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Date:	Thu, 14 Jul 2016 15:18:09 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc:	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Dmitry Shmidt <dimitrysh@...gle.com>,
	Rom Lemarchand <romlem@...gle.com>,
	Colin Cross <ccross@...gle.com>, Todd Kjos <tkjos@...gle.com>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup
 locking changes

On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 10:51:02PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> So, IIRC, the trade-off is a full memory barrier in read_lock and
> read_unlock() vs sync_sched() in write.
> 
> Full memory barriers are expensive and while the combined cost might
> well exceed the cost of the sync_sched() it doesn't suffer the latency
> issues.
> 
> Not sure if we can frob the two in a single codebase, but I can have a
> poke if Oleg or Paul doesn't beat me to it.

OK, not too horrible if I say so myself :-)

The below is a compile tested only first draft so far. I'll go give it
some runtime next.


---
 fs/super.c                    |   3 +-
 include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h  |  96 +++++++++++++++--
 include/linux/rcu_sync.h      |   2 +-
 kernel/locking/percpu-rwsem.c | 243 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
 kernel/rcu/sync.c             |  15 +++
 5 files changed, 249 insertions(+), 110 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c
index d78b9847e6cb..8ff18af7703f 100644
--- a/fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/super.c
@@ -195,7 +195,8 @@ static struct super_block *alloc_super(struct file_system_type *type, int flags)
 	for (i = 0; i < SB_FREEZE_LEVELS; i++) {
 		if (__percpu_init_rwsem(&s->s_writers.rw_sem[i],
 					sb_writers_name[i],
-					&type->s_writers_key[i]))
+					&type->s_writers_key[i],
+					PERCPU_RWSEM_READER))
 			goto fail;
 	}
 	init_waitqueue_head(&s->s_writers.wait_unfrozen);
diff --git a/include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h b/include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h
index c2fa3ecb0dce..5e1c2b029e3a 100644
--- a/include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h
+++ b/include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h
@@ -10,29 +10,107 @@
 
 struct percpu_rw_semaphore {
 	struct rcu_sync		rss;
-	unsigned int __percpu	*fast_read_ctr;
+	unsigned int __percpu	*refcount;
 	struct rw_semaphore	rw_sem;
-	atomic_t		slow_read_ctr;
-	wait_queue_head_t	write_waitq;
+	wait_queue_head_t	writer;
+	int			state;
 };
 
-extern void percpu_down_read(struct percpu_rw_semaphore *);
-extern int  percpu_down_read_trylock(struct percpu_rw_semaphore *);
-extern void percpu_up_read(struct percpu_rw_semaphore *);
+extern void __percpu_down_read(struct percpu_rw_semaphore *);
+extern int  __percpu_down_read_trylock(struct percpu_rw_semaphore *);
+extern void __percpu_up_read(struct percpu_rw_semaphore *);
+
+static inline void percpu_down_read(struct percpu_rw_semaphore *sem)
+{
+	might_sleep();
+
+	rwsem_acquire_read(&sem->rw_sem.dep_map, 0, 0, _RET_IP_);
+
+	preempt_disable();
+	/*
+	 * We are in an RCU-sched read-side critical section, so the writer
+	 * cannot both change sem->state from readers_fast and start checking
+	 * counters while we are here. So if we see !sem->state, we know that
+	 * the writer won't be checking until we're past the preempt_enable()
+	 * and that one the synchronize_sched() is done, the writer will see
+	 * anything we did within this RCU-sched read-size critical section.
+	 */
+	__this_cpu_inc(*sem->refcount);
+	if (unlikely(!rcu_sync_is_idle(&sem->rss)))
+		__percpu_down_read(sem); /* Unconditional memory barrier */
+	preempt_enable();
+	/*
+	 * The barrier() from preempt_enable() prevents the compiler from
+	 * bleeding the critical section out.
+	 */
+}
+
+static inline int percpu_down_read_trylock(struct percpu_rw_semaphore *sem)
+{
+	int ret = 1;
+
+	preempt_disable();
+	/*
+	 * Same as in percpu_down_read().
+	 */
+	__this_cpu_inc(*sem->refcount);
+	if (unlikely(!rcu_sync_is_idle(&sem->rss)))
+		ret = __percpu_down_read_trylock(sem);
+	preempt_enable();
+	/*
+	 * The barrier() from preempt_enable() prevents the compiler from
+	 * bleeding the critical section out.
+	 */
+
+	if (ret)
+		rwsem_acquire_read(&sem->rw_sem.dep_map, 0, 1, _RET_IP_);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static inline void percpu_up_read(struct percpu_rw_semaphore *sem)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The barrier() in preempt_disable() prevents the compiler from
+	 * bleeding the critical section out.
+	 */
+	preempt_disable();
+	/*
+	 * Same as in percpu_down_read().
+	 */
+	if (likely(rcu_sync_is_idle(&sem->rss)))
+		__this_cpu_dec(*sem->refcount);
+	else
+		__percpu_up_read(sem); /* Unconditional memory barrier */
+	preempt_enable();
+
+	rwsem_release(&sem->rw_sem.dep_map, 1, _RET_IP_);
+}
 
