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2015-03-20Merge branches 'doc.2015.02.26a', 'earlycb.2015.03.03a', ↵Paul E. McKenney
'fixes.2015.03.03a', 'gpexp.2015.02.26a', 'hotplug.2015.03.20a', 'sysidle.2015.02.26b' and 'tiny.2015.02.26a' into HEAD doc.2015.02.26a: Documentation changes earlycb.2015.03.03a: Permit early-boot RCU callbacks fixes.2015.03.03a: Miscellaneous fixes gpexp.2015.02.26a: In-kernel expediting of normal grace periods hotplug.2015.03.20a: CPU hotplug fixes sysidle.2015.02.26b: NO_HZ_FULL_SYSIDLE fixes tiny.2015.02.26a: TINY_RCU fixes
2015-03-20rcu: Associate quiescent-state reports with grace periodPaul E. McKenney
As noted in earlier commit logs, CPU hotplug operations running concurrently with grace-period initialization can result in a given leaf rcu_node structure having all CPUs offline and no blocked readers, but with this rcu_node structure nevertheless blocking the current grace period. Therefore, the quiescent-state forcing code now checks for this situation and repairs it. Unfortunately, this checking can result in false positives, for example, when the last task has just removed itself from this leaf rcu_node structure, but has not yet started clearing the ->qsmask bits further up the structure. This means that the grace-period kthread (which forces quiescent states) and some other task might be attempting to concurrently clear these ->qsmask bits. This is usually not a problem: One of these tasks will be the first to acquire the upper-level rcu_node structure's lock and with therefore clear the bit, and the other task, seeing the bit already cleared, will stop trying to clear bits. Sadly, this means that the following unusual sequence of events -can- result in a problem: 1. The grace-period kthread wins, and clears the ->qsmask bits. 2. This is the last thing blocking the current grace period, so that the grace-period kthread clears ->qsmask bits all the way to the root and finds that the root ->qsmask field is now zero. 3. Another grace period is required, so that the grace period kthread initializes it, including setting all the needed qsmask bits. 4. The leaf rcu_node structure (the one that started this whole mess) is blocking this new grace period, either because it has at least one online CPU or because there is at least one task that had blocked within an RCU read-side critical section while running on one of this leaf rcu_node structure's CPUs. (And yes, that CPU might well have gone offline before the grace period in step (3) above started, which can mean that there is a task on the leaf rcu_node structure's ->blkd_tasks list, but ->qsmask equal to zero.) 5. The other kthread didn't get around to trying to clear the upper level ->qsmask bits until all the above had happened. This means that it now sees bits set in the upper-level ->qsmask field, so it proceeds to clear them. Too bad that it is doing so on behalf of a quiescent state that does not apply to the current grace period! This sequence of events can result in the new grace period being too short. It can also result in the new grace period ending before the leaf rcu_node structure's ->qsmask bits have been cleared, which will result in splats during initialization of the next grace period. In addition, it can result in tasks blocking the new grace period still being queued at the start of the next grace period, which will result in other splats. Sasha's testing turned up another of these splats, as did rcutorture testing. (And yes, rcutorture is being adjusted to make these splats show up more quickly. Which probably is having the undesirable side effect of making other problems show up less quickly. Can't have everything!) Reported-by: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 4.0.x Tested-by: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@oracle.com>
2015-03-20rcu: Yet another fix for preemption and CPU hotplugPaul E. McKenney
As noted earlier, the following sequence of events can occur when running PREEMPT_RCU and HOTPLUG_CPU on a system with a multi-level rcu_node combining tree: 1. A group of tasks block on CPUs corresponding to a given leaf rcu_node structure while within RCU read-side critical sections. 2. All CPUs corrsponding to that rcu_node structure go offline. 3. The next grace period starts, but because there are still tasks blocked, the upper-level bits corresponding to this leaf rcu_node structure remain set. 4. All the tasks exit their RCU read-side critical sections and remove themselves from the leaf rcu_node structure's list, leaving it empty. 