nohz: Allow rcu extended quiescent state handling seperately from tick stop
authorFrederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Sat, 8 Oct 2011 14:01:00 +0000 (16:01 +0200)
committerPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Sun, 11 Dec 2011 18:31:36 +0000 (10:31 -0800)
It is assumed that rcu won't be used once we switch to tickless
mode and until we restart the tick. However this is not always
true, as in x86-64 where we dereference the idle notifiers after
the tick is stopped.

To prepare for fixing this, add two new APIs:
tick_nohz_idle_enter_norcu() and tick_nohz_idle_exit_norcu().

If no use of RCU is made in the idle loop between
tick_nohz_enter_idle() and tick_nohz_exit_idle() calls, the arch
must instead call the new *_norcu() version such that the arch doesn't
need to call rcu_idle_enter() and rcu_idle_exit().

Otherwise the arch must call tick_nohz_enter_idle() and
tick_nohz_exit_idle() and also call explicitly:

- rcu_idle_enter() after its last use of RCU before the CPU is put
to sleep.
- rcu_idle_exit() before the first use of RCU after the CPU is woken
up.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
Cc: Guan Xuetao <gxt@mprc.pku.edu.cn>
Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@tilera.com>
Cc: Hans-Christian Egtvedt <hans-christian.egtvedt@atmel.com>
Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Russell King <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
18 files changed:
arch/arm/kernel/process.c
arch/avr32/kernel/process.c
arch/blackfin/kernel/process.c
arch/microblaze/kernel/process.c
arch/mips/kernel/process.c
arch/openrisc/kernel/idle.c
arch/powerpc/kernel/idle.c
arch/powerpc/platforms/iseries/setup.c
arch/s390/kernel/process.c
arch/sh/kernel/idle.c
arch/sparc/kernel/process_64.c
arch/tile/kernel/process.c
arch/um/kernel/process.c
arch/unicore32/kernel/process.c
arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
include/linux/tick.h
kernel/time/tick-sched.c

index 3f1f8daf703cfa864f14199ef042aa9122334d9a..47e34c091276f4ee4c272d8bc696f2a66931a191 100644 (file)
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ void cpu_idle(void)
 
        /* endless idle loop with no priority at all */
        while (1) {
-               tick_nohz_idle_enter();
+               tick_nohz_idle_enter_norcu();
                leds_event(led_idle_start);
                while (!need_resched()) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ void cpu_idle(void)
                        }
                }
                leds_event(led_idle_end);
-               tick_nohz_idle_exit();
+               tick_nohz_idle_exit_norcu();
                preempt_enable_no_resched();
                schedule();
                preempt_disable();
index 6ee7952248dbe5eef0da81f172025017ea0465ba..34c8c703bb161e3585d3bdc581413549d8dfbc3e 100644 (file)
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ void cpu_idle(void)
 {
        /* endless idle loop with no priority at all */
        while (1) {
-               tick_nohz_idle_enter();
+               tick_nohz_idle_enter_norcu();
                while (!need_resched())
                        cpu_idle_sleep();
-               tick_nohz_idle_exit();
+               tick_nohz_idle_exit_norcu();
                preempt_enable_no_resched();
                schedule();
                preempt_disable();
index 7b141b5c9e8d629609996716b39e01d6e69cb87a..57e07498a0e76db1045028b801ccd718ed860e0b 100644 (file)
@@ -88,10 +88,10 @@ void cpu_idle(void)
 #endif
                if (!idle)
                        idle = default_idle;
-               tick_nohz_idle_enter();
+               tick_nohz_idle_enter_norcu();
                while (!need_resched())
                        idle();
-               tick_nohz_idle_exit();
+               tick_nohz_idle_exit_norcu();
                preempt_enable_no_resched();
                schedule();
                preempt_disable();
index 5407f09b4be46cf8e09fcd001abb1607a59dd978..13d59f34b94e151ad5af802b3c88d352384f7b2a 100644 (file)
@@ -103,10 +103,10 @@ void cpu_idle(void)
                if (!idle)
                        idle = default_idle;
 
-               tick_nohz_idle_enter();
+               tick_nohz_idle_enter_norcu();
                while (!need_resched())
                        idle();
-               tick_nohz_idle_exit();
+               tick_nohz_idle_exit_norcu();
 
                preempt_enable_no_resched();
                schedule();
index c11e5ca2a434a4cef23b80aa39a58f974ae97be2..17fb3a270160d3cd2b8903aac8a80bbcca6ce7de 100644 (file)
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ void __noreturn cpu_idle(void)
 
