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SubjectRe: [PATCH 5/7] rcu/trace: Use rsp's gp_seq in acceleration's rcu_grace_period tracepoint
On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 04:29:53PM -0400, Joel Fernandes (Google) wrote:
> During acceleration of CB, the rsp's gp_seq is rcu_seq_snap'd. This is
> the value used for acceleration - it is the value of gp_seq at which it
> is safe the execute all callbacks in the callback list.
>
> The rdp's gp_seq is not very useful for this scenario. Make
> rcu_grace_period report the rsp's gp_seq instead as it allows one to
> reason about how the acceleration works.

Good catch, but please instead trace the gp_seq_req local variable.

Thanx, Paul

> Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org>
> ---
> kernel/rcu/tree.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> index 81df1b837dd9d..c3bae7a83d792 100644
> --- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> @@ -1437,9 +1437,9 @@ static bool rcu_accelerate_cbs(struct rcu_node *rnp, struct rcu_data *rdp)
>
> /* Trace depending on how much we were able to accelerate. */
> if (rcu_segcblist_restempty(&rdp->cblist, RCU_WAIT_TAIL))
> - trace_rcu_grace_period(rcu_state.name, "rdp", rdp->gp_seq, TPS("AccWaitCB"));
> + trace_rcu_grace_period(rcu_state.name, "rsp", rcu_state.gp_seq, TPS("AccWaitCB"));
> else
> - trace_rcu_grace_period(rcu_state.name, "rdp", rdp->gp_seq, TPS("AccReadyCB"));
> + trace_rcu_grace_period(rcu_state.name, "rsp", rcu_state.gp_seq, TPS("AccReadyCB"));
>
> /* Count CBs for tracing. */
> rcu_segcblist_countseq(&rdp->cblist, cbs, gps);
> --
> 2.27.0.111.gc72c7da667-goog
>

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