linux-kernel - [PATCH tip/core/rcu 2/9] rcu: Adjust ->lock acquisition for tasks no longer migrating

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Date:	Tue, 12 May 2015 14:50:00 -0700
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,
	josh@...htriplett.org, tglx@...utronix.de, peterz@...radead.org,
	rostedt@...dmis.org, dhowells@...hat.com, edumazet@...gle.com,
	dvhart@...ux.intel.com, fweisbec@...il.com, oleg@...hat.com,
	bobby.prani@...il.com,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 2/9] rcu: Adjust ->lock acquisition for tasks no longer migrating

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

Tasks are no longer migrated away from a given rcu_node structure
when all CPUs corresponding to that rcu_node structure have gone offline.
This means that rcu_read_unlock_special() no longer needs to loop
retrying rcu_node ->lock acquisition because the current task is
guaranteed to stay put.

This commit takes a small and paranoid step towards relying on this
guarantee by placing a WARN_ON_ONCE() just after the early exit from
the lock-acquisition loop.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
index 58b1ebdc4387..c8340e929eb4 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
@@ -307,9 +307,11 @@ void rcu_read_unlock_special(struct task_struct *t)
 		t->rcu_read_unlock_special.b.blocked = false;
 
 		/*
-		 * Remove this task from the list it blocked on.  The
-		 * task can migrate while we acquire the lock, but at
-		 * most one time.  So at most two passes through loop.
+		 * Remove this task from the list it blocked on.  The task
+		 * now remains queued on the rcu_node corresponding to
+		 * the CPU it first blocked on, so the first attempt to
+		 * acquire the task's rcu_node's ->lock will succeed.
+		 * Keep the loop and add a WARN_ON() out of sheer paranoia.
 		 */
 		for (;;) {
 			rnp = t->rcu_blocked_node;
@@ -317,6 +319,7 @@ void rcu_read_unlock_special(struct task_struct *t)
 			smp_mb__after_unlock_lock();
 			if (rnp == t->rcu_blocked_node)
 				break;
+			WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
 			raw_spin_unlock(&rnp->lock); /* irqs remain disabled. */
 		}
 		empty_norm = !rcu_preempt_blocked_readers_cgp(rnp);
-- 
1.8.1.5

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