 extern void percpu_down_write(struct percpu_rw_semaphore *);
 extern void percpu_up_write(struct percpu_rw_semaphore *);
 
+enum percpu_rwsem_bias { PERCPU_RWSEM_READER, PERCPU_RWSEM_WRITER };
+
 extern int __percpu_init_rwsem(struct percpu_rw_semaphore *,
-				const char *, struct lock_class_key *);
+				const char *, struct lock_class_key *,
+				enum percpu_rwsem_bias bias);
+
 extern void percpu_free_rwsem(struct percpu_rw_semaphore *);
 
-#define percpu_init_rwsem(brw)	\
+#define percpu_init_rwsem(sem)					\
 ({								\
 	static struct lock_class_key rwsem_key;			\
-	__percpu_init_rwsem(brw, #brw, &rwsem_key);		\
+	__percpu_init_rwsem(sem, #sem, &rwsem_key,		\
+			    PERCPU_RWSEM_READER);		\
 })
 
+#define percpu_init_rwsem_writer(sem)				\
+({								\
+	static struct lock_class_key rwsem_key;			\
+	__percpu_init_rwsem(sem, #sem, &rwsem_key,i		\
+			    PERCPU_RWSEM_WRITER);		\
+})
 
 #define percpu_rwsem_is_held(sem) lockdep_is_held(&(sem)->rw_sem)
 
diff --git a/include/linux/rcu_sync.h b/include/linux/rcu_sync.h
index a63a33e6196e..e556baaf785e 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcu_sync.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcu_sync.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #include <linux/wait.h>
 #include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 
-enum rcu_sync_type { RCU_SYNC, RCU_SCHED_SYNC, RCU_BH_SYNC };
+enum rcu_sync_type { RCU_SYNC, RCU_SCHED_SYNC, RCU_BH_SYNC, RCU_NONE };
 
 /* Structure to mediate between updaters and fastpath-using readers.  */
 struct rcu_sync {
diff --git a/kernel/locking/percpu-rwsem.c b/kernel/locking/percpu-rwsem.c
index bec0b647f9cc..be37c7732b54 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/percpu-rwsem.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/percpu-rwsem.c
@@ -8,152 +8,197 @@
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 
-int __percpu_init_rwsem(struct percpu_rw_semaphore *brw,
-			const char *name, struct lock_class_key *rwsem_key)
+enum { readers_slow, readers_block };
+
+int __percpu_init_rwsem(struct percpu_rw_semaphore *sem,
+			const char *name, struct lock_class_key *rwsem_key,
+			enum percpu_rwsem_bias bias)
 {
-	brw->fast_read_ctr = alloc_percpu(int);
-	if (unlikely(!brw->fast_read_ctr))
+	sem->refcount = alloc_percpu(int);
+	if (unlikely(!sem->refcount))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	/* ->rw_sem represents the whole percpu_rw_semaphore for lockdep */
-	__init_rwsem(&brw->rw_sem, name, rwsem_key);
-	rcu_sync_init(&brw->rss, RCU_SCHED_SYNC);
-	atomic_set(&brw->slow_read_ctr, 0);
-	init_waitqueue_head(&brw->write_waitq);
+	rcu_sync_init(&sem->rss, bias == PERCPU_RWSEM_READER ? 
+				 RCU_SCHED_SYNC : 
+				 RCU_NONE);
+	__init_rwsem(&sem->rw_sem, name, rwsem_key);
+	init_waitqueue_head(&sem->writer);
+	sem->state = readers_slow;
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__percpu_init_rwsem);
 
