linux-kernel - Untested patch to recheck idle state for expedited grace periods

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Message-Id: <20161011132849.GA21962@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:   Tue, 11 Oct 2016 06:28:49 -0700
From:   "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     riel@...hat.com
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Untested patch to recheck idle state for expedited grace periods

Hello, Rik,

And it turns out that I did not in fact do the recheck at IPI time.
The (untested) patch below is an alleged fix.  Thoughts?

							Thanx, Paul

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commit e53e0b3e7b3c783962f9461bcb9aa8bc3e3a8688
Author: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:   Tue Oct 11 06:09:59 2016 -0700

    rcu: Make expedited grace periods recheck dyntick idle state
    
    Expedited grace periods check dyntick-idle state, and avoid sending
    IPIs to idle CPUs, including those running guest OSes, and, on NOHZ_FULL
    kernels, nohz_full CPUs.  However, the kernel has been observed checking
    a CPU while it was non-idle, but sending the IPI after it has gone
    idle.  This commit therefore rechecks idle state immediately before
    sending the IPI, refraining from IPIing CPUs that have since gone idle.
    
    Reported-by: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
    Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.h b/kernel/rcu/tree.h
index e99a5234d9ed..fe98dd24adf8 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.h
@@ -404,6 +404,7 @@ struct rcu_data {
 	atomic_long_t exp_workdone1;	/* # done by others #1. */
 	atomic_long_t exp_workdone2;	/* # done by others #2. */
 	atomic_long_t exp_workdone3;	/* # done by others #3. */
+	int exp_dynticks_snap;		/* Double-check need for IPI. */
 
 	/* 7) Callback offloading. */
 #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h
index 24343eb87b58..d3053e99fdb6 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h
@@ -358,8 +358,10 @@ static void sync_rcu_exp_select_cpus(struct rcu_state *rsp,
 			struct rcu_data *rdp = per_cpu_ptr(rsp->rda, cpu);
 			struct rcu_dynticks *rdtp = &per_cpu(rcu_dynticks, cpu);
 
+			rdp->exp_dynticks_snap =
+				atomic_add_return(0, &rdtp->dynticks);
 			if (raw_smp_processor_id() == cpu ||
-			    !(atomic_add_return(0, &rdtp->dynticks) & 0x1) ||
+			    !(rdp->exp_dynticks_snap & 0x1) ||
 			    !(rnp->qsmaskinitnext & rdp->grpmask))
 				mask_ofl_test |= rdp->grpmask;
 		}
@@ -377,9 +379,17 @@ static void sync_rcu_exp_select_cpus(struct rcu_state *rsp,
 		/* IPI the remaining CPUs for expedited quiescent state. */
 		for_each_leaf_node_possible_cpu(rnp, cpu) {
 			unsigned long mask = leaf_node_cpu_bit(rnp, cpu);
+			struct rcu_data *rdp = per_cpu_ptr(rsp->rda, cpu);
+			struct rcu_dynticks *rdtp = &per_cpu(rcu_dynticks, cpu);
+
 			if (!(mask_ofl_ipi & mask))
 				continue;
 retry_ipi:
+			if (atomic_add_return(0, &rdtp->dynticks) !=
+			    rdp->exp_dynticks_snap) {
+				mask_ofl_test |= mask;
+				continue;
+			}
 			ret = smp_call_function_single(cpu, func, rsp, 0);
 			if (!ret) {
 				mask_ofl_ipi &= ~mask;