linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] rcu: Force inlining of rcu_read

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Date:   Wed, 22 May 2019 14:41:49 -0400
From:   Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
To:     paulmck@...ux.ibm.com
Cc:     Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
        Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@...il.com>,
        Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>, rcu@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rcu: Force inlining of rcu_read_lock()

On 5/22/19 2:18 PM, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 04:48:43PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
>> It is found that when debugging options are turned on, the
>> rcu_read_lock() function may not be inlined at all. That will make
>> it harder to debug RCU related problem as the print_lock() function
>> in lockdep will print "rcu_read_lock()" instead of the caller of
>> rcu_read_lock() function. For example,
>>
>> [   10.579995] =============================
>> [   10.584033] WARNING: suspicious RCU usage
>> [   10.588074] 4.18.0.memcg_v2+ #1 Not tainted
>> [   10.593162] -----------------------------
>> [   10.597203] include/linux/rcupdate.h:281 Illegal context switch in
>> RCU read-side critical section!
>> [   10.606220]
>> [   10.606220] other info that might help us debug this:
>> [   10.606220]
>> [   10.614280]
>> [   10.614280] rcu_scheduler_active = 2, debug_locks = 1
>> [   10.620853] 3 locks held by systemd/1:
>> [   10.624632]  #0: (____ptrval____) (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#5){.+.+}, at: lookup_slow+0x42/0x70
>> [   10.633232]  #1: (____ptrval____) (rcu_read_lock){....}, at: rcu_read_lock+0x0/0x70
>> [   10.640954]  #2: (____ptrval____) (rcu_read_lock){....}, at: rcu_read_lock+0x0/0x70
>>
>> To make sure that the proper caller of rcu_read_lock() is shown, we
>> have to force the inlining of the rcu_read_lock() function.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
> Good point, queued!  I reworked the commit log as follows, is this OK?
>
> 							Thanx, Paul
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> commit c006ffd7b607f8ee216f6a7a6d845b9514881e92
> Author: Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
> Date:   Tue May 21 16:48:43 2019 -0400
>
>     rcu: Force inlining of rcu_read_lock()
>     
>     When debugging options are turned on, the rcu_read_lock() function
>     might not be inlined. This results in lockdep's print_lock() function
>     printing "rcu_read_lock+0x0/0x70" instead of rcu_read_lock()'s caller.
>     For example:
>     
>     [   10.579995] =============================
>     [   10.584033] WARNING: suspicious RCU usage
>     [   10.588074] 4.18.0.memcg_v2+ #1 Not tainted
>     [   10.593162] -----------------------------
>     [   10.597203] include/linux/rcupdate.h:281 Illegal context switch in
>     RCU read-side critical section!
>     [   10.606220]
>     [   10.606220] other info that might help us debug this:
>     [   10.606220]
>     [   10.614280]
>     [   10.614280] rcu_scheduler_active = 2, debug_locks = 1
>     [   10.620853] 3 locks held by systemd/1:
>     [   10.624632]  #0: (____ptrval____) (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#5){.+.+}, at: lookup_slow+0x42/0x70
>     [   10.633232]  #1: (____ptrval____) (rcu_read_lock){....}, at: rcu_read_lock+0x0/0x70
>     [   10.640954]  #2: (____ptrval____) (rcu_read_lock){....}, at: rcu_read_lock+0x0/0x70
>     
>     These "rcu_read_lock+0x0/0x70" strings are not providing any useful
>     information.  This commit therefore forces inlining of the rcu_read_lock()
>     function so that rcu_read_lock()'s caller is instead shown.
>     

Your modification make sense to me.

Thanks,
Longman


>     Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
>     Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.ibm.com>
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
> index 534c05d529b5..a8ed624da555 100644
> --- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
> +++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
> @@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ static inline void rcu_preempt_sleep_check(void) { }
>   * read-side critical sections may be preempted and they may also block, but
>   * only when acquiring spinlocks that are subject to priority inheritance.
>   */
> -static inline void rcu_read_lock(void)
> +static __always_inline void rcu_read_lock(void)
>  {
>  	__rcu_read_lock();
>  	__acquire(RCU);
>