5. But because there now is code to check for this condition at force-quiescent-state time, the upper bits are cleared and the grace period completes. However, there is another complication that can occur following step 4 above: 4a. The grace period starts, and the leaf rcu_node structure's gp_tasks pointer is set to NULL because there are no tasks blocked on this structure. 4b. One of the CPUs corresponding to the leaf rcu_node structure comes back online. 4b. An endless stream of tasks are preempted within RCU read-side critical sections on this CPU, such that the ->blkd_tasks list is always non-empty. The grace period will never end. This commit therefore makes the force-quiescent-state processing check only for absence of tasks blocking the current grace period rather than absence of tasks altogether. This will cause a quiescent state to be reported if the current leaf rcu_node structure is not blocking the current grace period and its parent thinks that it is, regardless of how RCU managed to get itself into this state. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 4.0.x Tested-by: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@oracle.com>
2015-03-12rcu: Add diagnostics to grace-period cleanupPaul E. McKenney
At grace-period initialization time, RCU checks that all quiescent states were really reported for the previous grace period. Now that grace-period cleanup has been split out of grace-period initialization, this commit also performs those checks at grace-period cleanup time. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2015-03-12rcu: Handle outgoing CPUs on exit from idle loopPaul E. McKenney
This commit informs RCU of an outgoing CPU just before that CPU invokes arch_cpu_idle_dead() during its last pass through the idle loop (via a new CPU_DYING_IDLE notifier value). This change means that RCU need not deal with outgoing CPUs passing through the scheduler after informing RCU that they are no longer online. Note that removing the CPU from the rcu_node ->qsmaskinit bit masks is done at CPU_DYING_IDLE time, and orphaning callbacks is still done at CPU_DEAD time, the reason being that at CPU_DEAD time we have another CPU that can adopt them. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2015-03-12rcu: Eliminate ->onoff_mutex from rcu_node structurePaul E. McKenney
Because that RCU grace-period initialization need no longer exclude CPU-hotplug operations, this commit eliminates the ->onoff_mutex and its uses. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2015-03-12rcu: Process offlining and onlining only at grace-period startPaul E. McKenney
Races between CPU hotplug and grace periods can be difficult to resolve, so the ->onoff_mutex is used to exclude the two events. Unfortunately, this means that it is impossible for an outgoing CPU to perform the last bits of its offlining from its last pass through the idle loop, because sleeplocks cannot be acquired in that context. This commit avoids these problems by buffering online and offline events in a new ->qsmaskinitnext field in the leaf rcu_node structures. When a grace period starts, the events accumulated in this mask are applied to the ->qsmaskinit field, and, if needed, up the rcu_node tree. The special case of all CPUs corresponding to a given leaf rcu_node structure being offline while there are still elements in that structure's ->blkd_tasks list is handled using a new ->wait_blkd_tasks field. In this case, propagating the offline bits up the tree is deferred until the beginning of the grace period after all of the tasks have exited their RCU read-side critical sections and removed themselves from the list, at which point the ->wait_blkd_tasks flag is cleared. If one of that leaf rcu_node structure's CPUs comes back online before the list empties, then the ->wait_blkd_tasks flag is simply cleared. This of course means that RCU's notion of which CPUs are offline can be out of date. This is OK because RCU need only wait on CPUs that were online at the time that the grace period started. In addition, RCU's force-quiescent-state actions will handle the case where a CPU goes offline after the grace period starts. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2015-03-12rcu: Move rcu_report_unblock_qs_rnp() to common codePaul E. McKenney
