Re: [PATCH 2/5] rcu/nocb: Move rcu_nocb_is_setup to rcu_state

From: Frederic Weisbecker
Date: Thu Feb 17 2022 - 06:30:36 EST


On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 09:28:04PM -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 05:53:32PM -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 01:30:35PM -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > > On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 04:42:05PM +0100, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> > > > In order to avoid scattering the global RCU states, move the RCU nocb
> > > > initialization witness within rcu_state.
> > > >
> > > > Reported-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Cc: Neeraj Upadhyay <quic_neeraju@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Cc: Uladzislau Rezki <uladzislau.rezki@xxxxxxxx>
> > > > Cc: Joel Fernandes <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > Build testing for CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL=n kernels suggested the following
> > > patch be merged into this one. Or does this variable need to be used
> > > somewhere? Either way, please let me know!
> >
> > TASKS03, TREE04, and TREE07 don't like this much, according to git
> > bisect. They are the ones with nohz_full CPUs, in case that is crucial.
> > Trying again after reverting this commit locally.
> >
> > If that works, I would be tempted to try the modification shown below.
>
> And that does pass significant rcutorture testing, but over to you. ;-)

Ah no we still need that variable, but I screwed up and wrongly converted
need_rcu_nocb_mask to rcu_state.nocb_is_setup somewhere.

Here is the v2 of the culprit patch (sorry):

---
From: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2022 14:23:39 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] rcu/nocb: Move rcu_nocb_is_setup to rcu_state

In order to avoid scattering the global RCU states, move the RCU nocb
initialization witness within rcu_state.

Reported-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Neeraj Upadhyay <quic_neeraju@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Uladzislau Rezki <uladzislau.rezki@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Joel Fernandes <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/rcu/tree.h | 1 +
kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h | 13 +++++--------
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.h b/kernel/rcu/tree.h
index 19fc9acce3ce..735fc410d76a 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.h
@@ -368,6 +368,7 @@ struct rcu_state {
arch_spinlock_t ofl_lock ____cacheline_internodealigned_in_smp;
/* Synchronize offline with */
/* GP pre-initialization. */
+ int nocb_is_setup; /* nocb is setup from boot */
};

/* Values for rcu_state structure's gp_flags field. */
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h
index 02e1d05a11fc..3c00240833d6 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h
@@ -60,9 +60,6 @@ static inline bool rcu_current_is_nocb_kthread(struct rcu_data *rdp)
* Parse the boot-time rcu_nocb_mask CPU list from the kernel parameters.
* If the list is invalid, a warning is emitted and all CPUs are offloaded.
*/
-
-static bool rcu_nocb_is_setup;
-
static int __init rcu_nocb_setup(char *str)
{
alloc_bootmem_cpumask_var(&rcu_nocb_mask);
@@ -72,7 +69,7 @@ static int __init rcu_nocb_setup(char *str)
cpumask_setall(rcu_nocb_mask);
}
}
- rcu_nocb_is_setup = true;
+ rcu_state.nocb_is_setup = true;
return 1;
}
__setup("rcu_nocbs", rcu_nocb_setup);
@@ -1172,10 +1169,10 @@ void __init rcu_init_nohz(void)
return;
}
}
- rcu_nocb_is_setup = true;
+ rcu_state.nocb_is_setup = true;
}

- if (!rcu_nocb_is_setup)
+ if (!rcu_state.nocb_is_setup)
return;

#if defined(CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL)
@@ -1233,7 +1230,7 @@ static void rcu_spawn_cpu_nocb_kthread(int cpu)
struct task_struct *t;
struct sched_param sp;

- if (!rcu_scheduler_fully_active || !rcu_nocb_is_setup)
+ if (!rcu_scheduler_fully_active || !rcu_state.nocb_is_setup)
return;

/* If there already is an rcuo kthread, then nothing to do. */
@@ -1279,7 +1276,7 @@ static void __init rcu_spawn_nocb_kthreads(void)
{
int cpu;

- if (rcu_nocb_is_setup) {
+ if (rcu_state.nocb_is_setup) {
for_each_online_cpu(cpu)
rcu_spawn_cpu_nocb_kthread(cpu);
}
--
2.25.1