From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
Sebastian Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>,
Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>,
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [patch V3 23/32] perf/tracing/cpuhotplug: Fix locking order
Date: Wed, 24 May 2017 14:10:48 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170524211048.GK3956@linux.vnet.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1705242043000.2283@nanos>
On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 08:47:00PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Wed, 24 May 2017, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > > @@ -8920,7 +8912,7 @@ perf_event_mux_interval_ms_store(struct
> > > pmu->hrtimer_interval_ms = timer;
> > >
> > > /* update all cpuctx for this PMU */
> > > - get_online_cpus();
> > > + cpus_read_lock();
> >
> > OK, I'll bite...
> >
> > Why is this piece using cpus_read_lock() instead of pmus_lock?
> >
> > My guess is for the benefit of the cpu_function_call() below, but if
> > the code instead cycled through the perf_online_mask, wouldn't any
> > CPU selected be guaranteed to be online?
>
> Indeed.
>
> > Or is there some reason that it would be necessary to specially handle
> > CPUs that perf does not consider to be active, but that are still at
> > least partway online?
>
> I have to delegate that question to Peter :)
Another reason might be a desire to avoid contention on pmus_lock,
if this function is called often. If that is the case, I cannot
resist suggesting percpu_rw_sem. ;-)
Thanx, Paul
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-05-24 21:10 UTC|newest]
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2017-05-24 8:15 [patch V3 00/32] cpu/hotplug: Convert get_online_cpus() to a percpu_rwsem Thomas Gleixner
2017-05-24 8:15 ` [patch V3 01/32] cpu/hotplug: Provide cpus_read|write_[un]lock() Thomas Gleixner
2017-05-24 16:25 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-05-26 8:31 ` [tip:smp/hotplug] " tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner
2017-05-24 8:15 ` [patch V3 02/32] cpu/hotplug: Provide lockdep_assert_cpus_held() Thomas Gleixner
2017-05-24 16:26 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-05-26 8:32 ` [tip:smp/hotplug] " tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner
2017-05-24 8:15 ` [patch V3 03/32] cpu/hotplug: Provide cpuhp_setup/remove_state[_nocalls]_cpuslocked() Thomas Gleixner
2017-05-26 8:32 ` [tip:smp/hotplug] " tip-bot for Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2017-05-24 8:15 ` [patch V3 04/32] cpu/hotplug: Add __cpuhp_state_add_instance_cpuslocked() Thomas Gleixner
2017-05-26 8:33 ` [tip:smp/hotplug] " tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner
2017-05-24 8:15 ` [patch V3 05/32] stop_machine: Provide stop_machine_cpuslocked() Thomas Gleixner
2017-05-24 17:42 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-05-26 8:33 ` [tip:smp/hotplug] " tip-bot for Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2017-05-24 8:15 ` [patch V3 06/32] padata: Make padata_alloc() static Thomas Gleixner
2017-05-26 8:34 ` [tip:smp/hotplug] " tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner
2017-05-24 8:15 ` [patch V3 07/32] padata: Avoid nested calls to cpus_read_lock() in pcrypt_init_padata() Thomas Gleixner
2017-05-26 8:35 ` [tip:smp/hotplug] " tip-bot for Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2017-05-24 8:15 ` [patch V3 08/32] x86/mtrr: Remove get_online_cpus() from mtrr_save_state() Thomas Gleixner
2017-05-26 8:35 ` [tip:smp/hotplug] " tip-bot for Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2017-05-24 8:15 ` [patch V3 09/32] cpufreq: Use cpuhp_setup_state_nocalls_cpuslocked() Thomas Gleixner
2017-05-26 8:36 ` [tip:smp/hotplug] " tip-bot for Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2017-05-24 8:15 ` [patch V3 10/32] KVM/PPC/Book3S HV: " Thomas Gleixner
2017-05-26 8:36 ` [tip:smp/hotplug] " tip-bot for Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2017-05-24 8:15 ` [patch V3 11/32] hwtracing/coresight-etm3x: " Thomas Gleixner
2017-05-25 16:46 ` Mathieu Poirier
2017-05-26 8:37 ` [tip:smp/hotplug] " tip-bot for Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2017-05-24 8:15 ` [patch V3 12/32] hwtracing/coresight-etm4x: " Thomas Gleixner
2017-05-25 16:47 ` Mathieu Poirier
2017-05-26 8:37 ` [tip:smp/hotplug] " tip-bot for Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2017-05-24 8:15 ` [patch V3 13/32] perf/x86/intel/cqm: Use cpuhp_setup_state_cpuslocked() Thomas Gleixner