The rcu_report_unblock_qs_rnp() function is invoked when the last task blocking the current grace period exits its outermost RCU read-side critical section. Previously, this was called only from rcu_read_unlock_special(), and was therefore defined only when CONFIG_RCU_PREEMPT=y. However, this function will be invoked even when CONFIG_RCU_PREEMPT=n once CPU-hotplug operations are processed only at the beginnings of RCU grace periods. The reason for this change is that the last task on a given leaf rcu_node structure's ->blkd_tasks list might well exit its RCU read-side critical section between the time that recent CPU-hotplug operations were applied and when the new grace period was initialized. This situation could result in RCU waiting forever on that leaf rcu_node structure, because if all that structure's CPUs were already offline, there would be no quiescent-state events to drive that structure's part of the grace period. This commit therefore moves rcu_report_unblock_qs_rnp() to common code that is built unconditionally so that the quiescent-state-forcing code can clean up after this situation, avoiding the grace-period stall. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2015-03-12rcu: Rework preemptible expedited bitmask handlingPaul E. McKenney
Currently, the rcu_node tree ->expmask bitmasks are initially set to reflect the online CPUs. This is pointless, because only the CPUs preempted within RCU read-side critical sections by the preceding synchronize_sched_expedited() need to be tracked. This commit therefore instead sets up these bitmasks based on the state of the ->blkd_tasks lists. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2015-03-11rcu: Remove event tracing from rcu_cpu_notify(), used by offline CPUsPaul E. McKenney
Offline CPUs cannot safely invoke trace events, but such CPUs do execute within rcu_cpu_notify(). Therefore, this commit removes the trace events from rcu_cpu_notify(). These trace events are for utilization, against which rcu_cpu_notify() execution time should be negligible. Reported-by: Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2015-03-11rcu: Provide diagnostic option to slow down grace-period initializationPaul E. McKenney
Grace-period initialization normally proceeds quite quickly, so that it is very difficult to reproduce races against grace-period initialization. This commit therefore allows grace-period initialization to be artificially slowed down, increasing race-reproduction probability. A pair of new Kconfig parameters are provided, CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST_SLOW_INIT to enable the slowdowns, and CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST_SLOW_INIT_DELAY to specify the number of jiffies of slowdown to apply. A boot-time parameter named rcutree.gp_init_delay allows boot-time delay to be specified. By default, no delay will be applied even if CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST_SLOW_INIT is set. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2015-03-11rcu: Detect stalls caused by failure to propagate up rcu_node treePaul E. McKenney
If all CPUs have passed through quiescent states, then stalls might be due to starvation of the grace-period kthread or to failure to propagate the quiescent states up the rcu_node combining tree. The current stall warning messages do not differentiate, so this commit adds a printout of the root rcu_node structure's ->qsmask field. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2015-03-11rcu: Eliminate empty HOTPLUG_CPU ifdefPaul E. McKenney
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2015-03-11rcu: Simplify sync_rcu_preempt_exp_init()Paul E. McKenney
This commit eliminates a boolean and associated "if" statement by rearranging the code. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2015-03-11rcu: Put all orphan-callback-related code under same commentPaul E. McKenney
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2015-03-11rcu: Consolidate offline-CPU callback initializationPaul E. McKenney
Currently, both rcu_cleanup_dead_cpu() and rcu_send_cbs_to_orphanage() initialize the outgoing CPU's callback list. However, only rcu_cleanup_dead_cpu() invokes rcu_send_cbs_to_orphanage(), and it does so unconditionally, which means that only one of these initializations is required. This commit therefore consolidates the callback-list initialization with the rest of the callback handling in rcu_send_cbs_to_orphanage(). Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2015-03-03rcu: Remove redundant check of cpu_online()Yao Dongdong
Because invoke_cpu_core() checks whether the current CPU is online, there is no need for __call_rcu_core() to redundantly check it. There should not be any performance degradation because the called function is visible to the compiler. This commit therefore removes the redundant check. Signed-off-by: Yao Dongdong <yaodongdong@huawei.com> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2015-03-03rcu: Get rcu_sched_force_quiescent_state() where it belongsPaul E. McKenney
