Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] membarrier: provide register sync core cmd

From: Mathieu Desnoyers
Date: Sun Aug 27 2017 - 16:52:00 EST


----- On Aug 27, 2017, at 1:35 PM, Paul E. McKenney paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> On Sun, Aug 27, 2017 at 12:54:04PM -0700, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
>> Add a new MEMBARRIER_CMD_REGISTER_SYNC_CORE command to the membarrier
>> system call. It allows processes to register their intent to have their
>> threads issue core serializing barriers in addition to memory barriers
>> whenever a membarrier command is performed.
>>
>> It is relevant for reclaim of JIT code, which requires to issue core
>> serializing barriers on all threads running on behalf of a process
>> after ensuring the old code is not visible anymore, before re-using
>> memory for new code.
>>
>> When a processes returns from a MEMBARRIER_CMD_REGISTER_SYNC_CORE
>> command, it is guaranteed that all following MEMBARRIER_CMD_SHARED and
>> MEMBARRIER_CMD_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED issue core serializing barriers, in
>> addition to the memory barriers, on all of its running threads.
>
> I have queued both of these for testing and review:
>
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-rcu.git
> f54cf5123eb9 ("membarrier: Speed up single-threaded private cmd")
> 0d6eb99818da ("membarrier: Provide register sync core cmd")
>
> Could the people who asked for this please test it? The second commit
> is non-obvious enough to need some careful review and intensive testing
> before I can in good conscious pass it upstream.

Thanks Paul!

Can you pick up my v2 instead ? I added benchmarks in the changelog and
documented the new command in the membarrier public header. No changes
otherwise.

