linux-kernel - [PATCH] rcu: Check the range of jiffies_till_{first,next}

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Date:   Fri,  1 Jun 2018 11:03:09 +0900
From:   Byungchul Park <byungchul.park@....com>
To:     jiangshanlai@...il.com, paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
        josh@...htriplett.org, rostedt@...dmis.org,
        mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@....com,
        joel@...lfernandes.org
Subject: [PATCH] rcu: Check the range of jiffies_till_{first,next}_fqs when setting them

Currently, the range of jiffies_till_{first,next}_fqs are checked and
adjusted on and on in the loop of rcu_gp_kthread on runtime.

However, it's enough to check them only when setting them, not every
time in the loop. So make them handled on a setting time via sysfs.

Signed-off-by: Byungchul Park <byungchul.park@....com>
---
 kernel/rcu/tree.c | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 4e96761..eb54d7d 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -518,8 +518,38 @@ void rcu_all_qs(void)
 static ulong jiffies_till_next_fqs = ULONG_MAX;
 static bool rcu_kick_kthreads;
 
-module_param(jiffies_till_first_fqs, ulong, 0644);
-module_param(jiffies_till_next_fqs, ulong, 0644);
+static int param_set_first_fqs_jiffies(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+{
+	ulong j;
+	int ret = kstrtoul(val, 0, &j);
+
+	if (!ret)
+		WRITE_ONCE(*(ulong *)kp->arg, (j > HZ) ? HZ : j);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int param_set_next_fqs_jiffies(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+{
+	ulong j;
+	int ret = kstrtoul(val, 0, &j);
+
+	if (!ret)
+		WRITE_ONCE(*(ulong *)kp->arg, (j > HZ) ? HZ : (j ?: 1));
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static struct kernel_param_ops first_fqs_jiffies_ops = {
+	.set = param_set_first_fqs_jiffies,
+	.get = param_get_ulong,
+};
+
+static struct kernel_param_ops next_fqs_jiffies_ops = {
+	.set = param_set_next_fqs_jiffies,
+	.get = param_get_ulong,
+};
+
+module_param_cb(jiffies_till_first_fqs, &first_fqs_jiffies_ops, &jiffies_till_first_fqs, 0644);
+module_param_cb(jiffies_till_next_fqs, &next_fqs_jiffies_ops, &jiffies_till_next_fqs, 0644);
 module_param(rcu_kick_kthreads, bool, 0644);
 
 /*
@@ -2129,10 +2159,6 @@ static int __noreturn rcu_gp_kthread(void *arg)
 		/* Handle quiescent-state forcing. */
 		first_gp_fqs = true;
 		j = jiffies_till_first_fqs;
-		if (j > HZ) {
-			j = HZ;
-			jiffies_till_first_fqs = HZ;
-		}
 		ret = 0;
 		for (;;) {
 			if (!ret) {
@@ -2167,13 +2193,6 @@ static int __noreturn rcu_gp_kthread(void *arg)
 				WRITE_ONCE(rsp->gp_activity, jiffies);
 				ret = 0; /* Force full wait till next FQS. */
 				j = jiffies_till_next_fqs;
-				if (j > HZ) {
-					j = HZ;
-					jiffies_till_next_fqs = HZ;
-				} else if (j < 1) {
-					j = 1;
-					jiffies_till_next_fqs = 1;
-				}
 			} else {
 				/* Deal with stray signal. */
 				cond_resched_tasks_rcu_qs();
-- 
1.9.1