The very similar functions rcu_force_quiescent_state(), rcu_bh_force_quiescent_state(), and rcu_sched_force_quiescent_state() are supposed to be together, but have drifted apart. This commit restores rcu_sched_force_quiescent_state() to its rightful place. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2015-03-03rcu: Add boot-up check for non-default CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT_LEAF valuesPaul E. McKenney
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2015-03-03rcu: Use IS_ENABLED() to simplify rcu_bootup_announce_oddness()Paul E. McKenney
This commit gets rid of some inline #ifdefs by replacing them with IS_ENABLED. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2015-03-03rcu: Improve diagnostics for blocked critical sections in irqPaul E. McKenney
If an RCU read-side critical section occurs within an interrupt handler or a softirq handler, it cannot have been preempted. Therefore, there is a check in rcu_read_unlock_special() checking for this error. However, when this check triggers, it lacks diagnostic information. This commit therefore moves rcu_read_unlock()'s lockdep annotation to follow the call to __rcu_read_unlock() and changes rcu_read_unlock_special()'s WARN_ON_ONCE() to an lockdep_rcu_suspicious() in order to locate where the offending RCU read-side critical section began. In addition, the value of the ->rcu_read_unlock_special field is printed. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2015-03-03rcu: Use IS_ENABLED() to CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT_EXACT #ifdefPaul E. McKenney
This commit uses IS_ENABLED() to remove the #ifdef from the rcu_init_levelspread() functions. No effect on executable code. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2015-03-03rcu: Move early boot callback tests earlierPaul E. McKenney
Because callbacks can now be posted quite early in boot, move the early boot callback tests to precede RCU initialization. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2015-03-03rcu: Move early-boot callbacks to no-CBs lists for no-CBs CPUsPaul E. McKenney
When a CPU is first determined to be a no-CBs CPUs, this commit causes any early boot callbacks to be moved to the no-CBs callback list, allowing them to be invoked. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2015-02-26rcu: Tighten up affinity and check for sysidlePaul E. McKenney
If the RCU grace-period kthread invoking rcu_sysidle_check_cpu() happens to be running on the tick_do_timer_cpu initially, then rcu_bind_gp_kthread() won't bind it. This kthread might then migrate before invoking rcu_gp_fqs(), which will trigger the WARN_ON_ONCE() in rcu_sysidle_check_cpu(). This commit therefore makes rcu_bind_gp_kthread() do the binding even if the kthread is currently on the same CPU. Because this incurs added overhead, this commit also causes each RCU grace-period kthread to invoke rcu_bind_gp_kthread() once at boot rather than at the beginning of each grace period. And as long as rcu_bind_gp_kthread() is being modified, this commit eliminates its #ifdef. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2015-02-26rcu: Remove fastpath from __rcu_process_callbacks()Alexander Gordeev
The standard code path accommodates a condition when no RCU callbacks are ready to invoke. Since size of the code is a priority for tiny RCU, remove the fast path. Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2015-02-26rcu: Remove unnecessary condition check in rcu_qsctr_help()Alexander Gordeev
When the ->curtail and ->donetail pointers differ, ->rcucblist always points to the beginning of the current list and thus cannot be NULL. Therefore, the check ->rcucblist != NULL is redundant and this commit removes it. Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2015-02-26rcu: Fixes to NO_HZ_FULL sysidle accountingPaul E. McKenney
On second and subsequent passes through quiescent-state forcing, the isidle variable was initialized to false, which would prevent full sysidle state from being reached if a grace period needed more than one round of quiescent-state forcing (which most should not). However, the check for offline CPUs in the quiescent-state forcing main loop had the wrong sense, which could prevent CPUs from ever entering full sysidle state. This commit fixes both of these bugs. Given that sysidle is not yet wired up, this has no effect in old kernels, but might have proven frustrating had anyone attempted to wire it up. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2015-02-26rcutorture: Make consistent use of variablesPaul E. McKenney
The "if" statement at the beginning of rcu_torture_writer() should use the same set of variables. In theory, this does not matter because the corresponding variables (gp_sync and gp_sync1) have the same value at this point in the code, but in practice such puzzles should be removed. This commit therefore makes the use of variables consistent. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2015-02-26rcu: Add Kconfig option to expedite grace periods during bootPaul E. McKenney
