Message-ID: <tip-62ab7072476ae1600e877cc62b43758e485f4f1e@git.kernel.org>
Date:	Mon, 13 Aug 2012 08:13:59 -0700
From:	"tip-bot for Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
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Subject: [tip:smp/hotplug] rcu:
  Use smp_hotplug_thread facility for RCUs per-CPU kthread

Commit-ID:  62ab7072476ae1600e877cc62b43758e485f4f1e
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/62ab7072476ae1600e877cc62b43758e485f4f1e
Author:     Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
AuthorDate: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 10:42:38 +0000
Committer:  Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
CommitDate: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 17:01:08 +0200

rcu: Use smp_hotplug_thread facility for RCUs per-CPU kthread

Bring RCU into the new-age CPU-hotplug fold by modifying RCU's per-CPU
kthread code to use the new smp_hotplug_thread facility.

[ tglx: Adapted it to use callbacks and to the simplified rcu yield ]
    
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Srivatsa S. Bhat <srivatsa.bhat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20120716103948.673354828@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
---
 kernel/rcutree.c        |    4 -
 kernel/rcutree.h        |    8 --
 kernel/rcutree_plugin.h |  205 ++++++++++-------------------------------------
 kernel/rcutree_trace.c  |    3 +-
 4 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 178 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcutree.c b/kernel/rcutree.c
index f08ee3b..11a4fdc 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcutree.c
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ static int rcu_scheduler_fully_active __read_mostly;
  */
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct task_struct *, rcu_cpu_kthread_task);
 DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned int, rcu_cpu_kthread_status);
-DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, rcu_cpu_kthread_cpu);
 DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned int, rcu_cpu_kthread_loops);
 DEFINE_PER_CPU(char, rcu_cpu_has_work);
 
@@ -1468,7 +1467,6 @@ static void rcu_cleanup_dead_cpu(int cpu, struct rcu_state *rsp)
 	struct rcu_node *rnp = rdp->mynode;  /* Outgoing CPU's rdp & rnp. */
 
 	/* Adjust any no-longer-needed kthreads. */
-	rcu_stop_cpu_kthread(cpu);
 	rcu_boost_kthread_setaffinity(rnp, -1);
 
 	/* Remove the dead CPU from the bitmasks in the rcu_node hierarchy. */
@@ -2595,11 +2593,9 @@ static int __cpuinit rcu_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
 	case CPU_ONLINE:
 	case CPU_DOWN_FAILED:
 		rcu_boost_kthread_setaffinity(rnp, -1);
-		rcu_cpu_kthread_setrt(cpu, 1);
 		break;
 	case CPU_DOWN_PREPARE:
 		rcu_boost_kthread_setaffinity(rnp, cpu);
-		rcu_cpu_kthread_setrt(cpu, 0);
 		break;
 	case CPU_DYING:
 	case CPU_DYING_FROZEN:
diff --git a/kernel/rcutree.h b/kernel/rcutree.h
index f081761..1224d4c 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutree.h
+++ b/kernel/rcutree.h
@@ -196,12 +196,6 @@ struct rcu_node {
 				/* Refused to boost: not sure why, though. */
 				/*  This can happen due to race conditions. */
 #endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST */
-	struct task_struct *node_kthread_task;
-				/* kthread that takes care of this rcu_node */
-				/*  structure, for example, awakening the */
-				/*  per-CPU kthreads as needed. */
-	unsigned int node_kthread_status;
-				/* State of node_kthread_task for tracing. */
 } ____cacheline_internodealigned_in_smp;
 
 /*
@@ -468,7 +462,6 @@ static int rcu_preempt_blocked_readers_cgp(struct rcu_node *rnp);
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
 static void rcu_report_unblock_qs_rnp(struct rcu_node *rnp,
 				      unsigned long flags);
-static void rcu_stop_cpu_kthread(int cpu);
 #endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU */
 static void rcu_print_detail_task_stall(struct rcu_state *rsp);
 static int rcu_print_task_stall(struct rcu_node *rnp);
@@ -494,7 +487,6 @@ static void rcu_preempt_do_callbacks(void);
 static int __cpuinit rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread(struct rcu_state *rsp,
 						 struct rcu_node *rnp);
 #endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST */
-static void rcu_cpu_kthread_setrt(int cpu, int to_rt);
 static void __cpuinit rcu_prepare_kthreads(int cpu);
 static void rcu_prepare_for_idle_init(int cpu);
 static void rcu_cleanup_after_idle(int cpu);
diff --git a/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h
index 0f8b5ec..c1961ae 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h
+++ b/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/delay.h>
+#include <linux/smpboot.h>
 
