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Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2022 15:42:02 -0700
From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
To: Kalesh Singh <kaleshsingh@...gle.com>
Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>,
"Cc: Android Kernel" <kernel-team@...roid.com>,
Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, Tim Murray <timmurray@...gle.com>,
Wei Wang <wvw@...gle.com>, Kyle Lin <kylelin@...gle.com>,
Chunwei Lu <chunweilu@...gle.com>,
Lulu Wang <luluw@...gle.com>,
Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>,
Neeraj Upadhyay <quic_neeraju@...cinc.com>,
Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@...il.com>,
Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>, rcu@...r.kernel.org,
LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] RCU: Move expedited grace period (GP) work to RT
kthread_worker
On Sun, Apr 03, 2022 at 03:20:12PM -0700, Kalesh Singh wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 1, 2022 at 5:30 PM Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Apr 01, 2022 at 03:57:40PM -0700, Kalesh Singh wrote:
> > > It was noticed that enabling CONFIG_RCU_BOOST did not help RCU
> > > performance because the workqueues that runs expedited GP work are
> > > subject to scheduling delays. This patch moves the expedited GP
> > > work items to RT kthread_worker.
> > >
> > > The results were evaluated on arm64 Android devices (6GB ram) running
> > > 5.10 kernel, and caturing trace data during critical user journeys.
> > >
> > > The table below compares the time synchronize_rcu_expedited() is blocked:
> > >
> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > | | Using WQ | Using kthead_worker | Diff |
> > > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > | Max duration (ns) | 372766967 | 2329671 | -99.38% |
> > > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > | Avg duration (ns) | 2746353.16 | 151242.311 | -94.49% |
> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Impressive reductions in latency!!! 151 microsecond average and two
> > millisecond maximum, not bad at all. ;-)
>
> Hi Paul. Thanks for the detailed review.
>
> >
> > We will need number of samples and some sort of information on variation,
> > for example, a range of maximums and a standard deviation to go with
> > the average. These might seem silly given that you have up to two orders
> > of magnitude effect sizes, but we should still set a good example.
> >
> > I have queued this on an experimental -rcu branch fastexp.2022.04.01a for
> > testing purposes, but I cannot send it upstream in this form. However,
> > I believe that a few adjustments can make it into something that can be
> > upstreamed, maybe even as early as the next (v5.19) merge window.
>
> Agreed, I'll provide the additional data with v2.
Sounds good! Looking forward to seeing it!
> > As in I probably will need to revert it after running tests, but let's
> > see how it goes.
> >
> > Please see below for questions and comments.
> >
> > Also, as usual, I could not resist the urge to do a bit of wordsmithing,
> > most especially inserting commas into the big numbers. Please see the
> > end of this email for the variant queued.
> >
> > Oh, and I do have Uladzislau's CONFIG_RCU_EXP_CPU_STALL_TIMEOUT commit
> > already queued, which will be helpful in finding overly long RCU read-side
> > critical sections.
> >
> > Good stuff!!!