-void percpu_free_rwsem(struct percpu_rw_semaphore *brw)
+void percpu_free_rwsem(struct percpu_rw_semaphore *sem)
 {
 	/*
 	 * XXX: temporary kludge. The error path in alloc_super()
 	 * assumes that percpu_free_rwsem() is safe after kzalloc().
 	 */
-	if (!brw->fast_read_ctr)
+	if (!sem->refcount)
 		return;
 
-	rcu_sync_dtor(&brw->rss);
-	free_percpu(brw->fast_read_ctr);
-	brw->fast_read_ctr = NULL; /* catch use after free bugs */
+	rcu_sync_dtor(&sem->rss);
+	free_percpu(sem->refcount);
+	sem->refcount = NULL; /* catch use after free bugs */
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(percpu_free_rwsem);
 
-/*
- * This is the fast-path for down_read/up_read. If it succeeds we rely
- * on the barriers provided by rcu_sync_enter/exit; see the comments in
- * percpu_down_write() and percpu_up_write().
- *
- * If this helper fails the callers rely on the normal rw_semaphore and
- * atomic_dec_and_test(), so in this case we have the necessary barriers.
- */
-static bool update_fast_ctr(struct percpu_rw_semaphore *brw, unsigned int val)
+void __percpu_down_read(struct percpu_rw_semaphore *sem)
 {
-	bool success;
+	/*
+	 * Due to having preemption disabled the decrement happens on
+	 * the same CPU as the increment, avoiding the
+	 * increment-on-one-CPU-and-decrement-on-another problem.
+	 *
+	 * And yes, if the reader misses the writer's assignment of
+	 * readers_block to sem->state, then the writer is
+	 * guaranteed to see the reader's increment.  Conversely, any
+	 * readers that increment their sem->refcount after the
+	 * writer looks are guaranteed to see the readers_block value,
+	 * which in turn means that they are guaranteed to immediately
+	 * decrement their sem->refcount, so that it doesn't matter
+	 * that the writer missed them.
+	 */
 
-	preempt_disable();
-	success = rcu_sync_is_idle(&brw->rss);
-	if (likely(success))
-		__this_cpu_add(*brw->fast_read_ctr, val);
-	preempt_enable();
+	smp_mb(); /* A matches D */
 
-	return success;
-}
+	/*
+	 * If !readers_block the critical section starts here, matched by the
+	 * release in percpu_up_write().
+	 */
+	if (likely(smp_load_acquire(&sem->state) != readers_block))
+		return;
 
-/*
- * Like the normal down_read() this is not recursive, the writer can
- * come after the first percpu_down_read() and create the deadlock.
- *
- * Note: returns with lock_is_held(brw->rw_sem) == T for lockdep,
- * percpu_up_read() does rwsem_release(). This pairs with the usage
- * of ->rw_sem in percpu_down/up_write().
- */
-void percpu_down_read(struct percpu_rw_semaphore *brw)
-{
-	might_sleep();
-	rwsem_acquire_read(&brw->rw_sem.dep_map, 0, 0, _RET_IP_);
+	/*
+	 * Per the above comment; we still have preemption disabled and
+	 * will thus decrement on the same CPU as we incremented.
+	 */
+	__percpu_up_read(sem);
 
-	if (likely(update_fast_ctr(brw, +1)))
-		return;
+	/*
+	 * We either call schedule() in the wait, or we'll fall through
+	 * and reschedule on the preempt_enable() in percpu_down_read().
+	 */
+	preempt_enable_no_resched();
+
+	/*
+	 * Avoid lockdep for the down/up_read() we already have them.
+	 */
+	__down_read(&sem->rw_sem);
+	__this_cpu_inc(*sem->refcount);
+	__up_read(&sem->rw_sem);
 
-	/* Avoid rwsem_acquire_read() and rwsem_release() */
-	__down_read(&brw->rw_sem);
-	atomic_inc(&brw->slow_read_ctr);
-	__up_read(&brw->rw_sem);
+	preempt_disable();
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(percpu_down_read);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__percpu_down_read);
 
