linux-kernel - [PATCH RFC v2 tip/core/rcu 21/22] rcu-tasks: Add a grace-period start time for throttling and debug

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Date:   Wed, 18 Mar 2020 17:10:59 -0700
From:   paulmck@...nel.org
To:     rcu@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@...com, 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@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH RFC v2 tip/core/rcu 21/22] rcu-tasks: Add a grace-period start time for throttling and debug

From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>

This commit adds a place to record the grace-period start in jiffies.
This will be used by later commits for debugging purposes and to throttle
IPIs early in the grace period.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
---
 kernel/rcu/tasks.h | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tasks.h b/kernel/rcu/tasks.h
index ca5fbde..6d237c4 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tasks.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tasks.h
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ struct rcu_tasks {
 	raw_spinlock_t cbs_lock;
 	int gp_state;
 	unsigned long gp_jiffies;
+	unsigned long gp_start;
 	struct task_struct *kthread_ptr;
 	rcu_tasks_gp_func_t gp_func;
 	pregp_func_t pregp_func;
@@ -200,6 +201,7 @@ static int __noreturn rcu_tasks_kthread(void *arg)
 
 		// Wait for one grace period.
 		set_tasks_gp_state(rtp, RTGS_WAIT_GP);
+		rtp->gp_start = jiffies;
 		rtp->gp_func(rtp);
 
 		/* Invoke the callbacks. */
-- 
2.9.5