> >
> > Thanx, Paul
> >
> > > Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
> > > Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
> > > Reported-by: Tim Murray <timmurray@...gle.com>
> > > Reported-by: Wei Wang <wvw@...gle.com>
> > > Tested-by: Kyle Lin <kylelin@...gle.com>
> > > Tested-by: Chunwei Lu <chunweilu@...gle.com>
> > > Tested-by: Lulu Wang <luluw@...gle.com>
> > > Signed-off-by: Kalesh Singh <kaleshsingh@...gle.com>
> > > ---
> > > kernel/rcu/rcu.h | 3 ++-
> > > kernel/rcu/tree.c | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
> > > kernel/rcu/tree.h | 3 ++-
> > > kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h | 35 +++++++++++++++--------------------
> > > 4 files changed, 56 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/kernel/rcu/rcu.h b/kernel/rcu/rcu.h
> > > index 24b5f2c2de87..13d2b74bf19f 100644
> > > --- a/kernel/rcu/rcu.h
> > > +++ b/kernel/rcu/rcu.h
> > > @@ -534,7 +534,8 @@ int rcu_get_gp_kthreads_prio(void);
> > > void rcu_fwd_progress_check(unsigned long j);
> > > void rcu_force_quiescent_state(void);
> > > extern struct workqueue_struct *rcu_gp_wq;
> > > -extern struct workqueue_struct *rcu_par_gp_wq;
> > > +extern struct kthread_worker *rcu_exp_gp_kworker;
> > > +extern struct kthread_worker *rcu_exp_par_gp_kworker;
> > > #endif /* #else #ifdef CONFIG_TINY_RCU */
> > >
> > > #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU
> > > diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> > > index a4b8189455d5..bd5e672ffa5a 100644
> > > --- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> > > +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> > > @@ -4471,6 +4471,33 @@ static int rcu_pm_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
> > > return NOTIFY_OK;
> > > }
> > >
> > > +struct kthread_worker *rcu_exp_gp_kworker;
> > > +struct kthread_worker *rcu_exp_par_gp_kworker;
> > > +
> > > +static void __init rcu_start_exp_gp_kworkers(void)
> > > +{
> > > + const char *par_gp_kworker_name = "rcu_exp_par_gp_kthread_worker";
> > > + const char *gp_kworker_name = "rcu_exp_gp_kthread_worker";
> > > + struct sched_param param = { .sched_priority = kthread_prio };
> > > +
> > > + rcu_exp_gp_kworker = kthread_create_worker(0, gp_kworker_name);
> > > + if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(rcu_exp_gp_kworker)) {
> > > + pr_err("Failed to create %s!\n", gp_kworker_name);
> > > + return;
> > > + }
> > > +
> > > + rcu_exp_par_gp_kworker = kthread_create_worker(0, par_gp_kworker_name);
> > > + if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(rcu_exp_par_gp_kworker)) {
> > > + pr_err("Failed to create %s!\n", par_gp_kworker_name);
> > > + kthread_destroy_worker(rcu_exp_gp_kworker);
> > > + return;
> > > + }
> > > +
> > > + sched_setscheduler_nocheck(rcu_exp_gp_kworker->task, SCHED_FIFO, ¶m);
> > > + sched_setscheduler_nocheck(rcu_exp_par_gp_kworker->task, SCHED_FIFO,
> > > + ¶m);
> >
> > What happens when kthread_prio is zero, as it is by default on systems
> > built with CONFIG_RCU_BOOST=n?
> >
> > My guess is that we need to use normal workqueues when CONFIG_RCU_BOOST=n.
> >
> > The real-time guys usually completely disable expedited grace periods
> > except during boot, so they might also want normal workqueues as well.
> > They build with CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y.
>
> Ack. Will make this dependent on RCU_BOOST && !PREEMPT_RT, else we'll
> fallback to work queues.
Sounds good!
> > > +}
> > > +
> > > /*
> > > * Spawn the kthreads that handle RCU's grace periods.
> > > */
> > > @@ -4500,6 +4527,10 @@ static int __init rcu_spawn_gp_kthread(void)
> > > rcu_spawn_nocb_kthreads();
> > > rcu_spawn_boost_kthreads();
> > > rcu_spawn_core_kthreads();
> > > +
> > > + /* Create kthread worker for expedited GPs */
> > > + rcu_start_exp_gp_kworkers();
> > > +
> > > return 0;
> > > }
> > > early_initcall(rcu_spawn_gp_kthread);
> > > @@ -4745,7 +4776,6 @@ static void __init rcu_dump_rcu_node_tree(void)
> > > }
> > >
> > > struct workqueue_struct *rcu_gp_wq;
> > > -struct workqueue_struct *rcu_par_gp_wq;
> > >
> > > static void __init kfree_rcu_batch_init(void)
> > > {
> > > @@ -4808,11 +4838,14 @@ void __init rcu_init(void)
> > > rcutree_online_cpu(cpu);
> > > }
> > >
> > > - /* Create workqueue for Tree SRCU and for expedited GPs. */
> > > + /*
> > > + * Create workqueue for Tree SRCU.
