From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
To: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, 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 <mingo@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 06/10] trace: Eliminate cond_resched_rcu_qs() in favor of cond_resched()
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2018 18:12:52 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180228181252.55e0590c@vmware.local.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180227153646.GD3777@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
On Tue, 27 Feb 2018 07:36:46 -0800
"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> > > --- a/include/linux/sched.h
> > > +++ b/include/linux/sched.h
> > > @@ -1589,6 +1589,12 @@ static inline int test_tsk_need_resched(struct task_struct *tsk)
> > > */
> > > #ifndef CONFIG_PREEMPT
> > > extern int _cond_resched(void);
> > > +#elif defined(CONFIG_TASKS_RCU)
> > > +static inline int _cond_resched(void)
> > > +{
> > > + rcu_note_voluntary_context_switch(current);
> > > + return 0;
> > > +}
> > > #else
> > > static inline int _cond_resched(void) { return 0; }
> > > #endif
> >
> >
> > This does work, but so does the below, without causing cond_resched()
> > from being something other than a nop of CONFIG_PREEMPT.
>
> True, but based on the cond_resched_rcu_qs() experience, I bet that
> trace_benchmark.c won't be the only place needing help.
Perhaps, still think this is a special case. That said, perhaps
cond_resched isn't done in critical locations as it's a place that is
explicitly stating that it's OK to schedule.
-- Steve
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-02-28 23:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-12-01 19:21 [PATCH tip/core/rcu 0/10] Don not IPI offline CPUs, de-emphasize cond_resched_rcu_qs() Paul E. McKenney
2017-12-01 19:21 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 01/10] sched: Stop resched_cpu() from sending IPIs to offline CPUs Paul E. McKenney
2017-12-01 19:21 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 02/10] sched: Stop switched_to_rt() " Paul E. McKenney
2017-12-01 19:21 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 03/10] netfilter: Eliminate cond_resched_rcu_qs() in favor of cond_resched() Paul E. McKenney
2017-12-01 19:21 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 04/10] mm: " Paul E. McKenney
2017-12-01 19:21 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 05/10] workqueue: " Paul E. McKenney
2017-12-02 1:06 ` Lai Jiangshan
2017-12-04 18:28 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-12-01 19:21 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 06/10] trace: " Paul E. McKenney
2018-02-24 20:12 ` Steven Rostedt
2018-02-25 17:49 ` Paul E. McKenney
2018-02-25 18:17 ` Paul E. McKenney
2018-02-25 18:39 ` Paul E. McKenney
2018-02-27 2:29 ` Steven Rostedt
2018-02-27 15:36 ` Paul E. McKenney
2018-02-28 23:12 ` Steven Rostedt [this message]
2018-03-01 1:21 ` Paul E. McKenney
2018-03-01 5:04 ` Steven Rostedt
2018-03-01 20:48 ` Paul E. McKenney
2018-03-02 20:06 ` Steven Rostedt
2018-03-03 0:54 ` Paul E. McKenney
2018-02-26 4:57 ` Steven Rostedt
2018-02-26 5:47 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-12-01 19:21 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 07/10] softirq: " Paul E. McKenney
2017-12-01 19:21 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 08/10] fs: " Paul E. McKenney
2017-12-01 19:21 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 09/10] doc: " Paul E. McKenney
2017-12-01 19:21 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 10/10] rcu: Account for rcu_all_qs() in cond_resched() Paul E. McKenney
2017-12-02 8:56 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-12-02 12:22 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-12-02 13:55 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-02-24 20:18 ` Steven Rostedt
2018-02-25 17:52 ` Paul E. McKenney
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