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Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:06:38 +0530
From: "Srivatsa S. Bhat" <srivatsa.bhat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@...yossef.com>
CC: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...era.com>,
Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>,
Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>,
Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>,
Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@...il.com>,
Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>,
Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@...a86.com>,
Kosaki Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...il.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
Milton Miller <miltonm@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 4/8] smp: add func to IPI cpus based on parameter func
On 02/05/2012 07:18 PM, Gilad Ben-Yossef wrote:
> Add the on_each_cpu_cond() function that wraps on_each_cpu_mask()
> and calculates the cpumask of cpus to IPI by calling a function supplied
> as a parameter in order to determine whether to IPI each specific cpu.
>
> The function works around allocation failure of cpumask variable in
> CONFIG_CPUMASK_OFFSTACK=y by itereating over cpus sending an IPI a
> time via smp_call_function_single().
>
> The function is useful since it allows to seperate the specific
> code that decided in each case whether to IPI a specific cpu for
> a specific request from the common boilerplate code of handling
> creating the mask, handling failures etc.
>
> Signed-off-by: Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@...yossef.com>
...
> diff --git a/include/linux/smp.h b/include/linux/smp.h
> index d0adb78..da4d034 100644
> --- a/include/linux/smp.h
> +++ b/include/linux/smp.h
> @@ -109,6 +109,15 @@ void on_each_cpu_mask(const struct cpumask *mask, smp_call_func_t func,
> void *info, bool wait);
>
> /*
> + * Call a function on each processor for which the supplied function
> + * cond_func returns a positive value. This may include the local
> + * processor.
> + */
> +void on_each_cpu_cond(bool (*cond_func)(int cpu, void *info),
> + smp_call_func_t func, void *info, bool wait,
> + gfp_t gfp_flags);
> +
> +/*
> * Mark the boot cpu "online" so that it can call console drivers in
> * printk() and can access its per-cpu storage.
> */
> @@ -153,6 +162,21 @@ static inline int up_smp_call_function(smp_call_func_t func, void *info)
> local_irq_enable(); \
> } \
> } while (0)
> +/*
> + * Preemption is disabled here to make sure the
> + * cond_func is called under the same condtions in UP
> + * and SMP.
> + */
> +#define on_each_cpu_cond(cond_func, func, info, wait, gfp_flags) \
> + do { \
> + preempt_disable(); \
> + if (cond_func(0, info)) { \
> + local_irq_disable(); \
> + (func)(info); \
> + local_irq_enable(); \
> + } \
> + preempt_enable(); \
> + } while (0)
>
> static inline void smp_send_reschedule(int cpu) { }
> #define num_booting_cpus() 1
> diff --git a/kernel/smp.c b/kernel/smp.c
> index a081e6c..28cbcc5 100644
> --- a/kernel/smp.c
> +++ b/kernel/smp.c
> @@ -730,3 +730,63 @@ void on_each_cpu_mask(const struct cpumask *mask, smp_call_func_t func,
> put_cpu();
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(on_each_cpu_mask);
> +
> +/*
> + * on_each_cpu_cond(): Call a function on each processor for which
> + * the supplied function cond_func returns true, optionally waiting
> + * for all the required CPUs to finish. This may include the local
> + * processor.
> + * @cond_func: A callback function that is passed a cpu id and
> + * the the info parameter. The function is called
> + * with preemption disabled. The function should
> + * return a blooean value indicating whether to IPI
> + * the specified CPU.
> + * @func: The function to run on all applicable CPUs.
> + * This must be fast and non-blocking.
> + * @info: An arbitrary pointer to pass to both functions.
> + * @wait: If true, wait (atomically) until function has
> + * completed on other CPUs.
> + * @gfp_flags: GFP flags to use when allocating the cpumask
> + * used internally by the function.
> + *
> + * The function might sleep if the GFP flags indicates a non
> + * atomic allocation is allowed.
> + *
> + * Preemption is disabled to protect against a hotplug event.
Well, disabling preemption protects us only against CPU offline right?
(because we use the stop_machine thing during cpu offline).
What about CPU online?
Just to cross-check my understanding of the code with the existing
documentation on CPU hotplug, I looked up Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt
and this is what I found:
"If you merely need to avoid cpus going away, you could also use
preempt_disable() and preempt_enable() for those sections....
...The preempt_disable() will work as long as stop_machine_run() is used
to take a cpu down."
So even this only talks about using preempt_disable() to prevent CPU offline,
not CPU online. Or, am I missing something?
> + *
> + * You must not call this function with disabled interrupts or
> + * from a hardware interrupt handler or from a bottom half handler.
> + */
> +void on_each_cpu_cond(bool (*cond_func)(int cpu, void *info),
> + smp_call_func_t func, void *info, bool wait,
> + gfp_t gfp_flags)
> +{
> + cpumask_var_t cpus;
> + int cpu, ret;
> +
> + might_sleep_if(gfp_flags & __GFP_WAIT);
> +
> + if (likely(zalloc_cpumask_var(&cpus, (gfp_flags|__GFP_NOWARN)))) {
> + preempt_disable();
> + for_each_online_cpu(cpu)
> + if (cond_func(cpu, info))
> + cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, cpus);
IOW, what prevents a new CPU from becoming online at this point?
> + on_each_cpu_mask(cpus, func, info, wait);
> + preempt_enable();
> + free_cpumask_var(cpus);
> + } else {
> + /*
> + * No free cpumask, bother. No matter, we'll
> + * just have to IPI them one by one.
> + */
> + preempt_disable();
> + for_each_online_cpu(cpu)
> + if (cond_func(cpu, info)) {
> + ret = smp_call_function_single(cpu, func,
> + info, wait);
> + WARN_ON_ONCE(!ret);
> + }
> + preempt_enable();
> + }
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(on_each_cpu_cond);
Regards,
Srivatsa S. Bhat
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