 #define RCU_KTHREAD_PRIO 1
 
@@ -1292,25 +1293,6 @@ static int __cpuinit rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread(struct rcu_state *rsp,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
-
-/*
- * Stop the RCU's per-CPU kthread when its CPU goes offline,.
- */
-static void rcu_stop_cpu_kthread(int cpu)
-{
-	struct task_struct *t;
-
-	/* Stop the CPU's kthread. */
-	t = per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_task, cpu);
-	if (t != NULL) {
-		per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_task, cpu) = NULL;
-		kthread_stop(t);
-	}
-}
-
-#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU */
-
 static void rcu_kthread_do_work(void)
 {
 	rcu_do_batch(&rcu_sched_state, &__get_cpu_var(rcu_sched_data));
@@ -1318,59 +1300,22 @@ static void rcu_kthread_do_work(void)
 	rcu_preempt_do_callbacks();
 }
 
-/*
- * Set the specified CPU's kthread to run RT or not, as specified by
- * the to_rt argument.  The CPU-hotplug locks are held, so the task
- * is not going away.
- */
-static void rcu_cpu_kthread_setrt(int cpu, int to_rt)
+static void rcu_cpu_kthread_setup(unsigned int cpu)
 {
-	int policy;
 	struct sched_param sp;
-	struct task_struct *t;
 
-	t = per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_task, cpu);
-	if (t == NULL)
-		return;
-	if (to_rt) {
-		policy = SCHED_FIFO;
-		sp.sched_priority = RCU_KTHREAD_PRIO;
-	} else {
-		policy = SCHED_NORMAL;
-		sp.sched_priority = 0;
-	}
-	sched_setscheduler_nocheck(t, policy, &sp);
+	sp.sched_priority = RCU_KTHREAD_PRIO;
+	sched_setscheduler_nocheck(current, SCHED_FIFO, &sp);
 }
 
-/*
- * Handle cases where the rcu_cpu_kthread() ends up on the wrong CPU.
- * This can happen while the corresponding CPU is either coming online
- * or going offline.  We cannot wait until the CPU is fully online
- * before starting the kthread, because the various notifier functions
- * can wait for RCU grace periods.  So we park rcu_cpu_kthread() until
- * the corresponding CPU is online.
- *
- * Return 1 if the kthread needs to stop, 0 otherwise.
- *
- * Caller must disable bh.  This function can momentarily enable it.
- */
-static int rcu_cpu_kthread_should_stop(int cpu)
+static void rcu_cpu_kthread_park(unsigned int cpu)
 {
-	while (cpu_is_offline(cpu) ||
-	       !cpumask_equal(&current->cpus_allowed, cpumask_of(cpu)) ||
-	       smp_processor_id() != cpu) {
-		if (kthread_should_stop())
-			return 1;
-		per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_status, cpu) = RCU_KTHREAD_OFFCPU;
-		per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_cpu, cpu) = raw_smp_processor_id();
-		local_bh_enable();
-		schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
-		if (!cpumask_equal(&current->cpus_allowed, cpumask_of(cpu)))
-			set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, cpumask_of(cpu));
-		local_bh_disable();
-	}
-	per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_cpu, cpu) = cpu;
-	return 0;
+	per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_status, cpu) = RCU_KTHREAD_OFFCPU;
+}
+
+static int rcu_cpu_kthread_should_run(unsigned int cpu)
+{
+	return __get_cpu_var(rcu_cpu_has_work);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1378,96 +1323,35 @@ static int rcu_cpu_kthread_should_stop(int cpu)
  * RCU softirq used in flavors and configurations of RCU that do not
  * support RCU priority boosting.
  */
-static int rcu_cpu_kthread(void *arg)
+static void rcu_cpu_kthread(unsigned int cpu)
 {
-	int cpu = (int)(long)arg;
-	unsigned long flags;
-	int spincnt = 0;
-	unsigned int *statusp = &per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_status, cpu);
-	char work;
-	char *workp = &per_cpu(rcu_cpu_has_work, cpu);
+	unsigned int *statusp = &__get_cpu_var(rcu_cpu_kthread_status);
+	char work, *workp = &__get_cpu_var(rcu_cpu_has_work);
+	int spincnt;
 
