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Message-Id: <20161125083426.GC31360@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2016 00:34:26 -0800
From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: Byungchul Park <byungchul.park@....com>
Cc: josh@...htriplett.org, rostedt@...dmis.org,
mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com, jiangshanlai@...il.com,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] rcu: Force resched_cpu when jiffies >=
rcu_state.jiffies_resched
On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 05:12:20PM +0900, Byungchul Park wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 09, 2016 at 03:32:15PM +0900, Byungchul Park wrote:
> > Currently rcu code forces CPU into scheduler when jiffies >=
> > rcu_state.gp_start + jiffies_till_sched_qs, via resched_cpu().
> >
> > It would be better to force CPU into scheduler when jiffies >=
> > rcu_state.jiffies_resched, too.
>
> Hello,
>
> I think these two patches are necessary to call resched_cpu() even in
> case of jiffies >= rcu_state.jiffies_resched, too. Am I wrong?
>
> It would be appriciated if you let me know if I was wrong.
My current thought is that both the "if" statement and the call to
resched_cpu() should be removed, but I am still testing and working
through the timing.
Either way, I do very much appreciate your having called my attention
to this code!
Thanx, Paul
> Thank you,
> Byungchul
>
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Byungchul Park <byungchul.park@....com>
> > ---
> > kernel/rcu/tree.c | 5 ++---
> > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> > index d8e8859..287f468 100644
> > --- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> > +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> > @@ -1217,11 +1217,10 @@ static int rcu_implicit_dynticks_qs(struct rcu_data *rdp,
> > READ_ONCE(*rcrmp) + rdp->rsp->flavor_mask);
> > }
> > rdp->rsp->jiffies_resched += 5; /* Re-enable beating. */
> > - }
> >
> > - /* And if it has been a really long time, kick the CPU as well. */
> > - if (ULONG_CMP_GE(jiffies, rdp->rsp->gp_start + jiffies_till_sched_qs))
> > + /* And if it has been a really long time, kick the CPU as well. */
> > resched_cpu(rdp->cpu); /* Force CPU into scheduler. */
> > + }
> >
> > return 0;
> > }
> > --
> > 1.9.1
>
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