linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 1/2] rcu: Simplify rcu_init

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Message-ID: <4849b7c1-2fea-6f9f-31dc-c0408b32044e@huawei.com>
Date:   Thu, 1 Sep 2022 21:25:06 +0800
From:   "Leizhen (ThunderTown)" <thunder.leizhen@...wei.com>
To:     "Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
        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>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 1/2] rcu: Simplify rcu_init_nohz() cpumask handling



On 2022/9/1 21:14, Zhen Lei wrote:
> In kernels built with either CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_DEFAULT_ALL=y or
> CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL=y, additional CPUs must be added to rcu_nocb_mask.
> Except that kernels booted without the rcu_nocbs= will not have
> allocated rcu_nocb_mask.  And the current rcu_init_nohz() function uses
> its need_rcu_nocb_mask and offload_all local variables to track the
> rcu_nocb and nohz_full state.
> 
> But there is a much simpler approach, namely creating a cpumask pointer
> to track the default and then using cpumask_available() to check the
> rcu_nocb_mask state.  This commit takes this approach, thereby simplifying
> and shortening the rcu_init_nohz() function.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@...wei.com>
> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>

Sorry, I forgot remove this "Signed-off-by".

> Reviewed-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@...lfernandes.org>
> ---
>  kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h | 35 ++++++++++++-----------------------
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h
> index 0a5f0ef41484518..8b6dceeabde0b4d 100644
> --- a/kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h
> +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h
> @@ -1210,45 +1210,34 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_nocb_cpu_offload);
>  void __init rcu_init_nohz(void)
>  {
>  	int cpu;
> -	bool need_rcu_nocb_mask = false;
> -	bool offload_all = false;
>  	struct rcu_data *rdp;
> -
> -#if defined(CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_DEFAULT_ALL)
> -	if (!rcu_state.nocb_is_setup) {
> -		need_rcu_nocb_mask = true;
> -		offload_all = true;
> -	}
> -#endif /* #if defined(CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_DEFAULT_ALL) */
> +	const struct cpumask *cpumask = NULL;
>  
>  #if defined(CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL)
> -	if (tick_nohz_full_running && !cpumask_empty(tick_nohz_full_mask)) {
> -		need_rcu_nocb_mask = true;
> -		offload_all = false; /* NO_HZ_FULL has its own mask. */
> -	}
> -#endif /* #if defined(CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL) */
> +	if (tick_nohz_full_running && !cpumask_empty(tick_nohz_full_mask))
> +		cpumask = tick_nohz_full_mask;
> +#endif
> +
> +#if defined(CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_DEFAULT_ALL)
> +	if (!rcu_state.nocb_is_setup && !cpumask)
> +		cpumask = cpu_possible_mask;
> +#endif
>  
> -	if (need_rcu_nocb_mask) {
> +	if (cpumask) {
>  		if (!cpumask_available(rcu_nocb_mask)) {
>  			if (!zalloc_cpumask_var(&rcu_nocb_mask, GFP_KERNEL)) {
>  				pr_info("rcu_nocb_mask allocation failed, callback offloading disabled.\n");
>  				return;
>  			}
>  		}
> +
> +		cpumask_or(rcu_nocb_mask, rcu_nocb_mask, cpumask);
>  		rcu_state.nocb_is_setup = true;
>  	}
>  
>  	if (!rcu_state.nocb_is_setup)
>  		return;
>  
> -#if defined(CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL)
> -	if (tick_nohz_full_running)
> -		cpumask_or(rcu_nocb_mask, rcu_nocb_mask, tick_nohz_full_mask);
> -#endif /* #if defined(CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL) */
> -
> -	if (offload_all)
> -		cpumask_setall(rcu_nocb_mask);
> -
>  	if (!cpumask_subset(rcu_nocb_mask, cpu_possible_mask)) {
>  		pr_info("\tNote: kernel parameter 'rcu_nocbs=', 'nohz_full', or 'isolcpus=' contains nonexistent CPUs.\n");
>  		cpumask_and(rcu_nocb_mask, cpu_possible_mask,
> 

-- 
Regards,
  Zhen Lei