        /* endless idle loop with no priority at all */
        while (1) {
-               tick_nohz_idle_enter();
+               tick_nohz_idle_enter_norcu();
                while (!need_resched() && cpu_online(cpu)) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_MIPS_MT_SMTC
                        extern void smtc_idle_loop_hook(void);
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ void __noreturn cpu_idle(void)
                     system_state == SYSTEM_BOOTING))
                        play_dead();
 #endif
-               tick_nohz_idle_exit();
+               tick_nohz_idle_exit_norcu();
                preempt_enable_no_resched();
                schedule();
                preempt_disable();
index fb6a9bf40006d1c5e98771c03152c1d0684b1346..2e82cd0fa5e1939840f3b7d1508b68a761247863 100644 (file)
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ void cpu_idle(void)
 
        /* endless idle loop with no priority at all */
        while (1) {
-               tick_nohz_idle_enter();
+               tick_nohz_idle_enter_norcu();
 
                while (!need_resched()) {
                        check_pgt_cache();
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ void cpu_idle(void)
                        set_thread_flag(TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG);
                }
 
-               tick_nohz_idle_exit();
+               tick_nohz_idle_exit_norcu();
                preempt_enable_no_resched();
                schedule();
                preempt_disable();
index 878572f70ac5f5bcb1c24e5cab91061cb37ef689..2e782a36d8f2e321a5967e2b0e418b424a234fa9 100644 (file)
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ void cpu_idle(void)
 
        set_thread_flag(TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG);
        while (1) {
-               tick_nohz_idle_enter();
+               tick_nohz_idle_enter_norcu();
                while (!need_resched() && !cpu_should_die()) {
                        ppc64_runlatch_off();
 
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ void cpu_idle(void)
 
                HMT_medium();
                ppc64_runlatch_on();
-               tick_nohz_idle_exit();
+               tick_nohz_idle_exit_norcu();
                preempt_enable_no_resched();
                if (cpu_should_die())
                        cpu_die();
index e83dfaf89f6978cd53a4f4688666d55546d9fb19..d69d3d185e89289be10968fcb6517f47bcedbe5c 100644 (file)
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ static void yield_shared_processor(void)
 static void iseries_shared_idle(void)
 {
        while (1) {
-               tick_nohz_idle_enter();
+               tick_nohz_idle_enter_norcu();
                while (!need_resched() && !hvlpevent_is_pending()) {
                        local_irq_disable();
                        ppc64_runlatch_off();
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ static void iseries_shared_idle(void)
                }
 
                ppc64_runlatch_on();
-               tick_nohz_idle_exit();
+               tick_nohz_idle_exit_norcu();
 
                if (hvlpevent_is_pending())
                        process_iSeries_events();
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ static void iseries_dedicated_idle(void)
        set_thread_flag(TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG);
 
        while (1) {
-               tick_nohz_idle_enter();
+               tick_nohz_idle_enter_norcu();
                if (!need_resched()) {
                        while (!need_resched()) {
                                ppc64_runlatch_off();
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ static void iseries_dedicated_idle(void)
                }
 
                ppc64_runlatch_on();
-               tick_nohz_idle_exit();
+               tick_nohz_idle_exit_norcu();
                preempt_enable_no_resched();
                schedule();
                preempt_disable();
index 6224f9dbbc1f8c6bca54a6371568dfdb077106c2..6fa987367ae670ec14634f725751a7ef5cb1b4c9 100644 (file)
@@ -91,10 +91,10 @@ static void default_idle(void)
 void cpu_idle(void)
 {
        for (;;) {
-               tick_nohz_idle_enter();
+               tick_nohz_idle_enter_norcu();
                while (!need_resched())
                        default_idle();
-               tick_nohz_idle_exit();
+               tick_nohz_idle_exit_norcu();
                preempt_enable_no_resched();
                schedule();
                preempt_disable();
index 6015743020a07af21b727f2dfe11544031d525bc..ad58e7535a7c479ba3236584f0c65bcacd019219 100644 (file)
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ void cpu_idle(void)
 
        /* endless idle loop with no priority at all */
        while (1) {
-               tick_nohz_idle_enter();
+               tick_nohz_idle_enter_norcu();
 
                while (!need_resched()) {
                        check_pgt_cache();
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ void cpu_idle(void)
                        start_critical_timings();
                }
 