> > > + *
> > > + * Expedited GPs use RT kthread_worker.
> > > + * See: rcu_start_exp_gp_kworkers()
> > > + */
> > > rcu_gp_wq = alloc_workqueue("rcu_gp", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0);
> > > WARN_ON(!rcu_gp_wq);
> > > - rcu_par_gp_wq = alloc_workqueue("rcu_par_gp", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0);
> > > - WARN_ON(!rcu_par_gp_wq);
> > >
> > > /* Fill in default value for rcutree.qovld boot parameter. */
> > > /* -After- the rcu_node ->lock fields are initialized! */
> > > diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.h b/kernel/rcu/tree.h
> > > index 926673ebe355..0193d67a706a 100644
> > > --- a/kernel/rcu/tree.h
> > > +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.h
> > > @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
> > > */
> > >
> > > #include <linux/cache.h>
> > > +#include <linux/kthread.h>
> > > #include <linux/spinlock.h>
> > > #include <linux/rtmutex.h>
> > > #include <linux/threads.h>
> > > @@ -23,7 +24,7 @@
> > > /* Communicate arguments to a workqueue handler. */
> > > struct rcu_exp_work {
> > > unsigned long rew_s;
> > > - struct work_struct rew_work;
> > > + struct kthread_work rew_work;
> > > };
> > >
> > > /* RCU's kthread states for tracing. */
> > > diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h
> > > index 60197ea24ceb..f5f3722c0a74 100644
> > > --- a/kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h
> > > +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h
> > > @@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ static bool exp_funnel_lock(unsigned long s)
> > > * Select the CPUs within the specified rcu_node that the upcoming
> > > * expedited grace period needs to wait for.
> > > */
> > > -static void sync_rcu_exp_select_node_cpus(struct work_struct *wp)
> > > +static void sync_rcu_exp_select_node_cpus(struct kthread_work *wp)
> > > {
> > > int cpu;
> > > unsigned long flags;
> > > @@ -423,7 +423,6 @@ static void sync_rcu_exp_select_node_cpus(struct work_struct *wp)
> > > */
> > > static void sync_rcu_exp_select_cpus(void)
> > > {
> > > - int cpu;
> > > struct rcu_node *rnp;
> > >
> > > trace_rcu_exp_grace_period(rcu_state.name, rcu_exp_gp_seq_endval(), TPS("reset"));
> > > @@ -435,28 +434,27 @@ static void sync_rcu_exp_select_cpus(void)
> > > rnp->exp_need_flush = false;
> > > if (!READ_ONCE(rnp->expmask))
> > > continue; /* Avoid early boot non-existent wq. */
> > > - if (!READ_ONCE(rcu_par_gp_wq) ||
> > > + if (!READ_ONCE(rcu_exp_par_gp_kworker) ||
> > > rcu_scheduler_active != RCU_SCHEDULER_RUNNING ||
> > > rcu_is_last_leaf_node(rnp)) {
> > > - /* No workqueues yet or last leaf, do direct call. */
> > > + /* kthread worker not started yet or last leaf, do direct call. */
> > > sync_rcu_exp_select_node_cpus(&rnp->rew.rew_work);
> > > continue;
> > > }
> > > - INIT_WORK(&rnp->rew.rew_work, sync_rcu_exp_select_node_cpus);
> > > - cpu = find_next_bit(&rnp->ffmask, BITS_PER_LONG, -1);
> > > - /* If all offline, queue the work on an unbound CPU. */
> > > - if (unlikely(cpu > rnp->grphi - rnp->grplo))
> > > - cpu = WORK_CPU_UNBOUND;
> > > - else
> > > - cpu += rnp->grplo;
> > > - queue_work_on(cpu, rcu_par_gp_wq, &rnp->rew.rew_work);
> > > + kthread_init_work(&rnp->rew.rew_work, sync_rcu_exp_select_node_cpus);
> > > + /*
> > > + * Use rcu_exp_par_gp_kworker, because flushing a work item from
> > > + * another work item on the same kthread worker can result in
> > > + * deadlock.
