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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/rcu/tasks.h | 71 |
1 files changed, 33 insertions, 38 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tasks.h b/kernel/rcu/tasks.h index bf9cc5bc4ae5..df6b2cb2f205 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/tasks.h +++ b/kernel/rcu/tasks.h @@ -1138,11 +1138,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(show_rcu_tasks_rude_gp_kthread); // 3. Avoids expensive read-side instructions, having overhead similar // to that of Preemptible RCU. // -// There are of course downsides. The grace-period code can send IPIs to -// CPUs, even when those CPUs are in the idle loop or in nohz_full userspace. -// It is necessary to scan the full tasklist, much as for Tasks RCU. There -// is a single callback queue guarded by a single lock, again, much as for -// Tasks RCU. If needed, these downsides can be at least partially remedied. +// There are of course downsides. For example, the grace-period code +// can send IPIs to CPUs, even when those CPUs are in the idle loop or +// in nohz_full userspace. If needed, these downsides can be at least +// partially remedied. // // Perhaps most important, this variant of RCU does not affect the vanilla // flavors, rcu_preempt and rcu_sched. The fact that RCU Tasks Trace @@ -1155,38 +1154,30 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(show_rcu_tasks_rude_gp_kthread); // invokes these functions in this order: // // rcu_tasks_trace_pregp_step(): -// Initialize the count of readers and block CPU-hotplug operations. -// rcu_tasks_trace_pertask(), invoked on every non-idle task: -// Initialize per-task state and attempt to identify an immediate -// quiescent state for that task, or, failing that, attempt to -// set that task's .need_qs flag so that task's next outermost -// rcu_read_unlock_trace() will report the quiescent state (in which -// case the count of readers is incremented). If both attempts fail, -// the task is added to a "holdout" list. Note that IPIs are used -// to invoke trc_read_check_handler() in the context of running tasks -// in order to avoid ordering overhead on common-case shared-variable -// accessses. +// Disables CPU hotplug, adds all currently executing tasks to the +// holdout list, then checks the state of all tasks that blocked +// or were preempted within their current RCU Tasks Trace read-side +// critical section, adding them to the holdout list if appropriate. +// Finally, this function re-enables CPU hotplug. +// The ->pertask_func() pointer is NULL, so there is no per-task processing. // rcu_tasks_trace_postscan(): -// Initialize state and attempt to identify an immediate quiescent -// state as above (but only for idle tasks), unblock CPU-hotplug -// operations, and wait for an RCU grace period to avoid races with -// tasks that are in the process of exiting. +// Invokes synchronize_rcu() to wait for late-stage exiting tasks +// to finish exiting. // check_all_holdout_tasks_trace(), repeatedly until holdout list is empty: // Scans the holdout list, attempting to identify a quiescent state // for each task on the list. If there is a quiescent state, the -// corresponding task is removed from the holdout list. +// corresponding task is removed from the holdout list. Once this +// list is empty, the grace period has completed. // rcu_tasks_trace_postgp(): -// Wait for the count of readers do drop to zero, reporting any stalls. -// Also execute full memory barriers to maintain ordering with code -// executing after the grace period. +// Provides the needed full memory barrier and does debug checks. // // The exit_tasks_rcu_finish_trace() synchronizes with exiting tasks. // -// Pre-grace-period update-side code is ordered before the grace -// period via the ->cbs_lock and barriers in rcu_tasks_kthread(). -// Pre-grace-period read-side code is ordered before the grace period by -// atomic_dec_and_test() of the count of readers (for IPIed readers) and by -// scheduler context-switch ordering (for locked-down non-running readers). +// Pre-grace-period update-side code is ordered before the grace period +// via the ->cbs_lock and barriers in rcu_tasks_kthread(). Pre-grace-period +// read-side code is ordered before the grace period by atomic operations +// on .b.need_qs flag of each task involved in this process, or by scheduler +// context-switch ordering (for locked-down non-running readers). // The lockdep state must be outside of #ifdef to be useful. #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC @@ -1245,7 +1236,10 @@ u8 rcu_trc_cmpxchg_need_qs(struct task_struct *t, u8 old, u8 new) } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_trc_cmpxchg_need_qs); -/* If we are the last reader, wake up the grace-period kthread. */ +/* + * If we are the last reader, signal the grace-period kthread. + * Also remove from the per-CPU list of blocked tasks. + */ void rcu_read_unlock_trace_special(struct task_struct *t) { unsigned long flags; @@ -1336,9 +1330,9 @@ static void trc_read_check_handler(void *t_in) if (unlikely(nesting < 0)) goto reset_ipi; - // Get here if the task is in a read-side critical section. Set - // its state so that it will awaken the grace-period kthread upon - // exit from that critical section. + // Get here if the task is in a read-side critical section. + // Set its state so that it will update state for the grace-period + // kthread upon exit from that critical section. rcu_trc_cmpxchg_need_qs(t, 0, TRC_NEED_QS | TRC_NEED_QS_CHECKED); reset_ipi: @@ -1387,7 +1381,7 @@ static int trc_inspect_reader(struct task_struct *t, void *bhp_in) return 0; // In QS, so done. } if (nesting < 0) - return -EINVAL; // QS transitioning, try again later. + return -EINVAL; // Reader transitioning, try again later. // The task is in a read-side critical section, so set up its // state so that it will update state upon exit from that critical @@ -1492,11 +1486,12 @@ static void rcu_tasks_trace_pregp_step(struct list_head *hop) for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) WARN_ON_ONCE(per_cpu(trc_ipi_to_cpu, cpu)); - // Disable CPU hotplug across the CPU scan. - // This also waits for all readers in CPU-hotplug code paths. + // Disable CPU hotplug across the CPU scan for the benefit of + // any IPIs that might be needed. This also waits for all readers + // in CPU-hotplug code paths. cpus_read_lock(); - // These smp_call_function_single() calls are serialized to + // These rcu_tasks_trace_pertask_prep() calls are serialized to // allow safe access to the hop list. for_each_online_cpu(cpu) { rcu_read_lock(); @@ -1608,7 +1603,7 @@ static void check_all_holdout_tasks_trace(struct list_head *hop, { struct task_struct *g, *t; - // Disable CPU hotplug across the holdout list scan. + // Disable CPU hotplug across the holdout list scan for IPIs. cpus_read_lock(); list_for_each_entry_safe(t, g, hop, trc_holdout_list) { |