linux-kernel - [PATCH rcu/next 2/3] rcu: Fix late wakeup when flush of bypass cblist happens (v6)

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Date:   Sat, 17 Sep 2022 16:41:59 +0000
From:   "Joel Fernandes (Google)" <joel@...lfernandes.org>
To:     rcu@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, rushikesh.s.kadam@...el.com,
        urezki@...il.com, neeraj.iitr10@...il.com, frederic@...nel.org,
        paulmck@...nel.org, rostedt@...dmis.org,
        "Joel Fernandes (Google)" <joel@...lfernandes.org>
Subject: [PATCH rcu/next 2/3] rcu: Fix late wakeup when flush of bypass cblist happens (v6)

When the bypass cblist gets too big or its timeout has occurred, it is
flushed into the main cblist. However, the bypass timer is still running
and the behavior is that it would eventually expire and wake the GP
thread.

Since we are going to use the bypass cblist for lazy CBs, do the wakeup
soon as the flush for "too big or too long" bypass list happens.
Otherwise, long delays can happen for callbacks which get promoted from
lazy to non-lazy.

This is a good thing to do anyway (regardless of future lazy patches),
since it makes the behavior consistent with behavior of other code paths
where flushing into the ->cblist makes the GP kthread into a
non-sleeping state quickly.

[ Frederic Weisbec: changes to not do wake up GP thread unless needed,
		    comment changes ].

Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@...lfernandes.org>
---
 kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h
index 0a5f0ef41484..04c87f250e01 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h
@@ -433,8 +433,9 @@ static bool rcu_nocb_try_bypass(struct rcu_data *rdp, struct rcu_head *rhp,
 	if ((ncbs && j != READ_ONCE(rdp->nocb_bypass_first)) ||
 	    ncbs >= qhimark) {
 		rcu_nocb_lock(rdp);
+		*was_alldone = !rcu_segcblist_pend_cbs(&rdp->cblist);
+
 		if (!rcu_nocb_flush_bypass(rdp, rhp, j)) {
-			*was_alldone = !rcu_segcblist_pend_cbs(&rdp->cblist);
 			if (*was_alldone)
 				trace_rcu_nocb_wake(rcu_state.name, rdp->cpu,
 						    TPS("FirstQ"));
@@ -447,7 +448,12 @@ static bool rcu_nocb_try_bypass(struct rcu_data *rdp, struct rcu_head *rhp,
 			rcu_advance_cbs_nowake(rdp->mynode, rdp);
 			rdp->nocb_gp_adv_time = j;
 		}
-		rcu_nocb_unlock_irqrestore(rdp, flags);
+
+		// The flush succeeded and we moved CBs into the regular list.
+		// Don't wait for the wake up timer as it may be too far ahead.
+		// Wake up the GP thread now instead, if the cblist was empty.
+		__call_rcu_nocb_wake(rdp, *was_alldone, flags);
+
 		return true; // Callback already enqueued.
 	}
 
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