linux-kernel - [PATCH tip/core/rcu 09/10] rcu/nocb: Reduce ->nocb_lock contention with separate ->nocb_gp

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Message-Id: <20190801231636.23115-9-paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
Date:   Thu,  1 Aug 2019 16:16:34 -0700
From:   "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     rcu@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...nel.org,
        jiangshanlai@...il.com, dipankar@...ibm.com,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com,
        josh@...htriplett.org, tglx@...utronix.de, peterz@...radead.org,
        rostedt@...dmis.org, dhowells@...hat.com, edumazet@...gle.com,
        fweisbec@...il.com, oleg@...hat.com, joel@...lfernandes.org,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 09/10] rcu/nocb: Reduce ->nocb_lock contention with separate ->nocb_gp_lock

The sleep/wakeup of the no-CBs grace-period kthreads is synchronized
using the ->nocb_lock of the first CPU corresponding to that kthread.
This commit provides a separate ->nocb_gp_lock for this purpose, thus
reducing contention on ->nocb_lock.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.ibm.com>
---
 kernel/rcu/tree.h        | 3 ++-
 kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h | 9 +++++----
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.h b/kernel/rcu/tree.h
index 7062f9d9c053..2c3e9068671c 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.h
@@ -202,7 +202,8 @@ struct rcu_data {
 	struct timer_list nocb_timer;	/* Enforce finite deferral. */
 
 	/* The following fields are used by GP kthread, hence own cacheline. */
-	bool nocb_gp_sleep ____cacheline_internodealigned_in_smp;
+	raw_spinlock_t nocb_gp_lock ____cacheline_internodealigned_in_smp;
+	bool nocb_gp_sleep;
 					/* Is the nocb GP thread asleep? */
 	struct swait_queue_head nocb_gp_wq; /* For nocb kthreads to sleep on. */
 	bool nocb_cb_sleep;		/* Is the nocb CB thread asleep? */
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
index 7fbf2c4411a1..af9cbc7d4784 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
@@ -1602,9 +1602,9 @@ static void wake_nocb_gp(struct rcu_data *rdp, bool force,
 		del_timer(&rdp->nocb_timer);
 		rcu_nocb_unlock_irqrestore(rdp, flags);
 		smp_mb(); /* enqueue before ->nocb_gp_sleep. */
-		rcu_nocb_lock_irqsave(rdp_gp, flags);
+		raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&rdp_gp->nocb_gp_lock, flags);
 		WRITE_ONCE(rdp_gp->nocb_gp_sleep, false);
-		rcu_nocb_unlock_irqrestore(rdp_gp, flags);
+		raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rdp_gp->nocb_gp_lock, flags);
 		wake_up_process(rdp_gp->nocb_gp_kthread);
 	} else {
 		rcu_nocb_unlock_irqrestore(rdp, flags);
@@ -1759,9 +1759,9 @@ static void nocb_gp_wait(struct rcu_data *my_rdp)
 		trace_rcu_this_gp(rnp, my_rdp, wait_gp_seq, TPS("EndWait"));
 	}
 	if (!rcu_nocb_poll) {
-		rcu_nocb_lock_irqsave(my_rdp, flags);
+		raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&my_rdp->nocb_gp_lock, flags);
 		WRITE_ONCE(my_rdp->nocb_gp_sleep, true);
-		rcu_nocb_unlock_irqrestore(my_rdp, flags);
+		raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&my_rdp->nocb_gp_lock, flags);
 	}
 	WARN_ON(signal_pending(current));
 }
@@ -1941,6 +1941,7 @@ static void __init rcu_boot_init_nocb_percpu_data(struct rcu_data *rdp)
 	init_swait_queue_head(&rdp->nocb_cb_wq);
 	init_swait_queue_head(&rdp->nocb_gp_wq);
 	raw_spin_lock_init(&rdp->nocb_lock);
+	raw_spin_lock_init(&rdp->nocb_gp_lock);
 	timer_setup(&rdp->nocb_timer, do_nocb_deferred_wakeup_timer, 0);
 }
 
-- 
2.17.1