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SubjectRe: [PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu] Fix attempt to avoid offloading callbacks unless requested
On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 09:34:11PM -0400, Pranith Kumar wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 7:36 PM, Paul E. McKenney
> <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> > [ Note: This applies on top of commit 187497fa5e9e (rcu: Allow for NULL
> > tick_nohz_full_mask when nohz_full= missing) in -tip
> > or -rcu. To make this work on top of rcu/next, move the
> > call to rcu_organize_nocb_kthreads(rsp) to the end of the
> > for_each_rcu_flavor(rsp) loop in rcu_init_nohz(). ]
> >
> > Commit b58cc46c5f6b (rcu: Don't offload callbacks unless specifically
> > requested) failed to adjust the callback lists of the CPUs that are
> > known to be no-CBs CPUs only because they are also nohz_full= CPUs.
> > This failure can result in callbacks that are posted during early boot
> > getting stranded on nxtlist for CPUs whose no-CBs property becomes
> > apparent late, and there can also be spurious warnings about offline
> > CPUs posting callbacks.
> >
> > This commit fixes these problems by adding an early-boot rcu_init_nohz()
> > that properly initializes the no-CBs CPUs.
> >
> > Note that kernels built with CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_ALL=y or with
> > CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=n do not exhibit this bug. Neither do kernels
> > booted without the nohz_full= boot parameter.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>
> Please note one change below, with that
>
> Reviewed-by: Pranith Kumar <bobby.prani@gmail.com>

Good catch, fixed and applied your Reviewed-by.

