` Paul E. McKenney
2018-07-09 22:08 ` Paul E. McKenney
2018-07-11 10:57 ` David Woodhouse
2018-07-11 12:51 ` Paul E. McKenney
2018-07-11 12:58 ` David Woodhouse
2018-07-11 14:25 ` Paul E. McKenney
2018-07-11 14:23 ` David Woodhouse
2018-07-11 14:43 ` Paul E. McKenney
2018-07-11 16:49 ` Paul E. McKenney
2018-07-11 17:03 ` David Woodhouse
2018-07-11 17:48 ` Paul E. McKenney
2018-07-11 18:01 ` [PATCH v2] kvm/x86: Inform RCU of quiescent state when entering guest mode David Woodhouse
2018-07-11 18:20 ` Paul E. McKenney
2018-07-11 18:36 ` Paul E. McKenney
2018-07-11 18:39 ` Christian Borntraeger
2018-07-11 20:27 ` Paul E. McKenney
2018-07-11 20:54 ` David Woodhouse
2018-07-11 21:09 ` Paul E. McKenney
2018-07-11 21:11 ` Christian Borntraeger
2018-07-11 21:32 ` Paul E. McKenney
2018-07-11 21:39 ` Christian Borntraeger
2018-07-11 23:47 ` Paul E. McKenney
2018-07-12 8:31 ` David Woodhouse
2018-07-12 11:00 ` Christian Borntraeger
2018-07-12 11:10 ` David Woodhouse
2018-07-12 11:58 ` Christian Borntraeger
2018-07-12 12:04 ` Christian Borntraeger
2018-07-11 23:37 ` Paul E. McKenney
2018-07-12 2:15 ` Paul E. McKenney
2018-07-12 6:21 ` Christian Borntraeger
2018-07-12 9:52 ` David Woodhouse
2018-07-11 18:31 ` [RFC] Make need_resched() return true when rcu_urgent_qs requested Christian Borntraeger
2018-07-11 20:17 ` Paul E. McKenney [this message]
2018-07-11 20:19 ` David Woodhouse
2018-07-11 21:08 ` Paul E. McKenney
2018-07-12 12:00 ` David Woodhouse
2018-07-12 12:53 ` Paul E. McKenney
2018-07-12 16:17 ` Paul E. McKenney
2018-07-16 15:40 ` Paul E. McKenney
2018-07-17 8:19 ` David Woodhouse
2018-07-17 12:56 ` Paul E. McKenney
2018-07-18 15:36 ` Paul E. McKenney
2018-07-18 16:01 ` David Woodhouse
2018-07-18 16:37 ` Paul E. McKenney
2018-07-18 19:41 ` David Woodhouse
2018-07-18 20:17 ` Paul E. McKenney
2018-07-19 0:26 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2018-07-19 6:45 ` Christian Borntraeger
2018-07-19 7:20 ` David Woodhouse
2018-07-19 10:23 ` Christian Borntraeger
2018-07-19 12:55 ` Paul E. McKenney
2018-07-19 13:14 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2018-07-19 13:36 ` David Woodhouse
2018-07-19 17:09 ` Paul E. McKenney
2018-07-23 8:08 ` David Woodhouse
2018-07-23 12:22 ` Paul E. McKenney
2018-07-19 0:32 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2018-07-19 3:11 ` Paul E. McKenney
2018-07-19 6:16 ` David Woodhouse
2018-07-19 13:17 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2018-07-19 13:15 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2018-07-10 9:24 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-07-10 16:26 ` Paul E. McKenney
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