From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S966757Ab0B0AjK (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:39:10 -0500 Received: from e1.ny.us.ibm.com ([32.97.182.141]:58470 "EHLO e1.ny.us.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S966723Ab0B0AjE (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:39:04 -0500 From: "Paul E. McKenney" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: mingo@elte.hu, laijs@cn.fujitsu.com, dipankar@in.ibm.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org, mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca, josh@joshtriplett.org, dvhltc@us.ibm.com, niv@us.ibm.com, tglx@linutronix.de, peterz@infradead.org, rostedt@goodmis.org, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu, dhowells@redhat.com, "Paul E. McKenney" Subject: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 3/3] rcu: more fixes for accelerated GPs for last non-dynticked CPU Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:38:58 -0800 Message-Id: <1267231138-27856-3-git-send-email-paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.6.6 In-Reply-To: <20100227003831.GA27703@linux.vnet.ibm.com> References: <20100227003831.GA27703@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org This patch disables irqs across the call to rcu_needs_cpu(). It also enforces a hold-off period so that the idle loop doesn't softirq itself to death when there are lots of RCU callbacks in flight on the last non-dynticked CPU. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney --- kernel/rcutree_plugin.h | 10 +++++++++- 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h index ed241fc..464ad2c 100644 --- a/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h +++ b/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h @@ -986,6 +986,7 @@ static void rcu_needs_cpu_flush(void) #define RCU_NEEDS_CPU_FLUSHES 5 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, rcu_dyntick_drain); +static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, rcu_dyntick_holdoff); /* * Check to see if any future RCU-related work will need to be done @@ -1013,6 +1014,7 @@ int rcu_needs_cpu(int cpu) for_each_cpu_not(thatcpu, nohz_cpu_mask) if (thatcpu != cpu) { per_cpu(rcu_dyntick_drain, cpu) = 0; + per_cpu(rcu_dyntick_holdoff, cpu) = jiffies - 1; return rcu_needs_cpu_quick_check(cpu); } @@ -1022,6 +1024,7 @@ int rcu_needs_cpu(int cpu) per_cpu(rcu_dyntick_drain, cpu) = RCU_NEEDS_CPU_FLUSHES; } else if (--per_cpu(rcu_dyntick_drain, cpu) <= 0) { /* We have hit the limit, so time to give up. */ + per_cpu(rcu_dyntick_holdoff, cpu) = jiffies; return rcu_needs_cpu_quick_check(cpu); } @@ -1038,8 +1041,10 @@ int rcu_needs_cpu(int cpu) } /* If RCU callbacks are still pending, RCU still needs this CPU. */ - if (c) + if (c) { raise_softirq(RCU_SOFTIRQ); + per_cpu(rcu_dyntick_holdoff, cpu) = jiffies; + } return c; } @@ -1050,10 +1055,13 @@ int rcu_needs_cpu(int cpu) static void rcu_needs_cpu_flush(void) { int cpu = smp_processor_id(); + unsigned long flags; if (per_cpu(rcu_dyntick_drain, cpu) <= 0) return; + local_irq_save(flags); (void)rcu_needs_cpu(cpu); + local_irq_restore(flags); } #endif /* #else #if !defined(CONFIG_RCU_FAST_NO_HZ) */ -- 1.6.6