linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/4 v2] rcu/nocb: Shrinker related boring fixes

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Date:   Mon, 24 Apr 2023 10:35:20 -0700
From:   "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
To:     Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, rcu <rcu@...r.kernel.org>,
        Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@...il.com>,
        Neeraj Upadhyay <quic_neeraju@...cinc.com>,
        Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>,
        Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4 v2] rcu/nocb: Shrinker related boring fixes

On Wed, Mar 29, 2023 at 06:01:59PM +0200, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> Changes since v1 (https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230322194456.2331527-1-frederic@kernel.org/):
> 
> * Use mutex_trylock() to avoid inverted dependency chain against
>   allocations.
> 
> * WARN if an rdp is part of nocb mask but is not offloaded
> 
> Tested through shrinker debugfs interface.

I pulled this one in, thank you!

As discussed, we do need some way to test lazy callbacks, but that should
not block this series.  And it might well be a separate test.

							Thanx, Paul

> Frederic Weisbecker (4):
>   rcu/nocb: Protect lazy shrinker against concurrent (de-)offloading
>   rcu/nocb: Fix shrinker race against callback enqueuer
>   rcu/nocb: Recheck lazy callbacks under the ->nocb_lock from shrinker
>   rcu/nocb: Make shrinker to iterate only NOCB CPUs
> 
>  kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 47 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> -- 
> 2.34.1
>