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<title>linux-toradex.git/include/linux/rcupdate.h, branch v4.1.1</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules</subtitle>
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<title>Merge branches 'doc.2015.02.26a', 'earlycb.2015.03.03a', 'fixes.2015.03.03a', 'gpexp.2015.02.26a', 'hotplug.2015.03.20a', 'sysidle.2015.02.26b' and 'tiny.2015.02.26a' into HEAD</title>
<updated>2015-03-20T15:31:01+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2015-03-20T15:31:01+00:00</published>
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doc.2015.02.26a:  Documentation changes
earlycb.2015.03.03a:  Permit early-boot RCU callbacks
fixes.2015.03.03a:  Miscellaneous fixes
gpexp.2015.02.26a:  In-kernel expediting of normal grace periods
hotplug.2015.03.20a:  CPU hotplug fixes
sysidle.2015.02.26b:  NO_HZ_FULL_SYSIDLE fixes
tiny.2015.02.26a:  TINY_RCU fixes
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doc.2015.02.26a:  Documentation changes
earlycb.2015.03.03a:  Permit early-boot RCU callbacks
fixes.2015.03.03a:  Miscellaneous fixes
gpexp.2015.02.26a:  In-kernel expediting of normal grace periods
hotplug.2015.03.20a:  CPU hotplug fixes
sysidle.2015.02.26b:  NO_HZ_FULL_SYSIDLE fixes
tiny.2015.02.26a:  TINY_RCU fixes
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<entry>
<title>rcu: Handle outgoing CPUs on exit from idle loop</title>
<updated>2015-03-12T22:19:38+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2015-01-28T22:42:09+00:00</published>
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This commit informs RCU of an outgoing CPU just before that CPU invokes
arch_cpu_idle_dead() during its last pass through the idle loop (via a
new CPU_DYING_IDLE notifier value).  This change means that RCU need not
deal with outgoing CPUs passing through the scheduler after informing
RCU that they are no longer online.  Note that removing the CPU from
the rcu_node -&gt;qsmaskinit bit masks is done at CPU_DYING_IDLE time,
and orphaning callbacks is still done at CPU_DEAD time, the reason being
that at CPU_DEAD time we have another CPU that can adopt them.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
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This commit informs RCU of an outgoing CPU just before that CPU invokes
arch_cpu_idle_dead() during its last pass through the idle loop (via a
new CPU_DYING_IDLE notifier value).  This change means that RCU need not
deal with outgoing CPUs passing through the scheduler after informing
RCU that they are no longer online.  Note that removing the CPU from
the rcu_node -&gt;qsmaskinit bit masks is done at CPU_DYING_IDLE time,
and orphaning callbacks is still done at CPU_DEAD time, the reason being
that at CPU_DEAD time we have another CPU that can adopt them.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>rcu: Reverse rcu_dereference_check() conditions</title>
<updated>2015-03-03T19:16:47+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2015-02-02T19:46:33+00:00</published>
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The rcu_dereference_check() family of primitives evaluates the RCU
lockdep expression first, and only then evaluates the expression passed
in.  This works fine normally, but can potentially fail in environments
(such as NMI handlers) where lockdep cannot be invoked.  The problem is
that even if the expression passed in is "1", the compiler would need to
prove that the RCU lockdep expression (rcu_read_lock_held(), for example)
is free of side effects in order to be able to elide it.  Given that
rcu_read_lock_held() is sometimes separately compiled, the compiler cannot
always use this optimization.

This commit therefore reverse the order of evaluation, so that the
expression passed in is evaluated first, and the RCU lockdep expression is
evaluated only if the passed-in expression evaluated to false, courtesy
of the C-language short-circuit boolean evaluation rules.  This compells
the compiler to forego executing the RCU lockdep expression in cases
where the passed-in expression evaluates to "1" at compile time, so that
(for example) rcu_dereference_raw() can be guaranteed to execute safely
within an NMI handler.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
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The rcu_dereference_check() family of primitives evaluates the RCU
lockdep expression first, and only then evaluates the expression passed
in.  This works fine normally, but can potentially fail in environments
(such as NMI handlers) where lockdep cannot be invoked.  The problem is
that even if the expression passed in is "1", the compiler would need to
prove that the RCU lockdep expression (rcu_read_lock_held(), for example)
is free of side effects in order to be able to elide it.  Given that
rcu_read_lock_held() is sometimes separately compiled, the compiler cannot
always use this optimization.

