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Date:   Mon, 9 Jan 2023 18:20:55 -0500
From:   Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>
To:     paulmck@...nel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>,
        Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@...il.com>,
        Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
        rcu@...r.kernel.org, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        foo@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH -rcu] rcu: Disable lazy if call_rcu() called when GPs expedited



> On Jan 9, 2023, at 6:14 PM, Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org> wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Jan 09, 2023 at 10:17:56PM +0000, Joel Fernandes (Google) wrote:
>> During suspend, we see failures to suspend 1 in 300-500 suspends.
>> Looking closer, it appears that we are queuing lazy callbacks even
>> though rcu_gp_is_expedited(). These delays appear to not be very welcome
>> by the suspend/resume code as evidenced by these occasional suspend
>> failures.
>> 
>> This commit therefore checks if rcu_gp_is_expedited() and ignores the
>> lazy hint if so.
>> 
>> Ignoring the lazy hint if rcu_gp_is_expedited() makes the 3000
>> suspend/resume cycles pass reliably on a 12th gen 12-core Intel CPU.
> 
> Yow!!!  ;-)

:-D

>> Fixes: 3cb278e73be5 ("rcu: Make call_rcu() lazy to save power")
>> Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@...lfernandes.org>
>> ---
>> Paul, could we take this for 6.2 -rc cycle? Thanks.
>> 
>> kernel/rcu/tree.c | 5 +++--
>> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
>> index 63545d79da51..93eb03f8ed99 100644
>> --- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
>> +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
>> @@ -2594,12 +2594,12 @@ static void check_cb_ovld(struct rcu_data *rdp)
>> }
>> 
>> static void
>> -__call_rcu_common(struct rcu_head *head, rcu_callback_t func, bool lazy)
>> +__call_rcu_common(struct rcu_head *head, rcu_callback_t func, bool lazy_in)
>> {
>>    static atomic_t doublefrees;
>>    unsigned long flags;
>>    struct rcu_data *rdp;
>> -    bool was_alldone;
>> +    bool was_alldone, lazy;
> 
> Please put "lazy" in alpha order.  Except that...

Ah sure.

> 
>>    /* Misaligned rcu_head! */
>>    WARN_ON_ONCE((unsigned long)head & (sizeof(void *) - 1));
>> @@ -2622,6 +2622,7 @@ __call_rcu_common(struct rcu_head *head, rcu_callback_t func, bool lazy)
>>    kasan_record_aux_stack_noalloc(head);
>>    local_irq_save(flags);
>>    rdp = this_cpu_ptr(&rcu_data);
>> +    lazy = lazy_in && !rcu_gp_is_expedited();
> 
> Doesn't this completely disable laziness on Android?

Good point, I am not sure but it could be. Maybe it is safer that I add
a new suspend-indicator then, with corresponding
suspend entry/exit calls like we do for expedited.

That way anyone doing it this way will not disable
lazy fully.

Thoughts?

Thanks!

 - Joel 



> 
>                            Thanx, Paul
> 
>>    /* Add the callback to our list. */
>>    if (unlikely(!rcu_segcblist_is_enabled(&rdp->cblist))) {
>> -- 
>> 2.39.0.314.g84b9a713c41-goog