linux-kernel - [tip: core/rcu] rcu: Force DEFAULT_RCU

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Date:   Fri, 09 Oct 2020 06:35:22 -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: Force DEFAULT_RCU_BLIMIT to 1000 for strict RCU GPs

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

Commit-ID:     29fc5f93320cb447f83baedfe103ed784cadb073
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/29fc5f93320cb447f83baedfe103ed784cadb073
Author:        Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
AuthorDate:    Thu, 06 Aug 2020 06:39:30 -07:00
Committer:     Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
CommitterDate: Mon, 24 Aug 2020 18:40:24 -07:00

rcu: Force DEFAULT_RCU_BLIMIT to 1000 for strict RCU GPs

The value of DEFAULT_RCU_BLIMIT is normally set to 10, the idea being to
avoid needless response-time degradation due to RCU callback invocation.
However, when CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD=y it is better to avoid
throttling callback execution in order to better detect pointer
leaks from RCU read-side critical sections.  This commit therefore
sets the value of DEFAULT_RCU_BLIMIT to 1000 in kernels built with
CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD=y.

Reported-by Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
---
 kernel/rcu/tree.c | 13 +++++++------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 8551159..4436857 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -468,17 +468,18 @@ static int rcu_is_cpu_rrupt_from_idle(void)
 	return __this_cpu_read(rcu_data.dynticks_nesting) == 0;
 }
 
-#define DEFAULT_RCU_BLIMIT 10     /* Maximum callbacks per rcu_do_batch ... */
-#define DEFAULT_MAX_RCU_BLIMIT 10000 /* ... even during callback flood. */
+#define DEFAULT_RCU_BLIMIT (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD) ? 1000 : 10)
+				// Maximum callbacks per rcu_do_batch ...
+#define DEFAULT_MAX_RCU_BLIMIT 10000 // ... even during callback flood.
 static long blimit = DEFAULT_RCU_BLIMIT;
-#define DEFAULT_RCU_QHIMARK 10000 /* If this many pending, ignore blimit. */
+#define DEFAULT_RCU_QHIMARK 10000 // If this many pending, ignore blimit.
 static long qhimark = DEFAULT_RCU_QHIMARK;
-#define DEFAULT_RCU_QLOMARK 100   /* Once only this many pending, use blimit. */
+#define DEFAULT_RCU_QLOMARK 100   // Once only this many pending, use blimit.
 static long qlowmark = DEFAULT_RCU_QLOMARK;
 #define DEFAULT_RCU_QOVLD_MULT 2
 #define DEFAULT_RCU_QOVLD (DEFAULT_RCU_QOVLD_MULT * DEFAULT_RCU_QHIMARK)
-static long qovld = DEFAULT_RCU_QOVLD; /* If this many pending, hammer QS. */
-static long qovld_calc = -1;	  /* No pre-initialization lock acquisitions! */
+static long qovld = DEFAULT_RCU_QOVLD; // If this many pending, hammer QS.
+static long qovld_calc = -1;	  // No pre-initialization lock acquisitions!
 
 module_param(blimit, long, 0444);
 module_param(qhimark, long, 0444);