linux-kernel - [tip: core/rcu] rcu-tasks: Add rcu_dynticks_zero_in

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Message-ID: <158923076371.390.8559975619271578475.tip-bot2@tip-bot2>
Date:   Mon, 11 May 2020 20:59:23 -0000
From:   "tip-bot2 for Paul E. McKenney" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>, x86 <x86@...nel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [tip: core/rcu] rcu-tasks: Add rcu_dynticks_zero_in_eqs()
 effectiveness statistics

The following commit has been merged into the core/rcu branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     40471509be3cb8c9c02aec1c316614cb96e6fe85
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/40471509be3cb8c9c02aec1c316614cb96e6fe85
Author:        Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
AuthorDate:    Sun, 22 Mar 2020 13:34:34 -07:00
Committer:     Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
CommitterDate: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 11:03:52 -07:00

rcu-tasks: Add rcu_dynticks_zero_in_eqs() effectiveness statistics

This commit adds counts of the number of calls and number of successful
calls to rcu_dynticks_zero_in_eqs(), which are printed at the end
of rcutorture runs and at stall time.  This allows evaluation of the
effectiveness of rcu_dynticks_zero_in_eqs().

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
---
 kernel/rcu/tasks.h | 13 +++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tasks.h b/kernel/rcu/tasks.h
index f272e8f..ce65883 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tasks.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tasks.h
@@ -725,6 +725,11 @@ DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(trc_wait);	// List of holdout tasks.
 // Record outstanding IPIs to each CPU.  No point in sending two...
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(bool, trc_ipi_to_cpu);
 
+// The number of detections of task quiescent state relying on
+// heavyweight readers executing explicit memory barriers.
+unsigned long n_heavy_reader_attempts;
+unsigned long n_heavy_reader_updates;
+
 void call_rcu_tasks_trace(struct rcu_head *rhp, rcu_callback_t func);
 DEFINE_RCU_TASKS(rcu_tasks_trace, rcu_tasks_wait_gp, call_rcu_tasks_trace,
 		 "RCU Tasks Trace");
@@ -830,9 +835,11 @@ static bool trc_inspect_reader(struct task_struct *t, void *arg)
 		// If heavyweight readers are enabled on the remote task,
 		// we can inspect its state despite its currently running.
 		// However, we cannot safely change its state.
+		n_heavy_reader_attempts++;
 		if (!ofl && // Check for "running" idle tasks on offline CPUs.
 		    !rcu_dynticks_zero_in_eqs(cpu, &t->trc_reader_nesting))
 			return false; // No quiescent state, do it the hard way.
+		n_heavy_reader_updates++;
 		in_qs = true;
 	} else {
 		in_qs = likely(!t->trc_reader_nesting);
@@ -1147,9 +1154,11 @@ core_initcall(rcu_spawn_tasks_trace_kthread);
 
 static void show_rcu_tasks_trace_gp_kthread(void)
 {
-	char buf[32];
+	char buf[64];
 
-	sprintf(buf, "N%d", atomic_read(&trc_n_readers_need_end));
+	sprintf(buf, "N%d h:%lu/%lu", atomic_read(&trc_n_readers_need_end),
+		data_race(n_heavy_reader_updates),
+		data_race(n_heavy_reader_attempts));
 	show_rcu_tasks_generic_gp_kthread(&rcu_tasks_trace, buf);
 }