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Message-ID: <553B4195.5070207@web.de>
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2015 09:26:13 +0200
From: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@....de>
To: Mike Galbraith <umgwanakikbuti@...il.com>,
Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
CC: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
RT <linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RT 3.18] irq_work: Provide a soft-irq based queue
On 2015-04-25 09:20, Mike Galbraith wrote:
> On Fri, 2015-04-24 at 11:00 +0200, Jan Kiszka wrote:
>
>> The approach looks good to me, but the commit log deserves a rework now.
>
> Ok, we agree on the approach, and that the changelog wants a bit of
> attention, so either you're gonna rewrite it to suit you, do a pretty
> changelog, and I ack, or I take the blame for the posted form, scribble
> something that I hope is a better log, and you ack. Either will work.
>
> Here's my changelog+blame-taking, if you're ok with it, ack, and we can
> call it a day, otherwise onward to plan B.
>
>
>
> irq_work: Delegate non-immediate irq work to ksoftirqd
>
> Based on a patch from Jan Kiszka.
>
> Jan reported that ftrace queueing work from arbitrary contexts can
> and does lead to deadlock. trace-cmd -e sched:* deadlocked in fact.
>
> Resolve the problem by delegating all non-immediate work to ksoftirqd.
>
> We need two lists to do this, one for hard irq, one for soft, so we
> can use the two existing lists, eliminating the -rt specific list and
> all of the ifdefery while we're at it.
>
> Strategy: Queue work tagged for hirq invocation to the raised_list,
> invoke via IPI as usual. If a work item being queued to lazy_list,
> which becomes our all others list, is not a lazy work item, or the
> tick is stopped, fire an IPI to raise SOFTIRQ_TIMER immediately,
> otherwise let ksofirqd find it when the tick comes along. Raising
> SOFTIRQ_TIMER via IPI even when queueing local ensures delegation.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mike Galbraith <umgwanakikbuti@...il.com>
>
> ---
> kernel/irq_work.c | 85 ++++++++++++++++++++----------------------------------
> 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 52 deletions(-)
>
> --- a/kernel/irq_work.c
> +++ b/kernel/irq_work.c
> @@ -23,9 +23,7 @@
>
> static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct llist_head, raised_list);
> static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct llist_head, lazy_list);
> -#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT_FULL
> -static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct llist_head, hirq_work_list);
> -#endif
> +
> /*
> * Claim the entry so that no one else will poke at it.
> */
> @@ -68,7 +66,7 @@ void __weak arch_irq_work_raise(void)
> */
> bool irq_work_queue_on(struct irq_work *work, int cpu)
> {
> - bool raise_irqwork;
> + struct llist_head *list;
>
> /* All work should have been flushed before going offline */
> WARN_ON_ONCE(cpu_is_offline(cpu));
> @@ -80,19 +78,12 @@ bool irq_work_queue_on(struct irq_work *
> if (!irq_work_claim(work))
> return false;
>
> -#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT_FULL
> - if (work->flags & IRQ_WORK_HARD_IRQ)
> - raise_irqwork = llist_add(&work->llnode,
> - &per_cpu(hirq_work_list, cpu));
> + if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT_FULL) && !(work->flags & IRQ_WORK_HARD_IRQ))
> + list = &per_cpu(lazy_list, cpu);
> else
> - raise_irqwork = llist_add(&work->llnode,
> - &per_cpu(lazy_list, cpu));
> -#else
> - raise_irqwork = llist_add(&work->llnode,
> - &per_cpu(raised_list, cpu));
> -#endif
> + list = &per_cpu(raised_list, cpu);
>
> - if (raise_irqwork)
> + if (llist_add(&work->llnode, list))
> arch_send_call_function_single_ipi(cpu);
>
> return true;
