linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 06/10] trace: Eliminate cond_resched_rcu_qs() in favor of cond

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Date:   Sun, 25 Feb 2018 21:47:27 -0800
From:   "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...nel.org,
        jiangshanlai@...il.com, dipankar@...ibm.com,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com,
        josh@...htriplett.org, tglx@...utronix.de, peterz@...radead.org,
        dhowells@...hat.com, edumazet@...gle.com, fweisbec@...il.com,
        oleg@...hat.com, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 06/10] trace: Eliminate
 cond_resched_rcu_qs() in favor of cond_resched()

On Sun, Feb 25, 2018 at 11:57:48PM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Feb 2018 10:17:30 -0800
> "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> > And probably not.  You are probably running CONFIG_PREEMPT=y (otherwise
> > RCU-tasks is trivial), so cond_resched() is a complete no-op:
> > 
> > static inline int _cond_resched(void) { return 0; }
> > 
> > I could make this call rcu_all_qs(), but I would not expect Peter Zijlstra
> > to be at all happy with that sort of change.
> > 
> > And the people who asked for the cond_resched() work probably aren't
> > going to be happy with the resumed proliferation of cond_resched_rcu_qs().
> > 
> > Hmmm...  Grasping at straws...  Could we make cond_resched() be something
> > like a tracepoint and instrument them with cond_resched_rcu_qs() if the
> > current RCU-tasks grace period ran for more that (say) a minute of its
> > ten-minute stall-warning span?
> > 
> 
> Instead of monkeying with cond_resched(), since this is "special" code,
> why don't I just have that code call it directly?
> 
> 	cond_resched();
> 	rcu_note_voluntary_context_switch(current);

The advantage of the last patch that I sent is that the special call
is in one place.  (This is the one that adds the "special" definition
for _cond_resched().)

							Thanx, Paul