linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/5] x86: Enter rcu extended qs after idle notifier call

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Date:	Sat, 17 Sep 2011 16:40:00 +0200
From:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
To:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3/5] x86: Enter rcu extended qs after idle notifier call

The idle notifier, called by enter_idle(), enters into rcu read
side critical section but at that time we already switched into
rcu dynticks idle mode. And it's illegal to use rcu_read_lock()
in that state.

This results in rcu reporting its bad mood:

[    1.275635] WARNING: at include/linux/rcupdate.h:194 __atomic_notifier_call_chain+0xd2/0x110()
[    1.275635] Hardware name: AMD690VM-FMH
[    1.275635] Modules linked in:
[    1.275635] Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted 3.0.0-rc6+ #252
[    1.275635] Call Trace:
[    1.275635]  [<ffffffff81051c8a>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7a/0xb0
[    1.275635]  [<ffffffff81051cd5>] warn_slowpath_null+0x15/0x20
[    1.275635]  [<ffffffff817d6f22>] __atomic_notifier_call_chain+0xd2/0x110
[    1.275635]  [<ffffffff817d6f71>] atomic_notifier_call_chain+0x11/0x20
[    1.275635]  [<ffffffff810018a0>] enter_idle+0x20/0x30
[    1.275635]  [<ffffffff81001995>] cpu_idle+0xa5/0x110
[    1.275635]  [<ffffffff817a7465>] rest_init+0xe5/0x140
[    1.275635]  [<ffffffff817a73c8>] ? rest_init+0x48/0x140
[    1.275635]  [<ffffffff81cc5ca3>] start_kernel+0x3d1/0x3dc
[    1.275635]  [<ffffffff81cc5321>] x86_64_start_reservations+0x131/0x135
[    1.275635]  [<ffffffff81cc5412>] x86_64_start_kernel+0xed/0xf4
[    1.275635] ---[ end trace a22d306b065d4a66 ]---

Fix this by entering rcu extended quiescent state later, just before
the CPU goes to sleep.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c |    7 ++++++-
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
index 19ca231..dee2e6c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ void cpu_idle(void)
 
 	/* endless idle loop with no priority at all */
 	while (1) {
-		tick_nohz_idle_enter(true);
+		tick_nohz_idle_enter(false);
 		while (!need_resched()) {
 
 			rmb();
@@ -136,7 +136,12 @@ void cpu_idle(void)
 			enter_idle();
 			/* Don't trace irqs off for idle */
 			stop_critical_timings();
+
+			/* enter_idle() needs rcu for notifiers */
+			rcu_enter_nohz();
 			pm_idle();
+			rcu_exit_nohz();
+
 			start_critical_timings();
 
 			/* In many cases the interrupt that ended idle
-- 
1.7.5.4

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