linux-stable/include/linux/rcutree.h
Paul E. McKenney aa9b16306e rcu: Precompute RCU_FAST_NO_HZ timer offsets
When a CPU is entering dyntick-idle mode, tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick()
calls rcu_needs_cpu() see if RCU needs that CPU, and, if not, computes the
next wakeup time based on the timer wheels.  Only later, when actually
entering the idle loop, rcu_prepare_for_idle() will be invoked.  In some
cases, rcu_prepare_for_idle() will post timers to wake the CPU back up.
But all for naught: The next wakeup time for the CPU has already been
computed, and posting a timer afterwards does not force that wakeup
time to be recomputed.  This means that rcu_prepare_for_idle()'s have
no effect.

This is not a problem on a busy system because something else will wake
up the CPU soon enough.  However, on lightly loaded systems, the CPU
might stay asleep for a considerable length of time.  If that CPU has
a callback that the rest of the system is waiting on, the system might
run very slowly or (in theory) even hang.

This commit avoids this problem by having rcu_needs_cpu() give
tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick() an estimate of when RCU will need the CPU
to wake back up, which tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick() takes into account
when programming the CPU's wakeup time.  An alternative approach is
for rcu_prepare_for_idle() to use hrtimers instead of normal timers,
but timers are much more efficient than are hrtimers for frequently
and repeatedly posting and cancelling a given timer, which is exactly
what RCU_FAST_NO_HZ does.

Reported-by: Pascal Chapperon <pascal.chapperon@wanadoo.fr>
Reported-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paul.mckenney@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Tested-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
Tested-by: Pascal Chapperon <pascal.chapperon@wanadoo.fr>
2012-06-06 20:43:28 -07:00

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/*
* Read-Copy Update mechanism for mutual exclusion (tree-based version)
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
*
* Copyright IBM Corporation, 2008
*
* Author: Dipankar Sarma <dipankar@in.ibm.com>
* Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Hierarchical algorithm
*
* Based on the original work by Paul McKenney <paulmck@us.ibm.com>
* and inputs from Rusty Russell, Andrea Arcangeli and Andi Kleen.
*
* For detailed explanation of Read-Copy Update mechanism see -
* Documentation/RCU
*/
#ifndef __LINUX_RCUTREE_H
#define __LINUX_RCUTREE_H
extern void rcu_init(void);
extern void rcu_note_context_switch(int cpu);
extern int rcu_needs_cpu(int cpu, unsigned long *delta_jiffies);
extern void rcu_cpu_stall_reset(void);
/*
* Note a virtualization-based context switch. This is simply a
* wrapper around rcu_note_context_switch(), which allows TINY_RCU
* to save a few bytes.
*/
static inline void rcu_virt_note_context_switch(int cpu)
{
rcu_note_context_switch(cpu);
}
extern void synchronize_rcu_bh(void);
extern void synchronize_sched_expedited(void);
extern void synchronize_rcu_expedited(void);
void kfree_call_rcu(struct rcu_head *head, void (*func)(struct rcu_head *rcu));
/**
* synchronize_rcu_bh_expedited - Brute-force RCU-bh grace period
*
* Wait for an RCU-bh grace period to elapse, but use a "big hammer"
* approach to force the grace period to end quickly. This consumes
* significant time on all CPUs and is unfriendly to real-time workloads,
* so is thus not recommended for any sort of common-case code. In fact,
* if you are using synchronize_rcu_bh_expedited() in a loop, please
* restructure your code to batch your updates, and then use a single
* synchronize_rcu_bh() instead.
*
* Note that it is illegal to call this function while holding any lock
* that is acquired by a CPU-hotplug notifier. And yes, it is also illegal
* to call this function from a CPU-hotplug notifier. Failing to observe
* these restriction will result in deadlock.
*/
static inline void synchronize_rcu_bh_expedited(void)
{
synchronize_sched_expedited();
}
extern void rcu_barrier(void);
extern void rcu_barrier_bh(void);
extern void rcu_barrier_sched(void);
extern unsigned long rcutorture_testseq;
extern unsigned long rcutorture_vernum;
extern long rcu_batches_completed(void);
extern long rcu_batches_completed_bh(void);
extern long rcu_batches_completed_sched(void);
extern void rcu_force_quiescent_state(void);
extern void rcu_bh_force_quiescent_state(void);
extern void rcu_sched_force_quiescent_state(void);
extern void rcu_scheduler_starting(void);
extern int rcu_scheduler_active __read_mostly;
#endif /* __LINUX_RCUTREE_H */