Date:	Wed, 7 Mar 2012 22:49:37 +0100 (CET)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
cc:	linux-rt-users <linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [ANNOUNCE] 3.2.9-rt17

Dear RT Folks,

I'm pleased to announce the 3.2.9-rt17 release.

Changes vs. 3.2.9-rt17:

  * Cherry-picked a scheduled for 3.2.10 genirq fix

  * Add missing preemption checks for softirqd wakeups

  * Implement cpu_chill() and use it in dcache and networking

    RT suffers from trylock or other busywait loops. When the lock
    holder / updater is preempted. This is basically the same problem
    as we experienced with seqlocks and especially their open coded
    variants. Though it's way harder to solve. 

    The trylock loops are usually implemented to deal with reverse
    lock ordering. On !RT this only needs to loop when one of the
    locks is held on another cpu. On RT the lock holder can be
    preempted which in turn puts the preempting task into an eternal
    retry loop.

    I tried to implement spin_trydeadlock() - thanks Peter for the
    brilliant function name - which basically boosts the lock holder
    w/o deadlocking, but it turned out to become a quite horrible mess
    close to the infamous multiple reader boosting code.

    Before my brain deadlocked on trylocks I took the easy way out and
    replaced the cpu_relax() calls in those retry loops with
    cpu_chill() calls.

    cpu_chill() defaults to cpu_relax() for !RT. On RT is simply puts
    the task to sleep for a tick, so the preempted lock holder/updater
    can make progress.

    I think that's reasonable as the affected code pathes are not RT
    critical and not likely to hit. fs operations have no RT
    guarantees at all, so it might affect random fs scanners which get
    blocked on a rename or delete operation going on. I don't think
    that's a real issue. Feel free to yell if you find out that it
    hurts, but be aware that I might ask _you_ to twist _your_ brain
    around implementing spin_trydeadlock().


The incremental patch against 3.2.9-rt16 can be found here:

  http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/projects/rt/3.2/incr/patch-3.2.9-rt16-rt17.patch.xz

and is appended below.


The RT patch against 3.2.9 can be found here:

  http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/projects/rt/3.2/patch-3.2.9-rt17.patch.xz


The split quilt queue is available at:

  http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/projects/rt/3.2/patches-3.2.9-rt17.tar.xz


Enjoy,

	tglx
---
Index: linux-3.2/fs/autofs4/autofs_i.h
===================================================================
--- linux-3.2.orig/fs/autofs4/autofs_i.h
+++ linux-3.2/fs/autofs4/autofs_i.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/mount.h>
 #include <linux/namei.h>
+#include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <asm/current.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 
Index: linux-3.2/fs/autofs4/expire.c
===================================================================
--- linux-3.2.orig/fs/autofs4/expire.c
+++ linux-3.2/fs/autofs4/expire.c
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ again:
 			parent = p->d_parent;
 			if (!seq_spin_trylock(&parent->d_lock)) {
 				seq_spin_unlock(&p->d_lock);
-				cpu_relax();
+				cpu_chill();
 				goto relock;
 			}
 			seq_spin_unlock(&p->d_lock);
Index: linux-3.2/fs/dcache.c
===================================================================
--- linux-3.2.orig/fs/dcache.c
+++ linux-3.2/fs/dcache.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include <linux/rculist_bl.h>
 #include <linux/prefetch.h>
 #include <linux/ratelimit.h>
+#include <linux/delay.h>
 #include "internal.h"
 
 /*
@@ -410,7 +411,7 @@ static inline struct dentry *dentry_kill
 	if (inode && !spin_trylock(&inode->i_lock)) {
 relock:
 		seq_spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
-		cpu_relax();
+		cpu_chill();
 		return dentry; /* try again with same dentry */
 	}
 	if (IS_ROOT(dentry))
@@ -796,7 +797,7 @@ relock:
 
 		if (!seq_spin_trylock(&dentry->d_lock)) {
 			spin_unlock(&dcache_lru_lock);
-			cpu_relax();
+			cpu_chill();
 			goto relock;
 		}
 
@@ -1974,7 +1975,7 @@ again:
 	if (dentry->d_count == 1) {
 		if (inode && !spin_trylock(&inode->i_lock)) {
 			seq_spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
-			cpu_relax();
+			cpu_chill();
 			goto again;
 		}
 		dentry->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_CANT_MOUNT;
Index: linux-3.2/fs/namespace.c
===================================================================
--- linux-3.2.orig/fs/namespace.c
+++ linux-3.2/fs/namespace.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include <linux/idr.h>
 #include <linux/fs_struct.h>
 #include <linux/fsnotify.h>
+#include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/unistd.h>
 #include "pnode.h"
@@ -346,7 +347,7 @@ int mnt_want_write(struct vfsmount *mnt)
 	 */
 	while (mnt->mnt_flags & MNT_WRITE_HOLD) {
 		preempt_enable();
-		cpu_relax();
+		cpu_chill();
 		preempt_disable();
 	}
 	/*
Index: linux-3.2/include/linux/preempt.h
===================================================================
--- linux-3.2.orig/include/linux/preempt.h
+++ linux-3.2/include/linux/preempt.h
@@ -56,8 +56,10 @@ do { \
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT_BASE
 # define preempt_enable_no_resched()	__preempt_enable_no_resched()
+# define preempt_check_resched_rt()	do { } while (0)
 #else
 # define preempt_enable_no_resched()	preempt_enable()
+# define preempt_check_resched_rt()	preempt_check_resched()
 #endif
 
