linux-kernel - [PATCH tip/core/rcu 07/23] rcu: Provide OOM handler to motivate lazy RCU callbacks

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Date:	Thu, 30 Aug 2012 11:18:22 -0700
From:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
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	"Paul E. McKenney" <paul.mckenney@...aro.org>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 07/23] rcu: Provide OOM handler to motivate lazy RCU callbacks

From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paul.mckenney@...aro.org>

In kernels built with CONFIG_RCU_FAST_NO_HZ=y, CPUs can accumulate a
large number of lazy callbacks, which as the name implies will be slow
to be invoked.  This can be a problem on small-memory systems, where the
default 6-second sleep for CPUs having only lazy RCU callbacks could well
be fatal.  This commit therefore installs an OOM hander that ensures that
every CPU with non-lazy callbacks has at least one non-lazy callback,
in turn ensuring timely advancement for these callbacks.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paul.mckenney@...aro.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Tested-by: Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@...il.com>
---
 kernel/rcutree.h        |    5 ++-
 kernel/rcutree_plugin.h |   80 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 84 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcutree.h b/kernel/rcutree.h
index 117a150..effb273 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutree.h
+++ b/kernel/rcutree.h
@@ -315,8 +315,11 @@ struct rcu_data {
 	unsigned long n_rp_need_fqs;
 	unsigned long n_rp_need_nothing;
 
-	/* 6) _rcu_barrier() callback. */
+	/* 6) _rcu_barrier() and OOM callbacks. */
 	struct rcu_head barrier_head;
+#ifdef CONFIG_RCU_FAST_NO_HZ
+	struct rcu_head oom_head;
+#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_FAST_NO_HZ */
 
 	int cpu;
 	struct rcu_state *rsp;
diff --git a/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h
index 7f3244c..bac8cc1 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h
+++ b/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/delay.h>
+#include <linux/oom.h>
 
 #define RCU_KTHREAD_PRIO 1
 
@@ -2112,6 +2113,85 @@ static void rcu_idle_count_callbacks_posted(void)
 	__this_cpu_add(rcu_dynticks.nonlazy_posted, 1);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Data for flushing lazy RCU callbacks at OOM time.
+ */
+static atomic_t oom_callback_count;
+static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(oom_callback_wq);
+
+/*
+ * RCU OOM callback -- decrement the outstanding count and deliver the
+ * wake-up if we are the last one.
+ */
+static void rcu_oom_callback(struct rcu_head *rhp)
+{
+	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&oom_callback_count))
+		wake_up(&oom_callback_wq);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Post an rcu_oom_notify callback on the current CPU if it has at
+ * least one lazy callback.  This will unnecessarily post callbacks
+ * to CPUs that already have a non-lazy callback at the end of their
+ * callback list, but this is an infrequent operation, so accept some
+ * extra overhead to keep things simple.
+ */
+static void rcu_oom_notify_cpu(void *flavor)
+{
+	struct rcu_state *rsp = flavor;
+	struct rcu_data *rdp = __this_cpu_ptr(rsp->rda);
+
+	if (rdp->qlen_lazy != 0) {
+		atomic_inc(&oom_callback_count);
+		rsp->call(&rdp->oom_head, rcu_oom_callback);
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * If low on memory, ensure that each CPU has a non-lazy callback.
+ * This will wake up CPUs that have only lazy callbacks, in turn
+ * ensuring that they free up the corresponding memory in a timely manner.
+ */
+static int rcu_oom_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
+			  unsigned long notused, void *nfreed)
+{
+	int cpu;
+	struct rcu_state *rsp;
+
+	/* Wait for callbacks from earlier instance to complete. */
+	wait_event(oom_callback_wq, atomic_read(&oom_callback_count) == 0);
+
+	/*
+	 * Prevent premature wakeup: ensure that all increments happen
+	 * before there is a chance of the counter reaching zero.
+	 */
+	atomic_set(&oom_callback_count, 1);
+
+	get_online_cpus();
+	for_each_online_cpu(cpu)
+		for_each_rcu_flavor(rsp)
+			smp_call_function_single(cpu, rcu_oom_notify_cpu,
+						 rsp, 1);
+	put_online_cpus();
+
+	/* Unconditionally decrement: no need to wake ourselves up. */
+	atomic_dec(&oom_callback_count);
+
+	*(unsigned long *)nfreed = 1;
+	return NOTIFY_OK;
+}
+
+static struct notifier_block rcu_oom_nb = {
+	.notifier_call = rcu_oom_notify
+};
+
+static int __init rcu_register_oom_notifier(void)
+{
+	register_oom_notifier(&rcu_oom_nb);
+	return 0;
+}
+early_initcall(rcu_register_oom_notifier);
+
 #endif /* #else #if !defined(CONFIG_RCU_FAST_NO_HZ) */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_CPU_STALL_INFO
-- 
1.7.8

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