-               tick_nohz_idle_exit();
+               tick_nohz_idle_exit_norcu();
                preempt_enable_no_resched();
                schedule();
                preempt_disable();
index 9c2795ba2cfe54763600544635823ce18735db9a..4a0e7d79cb926ee2a302ce78a2cfca247afbc0f4 100644 (file)
@@ -95,12 +95,12 @@ void cpu_idle(void)
        set_thread_flag(TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG);
 
        while(1) {
-               tick_nohz_idle_enter();
+               tick_nohz_idle_enter_norcu();
 
                while (!need_resched() && !cpu_is_offline(cpu))
                        sparc64_yield(cpu);
 
-               tick_nohz_idle_exit();
+               tick_nohz_idle_exit_norcu();
 
                preempt_enable_no_resched();
 
index 920e674aedb946a7e4cc0f20eab9fb92af896f3e..53ac89595ab153b1172dcdd3582677bf90c661c1 100644 (file)
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ void cpu_idle(void)
 
        /* endless idle loop with no priority at all */
        while (1) {
-               tick_nohz_idle_enter();
+               tick_nohz_idle_enter_norcu();
                while (!need_resched()) {
                        if (cpu_is_offline(cpu))
                                BUG();  /* no HOTPLUG_CPU */
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ void cpu_idle(void)
                                local_irq_enable();
                        current_thread_info()->status |= TS_POLLING;
                }
-               tick_nohz_idle_exit();
+               tick_nohz_idle_exit_norcu();
                preempt_enable_no_resched();
                schedule();
                preempt_disable();
index cfb657e9284912576ebffc7b8b983e6c369b4075..55d2cf455f630b7f70bfd422bce51e707e7d87ab 100644 (file)
@@ -246,10 +246,10 @@ void default_idle(void)
                if (need_resched())
                        schedule();
 
-               tick_nohz_idle_enter();
+               tick_nohz_idle_enter_norcu();
                nsecs = disable_timer();
                idle_sleep(nsecs);
-               tick_nohz_idle_exit();
+               tick_nohz_idle_exit_norcu();
        }
 }
 
index 9999b9a84d4677379529a50b1009a9c3a70f8e93..095ff5a57928fb0f7e7e0b6c64bc8d73f6e41d24 100644 (file)
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ void cpu_idle(void)
 {
        /* endless idle loop with no priority at all */
        while (1) {
-               tick_nohz_idle_enter();
+               tick_nohz_idle_enter_norcu();
                while (!need_resched()) {
                        local_irq_disable();
                        stop_critical_timings();
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ void cpu_idle(void)
                        local_irq_enable();
                        start_critical_timings();
                }
-               tick_nohz_idle_exit();
+               tick_nohz_idle_exit_norcu();
                preempt_enable_no_resched();
                schedule();
                preempt_disable();
index 6d9d4d52cac5af848b41a360c1d6cb32eb5bfe65..f94da3920c36bc1501b395b24ef3cac4ace20d78 100644 (file)
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ void cpu_idle(void)
 
        /* endless idle loop with no priority at all */
        while (1) {
-               tick_nohz_idle_enter();
+               tick_nohz_idle_enter_norcu();
                while (!need_resched()) {
 
                        check_pgt_cache();
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ void cpu_idle(void)
                                pm_idle();
                        start_critical_timings();
                }
-               tick_nohz_idle_exit();
+               tick_nohz_idle_exit_norcu();
                preempt_enable_no_resched();
                schedule();
                preempt_disable();
index b069e9d7875f7c3b4552a9b25e0409dc9c1f87e1..18e8cf3581f660efa6d6b6d93fd3e5eb1bd7b533 100644 (file)
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ void cpu_idle(void)
 
        /* endless idle loop with no priority at all */
        while (1) {
-               tick_nohz_idle_enter();
+               tick_nohz_idle_enter_norcu();
                while (!need_resched()) {
 
                        rmb();
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ void cpu_idle(void)
                        __exit_idle();
                }
 
-               tick_nohz_idle_exit();
+               tick_nohz_idle_exit_norcu();
                preempt_enable_no_resched();
                schedule();
                preempt_disable();
index 0df1d50a408ae13b7ef6528036dcfe580a887c45..327434a057572548f089443c8108422419923402 100644 (file)
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #define _LINUX_TICK_H
 