> > > + */
> > > + kthread_queue_work(rcu_exp_par_gp_kworker, &rnp->rew.rew_work);
> >
> > It looks like kthread_queue_work() uses a single lock per worker. This is
> > likely to be problematic on large systems having multiple leaf rcu_node
> > structures, both due to lock contention and due to reduced concurrency.
> > For a point of reference, I have gotten RCU bug reports for issues on
> > systems with 256 leaf rcu_node structures.
> >
> > One approach would be to create a new Kconfig option to select the
> > kthread_queue implementation on small systems. This Kconfig option
> > could choose its default based on system size, perhaps with 32 or
> > more CPUs continuing to use workqueues. Or it could choose its
> > default based on CONFIG_ANDROID.
>
> I was concerned about the reduced concurrency here but wasn't sure if
> it's a problem in practice. Thanks for the explanation. Your
> suggestion of using the number of CPUs makes sense to me (we want to
> avoid making it android specific if possible). Perhaps
> CONFIG_RCU_EXP_KTHREAD?
A CONFIG_RCU_EXP_KTHREAD would make sense. If it is user-settable,
it needs to depend on CONFIG_RCU_EXPERT. One big advantage of being
user-settable is that it provides an easy workaround should someone
somewhere run into problems with this change.
Thanx, Paul
> Thanks,
> Kalesh
>
> >
> > Another approach would be to have a separate kthread_worker for each
> > leaf rcu_node structure.
> >
> > The first approach would be safer in that it would avoid changing
> > behavior for systems not needing ultrafast expedited grace-period
> > latencies. It might also make more sense for systems built with
> > CONFIG_PREEMPT_NONE=y or CONFIG_PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY=y.
> >
> > I don't see a reason to make this switchable at boot time, but others
> > might be able to provide good reasons.
> >
> > Either way, good encapsulation will of course be necessary.
> >
> > > rnp->exp_need_flush = true;
> > > }
> > >
> > > /* Wait for workqueue jobs (if any) to complete. */
> > > rcu_for_each_leaf_node(rnp)
> > > if (rnp->exp_need_flush)
> > > - flush_work(&rnp->rew.rew_work);
> > > + kthread_flush_work(&rnp->rew.rew_work);
> > > }
> > >
> > > /*
> > > @@ -625,7 +623,7 @@ static void rcu_exp_sel_wait_wake(unsigned long s)
> > > /*
> > > * Work-queue handler to drive an expedited grace period forward.
