linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/8] rcu: Introduce call_rcu

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Date:   Wed, 29 Jun 2022 10:05:55 -0700
From:   "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
To:     Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>
Cc:     "Joel Fernandes (Google)" <joel@...lfernandes.org>,
        rcu@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        rushikesh.s.kadam@...el.com, urezki@...il.com,
        neeraj.iitr10@...il.com, rostedt@...dmis.org,
        vineeth@...byteword.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/8] rcu: Introduce call_rcu_lazy() API implementation

On Wed, Jun 29, 2022 at 01:53:49PM +0200, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 22, 2022 at 10:50:55PM +0000, Joel Fernandes (Google) wrote:
> > @@ -414,30 +427,37 @@ static bool rcu_nocb_try_bypass(struct rcu_data *rdp, struct rcu_head *rhp,
> >  	}
> >  	WRITE_ONCE(rdp->nocb_nobypass_count, c);
> >  
> > -	// If there hasn't yet been all that many ->cblist enqueues
> > -	// this jiffy, tell the caller to enqueue onto ->cblist.  But flush
> > -	// ->nocb_bypass first.
> > -	if (rdp->nocb_nobypass_count < nocb_nobypass_lim_per_jiffy) {
> > +	// If caller passed a non-lazy CB and there hasn't yet been all that
> > +	// many ->cblist enqueues this jiffy, tell the caller to enqueue it
> > +	// onto ->cblist.  But flush ->nocb_bypass first. Also do so, if total
> > +	// number of CBs (lazy + non-lazy) grows too much.
> > +	//
> > +	// Note that if the bypass list has lazy CBs, and the main list is
> > +	// empty, and rhp happens to be non-lazy, then we end up flushing all
> > +	// the lazy CBs to the main list as well. That's the right thing to do,
> > +	// since we are kick-starting RCU GP processing anyway for the non-lazy
> > +	// one, we can just reuse that GP for the already queued-up lazy ones.
> > +	if ((rdp->nocb_nobypass_count < nocb_nobypass_lim_per_jiffy && !lazy) ||
> > +	    (lazy && n_lazy_cbs >= qhimark)) {
> >  		rcu_nocb_lock(rdp);
> >  		*was_alldone = !rcu_segcblist_pend_cbs(&rdp->cblist);
> >  		if (*was_alldone)
> >  			trace_rcu_nocb_wake(rcu_state.name, rdp->cpu,
> > -					    TPS("FirstQ"));
> > -		WARN_ON_ONCE(!rcu_nocb_flush_bypass(rdp, NULL, j));
> > +					    lazy ? TPS("FirstLazyQ") : TPS("FirstQ"));
> > +		WARN_ON_ONCE(!rcu_nocb_flush_bypass(rdp, NULL, j, false));
> 
> That's outside the scope of this patchset but this makes me realize we
> unconditionally try to flush the bypass from call_rcu() fastpath, and
> therefore we unconditionally lock the bypass lock from call_rcu() fastpath.
> 
> It shouldn't be contended at this stage since we are holding the nocb_lock
> already, and only the local CPU can hold the nocb_bypass_lock without holding
> the nocb_lock. But still...
> 
> It looks safe to locklessly early check if (rcu_cblist_n_cbs(&rdp->nocb_bypass))
> before doing anything. Only the local CPU can enqueue to the bypass list.
> 
> Adding that to my TODO list...

That does sound like a potentially very helpful approach!  As always,
please analyze and test carefully!

							Thanx, Paul