linux-stable/kernel/rcu
Byungchul Park cf7614e13c rcu: Refactor rcu_{nmi,irq}_{enter,exit}()
When entering or exiting irq or NMI handlers, the current code uses
->dynticks_nmi_nesting to detect if it is in the outermost handler,
that is, the one interrupting or returning to an RCU-idle context (the
idle loop or nohz_full usermode execution).  When entering the outermost
handler via an interrupt (as opposed to NMI), it is necessary to invoke
rcu_dynticks_task_exit() just before the CPU is marked non-idle from an
RCU perspective and to invoke rcu_cleanup_after_idle() just after the
CPU is marked non-idle.  Similarly, when exiting the outermost handler
via an interrupt, it is necessary to invoke rcu_prepare_for_idle() just
before marking the CPU idle and to invoke rcu_dynticks_task_enter()
just after marking the CPU idle.

The decision to execute these four functions is currently taken in
rcu_irq_enter() and rcu_irq_exit() as follows:

   rcu_irq_enter()
      /* A conditional branch with ->dynticks_nmi_nesting */
      rcu_nmi_enter()
         /* A conditional branch with ->dynticks */
      /* A conditional branch with ->dynticks_nmi_nesting */

   rcu_irq_exit()
      /* A conditional branch with ->dynticks_nmi_nesting */
      rcu_nmi_exit()
         /* A conditional branch with ->dynticks_nmi_nesting */
      /* A conditional branch with ->dynticks_nmi_nesting */

   rcu_nmi_enter()
      /* A conditional branch with ->dynticks */

   rcu_nmi_exit()
      /* A conditional branch with ->dynticks_nmi_nesting */

This works, but the conditional branches in rcu_irq_enter() and
rcu_irq_exit() are redundant with those in rcu_nmi_enter() and
rcu_nmi_exit(), respectively.  Redundant branches are not something
we want in the to/from-idle fastpaths, so this commit refactors
rcu_{nmi,irq}_{enter,exit}() so they use a common inlined function passed
a constant argument as follows:

   rcu_irq_enter() inlining rcu_nmi_enter_common(irq=true)
      /* A conditional branch with ->dynticks */

   rcu_irq_exit() inlining rcu_nmi_exit_common(irq=true)
      /* A conditional branch with ->dynticks_nmi_nesting */

   rcu_nmi_enter() inlining rcu_nmi_enter_common(irq=false)
      /* A conditional branch with ->dynticks */

   rcu_nmi_exit() inlining rcu_nmi_exit_common(irq=false)
      /* A conditional branch with ->dynticks_nmi_nesting */

The combination of the constant function argument and the inlining allows
the compiler to discard the conditionals that previously controlled
execution of rcu_dynticks_task_exit(), rcu_cleanup_after_idle(),
rcu_prepare_for_idle(), and rcu_dynticks_task_enter().  This reduces both
the to-idle and from-idle path lengths by two conditional branches each,
and improves readability as well.

This commit also changes order of execution from this:

	rcu_dynticks_task_exit();
	rcu_dynticks_eqs_exit();
	trace_rcu_dyntick();
	rcu_cleanup_after_idle();

To this:

	rcu_dynticks_task_exit();
	rcu_dynticks_eqs_exit();
	rcu_cleanup_after_idle();
	trace_rcu_dyntick();

In other words, the calls to rcu_cleanup_after_idle() and
trace_rcu_dyntick() are reversed.  This has no functional effect because
the real concern is whether a given call is before or after the call to
rcu_dynticks_eqs_exit(), and this patch does not change that.  Before the
call to rcu_dynticks_eqs_exit(), RCU is not yet watching the current
CPU and after that call RCU is watching.

A similar switch in calling order happens on the idle-entry path, with
similar lack of effect for the same reasons.

Suggested-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Byungchul Park <byungchul.park@lge.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
[ paulmck: Applied Steven Rostedt feedback. ]
Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2018-08-30 16:00:46 -07:00
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Kconfig rcu: Drive TASKS_RCU directly off of PREEMPT 2017-08-17 07:26:04 -07:00
Kconfig.debug rcu: Move RCU debug Kconfig options to kernel/rcu 2017-06-08 18:52:44 -07:00
Makefile License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
rcu.h Merge branches 'fixes1.2018.07.12b' and 'torture1.2018.07.12b' into HEAD 2018-07-12 15:42:41 -07:00
rcu_segcblist.c rcu: Simplify and inline cpu_needs_another_gp() 2018-05-15 10:30:59 -07:00
rcu_segcblist.h rcu: Simplify and inline cpu_needs_another_gp() 2018-05-15 10:30:59 -07:00
rcuperf.c Merge branches 'fixes1.2018.07.12b' and 'torture1.2018.07.12b' into HEAD 2018-07-12 15:42:41 -07:00
rcutorture.c Merge branches 'fixes1.2018.07.12b' and 'torture1.2018.07.12b' into HEAD 2018-07-12 15:42:41 -07:00
srcutiny.c sched/swait: Rename to exclusive 2018-06-20 11:35:56 +02:00
srcutree.c srcu: Add grace-period number to rcutorture statistics printout 2018-07-12 15:39:25 -07:00
sync.c doc: Fix various RCU docbook comment-header problems 2017-10-19 22:26:11 -04:00
tiny.c rcu: Improve rcu_note_voluntary_context_switch() reporting 2018-07-12 15:39:12 -07:00
tree.c rcu: Refactor rcu_{nmi,irq}_{enter,exit}() 2018-08-30 16:00:46 -07:00
tree.h rcu: Remove unused rcu_kick_nohz_cpu() function 2018-07-12 15:39:17 -07:00
tree_exp.h Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-08-13 11:25:07 -07:00
tree_plugin.h Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-08-13 11:25:07 -07:00
update.c rcu: Add comment to the last sleep in the rcu tasks loop 2018-07-12 15:39:21 -07:00