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McKenney" Cc: Steven Rostedt , rcu@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernel-team@fb.com, mingo@kernel.org, jiangshanlai@gmail.com, dipankar@in.ibm.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org, mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com, josh@joshtriplett.org, tglx@linutronix.de, peterz@infradead.org, dhowells@redhat.com, edumazet@google.com, fweisbec@gmail.com, oleg@redhat.com, Ingo Molnar , Juri Lelli , Vincent Guittot , Dietmar Eggemann , Ben Segall , Mel Gorman Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC v2 tip/core/rcu 01/22] sched/core: Add function to sample state of locked-down task Message-ID: <20200324001549.GB42910@google.com> References: <20200319001024.GA28798@paulmck-ThinkPad-P72> <20200319001100.24917-1-paulmck@kernel.org> <20200319132238.75a034c3@gandalf.local.home> <20200319173525.GI3199@paulmck-ThinkPad-P72> <20200320024943.GA29649@paulmck-ThinkPad-P72> <20200324000639.GA29340@google.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20200324000639.GA29340@google.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.12.2 (2019-09-21) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 08:06:39PM -0400, Joel Fernandes wrote: > On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 07:49:43PM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > [...] > > Thanx, Paul > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > commit e26a234c1205bf02b62b62cd7f15f8086fc0b13b > > Author: Paul E. McKenney > > Date: Thu Mar 19 15:33:12 2020 -0700 > > > > rcu-tasks: Avoid IPIing userspace/idle tasks if kernel is so built > > > > Systems running CPU-bound real-time task do not want IPIs sent to CPUs > > executing nohz_full userspace tasks. Battery-powered systems don't > > want IPIs sent to idle CPUs in low-power mode. Unfortunately, RCU tasks > > trace can and will send such IPIs in some cases. > > > > Both of these situations occur only when the target CPU is in RCU > > dyntick-idle mode, in other words, when RCU is not watching the > > target CPU. This suggests that CPUs in dyntick-idle mode should use > > memory barriers in outermost invocations of rcu_read_lock_trace() > > and rcu_read_unlock_trace(), which would allow the RCU tasks trace > > grace period to directly read out the target CPU's read-side state. > > One challenge is that RCU tasks trace is not targeting a specific > > CPU, but rather a task. And that task could switch from one CPU to > > another at any time. > > > > This commit therefore uses try_invoke_on_locked_down_task() > > and checks for task_curr() in trc_inspect_reader_notrunning(). > > When this condition holds, the target task is running and cannot move. > > If CONFIG_TASKS_TRACE_RCU_READ_MB=y, the new rcu_dynticks_zero_in_eqs() > > function can be used to check if the specified integer (in this case, > > t->trc_reader_nesting) is zero while the target CPU remains in that same > > dyntick-idle sojourn. If so, the target task is in a quiescent state. > > If not, trc_read_check_handler() must indicate failure so that the > > grace-period kthread can take appropriate action or retry after an > > appropriate delay, as the case may be. > > > > With this change, given CONFIG_TASKS_TRACE_RCU_READ_MB=y, if a given > > CPU remains idle or a given task continues executing in nohz_full mode, > > the RCU tasks trace grace-period kthread will detect this without the > > need to send an IPI. > > > > Suggested-by: Mathieu Desnoyers > > Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney > > > > diff --git a/kernel/rcu/rcu.h b/kernel/rcu/rcu.h > > index e1089fd..296f926 100644 > > --- a/kernel/rcu/rcu.h > > +++ b/kernel/rcu/rcu.h > > @@ -501,6 +501,7 @@ void srcutorture_get_gp_data(enum rcutorture_type test_type, > > #endif > > > > #ifdef CONFIG_TINY_RCU > > +static inline bool rcu_dynticks_zero_in_eqs(int cpu, int *vp) { return false; } > > static inline unsigned long rcu_get_gp_seq(void) { return 0; } > > static inline unsigned long rcu_exp_batches_completed(void) { return 0; } > > static inline unsigned long > > @@ -510,6 +511,7 @@ static inline void show_rcu_gp_kthreads(void) { } > > static inline int rcu_get_gp_kthreads_prio(void) { return 0; } > > static inline void rcu_fwd_progress_check(unsigned long j) { } > > #else /* #ifdef CONFIG_TINY_RCU */ > > +bool rcu_dynticks_zero_in_eqs(int cpu, int *vp); > > unsigned long rcu_get_gp_seq(void); > > unsigned long rcu_exp_batches_completed(void); > > unsigned long srcu_batches_completed(struct srcu_struct *sp); > > diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tasks.h b/kernel/rcu/tasks.h > > index d31ed74..36f03d3 100644 > > --- a/kernel/rcu/tasks.h > > +++ b/kernel/rcu/tasks.h > > @@ -802,22 +802,38 @@ static void trc_read_check_handler(void *t_in) > > /* Callback function for scheduler to check non-running) task. */ > > static bool trc_inspect_reader_notrunning(struct task_struct *t, void *arg) > > This function name is a bit confusing. The task could be running when this > function is called. Below you are detecting that the task is running, by > calling task_curr(). > > Maybe just trc_inspect_reader() is better? > > [..] > > > diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.h b/kernel/rcu/tree.h > > index 44edd0a..43991a4 100644 > > --- a/kernel/rcu/tree.h > > +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.h > > @@ -455,6 +455,8 @@ static void rcu_bind_gp_kthread(void); > > static bool rcu_nohz_full_cpu(void); > > static void rcu_dynticks_task_enter(void); > > static void rcu_dynticks_task_exit(void); > > +static void rcu_dynticks_task_trace_enter(void); > > +static void rcu_dynticks_task_trace_exit(void); > > > > /* Forward declarations for tree_stall.h */ > > static void record_gp_stall_check_time(void); > > diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h > > index 9355536..f4a344e 100644 > > --- a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h > > +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h > > @@ -2553,3 +2553,21 @@ static void rcu_dynticks_task_exit(void) > > WRITE_ONCE(current->rcu_tasks_idle_cpu, -1); > > #endif /* #if defined(CONFIG_TASKS_RCU) && defined(CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL) */ > > } > > + > > +/* Turn on heavyweight RCU tasks trace readers on idle/user entry. */ > > +static void rcu_dynticks_task_trace_enter(void) > > +{ > > +#ifdef CONFIG_TASKS_RCU_TRACE > > + if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_TASKS_TRACE_RCU_READ_MB)) > > + current->trc_reader_special.b.need_mb = true; > > If this is every called from middle of a reader section (that is we > transition from IPI-mode to using heavier reader-sections), then is a memory > barrier needed here just to protect the reader section that already started? Forgot to add: Reviewed-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) thanks, - Joel