linux-kernel - [PATCH rcu 11/11] rcu: Use IRQ_WORK_INIT_HARD() to avoid rcu_read

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Date:   Mon, 18 Apr 2022 15:53:59 -0700
From:   "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
To:     rcu@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@...com,
        rostedt@...dmis.org, Zqiang <qiang1.zhang@...el.com>,
        "Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH rcu 11/11] rcu: Use IRQ_WORK_INIT_HARD() to avoid rcu_read_unlock() hangs

From: Zqiang <qiang1.zhang@...el.com>

When booting kernels built with both CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD=y
and CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y, the rcu_read_unlock_special() function's
invocation of irq_work_queue_on() the init_irq_work() causes the
rcu_preempt_deferred_qs_handler() function to work execute in SCHED_FIFO
irq_work kthreads.  Because rcu_read_unlock_special() is invoked on each
rcu_read_unlock() in such kernels, the amount of work just keeps piling
up, resulting in a boot-time hang.

This commit therefore avoids this hang by using IRQ_WORK_INIT_HARD()
instead of init_irq_work(), but only in kernels built with both
CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y and CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD=y.

Signed-off-by: Zqiang <qiang1.zhang@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
---
 kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
index 5c23aceecd62..2a3715419073 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
@@ -661,7 +661,13 @@ static void rcu_read_unlock_special(struct task_struct *t)
 			    expboost && !rdp->defer_qs_iw_pending && cpu_online(rdp->cpu)) {
 				// Get scheduler to re-evaluate and call hooks.
 				// If !IRQ_WORK, FQS scan will eventually IPI.
-				init_irq_work(&rdp->defer_qs_iw, rcu_preempt_deferred_qs_handler);
+				if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD) &&
+				    IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT))
+					rdp->defer_qs_iw = IRQ_WORK_INIT_HARD(
+								rcu_preempt_deferred_qs_handler);
+				else
+					init_irq_work(&rdp->defer_qs_iw,
+						      rcu_preempt_deferred_qs_handler);
 				rdp->defer_qs_iw_pending = true;
 				irq_work_queue_on(&rdp->defer_qs_iw, rdp->cpu);
 			}
-- 
2.31.1.189.g2e36527f23