linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] rcu: Remove impossible wakeup rcu GP kthread action from rcu_report_qs

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Message-ID: <20230118180714.GD2948950@paulmck-ThinkPad-P17-Gen-1>
Date:   Wed, 18 Jan 2023 10:07:14 -0800
From:   "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
To:     Zqiang <qiang1.zhang@...el.com>
Cc:     frederic@...nel.org, quic_neeraju@...cinc.com,
        joel@...lfernandes.org, rcu@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] rcu: Remove impossible wakeup rcu GP kthread action
 from rcu_report_qs_rdp()

On Wed, Jan 18, 2023 at 03:30:14PM +0800, Zqiang wrote:
> When inovke rcu_report_qs_rdp(), if current CPU's rcu_data structure's ->
> grpmask has not been cleared from the corresponding rcu_node structure's
> ->qsmask, after that will clear and report quiescent state, but in this
> time, this also means that current grace period is not end, the current
> grace period is ongoing, because the rcu_gp_in_progress() currently return
> true, so for non-offloaded rdp, invoke rcu_accelerate_cbs() is impossible
> to return true.
> 
> This commit therefore remove impossible rcu_gp_kthread_wake() calling.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Zqiang <qiang1.zhang@...el.com>
> Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>

Queued (wordsmithed as shown below, as always, please check) for further
testing and review, thank you both!

							Thanx, Paul

------------------------------------------------------------------------

commit fbe3e300ec8b3edd2b8f84dab4dc98947cf71eb8
Author: Zqiang <qiang1.zhang@...el.com>
Date:   Wed Jan 18 15:30:14 2023 +0800

    rcu: Remove never-set needwake assignment from rcu_report_qs_rdp()
    
    The rcu_accelerate_cbs() function is invoked by rcu_report_qs_rdp()
    only if there is a grace period in progress that is still blocked
    by at least one CPU on this rcu_node structure.  This means that
    rcu_accelerate_cbs() should never return the value true, and thus that
    this function should never set the needwake variable and in turn never
    invoke rcu_gp_kthread_wake().
    
    This commit therefore removes the needwake variable and the invocation
    of rcu_gp_kthread_wake() in favor of a WARN_ON_ONCE() on the call to
    rcu_accelerate_cbs().  The purpose of this new WARN_ON_ONCE() is to
    detect situations where the system's opinion differs from ours.
    
    Signed-off-by: Zqiang <qiang1.zhang@...el.com>
    Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>
    Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index b2c2045294780..7a3085ad0a7df 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -1956,7 +1956,6 @@ rcu_report_qs_rdp(struct rcu_data *rdp)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 	unsigned long mask;
-	bool needwake = false;
 	bool needacc = false;
 	struct rcu_node *rnp;
 
@@ -1988,7 +1987,12 @@ rcu_report_qs_rdp(struct rcu_data *rdp)
 		 * NOCB kthreads have their own way to deal with that...
 		 */
 		if (!rcu_rdp_is_offloaded(rdp)) {
-			needwake = rcu_accelerate_cbs(rnp, rdp);
+			/*
+			 * The current GP has not yet ended, so it
+			 * should not be possible for rcu_accelerate_cbs()
+			 * to return true.  So complain, but don't awaken.
+			 */
+			WARN_ON_ONCE(rcu_accelerate_cbs(rnp, rdp));
 		} else if (!rcu_segcblist_completely_offloaded(&rdp->cblist)) {
 			/*
 			 * ...but NOCB kthreads may miss or delay callbacks acceleration
@@ -2000,8 +2004,6 @@ rcu_report_qs_rdp(struct rcu_data *rdp)
 		rcu_disable_urgency_upon_qs(rdp);
 		rcu_report_qs_rnp(mask, rnp, rnp->gp_seq, flags);
 		/* ^^^ Released rnp->lock */
-		if (needwake)
-			rcu_gp_kthread_wake();
 
 		if (needacc) {
 			rcu_nocb_lock_irqsave(rdp, flags);