linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] rcu: Provide a boot time parameter to control lazy RCU

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Message-Id: <20231203011252.233748-1-qyousef@layalina.io>
Date:   Sun,  3 Dec 2023 01:12:52 +0000
From:   Qais Yousef <qyousef@...alina.io>
To:     "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
        Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>
Cc:     Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>,
        Neeraj Upadhyay <quic_neeraju@...cinc.com>,
        Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>,
        Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
        Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@...il.com>,
        Zqiang <qiang.zhang1211@...il.com>,
        Andrea Righi <andrea.righi@...onical.com>,
        John Stultz <jstultz@...gle.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        rcu@...r.kernel.org, Qais Yousef <qyousef@...alina.io>
Subject: [PATCH v2] rcu: Provide a boot time parameter to control lazy RCU

To allow more flexible arrangements while still provide a single kernel
for distros, provide a boot time parameter to enable/disable lazy RCU.

Specify:

	rcutree.enable_rcu_lazy=[y|1|n|0]

Which also requires

	rcu_nocbs=all

at boot time to enable/disable lazy RCU.

To disable it by default at build time when CONFIG_RCU_LAZY=y, the new
CONFIG_RCU_LAZY_DEFAULT_OFF can be used.

Signed-off-by: Qais Yousef (Google) <qyousef@...alina.io>
---

Changes since v1:

	* Use module_param() instead of module_param_cb()
	* Add new CONFIG_RCU_LAZY_DEFAULT_OFF to force default off.
	* Remove unnecessary READ_ONCE()

Tested on qemu only this time with various config/boot configuration to ensure
expected values are in sysfs.

Did a bunch of build tests against various configs/archs.

 Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt |  5 +++++
 kernel/rcu/Kconfig                              | 13 +++++++++++++
 kernel/rcu/tree.c                               |  7 ++++++-
 3 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 65731b060e3f..2f0386a12aa7 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -5021,6 +5021,11 @@
 			this kernel boot parameter, forcibly setting it
 			to zero.
 
+	rcutree.enable_rcu_lazy= [KNL]
+			To save power, batch RCU callbacks and flush after
+			delay, memory pressure or callback list growing too
+			big.
+
 	rcuscale.gp_async= [KNL]
 			Measure performance of asynchronous
 			grace-period primitives such as call_rcu().
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/Kconfig b/kernel/rcu/Kconfig
index bdd7eadb33d8..e7d2dd267593 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/rcu/Kconfig
@@ -314,6 +314,19 @@ config RCU_LAZY
 	  To save power, batch RCU callbacks and flush after delay, memory
 	  pressure, or callback list growing too big.
 
+	  Requires rcu_nocbs=all to be set.
+
+	  Use rcutree.enable_rcu_lazy=0 to turn it off at boot time.
+
+config RCU_LAZY_DEFAULT_OFF
+	bool "Turn RCU lazy invocation off by default"
+	depends on RCU_LAZY
+	default n
+	help
+	  Allows building the kernel with CONFIG_RCU_LAZY=y yet keep it default
+	  off. Boot time param rcutree.enable_rcu_lazy=1 can be used to switch
+	  it back on.
+
 config RCU_DOUBLE_CHECK_CB_TIME
 	bool "RCU callback-batch backup time check"
 	depends on RCU_EXPERT
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 3ac3c846105f..8b7675624815 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -2719,6 +2719,9 @@ __call_rcu_common(struct rcu_head *head, rcu_callback_t func, bool lazy_in)
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_LAZY
+static bool enable_rcu_lazy __read_mostly = !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RCU_LAZY_DEFAULT_OFF);
+module_param(enable_rcu_lazy, bool, 0444);
+
 /**
  * call_rcu_hurry() - Queue RCU callback for invocation after grace period, and
  * flush all lazy callbacks (including the new one) to the main ->cblist while
@@ -2744,6 +2747,8 @@ void call_rcu_hurry(struct rcu_head *head, rcu_callback_t func)
 	__call_rcu_common(head, func, false);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(call_rcu_hurry);
+#else
+#define enable_rcu_lazy		false
 #endif
 
 /**
@@ -2792,7 +2797,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(call_rcu_hurry);
  */
 void call_rcu(struct rcu_head *head, rcu_callback_t func)
 {
-	__call_rcu_common(head, func, IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RCU_LAZY));
+	__call_rcu_common(head, func, enable_rcu_lazy);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(call_rcu);
 
-- 
2.34.1