This commit adds a CONFIG_RCU_EXPEDITE_BOOT Kconfig parameter that emulates a very early boot rcu_expedite_gp(). A late-boot call to rcu_end_inkernel_boot() will provide the corresponding rcu_unexpedite_gp(). The late-boot call to rcu_end_inkernel_boot() should be made just before init is spawned. According to Arjan: > To show the boot time, I'm using the timestamp of the "Write protecting" > line, that's pretty much the last thing we print prior to ring 3 execution. > > A kernel with default RCU behavior (inside KVM, only virtual devices) > looks like this: > > [ 0.038724] Write protecting the kernel read-only data: 10240k > > a kernel with expedited RCU (using the command line option, so that I > don't have to recompile between measurements and thus am completely > oranges-to-oranges) > > [ 0.031768] Write protecting the kernel read-only data: 10240k > > which, in percentage, is an 18% improvement. Reported-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Tested-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
2015-02-26rcu: Update from rcu_expedited variable to rcu_gp_is_expedited()Paul E. McKenney
This commit updates open-coded tests of the rcu_expedited variable to instead use rcu_gp_is_expedited(). Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2015-02-26rcu: Add rcu_expedite_gp() and rcu_unexpedite_gp() to rcutorturePaul E. McKenney
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2015-02-26rcu: Provide rcu_expedite_gp() and rcu_unexpedite_gp()Paul E. McKenney
Currently, expediting of normal synchronous grace-period primitives (synchronize_rcu() and friends) is controlled by the rcu_expedited() boot/sysfs parameter. This works well, but does not handle nesting. This commit therefore provides rcu_expedite_gp() to enable expediting and rcu_unexpedite_gp() to cancel a prior rcu_expedite_gp(), both of which support nesting. Reported-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2015-02-26rcu: Fix a couple of typos in rcu_all_qs() comment headerPaul E. McKenney
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2015-02-26rcu: Avoid clobbering early boot callbacksPaul E. McKenney
When a CPU comes online, it initializes its callback list. This is a bad thing if this is the first time that the CPU has come online and if that CPU has early boot callbacks. This commit therefore avoid initializing the callback list if there are callbacks present, in which case the initial call_rcu() did the initialization for us. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2015-02-26rcu: Refine diagnostics for lacking kthread for no-CBs callbacksPaul E. McKenney
Some diagnostics under CONFIG_PROVE_RCU in rcu_nocb_cpu_needs_barrier() assume that there can be no early-boot callbacks. This commit therefore qualifies the diagnostic with rcu_scheduler_fully_active to permit early boot callbacks to avoid this splat. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2015-02-26rcu: Prevent early-boot RCU callbacks from splattingPaul E. McKenney
Currently, a call_rcu() that precedes rcu_init() will splat due to the callback lists not having yet been initialized. This commit causes the first such callback to initialize the boot CPU's RCU callback list. Note that this commit does not change rcu_init()-time initialization, which means that the callback will be discarded at rcu_init() time. Fixing this is the job of later commits. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2015-02-26rcu: Wire ->rda pointers at compile timePaul E. McKenney
This commit wires up the rcu_state structures' ->rda pointers to the per-CPU rcu_data structures at compile time, thus ensuring that this linkage is present at early boot, in turn allowing posting of callbacks before rcu_init() is executed. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2015-02-26rcu: Abstract default callback-list initialization from init_callback_list()Paul E. McKenney
In preparation for early-boot posting of callbacks, this commit abstracts initialization of the default (non-no-CB) callbacks list from the init_callback_list() function into a new init_default_callback_list() function. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2015-02-25rcu_tree: Avoid touching rnp->completed when a new GP is startedLai Jiangshan
In rcu_gp_init(), rnp->completed equals to rsp->completed in THEORY, we don't need to touch it normally. If something goes wrong, it will complain and fixup rnp->completed and avoid oops. This commit thus avoids the normal needless store to rnp->completed. Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2015-02-25rcu: Consolidate rcu_synchronize and wakeme_after_rcu()Paul E. McKenney