 #define preempt_enable() \
Index: linux-3.2/kernel/irq/manage.c
===================================================================
--- linux-3.2.orig/kernel/irq/manage.c
+++ linux-3.2/kernel/irq/manage.c
@@ -995,6 +995,11 @@ __setup_irq(unsigned int irq, struct irq
 
 		/* add new interrupt at end of irq queue */
 		do {
+			/*
+			 * Or all existing action->thread_mask bits,
+			 * so we can find the next zero bit for this
+			 * new action.
+			 */
 			thread_mask |= old->thread_mask;
 			old_ptr = &old->next;
 			old = *old_ptr;
@@ -1003,14 +1008,41 @@ __setup_irq(unsigned int irq, struct irq
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * Setup the thread mask for this irqaction. Unlikely to have
-	 * 32 resp 64 irqs sharing one line, but who knows.
+	 * Setup the thread mask for this irqaction for ONESHOT. For
+	 * !ONESHOT irqs the thread mask is 0 so we can avoid a
+	 * conditional in irq_wake_thread().
 	 */
-	if (new->flags & IRQF_ONESHOT && thread_mask == ~0UL) {
-		ret = -EBUSY;
-		goto out_mask;
+	if (new->flags & IRQF_ONESHOT) {
+		/*
+		 * Unlikely to have 32 resp 64 irqs sharing one line,
+		 * but who knows.
+		 */
+		if (thread_mask == ~0UL) {
+			ret = -EBUSY;
+			goto out_mask;
+		}
+		/*
+		 * The thread_mask for the action is or'ed to
+		 * desc->thread_active to indicate that the
+		 * IRQF_ONESHOT thread handler has been woken, but not
+		 * yet finished. The bit is cleared when a thread
+		 * completes. When all threads of a shared interrupt
+		 * line have completed desc->threads_active becomes
+		 * zero and the interrupt line is unmasked. See
+		 * handle.c:irq_wake_thread() for further information.
+		 *
+		 * If no thread is woken by primary (hard irq context)
+		 * interrupt handlers, then desc->threads_active is
+		 * also checked for zero to unmask the irq line in the
+		 * affected hard irq flow handlers
+		 * (handle_[fasteoi|level]_irq).
+		 *
+		 * The new action gets the first zero bit of
+		 * thread_mask assigned. See the loop above which or's
+		 * all existing action->thread_mask bits.
+		 */
+		new->thread_mask = 1 << ffz(thread_mask);
 	}
-	new->thread_mask = 1 << ffz(thread_mask);
 
 	if (!shared) {
 		init_waitqueue_head(&desc->wait_for_threads);
Index: linux-3.2/localversion-rt
===================================================================
--- linux-3.2.orig/localversion-rt
+++ linux-3.2/localversion-rt
@@ -1 +1 @@
--rt16
+-rt17
Index: linux-3.2/net/core/dev.c
===================================================================
--- linux-3.2.orig/net/core/dev.c
+++ linux-3.2/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1779,6 +1779,7 @@ static inline void __netif_reschedule(st
 	sd->output_queue_tailp = &q->next_sched;
 	raise_softirq_irqoff(NET_TX_SOFTIRQ);
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
+	preempt_check_resched_rt();
 }
 
 void __netif_schedule(struct Qdisc *q)
@@ -1800,6 +1801,7 @@ void dev_kfree_skb_irq(struct sk_buff *s
 		sd->completion_queue = skb;
 		raise_softirq_irqoff(NET_TX_SOFTIRQ);
 		local_irq_restore(flags);
+		preempt_check_resched_rt();
 	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_kfree_skb_irq);
@@ -2969,6 +2971,7 @@ enqueue:
 	rps_unlock(sd);
 
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
+	preempt_check_resched_rt();
 
 	atomic_long_inc(&skb->dev->rx_dropped);
 	kfree_skb(skb);
@@ -3789,6 +3792,7 @@ static void net_rps_action_and_irq_enabl
 	} else
 #endif
 		local_irq_enable();
+	preempt_check_resched_rt();
 }
 
 static int process_backlog(struct napi_struct *napi, int quota)
@@ -3861,6 +3865,7 @@ void __napi_schedule(struct napi_struct 
 	local_irq_save(flags);
 	____napi_schedule(&__get_cpu_var(softnet_data), n);
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
+	preempt_check_resched_rt();
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__napi_schedule);
 
