linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] Make need_resched() return true when rcu_urgent

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Date:   Wed, 11 Jul 2018 15:23:45 +0100
From:   David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
To:     paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, mhillenb@...zon.de,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC] Make need_resched() return true when rcu_urgent_qs
 requested



On Mon, 2018-07-09 at 15:08 -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> index f9c0ca2ccf0c..3350ece366ab 100644
> --- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> @@ -2839,6 +2839,15 @@ void rcu_check_callbacks(int user)
>                 rcu_bh_qs();
>         }
>         rcu_preempt_check_callbacks();
> +       /* The load-acquire pairs with the store-release setting to true. */
> +       if (smp_load_acquire(this_cpu_ptr(&rcu_dynticks.rcu_urgent_qs))) {
> +               /* Idle and userspace execution already are quiescent states. */
> +               if (rcu_is_cpu_rrupt_from_idle() && !user) {

if (idle && !user) seems tautological and... illogical.

If I make it 'if (!rcu_is_cpu_rrput_from_idle() && !user)' it seems to
work better. Ripping out my debugging printks now to check that's still
true...


(Also, isn't userspace execution only a quiescent state if NO_HZ_FULL?)

> +                       set_tsk_need_resched(current);
> +                       set_preempt_need_resched();
> +               }
> +               __this_cpu_write(rcu_dynticks.rcu_urgent_qs, false);
> +       }
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