This commit therefore reverse the order of evaluation, so that the
expression passed in is evaluated first, and the RCU lockdep expression is
evaluated only if the passed-in expression evaluated to false, courtesy
of the C-language short-circuit boolean evaluation rules.  This compells
the compiler to forego executing the RCU lockdep expression in cases
where the passed-in expression evaluates to "1" at compile time, so that
(for example) rcu_dereference_raw() can be guaranteed to execute safely
within an NMI handler.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>rcu: Improve diagnostics for blocked critical sections in irq</title>
<updated>2015-03-03T19:16:00+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2015-01-21T23:26:03+00:00</published>
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If an RCU read-side critical section occurs within an interrupt handler
or a softirq handler, it cannot have been preempted.  Therefore, there is
a check in rcu_read_unlock_special() checking for this error.  However,
when this check triggers, it lacks diagnostic information.  This commit
therefore moves rcu_read_unlock()'s lockdep annotation to follow the
call to __rcu_read_unlock() and changes rcu_read_unlock_special()'s
WARN_ON_ONCE() to an lockdep_rcu_suspicious() in order to locate where
the offending RCU read-side critical section began.  In addition, the
value of the -&gt;rcu_read_unlock_special field is printed.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
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If an RCU read-side critical section occurs within an interrupt handler
or a softirq handler, it cannot have been preempted.  Therefore, there is
a check in rcu_read_unlock_special() checking for this error.  However,
when this check triggers, it lacks diagnostic information.  This commit
therefore moves rcu_read_unlock()'s lockdep annotation to follow the
call to __rcu_read_unlock() and changes rcu_read_unlock_special()'s
WARN_ON_ONCE() to an lockdep_rcu_suspicious() in order to locate where
the offending RCU read-side critical section began.  In addition, the
value of the -&gt;rcu_read_unlock_special field is printed.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>rcu: Add Kconfig option to expedite grace periods during boot</title>
<updated>2015-02-26T20:03:03+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2015-02-19T18:51:32+00:00</published>
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This commit adds a CONFIG_RCU_EXPEDITE_BOOT Kconfig parameter
that emulates a very early boot rcu_expedite_gp().  A late-boot
call to rcu_end_inkernel_boot() will provide the corresponding
rcu_unexpedite_gp().  The late-boot call to rcu_end_inkernel_boot()
should be made just before init is spawned.

According to Arjan:

&gt; To show the boot time, I'm using the timestamp of the "Write protecting"
&gt; line, that's pretty much the last thing we print prior to ring 3 execution.
&gt;
&gt; A kernel with default RCU behavior (inside KVM, only virtual devices)
&gt; looks like this:
&gt;
&gt; [    0.038724] Write protecting the kernel read-only data: 10240k
&gt;
&gt; a kernel with expedited RCU (using the command line option, so that I
&gt; don't have to recompile between measurements and thus am completely
&gt; oranges-to-oranges)
&gt;
&gt; [    0.031768] Write protecting the kernel read-only data: 10240k
&gt;
&gt; which, in percentage, is an 18% improvement.

Reported-by: Arjan van de Ven &lt;arjan@linux.intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Tested-by: Arjan van de Ven &lt;arjan@linux.intel.com&gt;
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This commit adds a CONFIG_RCU_EXPEDITE_BOOT Kconfig parameter
that emulates a very early boot rcu_expedite_gp().  A late-boot
call to rcu_end_inkernel_boot() will provide the corresponding
rcu_unexpedite_gp().  The late-boot call to rcu_end_inkernel_boot()
should be made just before init is spawned.

According to Arjan:

&gt; To show the boot time, I'm using the timestamp of the "Write protecting"
&gt; line, that's pretty much the last thing we print prior to ring 3 execution.
&gt;
&gt; A kernel with default RCU behavior (inside KVM, only virtual devices)
&gt; looks like this:
&gt;
&gt; [    0.038724] Write protecting the kernel read-only data: 10240k
&gt;
&gt; a kernel with expedited RCU (using the command line option, so that I
&gt; don't have to recompile between measurements and thus am completely
&gt; oranges-to-oranges)
&gt;
&gt; [    0.031768] Write protecting the kernel read-only data: 10240k
&gt;
&gt; which, in percentage, is an 18% improvement.

Reported-by: Arjan van de Ven &lt;arjan@linux.intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Tested-by: Arjan van de Ven &lt;arjan@linux.intel.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>rcu: Provide rcu_expedite_gp() and rcu_unexpedite_gp()</title>
<updated>2015-02-26T20:02:59+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2015-02-18T20:24:30+00:00</published>
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Currently, expediting of normal synchronous grace-period primitives
(synchronize_rcu() and friends) is controlled by the rcu_expedited()
boot/sysfs parameter.  This works well, but does not handle nesting.
This commit therefore provides rcu_expedite_gp() to enable expediting
and rcu_unexpedite_gp() to cancel a prior rcu_expedite_gp(), both of
which support nesting.

Reported-by: Arjan van de Ven &lt;arjan@linux.intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
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Currently, expediting of normal synchronous grace-period primitives
(synchronize_rcu() and friends) is controlled by the rcu_expedited()
boot/sysfs parameter.  This works well, but does not handle nesting.
This commit therefore provides rcu_expedite_gp() to enable expediting
and rcu_unexpedite_gp() to cancel a prior rcu_expedite_gp(), both of
which support nesting.