> > > */
> > > -static void wait_rcu_exp_gp(struct work_struct *wp)
> > > +static void wait_rcu_exp_gp(struct kthread_work *wp)
> > > {
> > > struct rcu_exp_work *rewp;
> > >
> > > @@ -848,20 +846,17 @@ void synchronize_rcu_expedited(void)
> > > } else {
> > > /* Marshall arguments & schedule the expedited grace period. */
> > > rew.rew_s = s;
> > > - INIT_WORK_ONSTACK(&rew.rew_work, wait_rcu_exp_gp);
> > > - queue_work(rcu_gp_wq, &rew.rew_work);
> > > + kthread_init_work(&rew.rew_work, wait_rcu_exp_gp);
> > > + kthread_queue_work(rcu_exp_gp_kworker, &rew.rew_work);
> > > }
> > >
> > > /* Wait for expedited grace period to complete. */
> > > rnp = rcu_get_root();
> > > wait_event(rnp->exp_wq[rcu_seq_ctr(s) & 0x3],
> > > sync_exp_work_done(s));
> > > - smp_mb(); /* Workqueue actions happen before return. */
> > > + smp_mb(); /* kthread actions happen before return. */
> > >
> > > /* Let the next expedited grace period start. */
> > > mutex_unlock(&rcu_state.exp_mutex);
> > > -
> > > - if (likely(!boottime))
> > > - destroy_work_on_stack(&rew.rew_work);
> > > }
> > > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(synchronize_rcu_expedited);
> > >
> > > base-commit: 7a3ecddc571cc3294e5d6bb5948ff2b0cfa12735
> > > --
> > > 2.35.1.1094.g7c7d902a7c-goog
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > commit d9f3e7d671416fdf5b61f094765754269b652db0
> > Author: Kalesh Singh <kaleshsingh@...gle.com>
> > Date: Fri Apr 1 15:57:40 2022 -0700
> >
> > EXP rcu: Move expedited grace period (GP) work to RT kthread_worker
> >
> > Enabling CONFIG_RCU_BOOST did not reduce RCU expedited grace-period
> > latency because its workqueues run at SCHED_OTHER, and thus can be
> > delayed by normal processes. This commit avoids these delays by moving
> > the expedited GP work items to a real-time-priority kthread_worker.
> >
> > The results were evaluated on arm64 Android devices (6GB ram) running
> > 5.10 kernel, and capturing trace data in critical user-level code.
> >
> > The table below shows the resulting order-of-magnitude improvements
> > in synchronize_rcu_expedited() latency:
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------
> > | | workqueues | kthead_worker | Diff |
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------
> > | Max duration (ns) | 372,766,967 | 2,329,671 | -99.38% |
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------
> > | Avg duration (ns) | 2,746,353 | 151,242 | -94.49% |
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
> > Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
> > Reported-by: Tim Murray <timmurray@...gle.com>
> > Reported-by: Wei Wang <wvw@...gle.com>
> > Tested-by: Kyle Lin <kylelin@...gle.com>
> > Tested-by: Chunwei Lu <chunweilu@...gle.com>
> > Tested-by: Lulu Wang <luluw@...gle.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Kalesh Singh <kaleshsingh@...gle.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
> >
> > diff --git a/kernel/rcu/rcu.h b/kernel/rcu/rcu.h
> > index 23c877fa220e..a7f6c6665b01 100644
> > --- a/kernel/rcu/rcu.h
> > +++ b/kernel/rcu/rcu.h
> > @@ -566,6 +566,8 @@ void rcu_fwd_progress_check(unsigned long j);
> > void rcu_force_quiescent_state(void);
> > extern struct workqueue_struct *rcu_gp_wq;
> > extern struct workqueue_struct *rcu_par_gp_wq;
> > +extern struct kthread_worker *rcu_exp_gp_kworker;
> > +extern struct kthread_worker *rcu_exp_par_gp_kworker;
> > void rcu_gp_slow_register(atomic_t *rgssp);
> > void rcu_gp_slow_unregister(atomic_t *rgssp);
> > #endif /* #else #ifdef CONFIG_TINY_RCU */
> > diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> > index 542cb514567f..2c7e714d34e9 100644
> > --- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> > +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> > @@ -4559,6 +4559,33 @@ static int rcu_pm_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
> > return NOTIFY_OK;
> > }
> >
> > +struct kthread_worker *rcu_exp_gp_kworker;
> > +struct kthread_worker *rcu_exp_par_gp_kworker;
> > +
> > +static void __init rcu_start_exp_gp_kworkers(void)
> > +{
> > + const char *par_gp_kworker_name = "rcu_exp_par_gp_kthread_worker";
> > + const char *gp_kworker_name = "rcu_exp_gp_kthread_worker";
> > + struct sched_param param = { .sched_priority = kthread_prio };
> > +
> > + rcu_exp_gp_kworker = kthread_create_worker(0, gp_kworker_name);
> > + if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(rcu_exp_gp_kworker)) {
> > + pr_err("Failed to create %s!\n", gp_kworker_name);
> > + return;
> > + }
> > +
> > + rcu_exp_par_gp_kworker = kthread_create_worker(0, par_gp_kworker_name);
> > + if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(rcu_exp_par_gp_kworker)) {
> > + pr_err("Failed to create %s!\n", par_gp_kworker_name);
> > + kthread_destroy_worker(rcu_exp_gp_kworker);
> > + return;
> > + }
> > +
> > + sched_setscheduler_nocheck(rcu_exp_gp_kworker->task, SCHED_FIFO, ¶m);
> > + sched_setscheduler_nocheck(rcu_exp_par_gp_kworker->task, SCHED_FIFO,
> > + ¶m);
> > +}
> > +
> > /*
> > * Spawn the kthreads that handle RCU's grace periods.