Thanx, Paul

> > diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
> > index d231aa17b1d7..cc7bed1c90dc 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
> > @@ -269,6 +269,14 @@ static inline void rcu_user_hooks_switch(struct task_struct *prev,
> > struct task_struct *next) { }
> > #endif /* CONFIG_RCU_USER_QS */
> >
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU
> > +void rcu_init_nohz(void);
> > +#else /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU */
> > +static inline void rcu_init_nohz(void)
> > +{
> > +}
> > +#endif /* #else #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU */
> > +
> > /**
> > * RCU_NONIDLE - Indicate idle-loop code that needs RCU readers
> > * @a: Code that RCU needs to pay attention to.
> > diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
> > index e8ae1fef0908..5d8c83ae6c55 100644
> > --- a/init/main.c
> > +++ b/init/main.c
> > @@ -577,6 +577,7 @@ asmlinkage __visible void __init start_kernel(void)
> > idr_init_cache();
> > rcu_init();
> > tick_nohz_init();
> > + rcu_init_nohz();
> > context_tracking_init();
> > radix_tree_init();
> > /* init some links before init_ISA_irqs() */
> > diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
> > index 00dc411e9676..095d6e4d2fd7 100644
> > --- a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
> > +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
> > @@ -85,33 +85,6 @@ static void __init rcu_bootup_announce_oddness(void)
> > pr_info("\tBoot-time adjustment of leaf fanout to %d.\n", rcu_fanout_leaf);
> > if (nr_cpu_ids != NR_CPUS)
> > pr_info("\tRCU restricting CPUs from NR_CPUS=%d to nr_cpu_ids=%d.\n", NR_CPUS, nr_cpu_ids);
> > -#ifdef CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU
> > -#ifndef CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_NONE
> > - if (!have_rcu_nocb_mask) {
> > - zalloc_cpumask_var(&rcu_nocb_mask, GFP_KERNEL);
> > - have_rcu_nocb_mask = true;
> > - }
> > -#ifdef CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_ZERO
> > - pr_info("\tOffload RCU callbacks from CPU 0\n");
> > - cpumask_set_cpu(0, rcu_nocb_mask);
> > -#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_ZERO */
> > -#ifdef CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_ALL
> > - pr_info("\tOffload RCU callbacks from all CPUs\n");
> > - cpumask_copy(rcu_nocb_mask, cpu_possible_mask);
> > -#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_ALL */
> > -#endif /* #ifndef CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_NONE */
> > - if (have_rcu_nocb_mask) {
> > - if (!cpumask_subset(rcu_nocb_mask, cpu_possible_mask)) {
> > - pr_info("\tNote: kernel parameter 'rcu_nocbs=' contains nonexistent CPUs.\n");
> > - cpumask_and(rcu_nocb_mask, cpu_possible_mask,
> > - rcu_nocb_mask);
> > - }
> > - cpulist_scnprintf(nocb_buf, sizeof(nocb_buf), rcu_nocb_mask);
> > - pr_info("\tOffload RCU callbacks from CPUs: %s.\n", nocb_buf);
> > - if (rcu_nocb_poll)
> > - pr_info("\tPoll for callbacks from no-CBs CPUs.\n");
> > - }
> > -#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU */
> > }
> >
> > #ifdef CONFIG_TREE_PREEMPT_RCU
> > @@ -2451,6 +2424,66 @@ static void do_nocb_deferred_wakeup(struct rcu_data *rdp)
> > trace_rcu_nocb_wake(rdp->rsp->name, rdp->cpu, TPS("DeferredWakeEmpty"));
> > }
> >
> > +void rcu_init_nohz(void)
> > +{
> > + int cpu;
> > + bool need_rcu_nocb_mask = true;
> > + struct rcu_state *rsp;
> > +
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_NONE
> > + need_rcu_nocb_mask = false;
> > +#endif /* #ifndef CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_NONE */
> > +
> > +#if defined(CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL) && !defined(CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL_ALL)
> > + if (tick_nohz_full_running && cpumask_weight(tick_nohz_full_mask))
> > + need_rcu_nocb_mask = true;
> > +#endif /* #if defined(CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL) && !defined(CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL_ALL) */
> > +
> > + if (!have_rcu_nocb_mask && need_rcu_nocb_mask) {
> > + zalloc_cpumask_var(&rcu_nocb_mask, GFP_KERNEL);
> > + have_rcu_nocb_mask = true;
> > + }
> > + if (!have_rcu_nocb_mask)
> > + return;
> > +
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_ZERO
> > + pr_info("\tOffload RCU callbacks from CPU 0\n");
> > + cpumask_set_cpu(0, rcu_nocb_mask);
> > +#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_ZERO */
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_ALL
> > + pr_info("\tOffload RCU callbacks from all CPUs\n");
> > + cpumask_copy(rcu_nocb_mask, cpu_possible_mask);
> > +#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_ALL */
> > +#if defined(CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL) && !defined(CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL_ALL)
> > + cpumask_or(rcu_nocb_mask, rcu_nocb_mask, tick_nohz_full_mask);
> > +#endif /* #if defined(CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL) && !defined(CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL_ALL) */
>
> I think we can still come here when there is garbage in
> tick_nohz_full_mask. So checking again for tick_nohz_full_running is
> necessary before cpumask_or().
>
> > +
> > + if (!cpumask_subset(rcu_nocb_mask, cpu_possible_mask)) {
> > + pr_info("\tNote: kernel parameter 'rcu_nocbs=' contains nonexistent CPUs.\n");
> > + cpumask_and(rcu_nocb_mask, cpu_possible_mask,
> > + rcu_nocb_mask);
> > + }
> > + cpulist_scnprintf(nocb_buf, sizeof(nocb_buf), rcu_nocb_mask);
> > + pr_info("\tOffload RCU callbacks from CPUs: %s.\n", nocb_buf);
> > + if (rcu_nocb_poll)
> > + pr_info("\tPoll for callbacks from no-CBs CPUs.\n");
> > +
> > + for_each_rcu_flavor(rsp) {
> > + for_each_cpu(cpu, rcu_nocb_mask) {
> > + struct rcu_data *rdp = per_cpu_ptr(rsp->rda, cpu);
> > +
> > + /*
> > + * If there are early callbacks, they will need
> > + * to be moved to the nocb lists.
> > + */
> > + WARN_ON_ONCE(rdp->nxttail[RCU_NEXT_TAIL] !=
> > + &rdp->nxtlist &&
> > + rdp->nxttail[RCU_NEXT_TAIL] != NULL);
> > + init_nocb_callback_list(rdp);
> > + }
> > + }
> > +}
> > +
> > /* Initialize per-rcu_data variables for no-CBs CPUs. */
> > static void __init rcu_boot_init_nocb_percpu_data(struct rcu_data *rdp)
> > {
> > @@ -2479,10 +2512,6 @@ static void __init rcu_spawn_nocb_kthreads(struct rcu_state *rsp)
> >
> > if (rcu_nocb_mask == NULL)
> > return;
> > -#if defined(CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL) && !defined(CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL_ALL)
> > - if (tick_nohz_full_running)
> > - cpumask_or(rcu_nocb_mask, rcu_nocb_mask, tick_nohz_full_mask);
> > -#endif /* #if defined(CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL) && !defined(CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL_ALL) */
> > if (ls == -1) {
> > ls = int_sqrt(nr_cpu_ids);
> > rcu_nocb_leader_stride = ls;
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Pranith
>



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