linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 2/4] rcu: Reduce synchronize

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Message-ID: <CALm+0cUJ9tMsZpOGby_6B6c=XDBn_CJ6=o2WSFafaCwPzp6_4A@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2024 14:39:55 +0800
From: Z qiang <qiang.zhang1211@...il.com>
To: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>
Cc: "Uladzislau Rezki (Sony)" <urezki@...il.com>, "Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>, RCU <rcu@...r.kernel.org>, 
	Neeraj upadhyay <Neeraj.Upadhyay@....com>, Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>, 
	Hillf Danton <hdanton@...a.com>, Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>, 
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, 
	Oleksiy Avramchenko <oleksiy.avramchenko@...y.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 2/4] rcu: Reduce synchronize_rcu() latency

>
> On Tue, Feb 20, 2024 at 07:31:13PM +0100, Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) wrote:
> > +static void rcu_sr_normal_gp_cleanup_work(struct work_struct *work)
> > +{
> > +     struct llist_node *done, *rcu, *next, *head;
> > +
> > +     /*
> > +      * This work execution can potentially execute
> > +      * while a new done tail is being updated by
> > +      * grace period kthread in rcu_sr_normal_gp_cleanup().
> > +      * So, read and updates of done tail need to
> > +      * follow acq-rel semantics.
> > +      *
> > +      * Given that wq semantics guarantees that a single work
> > +      * cannot execute concurrently by multiple kworkers,
> > +      * the done tail list manipulations are protected here.
> > +      */
> > +     done = smp_load_acquire(&rcu_state.srs_done_tail);
> > +     if (!done)
> > +             return;
> > +
> > +     WARN_ON_ONCE(!rcu_sr_is_wait_head(done));
> > +     head = done->next;
> > +     done->next = NULL;
>
> Can the following race happen?
>
> CPU 0                                                   CPU 1
> -----                                                   -----
>
> // wait_tail == HEAD1
> rcu_sr_normal_gp_cleanup() {
>     // has passed SR_MAX_USERS_WAKE_FROM_GP
>     wait_tail->next = next;
>     // done_tail = HEAD1
>     smp_store_release(&rcu_state.srs_done_tail, wait_tail);
>     queue_work() {
>         test_and_set_bit(WORK_STRUCT_PENDING_BIT, work_data_bits(work)
>         __queue_work()
>     }
> }
>
>                                                       set_work_pool_and_clear_pending()
>                                                       rcu_sr_normal_gp_cleanup_work() {
> // new GP, wait_tail == HEAD2
> rcu_sr_normal_gp_cleanup() {
>     // executes all completion, but stop at HEAD1
>     wait_tail->next = HEAD1;
>     // done_tail = HEAD2
>     smp_store_release(&rcu_state.srs_done_tail, wait_tail);
>     queue_work() {
>         test_and_set_bit(WORK_STRUCT_PENDING_BIT, work_data_bits(work)
>         __queue_work()
>     }
> }
>                                                           // done = HEAD2
>                                                           done = smp_load_acquire(&rcu_state.srs_done_tail);
>                                                           // head = HEAD1
>                                                           head = done->next;
>                                                           done->next = NULL;
>                                                           llist_for_each_safe() {
>                                                               // completes all callbacks, release HEAD1
>                                                           }
>                                                       }
>                                                       // Process second queue
>                                                       set_work_pool_and_clear_pending()
>                                                       rcu_sr_normal_gp_cleanup_work() {
>                                                           // done = HEAD2
>                                                           done = smp_load_acquire(&rcu_state.srs_done_tail);
>
> // new GP, wait_tail == HEAD3
> rcu_sr_normal_gp_cleanup() {
>     // Finds HEAD2 with ->next == NULL at the end
>     rcu_sr_put_wait_head(HEAD2)

It seems that we should move rcu_sr_put_wait_head() from
rcu_sr_normal_gp_cleanup() to
rcu_sr_normal_gp_cleanup_work(), if find wait_head->next == NULL, invoke
rcu_sr_put_wait_head() to release wait_head.

Thanks
Zqiang

>     ...
>
> // A few more GPs later
> rcu_sr_normal_gp_init() {
>      HEAD2 = rcu_sr_get_wait_head();
>      llist_add(HEAD2, &rcu_state.srs_next);
>                                                           // head == rcu_state.srs_next
>                                                           head = done->next;
>                                                           done->next = NULL;
>                                                           llist_for_each_safe() {
>                                                               // EXECUTE CALLBACKS TOO EARLY!!!
>                                                           }
>                                                       }
>