linux-kernel - [RFC PATCH 10/12] rcu: Process batch locally as long as offloading isn't complete

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Date:   Mon, 21 Sep 2020 14:43:49 +0200
From:   Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>
To:     "Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
        Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@...il.com>,
        Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>,
        Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>
Subject: [RFC PATCH 10/12] rcu: Process batch locally as long as offloading isn't complete

During the offloading or de-offloading process, make sure to process
the callbacks batch locally whenever the segcblist isn't entirely
offloaded. This enforces callback service processing while we are still
in intermediate (de-)offloading state.

FIXME: Note that __call_rcu_core() isn't called during these intermediate
states. Some pieces there may still be necessary.

Inspired-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
Cc: Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
Cc: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@...il.com>
Cc: Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>
---
 kernel/rcu/rcu_segcblist.h | 12 ++++++++++++
 kernel/rcu/tree.c          |  3 ++-
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/rcu_segcblist.h b/kernel/rcu/rcu_segcblist.h
index 00ebeb8d39b7..f7da3d535888 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/rcu_segcblist.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/rcu_segcblist.h
@@ -92,6 +92,18 @@ static inline bool rcu_segcblist_is_offloaded(struct rcu_segcblist *rsclp)
 	return false;
 }
 
+static inline bool rcu_segcblist_completely_offloaded(struct rcu_segcblist *rsclp)
+{
+	int flags = SEGCBLIST_KTHREAD_CB | SEGCBLIST_KTHREAD_GP | SEGCBLIST_OFFLOADED;
+
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU)) {
+		if ((rsclp->flags & flags) == flags)
+			return true;
+	}
+
+	return false;
+}
+
 /*
  * Are all segments following the specified segment of the specified
  * rcu_segcblist structure empty of callbacks?  (The specified
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index b4292489db0c..928907e9ba94 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -2620,6 +2620,7 @@ static __latent_entropy void rcu_core(void)
 	struct rcu_data *rdp = raw_cpu_ptr(&rcu_data);
 	struct rcu_node *rnp = rdp->mynode;
 	const bool offloaded = rcu_segcblist_is_offloaded(&rdp->cblist);
+	const bool do_batch = !rcu_segcblist_completely_offloaded(&rdp->cblist);
 
 	if (cpu_is_offline(smp_processor_id()))
 		return;
@@ -2649,7 +2650,7 @@ static __latent_entropy void rcu_core(void)
 	rcu_check_gp_start_stall(rnp, rdp, rcu_jiffies_till_stall_check());
 
 	/* If there are callbacks ready, invoke them. */
-	if (!offloaded && rcu_segcblist_ready_cbs(&rdp->cblist) &&
+	if (do_batch && rcu_segcblist_ready_cbs(&rdp->cblist) &&
 	    likely(READ_ONCE(rcu_scheduler_fully_active)))
 		rcu_do_batch(rdp);
 
-- 
2.28.0