> > */
> > @@ -4595,6 +4622,10 @@ static int __init rcu_spawn_gp_kthread(void)
> > rcu_spawn_cpu_nocb_kthread(smp_processor_id());
> > rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread(rdp->mynode);
> > rcu_spawn_core_kthreads();
> > +
> > + /* Create kthread worker for expedited GPs */
> > + rcu_start_exp_gp_kworkers();
> > +
> > return 0;
> > }
> > early_initcall(rcu_spawn_gp_kthread);
> > @@ -4843,7 +4874,6 @@ static void __init rcu_dump_rcu_node_tree(void)
> > }
> >
> > struct workqueue_struct *rcu_gp_wq;
> > -struct workqueue_struct *rcu_par_gp_wq;
> >
> > static void __init kfree_rcu_batch_init(void)
> > {
> > @@ -4905,11 +4935,14 @@ void __init rcu_init(void)
> > rcu_cpu_starting(cpu);
> > rcutree_online_cpu(cpu);
> >
> > - /* Create workqueue for Tree SRCU and for expedited GPs. */
> > + /*
> > + * Create workqueue for Tree SRCU.
> > + *
> > + * Expedited GPs use RT kthread_worker.
> > + * See: rcu_start_exp_gp_kworkers()
> > + */
> > rcu_gp_wq = alloc_workqueue("rcu_gp", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0);
> > WARN_ON(!rcu_gp_wq);
> > - rcu_par_gp_wq = alloc_workqueue("rcu_par_gp", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0);
> > - WARN_ON(!rcu_par_gp_wq);
> >
> > /* Fill in default value for rcutree.qovld boot parameter. */
> > /* -After- the rcu_node ->lock fields are initialized! */
> > diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.h b/kernel/rcu/tree.h
> > index b8d07bf92d29..b0afcc36a896 100644
> > --- a/kernel/rcu/tree.h
> > +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.h
> > @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
> > */
> >
> > #include <linux/cache.h>
> > +#include <linux/kthread.h>
> > #include <linux/spinlock.h>
> > #include <linux/rtmutex.h>
> > #include <linux/threads.h>
> > @@ -23,7 +24,7 @@
> > /* Communicate arguments to a workqueue handler. */
> > struct rcu_exp_work {
> > unsigned long rew_s;
> > - struct work_struct rew_work;
> > + struct kthread_work rew_work;
> > };
> >
> > /* RCU's kthread states for tracing. */
> > diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h
> > index bd47fce0e08c..cdb299e80cff 100644
> > --- a/kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h
> > +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h
> > @@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ static bool exp_funnel_lock(unsigned long s)
> > * Select the CPUs within the specified rcu_node that the upcoming
> > * expedited grace period needs to wait for.