Reported-by: Arjan van de Ven &lt;arjan@linux.intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>rcu: Consolidate rcu_synchronize and wakeme_after_rcu()</title>
<updated>2015-02-26T01:03:03+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2015-01-11T03:47:10+00:00</published>
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There are currently duplicate identical definitions of the
rcu_synchronize() structure and the wakeme_after_rcu() function.
Thie commit therefore consolidates them.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
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There are currently duplicate identical definitions of the
rcu_synchronize() structure and the wakeme_after_rcu() function.
Thie commit therefore consolidates them.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge branches 'doc.2015.01.07a', 'fixes.2015.01.15a', 'preempt.2015.01.06a', 'srcu.2015.01.06a', 'stall.2015.01.16a' and 'torture.2015.01.11a' into HEAD</title>
<updated>2015-01-16T07:34:34+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2015-01-16T07:34:34+00:00</published>
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doc.2015.01.07a: Documentation updates.
fixes.2015.01.15a: Miscellaneous fixes.
preempt.2015.01.06a: Changes to handling of lists of preempted tasks.
srcu.2015.01.06a: SRCU updates.
stall.2015.01.16a: RCU CPU stall-warning updates and fixes.
torture.2015.01.11a: RCU torture-test updates and fixes.
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doc.2015.01.07a: Documentation updates.
fixes.2015.01.15a: Miscellaneous fixes.
preempt.2015.01.06a: Changes to handling of lists of preempted tasks.
srcu.2015.01.06a: SRCU updates.
stall.2015.01.16a: RCU CPU stall-warning updates and fixes.
torture.2015.01.11a: RCU torture-test updates and fixes.
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<entry>
<title>rcu: Make cond_resched_rcu_qs() apply to normal RCU flavors</title>
<updated>2015-01-16T07:33:14+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2014-12-14T04:32:04+00:00</published>
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Although cond_resched_rcu_qs() only applies to TASKS_RCU, it is used
in places where it would be useful for it to apply to the normal RCU
flavors, rcu_preempt, rcu_sched, and rcu_bh.  This is especially the
case for workloads that aggressively overload the system, particularly
those that generate large numbers of RCU updates on systems running
NO_HZ_FULL CPUs.  This commit therefore communicates quiescent states
from cond_resched_rcu_qs() to the normal RCU flavors.

Note that it is unfortunately necessary to leave the old -&gt;passed_quiesce
mechanism in place to allow quiescent states that apply to only one
flavor to be recorded.  (Yes, we could decrement -&gt;rcu_qs_ctr_snap in
that case, but that is not so good for debugging of RCU internals.)
In addition, if one of the RCU flavor's grace period has stalled, this
will invoke rcu_momentary_dyntick_idle(), resulting in a heavy-weight
quiescent state visible from other CPUs.

Reported-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sasha.levin@oracle.com&gt;
Reported-by: Dave Jones &lt;davej@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
[ paulmck: Merge commit from Sasha Levin fixing a bug where __this_cpu()
  was used in preemptible code. ]
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Although cond_resched_rcu_qs() only applies to TASKS_RCU, it is used
in places where it would be useful for it to apply to the normal RCU
flavors, rcu_preempt, rcu_sched, and rcu_bh.  This is especially the
case for workloads that aggressively overload the system, particularly
those that generate large numbers of RCU updates on systems running
NO_HZ_FULL CPUs.  This commit therefore communicates quiescent states
from cond_resched_rcu_qs() to the normal RCU flavors.

Note that it is unfortunately necessary to leave the old -&gt;passed_quiesce
mechanism in place to allow quiescent states that apply to only one
flavor to be recorded.  (Yes, we could decrement -&gt;rcu_qs_ctr_snap in
that case, but that is not so good for debugging of RCU internals.)
In addition, if one of the RCU flavor's grace period has stalled, this
will invoke rcu_momentary_dyntick_idle(), resulting in a heavy-weight
quiescent state visible from other CPUs.

Reported-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sasha.levin@oracle.com&gt;
Reported-by: Dave Jones &lt;davej@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
[ paulmck: Merge commit from Sasha Levin fixing a bug where __this_cpu()
  was used in preemptible code. ]
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>rcupdate: Replace smp_read_barrier_depends() with lockless_dereference()</title>
<updated>2015-01-06T19:01:11+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Pranith Kumar</name>
<email>bobby.prani@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2014-11-13T19:24:14+00:00</published>
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Recently lockless_dereference() was added which can be used in place of
hard-coding smp_read_barrier_depends(). The following PATCH makes the change.

Signed-off-by: Pranith Kumar &lt;bobby.prani@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
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Recently lockless_dereference() was added which can be used in place of
hard-coding smp_read_barrier_depends(). The following PATCH makes the change.

Signed-off-by: Pranith Kumar &lt;bobby.prani@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
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