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Date:	Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:47:38 +0100
From:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>, tglx@...utronix.de,
	josh@...htriplett.org, keescook@...omium.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL rcu/next] RCU commits for 3.3

On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 05:30:11PM +0100, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 04:47:36PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > 
> > * Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > Hello, Ingo,
> > > 
> > > The major features of this series are RCU infrastructure in 
> > > support of Frederic Weisbecker's tickless userspace work and a 
> > > reworked RCU_FAST_NO_HZ that improves energy efficiency on 
> > > large lightly loaded SMP systems by allowing the 
> > > scheduler-clock tick to be turned off more quickly upon entry 
> > > to idle, even when RCU callbacks are queued on the newly idle 
> > > CPU.  In addition, RCU_FAST_NO_HZ may now be used on systems 
> > > running TREE_PREEMPT_RCU, where earlier it was restricted to 
> > > TREE_RCU.
> > > 
> > > In addition, this series provides additional event tracing, 
> > > rcutorture changes that improve automated KVM-based testing of 
> > > RCU, introduces an srcu_read_lock_raw() needed by uprobes, and 
> > > ports a couple of patches from -rt to mainline.  Finally, this 
> > > series updates documentation, improves diagnostics, and fixes 
> > > a number of bugs, including a nasty use of RCU from the idle 
> > > task spotted and fixed by Frederic Weisbecker.
> > > 
> > > These commits have been posted to LKML and updated based on 
> > > feedback:
> > > 
> > > 	https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/11/2/363
> > > 	https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/11/15/302
> > > 	https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/11/28/588
> > > 	https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/12/3/77
> > > 	https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/12/12/625
> > > 
> > > They have also been exposed to -next testing.
> > > 
> > > These changes are based off of 3.2-rc5 and are available at 
> > > the git repository at:
> > > 
> > > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-rcu.git rcu/next
> > > 
> > > Could you please pull them into -tip for additional testing?
> > > 
> > > 							Thanx, Paul
> > > 
> > > ------------------>
> > > Frederic Weisbecker (11):
> > >       rcu: Detect illegal rcu dereference in extended quiescent state
> > >       rcu: Inform the user about extended quiescent state on PROVE_RCU warning
> > >       rcu: Warn when rcu_read_lock() is used in extended quiescent state
> > >       nohz: Separate out irq exit and idle loop dyntick logic
> > >       nohz: Allow rcu extended quiescent state handling seperately from tick stop
> > >       x86: Enter rcu extended qs after idle notifier call
> > >       x86: Call idle notifier after irq_enter()
> > >       rcu: Fix early call to rcu_idle_enter()
> > >       nohz: Remove tick_nohz_idle_enter_norcu() / tick_nohz_idle_exit_norcu()
> > >       rcu: Don't check irq nesting from rcu idle entry/exit
> > >       rcu: Irq nesting is always 0 on rcu_enter_idle_common
> > > 
> > > Josh Triplett (1):
> > >       driver-core/cpu: Expose hotpluggability to the rest of the kernel
> > > 
> > > Kees Cook (1):
> > >       docs: Additional LWN links to RCU API
> > > 
> > > Paul E. McKenney (49):
> > >       rcu: ->signaled better named ->fqs_state
> > >       rcu: Avoid RCU-preempt expedited grace-period botch
> > >       rcu: Make synchronize_sched_expedited() better at work sharing
> > >       lockdep: Update documentation for lock-class leak detection
> > >       rcu: Track idleness independent of idle tasks
> > >       trace: Allow ftrace_dump() to be called from modules
> > >       rcu: Add failure tracing to rcutorture
> > >       rcu: Document failing tick as cause of RCU CPU stall warning
> > >       rcu: Disable preemption in rcu_is_cpu_idle()
> > >       rcu: Remove one layer of abstraction from PROVE_RCU checking
> > >       rcu: Warn when srcu_read_lock() is used in an extended quiescent state
> > >       rcu: Make srcu_read_lock_held() call common lockdep-enabled function
> > >       powerpc: Tell RCU about idle after hcall tracing
> > >       rcu: Introduce raw SRCU read-side primitives
> > >       rcu: Add documentation for raw SRCU read-side primitives
> > >       rcu: Deconfuse dynticks entry-exit tracing
> > >       rcu: Add more information to the wrong-idle-task complaint
> > >       rcu: Allow dyntick-idle mode for CPUs with callbacks
> > >       rcu: Fix idle-task checks
> > >       rcu: Permit RCU_FAST_NO_HZ to be used by TREE_PREEMPT_RCU
> > >       rcu: Add rcutorture system-shutdown capability
> > >       rcu: Control rcutorture startup from kernel boot parameters
> > >       sched: Add is_idle_task() to handle invalidated uses of idle_cpu()
> > >       rcu: Make RCU use the new is_idle_task() API
> > >       sparc: Make SPARC use the new is_idle_task() API
> > >       kdb: Make KDB use the new is_idle_task() API
> > >       events: Make events use the new is_idle_task() API
> > >       tile: Make tile use the new is_idle_task() API
> > >       rcu: Add rcutorture CPU-hotplug capability
> > >       doc: Add load/store guarantees to Documentation/atomic-ops.txt
> > >       rcu: Update trace_rcu_dyntick() header comment
> > >       rcu: Add tracing for RCU_FAST_NO_HZ
> > >       rcu: Go dyntick-idle more quickly if CPU has serviced current grace period
> > >       rcu: Avoid needlessly IPIing CPUs at GP end
> > >       rcu: Eliminate RCU_FAST_NO_HZ grace-period hang
> > >       rcu: Reduce latency of rcu_prepare_for_idle()