There are currently duplicate identical definitions of the rcu_synchronize() structure and the wakeme_after_rcu() function. Thie commit therefore consolidates them. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2015-02-21Merge branches 'core-urgent-for-linus' and 'irq-urgent-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip Pull rcu fix and x86 irq fix from Ingo Molnar: - Fix a bug that caused an RCU warning splat. - Two x86 irq related fixes: a hotplug crash fix and an ACPI IRQ registry fix. * 'core-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: rcu: Clear need_qs flag to prevent splat * 'irq-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: x86/irq: Check for valid irq descriptor in check_irq_vectors_for_cpu_disable() x86/irq: Fix regression caused by commit b568b8601f05
2015-02-13rcu: use %*pb[l] to print bitmaps including cpumasks and nodemasksTejun Heo
printk and friends can now format bitmaps using '%*pb[l]'. cpumask and nodemask also provide cpumask_pr_args() and nodemask_pr_args() respectively which can be used to generate the two printf arguments necessary to format the specified cpu/nodemask. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2015-02-11rcu: Clear need_qs flag to prevent splatPaul E. McKenney
If the scheduling-clock interrupt sets the current tasks need_qs flag, but if the current CPU passes through a quiescent state in the meantime, then rcu_preempt_qs() will fail to clear the need_qs flag, which can fool RCU into thinking that additional rcu_read_unlock_special() processing is needed. This commit therefore clears the need_qs flag before checking for additional processing. For this problem to occur, we need rcu_preempt_data.passed_quiesce equal to true and current->rcu_read_unlock_special.b.need_qs also equal to true. This condition can occur as follows: 1. CPU 0 is aware of the current preemptible RCU grace period, but has not yet passed through a quiescent state. Among other things, this means that rcu_preempt_data.passed_quiesce is false. 2. Task A running on CPU 0 enters a preemptible RCU read-side critical section. 3. CPU 0 takes a scheduling-clock interrupt, which notices the RCU read-side critical section and the need for a quiescent state, and thus sets current->rcu_read_unlock_special.b.need_qs to true. 4. Task A is preempted, enters the scheduler, eventually invoking rcu_preempt_note_context_switch() which in turn invokes rcu_preempt_qs(). Because rcu_preempt_data.passed_quiesce is false, control enters the body of the "if" statement, which sets rcu_preempt_data.passed_quiesce to true. 5. At this point, CPU 0 takes an interrupt. The interrupt handler contains an RCU read-side critical section, and the rcu_read_unlock() notes that current->rcu_read_unlock_special is nonzero, and thus invokes rcu_read_unlock_special(). 6. Once in rcu_read_unlock_special(), the fact that current->rcu_read_unlock_special.b.need_qs is true becomes apparent, so rcu_read_unlock_special() invokes rcu_preempt_qs(). Recursively, given that we interrupted out of that same function in the preceding step. 7. Because rcu_preempt_data.passed_quiesce is now true, rcu_preempt_qs() does nothing, and simply returns. 8. Upon return to rcu_read_unlock_special(), it is noted that current->rcu_read_unlock_special is still nonzero (because the interrupted rcu_preempt_qs() had not yet gotten around to clearing current->rcu_read_unlock_special.b.need_qs). 9. Execution proceeds to the WARN_ON_ONCE(), which notes that we are in an interrupt handler and thus duly splats. The solution, as noted above, is to make rcu_read_unlock_special() clear out current->rcu_read_unlock_special.b.need_qs after calling rcu_preempt_qs(). The interrupted rcu_preempt_qs() will clear it again, but this is harmless. The worst that happens is that we clobber another attempt to set this field, but this is not a problem because we just got done reporting a quiescent state. Reported-by: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> [ paulmck: Fix embarrassing build bug noted by Sasha Levin. ] Tested-by: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@oracle.com>
2015-01-15Merge branches 'doc.2015.01.07a', 'fixes.2015.01.15a', ↵Paul E. McKenney
'preempt.2015.01.06a', 'srcu.2015.01.06a', 'stall.2015.01.16a' and 'torture.2015.01.11a' into HEAD doc.2015.01.07a: Documentation updates. fixes.2015.01.15a: Miscellaneous fixes. preempt.2015.01.06a: Changes to handling of lists of preempted tasks. srcu.2015.01.06a: SRCU updates. stall.2015.01.16a: RCU CPU stall-warning updates and fixes. torture.2015.01.11a: RCU torture-test updates and fixes.