> > */
> > -static void sync_rcu_exp_select_node_cpus(struct work_struct *wp)
> > +static void sync_rcu_exp_select_node_cpus(struct kthread_work *wp)
> > {
> > int cpu;
> > unsigned long flags;
> > @@ -423,7 +423,6 @@ static void sync_rcu_exp_select_node_cpus(struct work_struct *wp)
> > */
> > static void sync_rcu_exp_select_cpus(void)
> > {
> > - int cpu;
> > struct rcu_node *rnp;
> >
> > trace_rcu_exp_grace_period(rcu_state.name, rcu_exp_gp_seq_endval(), TPS("reset"));
> > @@ -435,28 +434,27 @@ static void sync_rcu_exp_select_cpus(void)
> > rnp->exp_need_flush = false;
> > if (!READ_ONCE(rnp->expmask))
> > continue; /* Avoid early boot non-existent wq. */
> > - if (!READ_ONCE(rcu_par_gp_wq) ||
> > + if (!READ_ONCE(rcu_exp_par_gp_kworker) ||
> > rcu_scheduler_active != RCU_SCHEDULER_RUNNING ||
> > rcu_is_last_leaf_node(rnp)) {
> > - /* No workqueues yet or last leaf, do direct call. */
> > + /* kthread worker not started yet or last leaf, do direct call. */
> > sync_rcu_exp_select_node_cpus(&rnp->rew.rew_work);
> > continue;
> > }
> > - INIT_WORK(&rnp->rew.rew_work, sync_rcu_exp_select_node_cpus);
> > - cpu = find_next_bit(&rnp->ffmask, BITS_PER_LONG, -1);
> > - /* If all offline, queue the work on an unbound CPU. */
> > - if (unlikely(cpu > rnp->grphi - rnp->grplo))
> > - cpu = WORK_CPU_UNBOUND;
> > - else
> > - cpu += rnp->grplo;
> > - queue_work_on(cpu, rcu_par_gp_wq, &rnp->rew.rew_work);
> > + kthread_init_work(&rnp->rew.rew_work, sync_rcu_exp_select_node_cpus);
> > + /*
> > + * Use rcu_exp_par_gp_kworker, because flushing a work item from
> > + * another work item on the same kthread worker can result in
> > + * deadlock.
> > + */
> > + kthread_queue_work(rcu_exp_par_gp_kworker, &rnp->rew.rew_work);
> > rnp->exp_need_flush = true;
> > }
> >
> > /* Wait for workqueue jobs (if any) to complete. */
> > rcu_for_each_leaf_node(rnp)
> > if (rnp->exp_need_flush)
> > - flush_work(&rnp->rew.rew_work);
> > + kthread_flush_work(&rnp->rew.rew_work);
> > }
> >
> > /*
> > @@ -625,7 +623,7 @@ static void rcu_exp_sel_wait_wake(unsigned long s)
> > /*
> > * Work-queue handler to drive an expedited grace period forward.
> > */
> > -static void wait_rcu_exp_gp(struct work_struct *wp)
> > +static void wait_rcu_exp_gp(struct kthread_work *wp)
> > {
> > struct rcu_exp_work *rewp;
> >
> > @@ -835,22 +833,18 @@ static void __synchronize_rcu_expedited(bool polling)
> > } else {
> > /* Marshall arguments & schedule the expedited grace period. */
> > rew.rew_s = s;
> > - INIT_WORK_ONSTACK(&rew.rew_work, wait_rcu_exp_gp);
> > - queue_work(rcu_gp_wq, &rew.rew_work);
> > + kthread_init_work(&rew.rew_work, wait_rcu_exp_gp);
> > + kthread_queue_work(rcu_exp_gp_kworker, &rew.rew_work);
> > }
> >
> > /* Wait for expedited grace period to complete. */
> > rnp = rcu_get_root();
> > wait_event(rnp->exp_wq[rcu_seq_ctr(s) & 0x3],
> > sync_exp_work_done(s));
> > - smp_mb(); /* Workqueue actions happen before return. */
> > + smp_mb(); /* kthread actions happen before return. */
> >
> > /* Let the next expedited grace period start. */
> > mutex_unlock(&rcu_state.exp_mutex);
> > -
> > - if (likely(!boottime))
> > - destroy_work_on_stack(&rew.rew_work);
> > -
> > }
> >
> > /**
> >
> > --
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