@@ -6401,6 +6406,7 @@ static int dev_cpu_callback(struct notif
 
 	raise_softirq_irqoff(NET_TX_SOFTIRQ);
 	local_irq_enable();
+	preempt_check_resched_rt();
 
 	/* Process offline CPU's input_pkt_queue */
 	while ((skb = __skb_dequeue(&oldsd->process_queue))) {
Index: linux-3.2/block/blk-iopoll.c
===================================================================
--- linux-3.2.orig/block/blk-iopoll.c
+++ linux-3.2/block/blk-iopoll.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ void blk_iopoll_sched(struct blk_iopoll 
 	list_add_tail(&iop->list, &__get_cpu_var(blk_cpu_iopoll));
 	__raise_softirq_irqoff(BLOCK_IOPOLL_SOFTIRQ);
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
+	preempt_check_resched_rt();
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_iopoll_sched);
 
@@ -135,6 +136,7 @@ static void blk_iopoll_softirq(struct so
 		__raise_softirq_irqoff(BLOCK_IOPOLL_SOFTIRQ);
 
 	local_irq_enable();
+	preempt_check_resched_rt();
 }
 
 /**
@@ -204,6 +206,7 @@ static int __cpuinit blk_iopoll_cpu_noti
 				 &__get_cpu_var(blk_cpu_iopoll));
 		__raise_softirq_irqoff(BLOCK_IOPOLL_SOFTIRQ);
 		local_irq_enable();
+		preempt_check_resched_rt();
 	}
 
 	return NOTIFY_OK;
Index: linux-3.2/block/blk-softirq.c
===================================================================
--- linux-3.2.orig/block/blk-softirq.c
+++ linux-3.2/block/blk-softirq.c
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ static void trigger_softirq(void *data)
 		raise_softirq_irqoff(BLOCK_SOFTIRQ);
 
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
+	preempt_check_resched_rt();
 }
 
 /*
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ static int __cpuinit blk_cpu_notify(stru
 				 &__get_cpu_var(blk_cpu_done));
 		raise_softirq_irqoff(BLOCK_SOFTIRQ);
 		local_irq_enable();
+		preempt_check_resched_rt();
 	}
 
 	return NOTIFY_OK;
@@ -150,6 +152,7 @@ do_local:
 		goto do_local;
 
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
+	preempt_check_resched_rt();
 }
 
 /**
Index: linux-3.2/include/linux/delay.h
===================================================================
--- linux-3.2.orig/include/linux/delay.h
+++ linux-3.2/include/linux/delay.h
@@ -52,4 +52,10 @@ static inline void ssleep(unsigned int s
 	msleep(seconds * 1000);
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT_FULL
+# define cpu_chill()	msleep(1)
+#else
+# define cpu_chill()	cpu_relax()
+#endif
+
 #endif /* defined(_LINUX_DELAY_H) */
Index: linux-3.2/net/packet/af_packet.c
===================================================================
--- linux-3.2.orig/net/packet/af_packet.c
+++ linux-3.2/net/packet/af_packet.c
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
 #include <linux/virtio_net.h>
 #include <linux/errqueue.h>
 #include <linux/net_tstamp.h>
+#include <linux/delay.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_INET
 #include <net/inet_common.h>
@@ -673,7 +674,7 @@ static void prb_retire_rx_blk_timer_expi
 	if (BLOCK_NUM_PKTS(pbd)) {
 		while (atomic_read(&pkc->blk_fill_in_prog)) {
 			/* Waiting for skb_copy_bits to finish... */
-			cpu_relax();
+			cpu_chill();
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -928,7 +929,7 @@ static void prb_retire_current_block(str
 		if (!(status & TP_STATUS_BLK_TMO)) {
 			while (atomic_read(&pkc->blk_fill_in_prog)) {
 				/* Waiting for skb_copy_bits to finish... */
-				cpu_relax();
+				cpu_chill();
 			}
 		}
 		prb_close_block(pkc, pbd, po, status);
Index: linux-3.2/net/rds/ib_rdma.c
===================================================================
--- linux-3.2.orig/net/rds/ib_rdma.c
+++ linux-3.2/net/rds/ib_rdma.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/rculist.h>
 #include <linux/llist.h>
+#include <linux/delay.h>
 
 #include "rds.h"
 #include "ib.h"
@@ -286,7 +287,7 @@ static inline void wait_clean_list_grace
 	for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
 		flag = &per_cpu(clean_list_grace, cpu);
 		while (test_bit(CLEAN_LIST_BUSY_BIT, flag))
-			cpu_relax();
+			cpu_chill();
 	}
 }
 
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