-	trace_rcu_utilization("Start CPU kthread@...t");
-	for (;;) {
-		*statusp = RCU_KTHREAD_WAITING;
-		trace_rcu_utilization("End CPU kthread@..._wait");
-		rcu_wait(*workp != 0 || kthread_should_stop());
+	for (spincnt = 0; spincnt < 10; spincnt++) {
 		trace_rcu_utilization("Start CPU kthread@..._wait");
 		local_bh_disable();
-		if (rcu_cpu_kthread_should_stop(cpu)) {
-			local_bh_enable();
-			break;
-		}
 		*statusp = RCU_KTHREAD_RUNNING;
-		per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_loops, cpu)++;
-		local_irq_save(flags);
+		this_cpu_inc(rcu_cpu_kthread_loops);
+		local_irq_disable();
 		work = *workp;
 		*workp = 0;
-		local_irq_restore(flags);
+		local_irq_enable();
 		if (work)
 			rcu_kthread_do_work();
 		local_bh_enable();
-		if (*workp != 0)
-			spincnt++;
-		else
-			spincnt = 0;
-		if (spincnt > 10) {
-			*statusp = RCU_KTHREAD_YIELDING;
-			trace_rcu_utilization("End CPU kthread@..._yield");
-			schedule_timeout_interruptible(2);
-			trace_rcu_utilization("Start CPU kthread@..._yield");
-			spincnt = 0;
+		if (*workp == 0) {
+			trace_rcu_utilization("End CPU kthread@..._wait");
+			*statusp = RCU_KTHREAD_WAITING;
+			return;
 		}
 	}
-	*statusp = RCU_KTHREAD_STOPPED;
-	trace_rcu_utilization("End CPU kthread@...m");
-	return 0;
-}
-
-/*
- * Spawn a per-CPU kthread, setting up affinity and priority.
- * Because the CPU hotplug lock is held, no other CPU will be attempting
- * to manipulate rcu_cpu_kthread_task.  There might be another CPU
- * attempting to access it during boot, but the locking in kthread_bind()
- * will enforce sufficient ordering.
- *
- * Please note that we cannot simply refuse to wake up the per-CPU
- * kthread because kthreads are created in TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE state,
- * which can result in softlockup complaints if the task ends up being
- * idle for more than a couple of minutes.
- *
- * However, please note also that we cannot bind the per-CPU kthread to its
- * CPU until that CPU is fully online.  We also cannot wait until the
- * CPU is fully online before we create its per-CPU kthread, as this would
- * deadlock the system when CPU notifiers tried waiting for grace
- * periods.  So we bind the per-CPU kthread to its CPU only if the CPU
- * is online.  If its CPU is not yet fully online, then the code in
- * rcu_cpu_kthread() will wait until it is fully online, and then do
- * the binding.
- */
-static int __cpuinit rcu_spawn_one_cpu_kthread(int cpu)
-{
-	struct sched_param sp;
-	struct task_struct *t;
-
-	if (!rcu_scheduler_fully_active ||
-	    per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_task, cpu) != NULL)
-		return 0;
-	t = kthread_create_on_node(rcu_cpu_kthread,
-				   (void *)(long)cpu,
-				   cpu_to_node(cpu),
-				   "rcuc/%d", cpu);
-	if (IS_ERR(t))
-		return PTR_ERR(t);
-	if (cpu_online(cpu))
-		kthread_bind(t, cpu);
-	per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_cpu, cpu) = cpu;
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_task, cpu) != NULL);
-	sp.sched_priority = RCU_KTHREAD_PRIO;
-	sched_setscheduler_nocheck(t, SCHED_FIFO, &sp);
-	per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_task, cpu) = t;
-	wake_up_process(t); /* Get to TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE quickly. */
-	return 0;
+	*statusp = RCU_KTHREAD_YIELDING;
+	trace_rcu_utilization("Start CPU kthread@..._yield");
+	schedule_timeout_interruptible(2);
+	trace_rcu_utilization("End CPU kthread@..._yield");
+	*statusp = RCU_KTHREAD_WAITING;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1503,6 +1387,15 @@ static void rcu_boost_kthread_setaffinity(struct rcu_node *rnp, int outgoingcpu)
 	free_cpumask_var(cm);
 }
 