> > >       rcu: Remove dynticks false positives and RCU failures
> > >       rcu: Identify dyntick-idle CPUs on first force_quiescent_state() pass
> > >       rcu: Document same-context read-side constraints
> > >       rcu: Permit dyntick-idle with callbacks pending
> > >       rcu: Keep invoking callbacks if CPU otherwise idle
> > >       rcu: Adaptive dyntick-idle preparation
> > >       rcu: Remove redundant rcu_cpu_stall_suppress declaration
> > >       rcu: Make rcutorture test for hotpluggability before offlining CPUs
> > >       rcu: Add rcutorture tests for srcu_read_lock_raw()
> > >       rcu: Augment rcu_batch_end tracing for idle and callback state
> > >       Revert "rcu: Permit rt_mutex_unlock() with irqs disabled"
> > >       rcu: Apply ACCESS_ONCE() to rcu_boost() return value
> > >       cpu: Export cpu_up()
> > > 
> > > Thomas Gleixner (2):
> > >       rcu: Omit self-awaken when setting up expedited grace period
> > >       rcu: Remove redundant return from rcu_report_exp_rnp()
> > > 
> > >  Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt          |    6 +
> > >  Documentation/RCU/rcu.txt                |   10 +-
> > >  Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.txt          |   16 +-
> > >  Documentation/RCU/torture.txt            |   13 ++
> > >  Documentation/RCU/trace.txt              |    4 -
> > >  Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt          |   19 ++-
> > >  Documentation/atomic_ops.txt             |   87 +++++++++
> > >  Documentation/lockdep-design.txt         |   63 +++++++
> > >  arch/arm/kernel/process.c                |    6 +-
> > >  arch/avr32/kernel/process.c              |    6 +-
> > >  arch/blackfin/kernel/process.c           |    6 +-
> > >  arch/microblaze/kernel/process.c         |    6 +-
> > >  arch/mips/kernel/process.c               |    6 +-
> > >  arch/openrisc/kernel/idle.c              |    6 +-
> > >  arch/powerpc/kernel/idle.c               |   15 ++-
> > >  arch/powerpc/platforms/iseries/setup.c   |   12 +-
> > >  arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lpar.c    |    4 +
> > >  arch/s390/kernel/process.c               |    6 +-
> > >  arch/sh/kernel/idle.c                    |    6 +-
> > >  arch/sparc/kernel/process_64.c           |    6 +-
> > >  arch/sparc/kernel/setup_32.c             |    2 +-
> > >  arch/tile/kernel/process.c               |    6 +-
> > >  arch/tile/mm/fault.c                     |    4 +-
> > >  arch/um/kernel/process.c                 |    6 +-
> > >  arch/unicore32/kernel/process.c          |    6 +-
> > >  arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c              |    6 +-
> > >  arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c           |    2 +-
> > >  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/therm_throt.c |    2 +-
> > >  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/threshold.c   |    2 +-
> > >  arch/x86/kernel/irq.c                    |    6 +-
> > >  arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c             |    6 +-
> > >  arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c             |   10 +-
> > >  drivers/base/cpu.c                       |    7 +
> > >  include/linux/cpu.h                      |    1 +
> > >  include/linux/hardirq.h                  |   21 ---
> > >  include/linux/rcupdate.h                 |  115 ++++++++-----
> > >  include/linux/sched.h                    |    8 +
> > >  include/linux/srcu.h                     |   87 ++++++++--
> > >  include/linux/tick.h                     |   11 +-
> > >  include/trace/events/rcu.h               |  122 +++++++++++--
> > >  init/Kconfig                             |   10 +-
> > >  kernel/cpu.c                             |    1 +
> > >  kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_support.c           |    2 +-
> > >  kernel/events/core.c                     |    2 +-
> > >  kernel/lockdep.c                         |   22 +++
> > >  kernel/rcu.h                             |    7 +
> > >  kernel/rcupdate.c                        |   12 ++
> > >  kernel/rcutiny.c                         |  149 +++++++++++++--
> > >  kernel/rcutiny_plugin.h                  |   29 +++-
> > >  kernel/rcutorture.c                      |  225 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
> > >  kernel/rcutree.c                         |  290 +++++++++++++++++++++---------
> > >  kernel/rcutree.h                         |   26 ++--
> > >  kernel/rcutree_plugin.h                  |  289 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------
> > >  kernel/rcutree_trace.c                   |   12 +-
> > >  kernel/rtmutex.c                         |    8 -
> > >  kernel/softirq.c                         |    4 +-
> > >  kernel/time/tick-sched.c                 |   97 ++++++----
> > >  kernel/trace/trace.c                     |    1 +
> > >  58 files changed, 1512 insertions(+), 407 deletions(-)
> > 
> > Pulled into tip:core/rcu, thanks a lot Paul!
> > 
> > Note that this commit from Frederic:
> > 
> >   69e1e811dcc4: sched, nohz: Track nr_busy_cpus in the sched_group_power
> > 
> > conflicted with this commit from Suresh in sched/core:
> > 
> >   69e1e811dcc4: sched, nohz: Track nr_busy_cpus in the sched_group_power
> > 
> > I resolved it by making the set_cpu_sd_state_idle() call 
> > unconditional within the newly decoupled 
> > tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick() function - please double check that 
> > it's the right resolution.
> 
> After a quick look, I believe this should rather be under tick_nohz_idle_enter(),
> (This is the equivalent of the old tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick(1))
> This wants to be set only once we enter idle, not everytime we have an idle
> interrupt.