> @@ -103,6 +94,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(irq_work_queue_on);
> /* Enqueue the irq work @work on the current CPU */
> bool irq_work_queue(struct irq_work *work)
> {
> + struct llist_head *list;
> + bool lazy_work, realtime = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT_FULL);
> +
> /* Only queue if not already pending */
> if (!irq_work_claim(work))
> return false;
> @@ -110,25 +104,17 @@ bool irq_work_queue(struct irq_work *wor
> /* Queue the entry and raise the IPI if needed. */
> preempt_disable();
>
> -#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT_FULL
> - if (work->flags & IRQ_WORK_HARD_IRQ) {
> - if (llist_add(&work->llnode, this_cpu_ptr(&hirq_work_list)))
> - arch_irq_work_raise();
> - } else {
> - if (llist_add(&work->llnode, this_cpu_ptr(&lazy_list)) &&
> - tick_nohz_tick_stopped())
> - raise_softirq(TIMER_SOFTIRQ);
> - }
> -#else
> - if (work->flags & IRQ_WORK_LAZY) {
> - if (llist_add(&work->llnode, this_cpu_ptr(&lazy_list)) &&
> - tick_nohz_tick_stopped())
> - arch_irq_work_raise();
> - } else {
> - if (llist_add(&work->llnode, this_cpu_ptr(&raised_list)))
> + lazy_work = work->flags & IRQ_WORK_LAZY;
> +
> + if (lazy_work || (realtime && !(work->flags & IRQ_WORK_HARD_IRQ)))
> + list = this_cpu_ptr(&lazy_list);
> + else
> + list = this_cpu_ptr(&raised_list);
> +
> + if (llist_add(&work->llnode, list)) {
> + if (!lazy_work || tick_nohz_tick_stopped())
> arch_irq_work_raise();
> }
> -#endif
>
> preempt_enable();
>
> @@ -143,12 +129,8 @@ bool irq_work_needs_cpu(void)
> raised = this_cpu_ptr(&raised_list);
> lazy = this_cpu_ptr(&lazy_list);
>
> - if (llist_empty(raised))
> - if (llist_empty(lazy))
> -#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT_FULL
> - if (llist_empty(this_cpu_ptr(&hirq_work_list)))
> -#endif
> - return false;
> + if (llist_empty(raised) && llist_empty(lazy))
> + return false;
>
> /* All work should have been flushed before going offline */
> WARN_ON_ONCE(cpu_is_offline(smp_processor_id()));
> @@ -162,9 +144,7 @@ static void irq_work_run_list(struct lli
> struct irq_work *work;
> struct llist_node *llnode;
>
> -#ifndef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT_FULL
> - BUG_ON(!irqs_disabled());
> -#endif
> + BUG_ON(!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT_FULL) && !irqs_disabled());
>
> if (llist_empty(list))
> return;
> @@ -200,26 +180,27 @@ static void irq_work_run_list(struct lli
> */
> void irq_work_run(void)
> {
> -#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT_FULL
> - irq_work_run_list(this_cpu_ptr(&hirq_work_list));
> -#else
> irq_work_run_list(this_cpu_ptr(&raised_list));
> - irq_work_run_list(this_cpu_ptr(&lazy_list));
> -#endif
> + if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT_FULL)) {
> + /*
> + * NOTE: we raise softirq via IPI for safety,
> + * and execute in irq_work_tick() to move the
> + * overhead from hard to soft irq context.
> + */
> + if (!llist_empty(this_cpu_ptr(&lazy_list)))
> + raise_softirq(TIMER_SOFTIRQ);
> + } else
> + irq_work_run_list(this_cpu_ptr(&lazy_list));
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(irq_work_run);
>
> void irq_work_tick(void)
> {
> -#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT_FULL
> - irq_work_run_list(this_cpu_ptr(&lazy_list));
> -#else
> - struct llist_head *raised = &__get_cpu_var(raised_list);
> + struct llist_head *raised = this_cpu_ptr(&raised_list);
>
> if (!llist_empty(raised) && !arch_irq_work_has_interrupt())
> irq_work_run_list(raised);
> - irq_work_run_list(&__get_cpu_var(lazy_list));
> -#endif
> + irq_work_run_list(this_cpu_ptr(&lazy_list));
> }
>
> /*
>
>
>
Acked-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@...mens.com>
This way around makes more sense as you changed the patch significantly.
Thanks,
Jan
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