+static struct smp_hotplug_thread rcu_cpu_thread_spec = {
+	.store			= &rcu_cpu_kthread_task,
+	.thread_should_run	= rcu_cpu_kthread_should_run,
+	.thread_fn		= rcu_cpu_kthread,
+	.thread_comm		= "rcuc/%u",
+	.setup			= rcu_cpu_kthread_setup,
+	.park			= rcu_cpu_kthread_park,
+};
+
 /*
  * Spawn all kthreads -- called as soon as the scheduler is running.
  */
@@ -1512,11 +1405,9 @@ static int __init rcu_spawn_kthreads(void)
 	int cpu;
 
 	rcu_scheduler_fully_active = 1;
-	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
+	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu)
 		per_cpu(rcu_cpu_has_work, cpu) = 0;
-		if (cpu_online(cpu))
-			(void)rcu_spawn_one_cpu_kthread(cpu);
-	}
+	BUG_ON(smpboot_register_percpu_thread(&rcu_cpu_thread_spec));
 	rnp = rcu_get_root(rcu_state);
 	(void)rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread(rcu_state, rnp);
 	if (NUM_RCU_NODES > 1) {
@@ -1533,10 +1424,8 @@ static void __cpuinit rcu_prepare_kthreads(int cpu)
 	struct rcu_node *rnp = rdp->mynode;
 
 	/* Fire up the incoming CPU's kthread and leaf rcu_node kthread. */
-	if (rcu_scheduler_fully_active) {
-		(void)rcu_spawn_one_cpu_kthread(cpu);
+	if (rcu_scheduler_fully_active)
 		(void)rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread(rcu_state, rnp);
-	}
 }
 
 #else /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST */
@@ -1560,22 +1449,10 @@ static void rcu_preempt_boost_start_gp(struct rcu_node *rnp)
 {
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
-
-static void rcu_stop_cpu_kthread(int cpu)
-{
-}
-
-#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU */
-
 static void rcu_boost_kthread_setaffinity(struct rcu_node *rnp, int outgoingcpu)
 {
 }
 
-static void rcu_cpu_kthread_setrt(int cpu, int to_rt)
-{
-}
-
 static int __init rcu_scheduler_really_started(void)
 {
 	rcu_scheduler_fully_active = 1;
diff --git a/kernel/rcutree_trace.c b/kernel/rcutree_trace.c
index abffb48..3196893 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutree_trace.c
+++ b/kernel/rcutree_trace.c
@@ -108,11 +108,10 @@ static void print_one_rcu_data(struct seq_file *m, struct rcu_data *rdp)
 			rdp->nxttail[RCU_WAIT_TAIL]],
 		   ".D"[&rdp->nxtlist != rdp->nxttail[RCU_DONE_TAIL]]);
 #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST
-	seq_printf(m, " kt=%d/%c/%d ktl=%x",
+	seq_printf(m, " kt=%d/%c ktl=%x",
 		   per_cpu(rcu_cpu_has_work, rdp->cpu),
 		   convert_kthread_status(per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_status,
 					  rdp->cpu)),
-		   per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_cpu, rdp->cpu),
 		   per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_loops, rdp->cpu) & 0xffff);
 #endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST */
 	seq_printf(m, " b=%ld", rdp->blimit);
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