I don't know how you plan to fix the conflict, by redoing the merge or by
applying a patch on tip/master.

In any case, here is a patch you can use. Feel free to apply it as is
or to just refer to its diff to redo the merge:

(Outrageously only compile tested)

---
From: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:36:00 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] sched: Only update the CPU idleness in the domain
 hierarchy from idle loop entry

We don't need to inform the sched domain hierarchy about the
CPU idleness everytime we call tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick() as this
includes both idle loop entry and idle interrupt exit.

Doing it once from the idle loop entry is enough, call
set_cpu_sd_state_idle() only from tick_nohz_idle_enter() instead
to fix this.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
---
 kernel/time/tick-sched.c |   16 ++++++++--------
 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index 1f6dc515..696c997 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -289,14 +289,6 @@ static void tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick(struct tick_sched *ts)
 	now = tick_nohz_start_idle(cpu, ts);
 
 	/*
-	 * Update the idle state in the scheduler domain hierarchy
-	 * when tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick() is called from the idle loop.
-	 * State will be updated to busy during the first busy tick after
-	 * exiting idle.
-	 */
-	set_cpu_sd_state_idle();
-
-	/*
 	 * If this cpu is offline and it is the one which updates
 	 * jiffies, then give up the assignment and let it be taken by
 	 * the cpu which runs the tick timer next. If we don't drop
@@ -483,6 +475,14 @@ void tick_nohz_idle_enter(void)
 	 * update of the idle time accounting in tick_nohz_start_idle().
 	 */
 	ts->inidle = 1;
+
+	/*
+	 * Update the idle state in the scheduler domain hierarchy
+	 * when tick_nohz_idle_enter() is called from the idle loop.
+	 * State will be updated to busy during the first busy tick after
+	 * exiting idle.
+	 */
+	set_cpu_sd_state_idle();
 	tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick(ts);
 
 	local_irq_enable();
-- 
1.7.5.4


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