linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/4] rcu/kvfree: Add a switcher for dynamic rcu

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Message-Id: <20240828110929.3713-2-urezki@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2024 13:09:27 +0200
From: "Uladzislau Rezki (Sony)" <urezki@...il.com>
To: "Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
Cc: RCU <rcu@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Neeraj upadhyay <Neeraj.Upadhyay@....com>,
	Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>,
	Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>,
	Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@...il.com>,
	Oleksiy Avramchenko <oleksiy.avramchenko@...y.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] rcu/kvfree: Add a switcher for dynamic rcu_head

Add a sysfs attribute to control whether a dynamically
rcu_head should be attached or not. It can be controlled
via "/sys/module/rcutree/parameters/use_dyn_rcu_head".

By default it is OFF.

Signed-off-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@...il.com>
---
 kernel/rcu/tree.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 0124411fecfb..893ee69d4a4b 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -206,6 +206,9 @@ module_param(rcu_min_cached_objs, int, 0444);
 static int rcu_delay_page_cache_fill_msec = 5000;
 module_param(rcu_delay_page_cache_fill_msec, int, 0444);
 
+static bool use_dyn_rcu_head __read_mostly;
+module_param(use_dyn_rcu_head, bool, 0444);
+
 /* Retrieve RCU kthreads priority for rcutorture */
 int rcu_get_gp_kthreads_prio(void)
 {
@@ -3814,6 +3817,9 @@ attach_rcu_head_to_object(void *obj)
 {
 	struct dyn_rcu_head *rhp;
 
+	if (!use_dyn_rcu_head)
+		return NULL;
+
 	rhp = kmalloc(sizeof(struct dyn_rcu_head), GFP_KERNEL |
 		__GFP_NORETRY | __GFP_NOMEMALLOC | __GFP_NOWARN);
 
-- 
2.39.2