linux-kernel - [PATCH tip/core/rcu 15/16] scripts: Make checkpatch.pl warn on expedited RCU grace periods

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Date:	Fri, 17 Jul 2015 15:20:15 -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>,
	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>,
	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Subject: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 15/16] scripts: Make checkpatch.pl warn on expedited RCU grace periods

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

The synchronize_rcu_expedited() and synchronize_sched_expedited()
expedited-grace-period primitives induce OS jitter, which can degrade
real-time response.  This commit therefore adds a checkpatch.pl warning
on any patch adding them.

Note that this patch does not warn on synchronize_srcu_expedited()
because it does not induce OS jitter, courtesy of its otherwise
much-maligned read-side memory barriers.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 90e1edc8dd42..0658a5f3029a 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -5011,6 +5011,7 @@ sub process {
 				     "memory barrier without comment\n" . $herecurr);
 			}
 		}
+
 # check for waitqueue_active without a comment.
 		if ($line =~ /\bwaitqueue_active\s*\(/) {
 			if (!ctx_has_comment($first_line, $linenr)) {
@@ -5018,6 +5019,24 @@ sub process {
 				     "waitqueue_active without comment\n" . $herecurr);
 			}
 		}
+
+# Check for expedited grace periods that interrupt non-idle non-nohz
+# online CPUs.  These expedited can therefore degrade real-time response
+# if used carelessly, and should be avoided where not absolutely
+# needed.  It is always OK to use synchronize_rcu_expedited() and
+# synchronize_sched_expedited() at boot time (before real-time applications
+# start) and in error situations where real-time response is compromised in
+# any case.  Note that synchronize_srcu_expedited() does -not- interrupt
+# other CPUs, so don't warn on uses of synchronize_srcu_expedited().
+# Of course, nothing comes for free, and srcu_read_lock() and
+# srcu_read_unlock() do contain full memory barriers in payment for
+# synchronize_srcu_expedited() non-interruption properties.
+		if ($line =~ /\b(synchronize_rcu_expedited|synchronize_sched_expedited)\(/) {
+			WARN("EXPEDITED_RCU_GRACE_PERIOD",
+			     "expedited RCU grace periods should be avoided in cases where they can degrade real-time response\n" . $herecurr);
+
+		}
+
 # check of hardware specific defines
 		if ($line =~ m@^.\s*\#\s*if.*\b(__i386__|__powerpc64__|__sun__|__s390x__)\b@ && $realfile !~ m@...lude/asm-@) {
 			CHK("ARCH_DEFINES",
-- 
1.8.1.5

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