2017-05-26 8:38 ` [tip:smp/hotplug] " tip-bot for Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2017-05-24 8:15 ` [patch V3 14/32] ARM/hw_breakpoint: " Thomas Gleixner
2017-05-26 8:38 ` [tip:smp/hotplug] " tip-bot for Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2017-05-24 8:15 ` [patch V3 15/32] s390/kernel: Use stop_machine_cpuslocked() Thomas Gleixner
2017-05-24 10:57 ` Heiko Carstens
2017-05-26 8:39 ` [tip:smp/hotplug] " tip-bot for Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2017-05-24 8:15 ` [patch V3 16/32] powerpc/powernv: " Thomas Gleixner
2017-05-26 8:40 ` [tip:smp/hotplug] " tip-bot for Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2017-05-24 8:15 ` [patch V3 17/32] cpu/hotplug: Use stop_machine_cpuslocked() in takedown_cpu() Thomas Gleixner
2017-05-26 8:40 ` [tip:smp/hotplug] " tip-bot for Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2017-05-24 8:15 ` [patch V3 18/32] x86/perf: Drop EXPORT of perf_check_microcode Thomas Gleixner
2017-05-26 8:41 ` [tip:smp/hotplug] " tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner
2017-05-24 8:15 ` [patch V3 19/32] perf/x86/intel: Drop get_online_cpus() in intel_snb_check_microcode() Thomas Gleixner
2017-05-26 8:41 ` [tip:smp/hotplug] " tip-bot for Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2017-05-24 8:15 ` [patch V3 20/32] PCI: Use cpu_hotplug_disable() instead of get_online_cpus() Thomas Gleixner
2017-05-26 8:42 ` [tip:smp/hotplug] " tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner
2017-05-24 8:15 ` [patch V3 21/32] PCI: Replace the racy recursion prevention Thomas Gleixner
2017-05-26 8:42 ` [tip:smp/hotplug] " tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner
2017-05-24 8:15 ` [patch V3 22/32] ACPI/processor: Use cpu_hotplug_disable() instead of get_online_cpus() Thomas Gleixner
2017-05-26 8:43 ` [tip:smp/hotplug] " tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner
2017-05-24 8:15 ` [patch V3 23/32] perf/tracing/cpuhotplug: Fix locking order Thomas Gleixner
2017-05-24 18:30 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-05-24 18:47 ` Thomas Gleixner
2017-05-24 21:10 ` Paul E. McKenney [this message]
2017-05-30 11:22 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-05-30 16:25 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-05-26 8:43 ` [tip:smp/hotplug] " tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner
2017-05-24 8:15 ` [patch V3 24/32] jump_label: Reorder hotplug lock and jump_label_lock Thomas Gleixner
2017-05-24 12:50 ` David Miller
2017-05-26 8:44 ` [tip:smp/hotplug] " tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner
2017-05-24 8:15 ` [patch V3 25/32] kprobes: Cure hotplug lock ordering issues Thomas Gleixner
2017-05-24 15:54 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2017-05-26 7:47 ` Thomas Gleixner
2017-05-26 8:45 ` [tip:smp/hotplug] " tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner
2017-05-24 8:15 ` [patch V3 26/32] arm64: Prevent cpu hotplug rwsem recursion Thomas Gleixner
2017-05-26 8:45 ` [tip:smp/hotplug] " tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner
2017-05-24 8:15 ` [patch V3 27/32] arm: Prevent " Thomas Gleixner
2017-05-26 8:46 ` [tip:smp/hotplug] " tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner
2017-05-24 8:15 ` [patch V3 28/32] s390: " Thomas Gleixner
2017-05-24 10:57 ` Heiko Carstens
2017-05-26 8:46 ` [tip:smp/hotplug] " tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner
2017-05-24 8:15 ` [patch V3 29/32] cpu/hotplug: Convert hotplug locking to percpu rwsem Thomas Gleixner
2017-05-26 8:47 ` [tip:smp/hotplug] " tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner
2017-05-24 8:15 ` [patch V3 30/32] sched: Provide is_percpu_thread() helper Thomas Gleixner
2017-05-26 8:47 ` [tip:smp/hotplug] " tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner
2017-05-24 8:15 ` [patch V3 31/32] acpi/processor: Prevent cpu hotplug deadlock Thomas Gleixner
2017-05-26 8:48 ` [tip:smp/hotplug] " tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner
2017-05-24 8:15 ` [patch V3 32/32] cpuhotplug: Link lock stacks for hotplug callbacks Thomas Gleixner
2017-05-26 8:48 ` [tip:smp/hotplug] " tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner
2017-05-24 16:22 ` [patch V3 00/32] cpu/hotplug: Convert get_online_cpus() to a percpu_rwsem Paul E. McKenney
2017-05-26 7:03 ` Ingo Molnar
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