-int percpu_down_read_trylock(struct percpu_rw_semaphore *brw)
+int __percpu_down_read_trylock(struct percpu_rw_semaphore *sem)
 {
-	if (unlikely(!update_fast_ctr(brw, +1))) {
-		if (!__down_read_trylock(&brw->rw_sem))
-			return 0;
-		atomic_inc(&brw->slow_read_ctr);
-		__up_read(&brw->rw_sem);
-	}
-
-	rwsem_acquire_read(&brw->rw_sem.dep_map, 0, 1, _RET_IP_);
-	return 1;
+	smp_mb(); /* A matches D */
+
+	if (likely(smp_load_acquire(&sem->state) != readers_block))
+		return 1;
+
+	__percpu_up_read(sem);
+	return 0;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__percpu_down_read_trylock);
 
-void percpu_up_read(struct percpu_rw_semaphore *brw)
+void __percpu_up_read(struct percpu_rw_semaphore *sem)
 {
-	rwsem_release(&brw->rw_sem.dep_map, 1, _RET_IP_);
-
-	if (likely(update_fast_ctr(brw, -1)))
-		return;
+	smp_mb(); /* B matches C */
+	/*
+	 * In other words, if they see our decrement (presumably to aggregate
+	 * zero, as that is the only time it matters) they will also see our
+	 * critical section.
+	 */
+	__this_cpu_dec(*sem->refcount);
 
-	/* false-positive is possible but harmless */
-	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&brw->slow_read_ctr))
-		wake_up_all(&brw->write_waitq);
+	/* Prod writer to recheck readers_active */
+	wake_up(&sem->writer);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(percpu_up_read);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__percpu_up_read);
+
+#define per_cpu_sum(var)						\
+({									\
+	typeof(var) __sum = 0;						\
+	int cpu;							\
+	compiletime_assert_atomic_type(__sum);				\
+	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu)					\
+		__sum += per_cpu(var, cpu);				\
+	__sum;								\
+})
 
-static int clear_fast_ctr(struct percpu_rw_semaphore *brw)
+/*
+ * Return true if the modular sum of the sem->refcount per-CPU variable is
+ * zero.  If this sum is zero, then it is stable due to the fact that if any
+ * newly arriving readers increment a given counter, they will immediately
+ * decrement that same counter.
+ */
+static bool readers_active_check(struct percpu_rw_semaphore *sem)
 {
-	unsigned int sum = 0;
-	int cpu;
+	if (per_cpu_sum(*sem->refcount) != 0)
+		return false;
+
+	/*
+	 * If we observed the decrement; ensure we see the entire critical
+	 * section.
+	 */
 
-	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
-		sum += per_cpu(*brw->fast_read_ctr, cpu);
-		per_cpu(*brw->fast_read_ctr, cpu) = 0;
-	}
+	smp_mb(); /* C matches B */
 
-	return sum;
+	return true;
 }
 
-void percpu_down_write(struct percpu_rw_semaphore *brw)
+void percpu_down_write(struct percpu_rw_semaphore *sem)
 {
+	down_write(&sem->rw_sem);
+
+	/* Notify readers to take the slow path. */
+	rcu_sync_enter(&sem->rss);
+
 	/*
-	 * Make rcu_sync_is_idle() == F and thus disable the fast-path in
-	 * percpu_down_read() and percpu_up_read(), and wait for gp pass.
-	 *
-	 * The latter synchronises us with the preceding readers which used
-	 * the fast-past, so we can not miss the result of __this_cpu_add()
-	 * or anything else inside their criticial sections.
+	 * Notify new readers to block; up until now, and thus throughout the
+	 * longish rcu_sync_enter() above, new readers could still come in.
 	 */
-	rcu_sync_enter(&brw->rss);
+	sem->state = readers_block;
 
-	/* exclude other writers, and block the new readers completely */
-	down_write(&brw->rw_sem);
+	smp_mb(); /* D matches A */
 
-	/* nobody can use fast_read_ctr, move its sum into slow_read_ctr */
-	atomic_add(clear_fast_ctr(brw), &brw->slow_read_ctr);
+	/*
+	 * If they don't see our writer of readers_block to sem->state,
+	 * then we are guaranteed to see their sem->refcount increment, and
+	 * therefore will wait for them.
+	 */
 
