linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 RFC tip/core/rcu 4/4] rcu: Add Kconfig option to expedite grace periods during boot

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Message-Id: <1424408979-1012-4-git-send-email-paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:	Thu, 19 Feb 2015 21:09:39 -0800
From:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	mingo@...nel.org, laijs@...fujitsu.com, dipankar@...ibm.com,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com,
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	bobby.prani@...il.com,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 RFC tip/core/rcu 4/4] rcu: Add Kconfig option to expedite grace periods during boot

From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

This commit adds a CONFIG_RCU_EXPEDITE_BOOT Kconfig parameter
that emulates a very early boot rcu_expedite_gp().  A late-boot
call to rcu_end_inkernel_boot() will provide the corresponding
rcu_unexpedite_gp().  The late-boot call to rcu_end_inkernel_boot()
should be made just before init is spawned.

Reported-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 include/linux/rcupdate.h |  1 +
 init/Kconfig             | 13 +++++++++++++
 kernel/rcu/update.c      | 11 ++++++++++-
 3 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
index 0189ac088c67..573a5afd5ed8 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
@@ -287,6 +287,7 @@ static inline int rcu_preempt_depth(void)
 
 /* Internal to kernel */
 void rcu_init(void);
+void rcu_end_inkernel_boot(void);
 void rcu_sched_qs(void);
 void rcu_bh_qs(void);
 void rcu_check_callbacks(int user);
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 1354ac09b516..ece7e9380867 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -791,6 +791,19 @@ config RCU_NOCB_CPU_ALL
 
 endchoice
 
+config RCU_EXPEDITE_BOOT
+	bool
+	default n
+	help
+	  This option enables expedited grace periods at boot time,
+	  as if rcu_expedite_gp() had been invoked early in boot.
+	  The corresponding rcu_unexpedite_gp() is invoked from
+	  rcu_end_inkernel_boot(), which is intended to be invoked
+	  at the end of the kernel-only boot sequence, just before
+	  init is exec'ed.
+
+	  Accept the default if unsure.
+
 endmenu # "RCU Subsystem"
 
 config BUILD_BIN2C
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/update.c b/kernel/rcu/update.c
index 44a74c24936a..1f133350da01 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/update.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/update.c
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ module_param(rcu_expedited, int, 0);
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_TINY_RCU
 
-static atomic_t rcu_expedited_nesting;
+static atomic_t rcu_expedited_nesting =
+	ATOMIC_INIT(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RCU_EXPEDITE_BOOT) ? 1 : 0);
 
 /*
  * Should normal grace-period primitives be expedited?  Intended for
@@ -109,6 +110,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_unexpedite_gp);
 
 #endif /* #ifndef CONFIG_TINY_RCU */
 
+/*
+ * Inform RCU of the end of the in-kernel boot sequence.
+ */
+void rcu_end_inkernel_boot(void)
+{
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RCU_EXPEDITE_BOOT))
+		rcu_unexpedite_gp();
+}
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU
 
-- 
1.8.1.5

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