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rcu: Attempt QS when CPU discovers GP for strict GPs

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A given CPU normally notes a new grace period during one RCU_SOFTIRQ,
but avoids reporting the corresponding quiescent state until some later
RCU_SOFTIRQ.  This leisurly approach improves efficiency by increasing
the number of update requests served by each grace period, but is not
what is needed for kernels built with CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD=y.

This commit therefore adds a new rcu_strict_gp_check_qs() function
which, in CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD=y kernels, simply enters and
immediately exist an RCU read-side critical section.  If the CPU is
in a quiescent state, the rcu_read_unlock() will attempt to report an
immediate quiescent state.  This rcu_strict_gp_check_qs() function is
invoked from note_gp_changes(), so that a CPU just noticing a new grace
period might immediately report a quiescent state for that grace period.

Reported-by Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
This commit is contained in:
Paul E. McKenney 2020-08-06 16:35:08 -07:00
parent 44bad5b3cc
commit 1a2f5d57a3
1 changed files with 14 additions and 0 deletions
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kernel/rcu/tree.c
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@ -1574,6 +1574,19 @@ static void __maybe_unused rcu_advance_cbs_nowake(struct rcu_node *rnp,
raw_spin_unlock_rcu_node(rnp);
}
/*
* In CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD=y kernels, attempt to generate a
* quiescent state. This is intended to be invoked when the CPU notices
* a new grace period.
*/
static void rcu_strict_gp_check_qs(void)
{
if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD)) {
rcu_read_lock();
rcu_read_unlock();
}
}
/*
* Update CPU-local rcu_data state to record the beginnings and ends of
* grace periods. The caller must hold the ->lock of the leaf rcu_node
@ -1644,6 +1657,7 @@ static void note_gp_changes(struct rcu_data *rdp)
}
needwake = __note_gp_changes(rnp, rdp);
raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore_rcu_node(rnp, flags);
rcu_strict_gp_check_qs();
if (needwake)
rcu_gp_kthread_wake();
}