Re: [PATCH v6 1/4] rcu/tree: Make rcu_do_batch count how many callbacks were executed

[joel@joelfernandes.org]

On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 08:36:16PM +0530, Neeraj Upadhyay wrote:
> 
> 
> On 9/23/2020 8:52 PM, Joel Fernandes (Google) wrote:
> > Currently, rcu_do_batch() depends on the unsegmented callback list's len field
> > to know how many CBs are executed. This fields counts down from 0 as CBs are
> > dequeued.  It is possible that all CBs could not be run because of reaching
> > limits in which case the remaining unexecuted callbacks are requeued in the
> > CPU's segcblist.
> > 
> > The number of callbacks that were not requeued are then the negative count (how
> > many CBs were run) stored in the rcl->len which has been counting down on every
> > dequeue. This negative count is then added to the per-cpu segmented callback
> > list's to correct its count.
> > 
> > Such a design works against future efforts to track the length of each segment
> > of the segmented callback list. The reason is because
> > rcu_segcblist_extract_done_cbs() will be populating the unsegmented callback
> > list's length field (rcl->len) during extraction.
> > 
> > Also, the design of counting down from 0 is confusing and error-prone IMHO.
> > 
> > This commit therefore explicitly counts have many callbacks were executed in
> > rcu_do_batch() itself, and uses that to update the per-CPU segcb list's ->len
> > field, without relying on the negativity of rcl->len.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org>
> > ---
> >   kernel/rcu/rcu_segcblist.c | 2 +-
> >   kernel/rcu/rcu_segcblist.h | 1 +
> >   kernel/rcu/tree.c          | 9 ++++-----
> >   3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/kernel/rcu/rcu_segcblist.c b/kernel/rcu/rcu_segcblist.c
> > index 2d2a6b6b9dfb..bb246d8c6ef1 100644
> > --- a/kernel/rcu/rcu_segcblist.c
> > +++ b/kernel/rcu/rcu_segcblist.c
> > @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ static void rcu_segcblist_set_len(struct rcu_segcblist *rsclp, long v)
> >    * This increase is fully ordered with respect to the callers accesses
> >    * both before and after.
> >    */
> > -static void rcu_segcblist_add_len(struct rcu_segcblist *rsclp, long v)
> > +void rcu_segcblist_add_len(struct rcu_segcblist *rsclp, long v)
> >   {
> >   #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU
> >   	smp_mb__before_atomic(); /* Up to the caller! */
> > diff --git a/kernel/rcu/rcu_segcblist.h b/kernel/rcu/rcu_segcblist.h
> > index 5c293afc07b8..b90725f81d77 100644
> > --- a/kernel/rcu/rcu_segcblist.h
> > +++ b/kernel/rcu/rcu_segcblist.h
> > @@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ static inline bool rcu_segcblist_restempty(struct rcu_segcblist *rsclp, int seg)
> >   }
> >   void rcu_segcblist_inc_len(struct rcu_segcblist *rsclp);
> > +void rcu_segcblist_add_len(struct rcu_segcblist *rsclp, long v);
> >   void rcu_segcblist_init(struct rcu_segcblist *rsclp);
> >   void rcu_segcblist_disable(struct rcu_segcblist *rsclp);
> >   void rcu_segcblist_offload(struct rcu_segcblist *rsclp);
> > diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> > index 7623128d0020..50af465729f4 100644
> > --- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> > +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> > @@ -2427,7 +2427,7 @@ static void rcu_do_batch(struct rcu_data *rdp)
> >   			       rcu_segcblist_is_offloaded(&rdp->cblist);
> >   	struct rcu_head *rhp;
> >   	struct rcu_cblist rcl = RCU_CBLIST_INITIALIZER(rcl);
> > -	long bl, count;
> > +	long bl, count = 0;
> >   	long pending, tlimit = 0;
> >   	/* If no callbacks are ready, just return. */
> > @@ -2472,6 +2472,7 @@ static void rcu_do_batch(struct rcu_data *rdp)
> >   	for (; rhp; rhp = rcu_cblist_dequeue(&rcl)) {
> >   		rcu_callback_t f;
> > +		count++;
> >   		debug_rcu_head_unqueue(rhp);
> >   		rcu_lock_acquire(&rcu_callback_map);
> > @@ -2485,9 +2486,8 @@ static void rcu_do_batch(struct rcu_data *rdp)
> >   		/*
> >   		 * Stop only if limit reached and CPU has something to do.
> > -		 * Note: The rcl structure counts down from zero.
> >   		 */
> > -		if (-rcl.len >= bl && !offloaded &&
> > +		if (count >= bl && !offloaded &&
> >   		    (need_resched() ||
> >   		     (!is_idle_task(current) && !rcu_is_callbacks_kthread())))
> >   			break;
> 
> Update below usage of -rcl.len also?
> 
> if (likely((-rcl.len & 31) || local_clock() < tlimit))

Yes, you are right. I need to change that as well, will do. Thanks!

thanks,

 - Joel