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Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 17:45:21 -0800 From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Cc: mingo@...e.hu, laijs@...fujitsu.com, dipankar@...ibm.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca, josh@...htriplett.org, niv@...ibm.com, tglx@...utronix.de, peterz@...radead.org, rostedt@...dmis.org, Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu, dhowells@...hat.com, eric.dumazet@...il.com, darren@...art.com, fweisbec@...il.com, patches@...aro.org, "Paul E. McKenney" <paul.mckenney@...aro.org>, "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> Subject: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 46/47] rcu: Add RCU_NONIDLE() for idle-loop RCU read-side critical sections From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paul.mckenney@...aro.org> RCU, RCU-bh, and RCU-sched read-side critical sections are forbidden in the inner idle loop, that is, between the rcu_idle_enter() and the rcu_idle_exit() -- RCU will happily ignore any such read-side critical sections. However, things like powertop need tracepoints in the inner idle loop. This commit therefore provides an RCU_NONIDLE() macro that can be used to wrap code in the idle loop that requires RCU read-side critical sections. Suggested-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paul.mckenney@...aro.org> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org> Acked-by: Deepthi Dharwar <deepthi@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> --- include/linux/rcupdate.h | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ kernel/rcutiny.c | 2 ++ kernel/rcutree.c | 2 ++ 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h index 6ee663c..9372174 100644 --- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h +++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h @@ -190,6 +190,33 @@ extern void rcu_idle_exit(void); extern void rcu_irq_enter(void); extern void rcu_irq_exit(void); +/** + * RCU_NONIDLE - Indicate idle-loop code that needs RCU readers + * @a: Code that RCU needs to pay attention to. + * + * RCU, RCU-bh, and RCU-sched read-side critical sections are forbidden + * in the inner idle loop, that is, between the rcu_idle_enter() and + * the rcu_idle_exit() -- RCU will happily ignore any such read-side + * critical sections. However, things like powertop need tracepoints + * in the inner idle loop. + * + * This macro provides the way out: RCU_NONIDLE(do_something_with_RCU()) + * will tell RCU that it needs to pay attending, invoke its argument + * (in this example, a call to the do_something_with_RCU() function), + * and then tell RCU to go back to ignoring this CPU. It is permissible + * to nest RCU_NONIDLE() wrappers, but the nesting level is currently + * quite limited. If deeper nesting is required, it will be necessary + * to adjust DYNTICK_TASK_NESTING_VALUE accordingly. + * + * This macro may be used from process-level code only. + */ +#define RCU_NONIDLE(a) \ + do { \ + rcu_idle_exit(); \ + do { a; } while (0); \ + rcu_idle_enter(); \ + } while (0) + /* * Infrastructure to implement the synchronize_() primitives in * TREE_RCU and rcu_barrier_() primitives in TINY_RCU. diff --git a/kernel/rcutiny.c b/kernel/rcutiny.c index c8b0e15..37a5444 100644 --- a/kernel/rcutiny.c +++ b/kernel/rcutiny.c @@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ void rcu_idle_enter(void) rcu_idle_enter_common(oldval); local_irq_restore(flags); } +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_idle_enter); /* * Exit an interrupt handler towards idle. @@ -153,6 +154,7 @@ void rcu_idle_exit(void) rcu_idle_exit_common(oldval); local_irq_restore(flags); } +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_idle_exit); /* * Enter an interrupt handler, moving away from idle. diff --git a/kernel/rcutree.c b/kernel/rcutree.c index 92b4776..eacc10b 100644 --- a/kernel/rcutree.c +++ b/kernel/rcutree.c @@ -402,6 +402,7 @@ void rcu_idle_enter(void) rcu_idle_enter_common(rdtp, oldval); local_irq_restore(flags); } +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_idle_enter); /** * rcu_irq_exit - inform RCU that current CPU is exiting irq towards idle @@ -493,6 +494,7 @@ void rcu_idle_exit(void) rcu_idle_exit_common(rdtp, oldval); local_irq_restore(flags); } +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_idle_exit); /** * rcu_irq_enter - inform RCU that current CPU is entering irq away from idle -- 1.7.8 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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