Thanks,

Mathieu

>
> Thanx, Paul
>
>> Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> CC: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> CC: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> CC: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@xxxxxxxxx>
>> CC: Andrew Hunter <ahh@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> CC: Maged Michael <maged.michael@xxxxxxxxx>
>> CC: gromer@xxxxxxxxxx
>> CC: Avi Kivity <avi@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> CC: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> CC: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>
>> CC: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> CC: Dave Watson <davejwatson@xxxxxx>
>> CC: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> CC: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx>
>> CC: Hans Boehm <hboehm@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> fs/exec.c | 1 +
>> include/linux/sched.h | 52 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> include/uapi/linux/membarrier.h | 1 +
>> kernel/fork.c | 2 ++
>> kernel/sched/core.c | 3 +++
>> kernel/sched/membarrier.c | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
>> 6 files changed, 93 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
>> index 62175cbcc801..a4ab3253bac7 100644
>> --- a/fs/exec.c
>> +++ b/fs/exec.c
>> @@ -1794,6 +1794,7 @@ static int do_execveat_common(int fd, struct filename
>> *filename,
>> /* execve succeeded */
>> current->fs->in_exec = 0;
>> current->in_execve = 0;
>> + membarrier_execve(current);
>> acct_update_integrals(current);
>> task_numa_free(current);
>> free_bprm(bprm);
>> diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
>> index 8337e2db0bb2..b1ecdc4e8b84 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/sched.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/sched.h
>> @@ -1086,6 +1086,9 @@ struct task_struct {
>> /* Used by LSM modules for access restriction: */
>> void *security;
>> #endif
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_MEMBARRIER
>> + int membarrier_sync_core;
>> +#endif
>>
>> /*
>> * New fields for task_struct should be added above here, so that
>> @@ -1623,4 +1626,53 @@ extern long sched_getaffinity(pid_t pid, struct cpumask
>> *mask);
>> #define TASK_SIZE_OF(tsk) TASK_SIZE
>> #endif
>>
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_MEMBARRIER
>> +static inline void membarrier_fork(struct task_struct *t,
>> + unsigned long clone_flags)
>> +{
>> + /*
>> + * Coherence of membarrier_sync_core against thread fork is
>> + * protected by siglock. membarrier_fork is called with siglock
>> + * held.
>> + */
>> + t->membarrier_sync_core = current->membarrier_sync_core;
>> +}
>> +static inline void membarrier_execve(struct task_struct *t)
>> +{
>> + t->membarrier_sync_core = 0;
>> +}
>> +static inline void membarrier_sched_out(struct task_struct *t)
>> +{
>> + /*
>> + * Core serialization is performed before the memory barrier
>> + * preceding the store to rq->curr.
>> + */
>> + if (unlikely(READ_ONCE(t->membarrier_sync_core)))
>> + sync_core();
>> +}
>> +static inline void membarrier_sched_in(struct task_struct *t)
>> +{
>> + /*
>> + * Core serialization is performed after the memory barrier
>> + * following the store to rq->curr.
>> + */
>> + if (unlikely(READ_ONCE(t->membarrier_sync_core)))
>> + sync_core();
>> +}
>> +#else
>> +static inline void membarrier_fork(struct task_struct *t,
>> + unsigned long clone_flags)
>> +{
>> +}
>> +static inline void membarrier_execve(struct task_struct *t)
>> +{
>> +}
>> +static inline void membarrier_sched_out(struct task_struct *t)
>> +{
>> +}
>> +static inline void membarrier_sched_in(struct task_struct *t)
>> +{
>> +}
>> +#endif
>> +
>> #endif
>> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/membarrier.h b/include/uapi/linux/membarrier.h
>> index 6d47b3249d8a..bc26fcf8fb7b 100644
>> --- a/include/uapi/linux/membarrier.h
>> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/membarrier.h
>> @@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ enum membarrier_cmd {
>> /* reserved for MEMBARRIER_CMD_SHARED_EXPEDITED (1 << 1) */
>> /* reserved for MEMBARRIER_CMD_PRIVATE (1 << 2) */
>> MEMBARRIER_CMD_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED = (1 << 3),
>> + MEMBARRIER_CMD_REGISTER_SYNC_CORE = (1 << 4),
>> };
>>
>> #endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_MEMBARRIER_H */
>> diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
>> index 17921b0390b4..713b3c932671 100644
>> --- a/kernel/fork.c
>> +++ b/kernel/fork.c
>> @@ -1840,6 +1840,8 @@ static __latent_entropy struct task_struct *copy_process(
>> */
>> copy_seccomp(p);
>>
>> + membarrier_fork(p, clone_flags);
>> +
>> /*
>> * Process group and session signals need to be delivered to just the
>> * parent before the fork or both the parent and the child after the
>> diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
>> index 0e36d9960d91..3ca27d066950 100644
>> --- a/kernel/sched/core.c
>> +++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
>> @@ -3292,6 +3292,8 @@ static void __sched notrace __schedule(bool preempt)
>> local_irq_disable();
>> rcu_note_context_switch(preempt);
>>
>> + membarrier_sched_out(prev);
>> +
>> /*
>> * Make sure that signal_pending_state()->signal_pending() below
>> * can't be reordered with __set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE)
>> @@ -3364,6 +3366,7 @@ static void __sched notrace __schedule(bool preempt)
>>
>> /* Also unlocks the rq: */
>> rq = context_switch(rq, prev, next, &rf);
>> + membarrier_sched_in(next);
>> } else {
>> rq->clock_update_flags &= ~(RQCF_ACT_SKIP|RQCF_REQ_SKIP);
>> rq_unlock_irq(rq, &rf);
>> diff --git a/kernel/sched/membarrier.c b/kernel/sched/membarrier.c
>> index 7eec6914d2d2..f128caf64b49 100644
>> --- a/kernel/sched/membarrier.c
>> +++ b/kernel/sched/membarrier.c
>> @@ -25,12 +25,16 @@
>> * Bitmask made from a "or" of all commands within enum membarrier_cmd,
>> * except MEMBARRIER_CMD_QUERY.
>> */
>> -#define MEMBARRIER_CMD_BITMASK \
>> - (MEMBARRIER_CMD_SHARED | MEMBARRIER_CMD_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED)
>> +#define MEMBARRIER_CMD_BITMASK \
>> + (MEMBARRIER_CMD_SHARED \
>> + | MEMBARRIER_CMD_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED \
>> + | MEMBARRIER_CMD_REGISTER_SYNC_CORE)
>>
>> static void ipi_mb(void *info)
>> {
>> - smp_mb(); /* IPIs should be serializing but paranoid. */
>> + /* IPIs should be serializing but paranoid. */
>> + smp_mb();
>> + sync_core();
>> }
>>
>> static void membarrier_private_expedited(void)
>> @@ -96,6 +100,30 @@ static void membarrier_private_expedited(void)
>> smp_mb(); /* exit from system call is not a mb */
>> }
>>
>> +static void membarrier_register_sync_core(void)
>> +{
>> + struct task_struct *p = current, *t;
>> +
>> + if (get_nr_threads(p) == 1) {
>> + p->membarrier_sync_core = 1;
>> + return;
>> + }
>> +
>> + /*
>> + * Coherence of membarrier_sync_core against thread fork is
>> + * protected by siglock.
>> + */
>> + spin_lock(&p->sighand->siglock);
>> + for_each_thread(p, t)
>> + WRITE_ONCE(t->membarrier_sync_core, 1);
>> + spin_unlock(&p->sighand->siglock);
>> + /*
>> + * Ensure all future scheduler execution will observe the new
>> + * membarrier_sync_core state for this process.
>> + */
>> + synchronize_sched();
>> +}
>> +
>> /**
>> * sys_membarrier - issue memory barriers on a set of threads
>> * @cmd: Takes command values defined in enum membarrier_cmd.
>> @@ -146,6 +174,9 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(membarrier, int, cmd, int, flags)
>> case MEMBARRIER_CMD_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED:
>> membarrier_private_expedited();
>> return 0;
>> + case MEMBARRIER_CMD_REGISTER_SYNC_CORE:
>> + membarrier_register_sync_core();
>> + return 0;
>> default:
>> return -EINVAL;
>> }
>> --
>> 2.11.0

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Mathieu Desnoyers
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