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Message-ID: <158923077632.390.8026861063383116954.tip-bot2@tip-bot2>
Date: Mon, 11 May 2020 20:59:36 -0000
From: "tip-bot2 for Paul E. McKenney" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To: linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>, x86 <x86@...nel.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [tip: core/rcu] rcu: Add comments marking transitions between RCU
watching and not
The following commit has been merged into the core/rcu branch of tip:
Commit-ID: ac3caf827488d3bc4d4101ff34931abbfa33839d
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/ac3caf827488d3bc4d4101ff34931abbfa33839d
Author: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
AuthorDate: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 17:01:57 -07:00
Committer: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
CommitterDate: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 11:03:50 -07:00
rcu: Add comments marking transitions between RCU watching and not
It is not as clear as it might be just where in RCU's idle entry/exit
code RCU stops and starts watching the current CPU. This commit therefore
adds comments calling out the transitions.
Reported-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
---
kernel/rcu/tree.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 156ac8d..0bbcbf3 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -238,7 +238,9 @@ void rcu_softirq_qs(void)
/*
* Record entry into an extended quiescent state. This is only to be
- * called when not already in an extended quiescent state.
+ * called when not already in an extended quiescent state, that is,
+ * RCU is watching prior to the call to this function and is no longer
+ * watching upon return.
*/
static void rcu_dynticks_eqs_enter(void)
{
@@ -251,7 +253,7 @@ static void rcu_dynticks_eqs_enter(void)
* next idle sojourn.
*/
seq = atomic_add_return(RCU_DYNTICK_CTRL_CTR, &rdp->dynticks);
- /* Better be in an extended quiescent state! */
+ // RCU is no longer watching. Better be in extended quiescent state!
WARN_ON_ONCE(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RCU_EQS_DEBUG) &&
(seq & RCU_DYNTICK_CTRL_CTR));
/* Better not have special action (TLB flush) pending! */
@@ -261,7 +263,8 @@ static void rcu_dynticks_eqs_enter(void)
/*
* Record exit from an extended quiescent state. This is only to be
- * called from an extended quiescent state.
+ * called from an extended quiescent state, that is, RCU is not watching
+ * prior to the call to this function and is watching upon return.
*/
static void rcu_dynticks_eqs_exit(void)
{
@@ -274,6 +277,7 @@ static void rcu_dynticks_eqs_exit(void)
* critical section.
*/
seq = atomic_add_return(RCU_DYNTICK_CTRL_CTR, &rdp->dynticks);
+ // RCU is now watching. Better not be in an extended quiescent state!
WARN_ON_ONCE(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RCU_EQS_DEBUG) &&
!(seq & RCU_DYNTICK_CTRL_CTR));
if (seq & RCU_DYNTICK_CTRL_MASK) {
@@ -584,6 +588,7 @@ static void rcu_eqs_enter(bool user)
WARN_ON_ONCE(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RCU_EQS_DEBUG) &&
rdp->dynticks_nesting == 0);
if (rdp->dynticks_nesting != 1) {
+ // RCU will still be watching, so just do accounting and leave.
rdp->dynticks_nesting--;
return;
}
@@ -596,7 +601,9 @@ static void rcu_eqs_enter(bool user)
rcu_prepare_for_idle();
rcu_preempt_deferred_qs(current);
WRITE_ONCE(rdp->dynticks_nesting, 0); /* Avoid irq-access tearing. */
+ // RCU is watching here ...
rcu_dynticks_eqs_enter();
+ // ... but is no longer watching here.
rcu_dynticks_task_enter();
}
@@ -676,7 +683,9 @@ static __always_inline void rcu_nmi_exit_common(bool irq)
if (irq)
rcu_prepare_for_idle();
+ // RCU is watching here ...
rcu_dynticks_eqs_enter();
+ // ... but is no longer watching here.
if (irq)
rcu_dynticks_task_enter();
@@ -751,11 +760,14 @@ static void rcu_eqs_exit(bool user)
oldval = rdp->dynticks_nesting;
WARN_ON_ONCE(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RCU_EQS_DEBUG) && oldval < 0);
if (oldval) {
+ // RCU was already watching, so just do accounting and leave.
rdp->dynticks_nesting++;
return;
}
rcu_dynticks_task_exit();
+ // RCU is not watching here ...
rcu_dynticks_eqs_exit();
+ // ... but is watching here.
rcu_cleanup_after_idle();
trace_rcu_dyntick(TPS("End"), rdp->dynticks_nesting, 1, atomic_read(&rdp->dynticks));
WARN_ON_ONCE(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RCU_EQS_DEBUG) && !user && !is_idle_task(current));
@@ -832,7 +844,9 @@ static __always_inline void rcu_nmi_enter_common(bool irq)
if (irq)
rcu_dynticks_task_exit();
+ // RCU is not watching here ...
rcu_dynticks_eqs_exit();
+ // ... but is watching here.
if (irq)
rcu_cleanup_after_idle();
@@ -842,9 +856,16 @@ static __always_inline void rcu_nmi_enter_common(bool irq)
rdp->dynticks_nmi_nesting == DYNTICK_IRQ_NONIDLE &&
READ_ONCE(rdp->rcu_urgent_qs) &&
!READ_ONCE(rdp->rcu_forced_tick)) {
+ // We get here only if we had already exited the extended
+ // quiescent state and this was an interrupt (not an NMI).
+ // Therefore, (1) RCU is already watching and (2) The fact
+ // that we are in an interrupt handler and that the rcu_node
+ // lock is an irq-disabled lock prevents self-deadlock.
+ // So we can safely recheck under the lock.
raw_spin_lock_rcu_node(rdp->mynode);
- // Recheck under lock.
if (rdp->rcu_urgent_qs && !rdp->rcu_forced_tick) {
+ // A nohz_full CPU is in the kernel and RCU
+ // needs a quiescent state. Turn on the tick!
WRITE_ONCE(rdp->rcu_forced_tick, true);
tick_dep_set_cpu(rdp->cpu, TICK_DEP_BIT_RCU);
}
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