2015-01-15rcu: Initialize tiny RCU stall-warning timeouts at bootPaul E. McKenney
The current tiny RCU stall-warning code assumes that the jiffies counter starts at zero, however, it is sometimes initialized to other values, for example, -30,000. This commit therefore changes rcu_init() to invoke reset_cpu_stall_ticks() for both flavors of RCU to initialize the stall-warning times properly at boot. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2015-01-15rcu: Fix RCU CPU stall detection in tiny implementationMiroslav Benes
The tiny RCU CPU stall detection depends on *rcp->curtail not being NULL. It is however a tail pointer and thus NULL by definition. Instead we should check rcp->rcucblist for the presence of pending callbacks which need to be processed. With this fix INFO about the stall is printed and jiffies_stall (jiffies at next stall) correctly updated. Note that the check for pending callback is necessary to avoid spurious warnings if there are no pendings callbacks. Signed-off-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz> [ paulmck: Fused identical "if" statements, ported to -rcu. ] Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2015-01-15rcu: Add GP-kthread-starvation checks to CPU stall warningsPaul E. McKenney
This commit adds a message that is printed if the relevant grace-period kthread has not been able to run for the two seconds preceding the stall warning. (The two seconds is double the maximum interval between successive bouts of quiescent-state forcing.) Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2015-01-15rcu: Make cond_resched_rcu_qs() apply to normal RCU flavorsPaul E. McKenney
Although cond_resched_rcu_qs() only applies to TASKS_RCU, it is used in places where it would be useful for it to apply to the normal RCU flavors, rcu_preempt, rcu_sched, and rcu_bh. This is especially the case for workloads that aggressively overload the system, particularly those that generate large numbers of RCU updates on systems running NO_HZ_FULL CPUs. This commit therefore communicates quiescent states from cond_resched_rcu_qs() to the normal RCU flavors. Note that it is unfortunately necessary to leave the old ->passed_quiesce mechanism in place to allow quiescent states that apply to only one flavor to be recorded. (Yes, we could decrement ->rcu_qs_ctr_snap in that case, but that is not so good for debugging of RCU internals.) In addition, if one of the RCU flavor's grace period has stalled, this will invoke rcu_momentary_dyntick_idle(), resulting in a heavy-weight quiescent state visible from other CPUs. Reported-by: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@oracle.com> Reported-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> [ paulmck: Merge commit from Sasha Levin fixing a bug where __this_cpu() was used in preemptible code. ]
2015-01-15rcu: Optionally run grace-period kthreads at real-time priorityPaul E. McKenney
Recent testing has shown that under heavy load, running RCU's grace-period kthreads at real-time priority can improve performance (according to 0day test robot) and reduce the incidence of RCU CPU stall warnings. However, most systems do just fine with the default non-realtime priorities for these kthreads, and it does not make sense to expose the entire user base to any risk stemming from this change, given that this change is of use only to a few users running extremely heavy workloads. Therefore, this commit allows users to specify realtime priorities for the grace-period kthreads, but leaves them running SCHED_OTHER by default. The realtime priority may be specified at build time via the RCU_KTHREAD_PRIO Kconfig parameter, or at boot time via the rcutree.kthread_prio parameter. Either way, 0 says to continue the default SCHED_OTHER behavior and values from 1-99 specify that priority of SCHED_FIFO behavior. Note that a value of 0 is not permitted when the RCU_BOOST Kconfig parameter is specified. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>