linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 10/32] nohz/cpuset: Restart the tick if printk needs it

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Date:	Tue, 30 Oct 2012 15:01:08 -0400
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Clark Williams <clark.williams@...il.com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>,
	Alessio Igor Bogani <abogani@...nel.org>,
	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>,
	Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...era.com>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
	Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
	Geoff Levand <geoff@...radead.org>,
	Gilad Ben Yossef <gilad@...yossef.com>,
	Hakan Akkan <hakanakkan@...il.com>,
	Kevin Hilman <khilman@...com>,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>,
	Sven-Thorsten Dietrich <thebigcorporation@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/32] nohz/cpuset: Restart the tick if printk needs it

On Mon, 2012-10-29 at 16:27 -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> plain text document attachment
> (0010-nohz-cpuset-Restart-the-tick-if-printk-needs-it.patch)
> From: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
> 
> If we are in nohz adaptive mode and printk is called, the tick is
> missing to wake up the logger. We need to restart the tick when that
> happens. Do this asynchronously by issuing a tick restart self IPI
> to avoid deadlocking with the current random locking chain.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
> Cc: Alessio Igor Bogani <abogani@...nel.org>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
> Cc: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...era.com>
> Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
> Cc: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
> Cc: Geoff Levand <geoff@...radead.org>
> Cc: Gilad Ben Yossef <gilad@...yossef.com>
> Cc: Hakan Akkan <hakanakkan@...il.com>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
> Cc: Kevin Hilman <khilman@...com>
> Cc: Max Krasnyansky <maxk@...lcomm.com>
> Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
> Cc: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
> Cc: Sven-Thorsten Dietrich <thebigcorporation@...il.com>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> ---
>  kernel/printk.c |   15 ++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/printk.c b/kernel/printk.c
> index 2d607f4..bf9048d 100644
> --- a/kernel/printk.c
> +++ b/kernel/printk.c
> @@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
>  #include <linux/notifier.h>
>  #include <linux/rculist.h>
>  #include <linux/poll.h>
> +#include <linux/cpuset.h>
>  
>  #include <asm/uaccess.h>
>  
> @@ -1977,8 +1978,20 @@ int printk_needs_cpu(int cpu)
>  
>  void wake_up_klogd(void)
>  {
> -	if (waitqueue_active(&log_wait))
> +	unsigned long flags;
> +
> +	if (waitqueue_active(&log_wait)) {
>  		this_cpu_or(printk_pending, PRINTK_PENDING_WAKEUP);
> +		/* Make it visible from any interrupt from now */
> +		barrier();
> +		/*
> +		 * It's safe to check that even if interrupts are not disabled.

Probably need to at least disable preemption. I don't see any
requirement that wake_up_klogd() needs to be called with preemption
disabled.

The this_cpu_or() doesn't care which CPU it triggers, but the enabling
of nohz does.

-- Steve

> +		 * If we enable nohz adaptive mode concurrently, we'll see the
> +		 * printk_pending value and thus keep a periodic tick behaviour.
> +		 */
> +		if (cpuset_adaptive_nohz())
> +			smp_cpuset_update_nohz(smp_processor_id());
> +	}
>  }
>  
>  static void console_cont_flush(char *text, size_t size)


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