linux-toradex.git/kernel/rcu/rcuperf.c, branch v5.7-rc5

rcuperf: Measure memory footprint during kfree_rcu() test

2020-02-21T00:03:31+00:00

During changes to kfree_rcu() code, we often check the amount of free
memory.  As an alternative to checking this manually, this commit adds a
measurement in the test itself.  It measures four times during the test
for available memory, digitally filters these measurements to produce a
running average with a weight of 0.5, and compares this digitally filtered
value with the amount of available memory at the beginning of the test.

Something like the following is printed at the end of the run:

Total time taken by all kfree'ers: 6369738407 ns, loops: 10000, batches: 764, memory footprint: 216MB

Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) 
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney

rcu: Remove kfree_call_rcu_nobatch()

2020-01-24T18:24:31+00:00

Now that the kfree_rcu() special-casing has been removed from tree RCU,
this commit removes kfree_call_rcu_nobatch() since it is no longer needed.

Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) 
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney

rcuperf: Add kfree_rcu() performance Tests

2020-01-24T18:24:31+00:00

This test runs kfree_rcu() in a loop to measure performance of the new
kfree_rcu() batching functionality.

The following table shows results when booting with arguments:
rcuperf.kfree_loops=20000 rcuperf.kfree_alloc_num=8000
rcuperf.kfree_rcu_test=1 rcuperf.kfree_no_batch=X

rcuperf.kfree_no_batch=X    # Grace Periods	Test Duration (s)
  X=1 (old behavior)              9133                 11.5
  X=0 (new behavior)              1732                 12.5

On a 16 CPU system with the above boot parameters, we see that the total
number of grace periods that elapse during the test drops from 9133 when
not batching to 1732 when batching (a 5X improvement). The kfree_rcu()
flood itself slows down a bit when batching, though, as shown.

Note that the active memory consumption during the kfree_rcu() flood
does increase to around 200-250MB due to the batching (from around 50MB
without batching). However, this memory consumption is relatively
constant. In other words, the system is able to keep up with the
kfree_rcu() load. The memory consumption comes down considerably if
KFREE_DRAIN_JIFFIES is increased from HZ/50 to HZ/80. A later patch will
reduce memory consumption further by using multiple lists.

Also, when running the test, please disable CONFIG_DEBUG_PREEMPT and
CONFIG_PROVE_RCU for realistic comparisons with/without batching.

Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) 
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney

rcu: Remove unused variable rcu_perf_writer_state

2019-10-05T18:49:36+00:00

The variable rcu_perf_writer_state is declared and initialized,
but is never actually referenced. Remove it to clean code.

Signed-off-by: Ethan Hansen <1ethanhansen@gmail.com>
[ paulmck: Also removed unused macros assigned to that variable. ]
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney

rcuperf: Make rcuperf kernel test more robust for !expedited mode

2019-08-01T21:30:22+00:00

It is possible that the rcuperf kernel test runs concurrently with init
starting up.  During this time, the system is running all grace periods
as expedited.  However, rcuperf can also be run for normal GP tests.
Right now, it depends on a holdoff time before starting the test to
ensure grace periods start later. This works fine with the default
holdoff time however it is not robust in situations where init takes
greater than the holdoff time to finish running. Or, as in my case:

I modified the rcuperf test locally to also run a thread that did
preempt disable/enable in a loop. This had the effect of slowing down
init. The end result was that the "batches:" counter in rcuperf was 0
causing a division by 0 error in the results. This counter was 0 because
only expedited GPs seem to happen, not normal ones which led to the
rcu_state.gp_seq counter remaining constant across grace periods which
unexpectedly happen to be expedited. The system was running expedited
RCU all the time because rcu_unexpedited_gp() would not have run yet
from init.  In other words, the test would concurrently with init
booting in expedited GP mode.

To fix this properly, this commit waits until system_state is set to
SYSTEM_RUNNING before starting the test.  This change is made just
before kernel_init() invokes rcu_end_inkernel_boot(), and this latter
is what turns off boot-time expediting of RCU grace periods.

Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) 
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney

rcuperf: Fix perf_type module-parameter description

2019-08-01T21:30:22+00:00

The rcu_bh rcuperf type was removed by commit 620d246065cd("rcuperf:
Remove the "rcu_bh" and "sched" torture types"), but it lives on in the
MODULE_PARM_DESC() of perf_type.  This commit therefore changes that
module-parameter description to substitute srcu for rcu_bh.

Signed-off-by: Xiao Yang 
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney

rcuperf: Fix cleanup path for invalid perf_type strings

2019-03-26T21:42:53+00:00

If the specified rcuperf.perf_type is not in the rcu_perf_init()
function's perf_ops[] array, rcuperf prints some console messages and
then invokes rcu_perf_cleanup() to set state so that a future torture
test can run.  However, rcu_perf_cleanup() also attempts to end the
test that didn't actually start, and in doing so relies on the value
of cur_ops, a value that is not particularly relevant in this case.
This can result in confusing output or even follow-on failures due to
attempts to use facilities that have not been properly initialized.

This commit therefore sets the value of cur_ops to NULL in this case and
inserts a check near the beginning of rcu_perf_cleanup(), thus avoiding
relying on an irrelevant cur_ops value.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney

Merge branches 'doc.2019.01.26a', 'fixes.2019.01.26a', 'sil.2019.01.26a', 'spdx.2019.02.09a', 'srcu.2019.01.26a' and 'torture.2019.01.26a' into HEAD

2019-02-09T16:47:52+00:00

doc.2019.01.26a:  Documentation updates.
fixes.2019.01.26a:  Miscellaneous fixes.
sil.2019.01.26a:  Removal of a few more spin_is_locked() instances.
spdx.2019.02.09a:  Add SPDX identifiers to RCU files
srcu.2019.01.26a:  SRCU updates.
torture.2019.01.26a: Torture-test updates.

rcu/rcuperf: Convert to SPDX license identifier

2019-02-09T16:43:35+00:00

Replace the license boiler plate with a SPDX license identifier.
While in the area, update an email address.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney 
Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner

rcuperf: Stop abusing IS_ENABLED()

2019-01-25T23:37:11+00:00

The ever-evolving IS_ENABLED() macro is intended for CONFIG_* Kconfig
options, but rcuperf currently uses it for the decidedly non-CONFIG_*
MODULE macro.  In the spirit of not inviting trouble, this commit
substitutes tried-and-true #ifdef.

Reported-by: Ingo Molnar 
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney 
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar