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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 tip/core/rcu 1/6] srcu: Make Tiny SRCU use multi-bit grace-period counter
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On 11/28/2020 7:46 AM, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 25, 2020 at 10:03:26AM +0530, Neeraj Upadhyay wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 11/24/2020 10:48 AM, Neeraj Upadhyay wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On 11/24/2020 1:25 AM, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
>>>> On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 10:01:13AM +0530, Neeraj Upadhyay wrote:
>>>>> On 11/21/2020 6:29 AM, paulmck@kernel.org wrote:
>>>>>> From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There is a need for a polling interface for SRCU grace periods.  This
>>>>>> polling needs to distinguish between an SRCU instance being idle on the
>>>>>> one hand or in the middle of a grace period on the other.  This commit
>>>>>> therefore converts the Tiny SRCU srcu_struct structure's srcu_idx from
>>>>>> a defacto boolean to a free-running counter, using the bottom bit to
>>>>>> indicate that a grace period is in progress.  The second-from-bottom
>>>>>> bit is thus used as the index returned by srcu_read_lock().
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Link:
>>>>>> https://lore.kernel.org/rcu/20201112201547.GF3365678@moria.home.lan/
>>>>>> Reported-by: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@gmail.com>
>>>>>> [ paulmck: Fix __srcu_read_lock() idx computation Neeraj per
>>>>>> Upadhyay. ]
>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>    include/linux/srcutiny.h | 4 ++--
>>>>>>    kernel/rcu/srcutiny.c    | 5 +++--
>>>>>>    2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> diff --git a/include/linux/srcutiny.h b/include/linux/srcutiny.h
>>>>>> index 5a5a194..d9edb67 100644
>>>>>> --- a/include/linux/srcutiny.h
>>>>>> +++ b/include/linux/srcutiny.h
>>>>>> @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
>>>>>>    struct srcu_struct {
>>>>>>        short srcu_lock_nesting[2];    /* srcu_read_lock()
>>>>>> nesting depth. */
>>>>>> -    short srcu_idx;            /* Current reader array element. */
>>>>>> +    unsigned short srcu_idx;    /* Current reader array
>>>>>> element in bit 0x2. */
>>>>>>        u8 srcu_gp_running;        /* GP workqueue running? */
>>>>>>        u8 srcu_gp_waiting;        /* GP waiting for readers? */
>>>>>>        struct swait_queue_head srcu_wq;
>>>>>> @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ static inline int __srcu_read_lock(struct
>>>>>> srcu_struct *ssp)
>>>>>>    {
>>>>>>        int idx;
>>>>>> -    idx = READ_ONCE(ssp->srcu_idx);
>>>>>> +    idx = ((READ_ONCE(ssp->srcu_idx) + 1) & 0x2) >> 1;
>>>>>>        WRITE_ONCE(ssp->srcu_lock_nesting[idx],
>>>>>> ssp->srcu_lock_nesting[idx] + 1);
>>>>>>        return idx;
>>>>>>    }
>>>>>
>>>>> Need change in idx calcultion in srcu_torture_stats_print() ?
>>>>>
>>>>> static inline void srcu_torture_stats_print(struct srcu_struct *ssp,
>>>>>    idx = READ_ONCE(ssp->srcu_idx) & 0x1;
>>>>
>>>> Excellent point!  It should match the calculation in __srcu_read_lock(),
>>>> shouldn't it?  I have updated this, thank you!
>>>>
>>>>                             Thanx, Paul
>>>>
>>>
>>> Updated version looks good!
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Neeraj
>>>
>>
>> For the version in rcu -dev:
>>
>> Reviewed-by: Neeraj Upadhyay <neeraju@codeaurora.org>
>
> I applied all of these, thank you very much!
>

Welcome :)

>> Only minor point which I have is, the idx calculation can be made an inline
>> func (though srcu_drive_gp() does not require a READ_ONCE for ->srcu_idx):
>>
>> __srcu_read_lock() and srcu_torture_stats_print() are using
>>
>> idx = ((READ_ONCE(ssp->srcu_idx) + 1) & 0x2) >> 1;
>>
>> whereas srcu_drive_gp() uses:
>>
>> idx = (ssp->srcu_idx & 0x2) / 2;
>
> They do work on different elements of the various arrays. Or do you
> believe that the srcu_drive_gp() use needs adjusting?

My bad, I missed that they are using different elements of array.
Please ignore this comment.


Thanks
Neeraj

>
> Either way, the overhead of READ_ONCE() is absolutely not at all
> a problem. Would you like to put together a patch so that I can see
> exactly what you are suggesting?
>
> Thanx, Paul
>
>> Thanks
>> Neeraj
>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>> Neeraj
>>>>>
>>>>>> diff --git a/kernel/rcu/srcutiny.c b/kernel/rcu/srcutiny.c
>>>>>> index 6208c1d..5598cf6 100644
>>>>>> --- a/kernel/rcu/srcutiny.c
>>>>>> +++ b/kernel/rcu/srcutiny.c
>>>>>> @@ -124,11 +124,12 @@ void srcu_drive_gp(struct work_struct *wp)
>>>>>>        ssp->srcu_cb_head = NULL;
>>>>>>        ssp->srcu_cb_tail = &ssp->srcu_cb_head;
>>>>>>        local_irq_enable();
>>>>>> -    idx = ssp->srcu_idx;
>>>>>> -    WRITE_ONCE(ssp->srcu_idx, !ssp->srcu_idx);
>>>>>> +    idx = (ssp->srcu_idx & 0x2) / 2;
>>>>>> +    WRITE_ONCE(ssp->srcu_idx, ssp->srcu_idx + 1);
>>>>>>        WRITE_ONCE(ssp->srcu_gp_waiting, true);  /*
>>>>>> srcu_read_unlock() wakes! */
>>>>>>        swait_event_exclusive(ssp->srcu_wq,
>>>>>> !READ_ONCE(ssp->srcu_lock_nesting[idx]));
>>>>>>        WRITE_ONCE(ssp->srcu_gp_waiting, false); /*
>>>>>> srcu_read_unlock() cheap. */
>>>>>> +    WRITE_ONCE(ssp->srcu_idx, ssp->srcu_idx + 1);
>>>>>>        /* Invoke the callbacks we removed above. */
>>>>>>        while (lh) {
>>>>>>
>>>>>
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