 #include <linux/clockchips.h>
+#include <linux/irqflags.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 
@@ -121,18 +122,57 @@ static inline int tick_oneshot_mode_active(void) { return 0; }
 #endif /* !CONFIG_GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS */
 
 # ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ
-extern void tick_nohz_idle_enter(void);
+extern void __tick_nohz_idle_enter(void);
+static inline void tick_nohz_idle_enter(void)
+{
+       local_irq_disable();
+       __tick_nohz_idle_enter();
+       local_irq_enable();
+}
 extern void tick_nohz_idle_exit(void);
+
+/*
+ * Call this pair of function if the arch doesn't make any use
+ * of RCU in-between. You won't need to call rcu_idle_enter() and
+ * rcu_idle_exit().
+ * Otherwise you need to call tick_nohz_idle_enter() and tick_nohz_idle_exit()
+ * and explicitly tell RCU about the window around the place the CPU enters low
+ * power mode where no RCU use is made. This is done by calling rcu_idle_enter()
+ * after the last use of RCU before the CPU is put to sleep and by calling
+ * rcu_idle_exit() before the first use of RCU after the CPU woke up.
+ */
+static inline void tick_nohz_idle_enter_norcu(void)
+{
+       /*
+        * Also call rcu_idle_enter() in the irq disabled section even
+        * if it disables irq itself.
+        * Just an optimization that prevents from an interrupt happening
+        * between it and __tick_nohz_idle_enter() to lose time to help
+        * completing a grace period while we could be in extended grace
+        * period already.
+        */
+       local_irq_disable();
+       __tick_nohz_idle_enter();
+       rcu_idle_enter();
+       local_irq_enable();
+}
+static inline void tick_nohz_idle_exit_norcu(void)
+{
+       rcu_idle_exit();
+       tick_nohz_idle_exit();
+}
 extern void tick_nohz_irq_exit(void);
 extern ktime_t tick_nohz_get_sleep_length(void);
 extern u64 get_cpu_idle_time_us(int cpu, u64 *last_update_time);
 extern u64 get_cpu_iowait_time_us(int cpu, u64 *last_update_time);
 # else
-static inline void tick_nohz_idle_enter(void)
+static inline void tick_nohz_idle_enter(void) { }
+static inline void tick_nohz_idle_exit(void) { }
+static inline void tick_nohz_idle_enter_norcu(void)
 {
        rcu_idle_enter();
 }
-static inline void tick_nohz_idle_exit(void)
+static inline void tick_nohz_idle_exit_norcu(void)
 {
        rcu_idle_exit();
 }
index 266c242dc354dda5739066e06e5589453b4bc1b4..c76aefe764b0f19e502da8feaf20bbe7acad726f 100644 (file)
@@ -453,18 +453,22 @@ out:
  *
  * When the next event is more than a tick into the future, stop the idle tick
  * Called when we start the idle loop.
- * This also enters into RCU extended quiescent state so that this CPU doesn't
- * need anymore to be part of any global grace period completion. This way
- * the tick can be stopped safely as we don't need to report quiescent states.
+ *
+ * If no use of RCU is made in the idle loop between
+ * tick_nohz_idle_enter() and tick_nohz_idle_exit() calls, then
+ * tick_nohz_idle_enter_norcu() should be called instead and the arch
+ * doesn't need to call rcu_idle_enter() and rcu_idle_exit() explicitly.
+ *
+ * Otherwise the arch is responsible of calling:
+ *
+ * - rcu_idle_enter() after its last use of RCU before the CPU is put
+ *  to sleep.
+ * - rcu_idle_exit() before the first use of RCU after the CPU is woken up.
  */
-void tick_nohz_idle_enter(void)
+void __tick_nohz_idle_enter(void)
 {
        struct tick_sched *ts;
 
-       WARN_ON_ONCE(irqs_disabled());
-
-       local_irq_disable();
-
        ts = &__get_cpu_var(tick_cpu_sched);
        /*
         * set ts->inidle unconditionally. even if the system did not
@@ -473,9 +477,6 @@ void tick_nohz_idle_enter(void)
         */
        ts->inidle = 1;
        tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick(ts);
-       rcu_idle_enter();
-
-       local_irq_enable();
 }
 
 /**
@@ -551,7 +552,7 @@ void tick_nohz_idle_exit(void)
        ktime_t now;
 
        local_irq_disable();
-       rcu_idle_exit();
+
        if (ts->idle_active || (ts->inidle && ts->tick_stopped))
                now = ktime_get();