-	/* wait for all readers to complete their percpu_up_read() */
-	wait_event(brw->write_waitq, !atomic_read(&brw->slow_read_ctr));
+	/* Wait for all now active readers to complete. */
+	wait_event(sem->writer, readers_active_check(sem));
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(percpu_down_write);
 
-void percpu_up_write(struct percpu_rw_semaphore *brw)
+void percpu_up_write(struct percpu_rw_semaphore *sem)
 {
-	/* release the lock, but the readers can't use the fast-path */
-	up_write(&brw->rw_sem);
 	/*
-	 * Enable the fast-path in percpu_down_read() and percpu_up_read()
-	 * but only after another gp pass; this adds the necessary barrier
-	 * to ensure the reader can't miss the changes done by us.
+	 * Signal the writer is done, no fast path yet.
+	 *
+	 * One reason that we cannot just immediately flip to readers_fast is
+	 * that new readers might fail to see the results of this writer's
+	 * critical section.
+	 *
+	 * Therefore we force it through the slow path which guarantees an
+	 * acquire and thereby guarantees the critical section's consistency.
+	 */
+	smp_store_release(&sem->state, readers_slow);
+
+	/*
+	 * Release the write lock, this will allow readers back in the game.
+	 */
+	up_write(&sem->rw_sem);
+
+	/*
+	 * Once this completes (at least one RCU grace period hence) the reader
+	 * fast path will be available again. Safe to use outside the exclusive
+	 * write lock because its counting.
 	 */
-	rcu_sync_exit(&brw->rss);
+	rcu_sync_exit(&sem->rss);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(percpu_up_write);
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/sync.c b/kernel/rcu/sync.c
index be922c9f3d37..48055bf629af 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/sync.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/sync.c
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ static const struct {
 		.wait = rcu_barrier_bh,
 		__INIT_HELD(rcu_read_lock_bh_held)
 	},
+	[RCU_NONE] = { },
 };
 
 enum { GP_IDLE = 0, GP_PENDING, GP_PASSED };
@@ -65,6 +66,9 @@ enum { CB_IDLE = 0, CB_PENDING, CB_REPLAY };
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROVE_RCU
 void rcu_sync_lockdep_assert(struct rcu_sync *rsp)
 {
+	if (rsp->gp_type == RCU_NONE)
+		return;
+
 	RCU_LOCKDEP_WARN(!gp_ops[rsp->gp_type].held(),
 			 "suspicious rcu_sync_is_idle() usage");
 }
@@ -80,6 +84,8 @@ void rcu_sync_init(struct rcu_sync *rsp, enum rcu_sync_type type)
 	memset(rsp, 0, sizeof(*rsp));
 	init_waitqueue_head(&rsp->gp_wait);
 	rsp->gp_type = type;
+	if (rsp->gp_type == RCU_NONE)
+		rsp->gp_state = GP_PENDING; /* anything !0 */
 }
 
 /**
@@ -101,6 +107,9 @@ void rcu_sync_enter(struct rcu_sync *rsp)
 {
 	bool need_wait, need_sync;
 
+	if (rsp->gp_type == RCU_NONE)
+		return;
+
 	spin_lock_irq(&rsp->rss_lock);
 	need_wait = rsp->gp_count++;
 	need_sync = rsp->gp_state == GP_IDLE;
@@ -188,6 +197,9 @@ static void rcu_sync_func(struct rcu_head *rcu)
  */
 void rcu_sync_exit(struct rcu_sync *rsp)
 {
+	if (rsp->gp_type == RCU_NONE)
+		return;
+
 	spin_lock_irq(&rsp->rss_lock);
 	if (!--rsp->gp_count) {
 		if (rsp->cb_state == CB_IDLE) {
@@ -208,6 +220,9 @@ void rcu_sync_dtor(struct rcu_sync *rsp)
 {
 	int cb_state;
 
+	if (rsp->gp_type == RCU_NONE)
+		return;
+
 	BUG_ON(rsp->gp_count);
 
 	spin_lock_irq(&rsp->rss_lock);

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