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<title>linux-toradex.git/kernel/rcu/tiny.c, branch v5.12-rc5</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules</subtitle>
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<title>rcu: Rename *_kfree_callback/*_kfree_rcu_offset/kfree_call_*</title>
<updated>2020-06-29T18:59:25+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Uladzislau Rezki (Sony)</name>
<email>urezki@gmail.com</email>
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<published>2020-05-25T21:47:55+00:00</published>
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The following changes are introduced:

1. Rename rcu_invoke_kfree_callback() to rcu_invoke_kvfree_callback(),
as well as the associated trace events, so the rcu_kfree_callback(),
becomes rcu_kvfree_callback(). The reason is to be aligned with kvfree()
notation.

2. Rename __is_kfree_rcu_offset to __is_kvfree_rcu_offset. All RCU
paths use kvfree() now instead of kfree(), thus rename it.

3. Rename kfree_call_rcu() to the kvfree_call_rcu(). The reason is,
it is capable of freeing vmalloc() memory now. Do the same with
__kfree_rcu() macro, it becomes __kvfree_rcu(), the goal is the
same.

Reviewed-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) &lt;joel@joelfernandes.org&gt;
Co-developed-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) &lt;joel@joelfernandes.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) &lt;joel@joelfernandes.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) &lt;urezki@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
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The following changes are introduced:

1. Rename rcu_invoke_kfree_callback() to rcu_invoke_kvfree_callback(),
as well as the associated trace events, so the rcu_kfree_callback(),
becomes rcu_kvfree_callback(). The reason is to be aligned with kvfree()
notation.

2. Rename __is_kfree_rcu_offset to __is_kvfree_rcu_offset. All RCU
paths use kvfree() now instead of kfree(), thus rename it.

3. Rename kfree_call_rcu() to the kvfree_call_rcu(). The reason is,
it is capable of freeing vmalloc() memory now. Do the same with
__kfree_rcu() macro, it becomes __kvfree_rcu(), the goal is the
same.

Reviewed-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) &lt;joel@joelfernandes.org&gt;
Co-developed-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) &lt;joel@joelfernandes.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) &lt;joel@joelfernandes.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) &lt;urezki@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>rcu/tiny: support vmalloc in tiny-RCU</title>
<updated>2020-06-29T18:59:25+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Uladzislau Rezki (Sony)</name>
<email>urezki@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2020-05-25T21:47:54+00:00</published>
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Replace kfree() with kvfree() in rcu_reclaim_tiny().
This makes it possible to release either SLAB or vmalloc
objects after a GP.

Reviewed-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) &lt;joel@joelfernandes.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) &lt;urezki@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
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Replace kfree() with kvfree() in rcu_reclaim_tiny().
This makes it possible to release either SLAB or vmalloc
objects after a GP.

Reviewed-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) &lt;joel@joelfernandes.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) &lt;urezki@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>rcu: Remove kfree_rcu() special casing and lazy-callback handling</title>
<updated>2020-01-24T18:24:31+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Joel Fernandes (Google)</name>
<email>joel@joelfernandes.org</email>
</author>
<published>2019-08-30T16:36:32+00:00</published>
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This commit removes kfree_rcu() special-casing and the lazy-callback
handling from Tree RCU.  It moves some of this special casing to Tiny RCU,
the removal of which will be the subject of later commits.

This results in a nice negative delta.

Suggested-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) &lt;joel@joelfernandes.org&gt;
[ paulmck: Add slab.h #include, thanks to kbuild test robot &lt;lkp@intel.com&gt;. ]
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
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This commit removes kfree_rcu() special-casing and the lazy-callback
handling from Tree RCU.  It moves some of this special casing to Tiny RCU,
the removal of which will be the subject of later commits.

This results in a nice negative delta.

Suggested-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) &lt;joel@joelfernandes.org&gt;
[ paulmck: Add slab.h #include, thanks to kbuild test robot &lt;lkp@intel.com&gt;. ]
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>rcu: rcu_qs -- Use raise_softirq_irqoff to not save irqs twice</title>
<updated>2019-03-26T21:37:49+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Cyrill Gorcunov</name>
<email>gorcunov@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2019-01-24T18:14:37+00:00</published>
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The rcu_qs is disabling IRQs by self so no need to do the same in raise_softirq
but instead we can save some cycles using raise_softirq_irqoff directly.

CC: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Cyrill Gorcunov &lt;gorcunov@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.ibm.com&gt;
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The rcu_qs is disabling IRQs by self so no need to do the same in raise_softirq
but instead we can save some cycles using raise_softirq_irqoff directly.

CC: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Cyrill Gorcunov &lt;gorcunov@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.ibm.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>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</title>
<updated>2019-02-09T16:47:52+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@linux.ibm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2019-02-09T16:47:52+00:00</published>
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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.
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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.
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<entry>
<title>rcu/tiny: Convert to SPDX license identifier</title>
<updated>2019-02-09T16:44:05+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@linux.ibm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2019-01-17T18:21:12+00:00</published>
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Replace the license boiler plate with a SPDX license identifier.
While in the area, update an email address.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
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Replace the license boiler plate with a SPDX license identifier.
While in the area, update an email address.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
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<entry>
<title>rcu: Rename rcu_check_callbacks() to rcu_sched_clock_irq()</title>
<updated>2019-01-25T23:35:21+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@linux.ibm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2018-11-21T19:35:03+00:00</published>
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The name rcu_check_callbacks() arguably made sense back in the early
2000s when RCU was quite a bit simpler than it is today, but it has
become quite misleading, especially with the advent of dyntick-idle
and NO_HZ_FULL.  The rcu_check_callbacks() function is RCU's hook into
the scheduling-clock interrupt, and is now but one of many ways that
callbacks get promoted to invocable state.

This commit therefore changes the name to rcu_sched_clock_irq(),
which is the same number of characters and clearly indicates this
function's relation to the rest of the Linux kernel.  In addition, for
the sake of consistency, rcu_flavor_check_callbacks() is also renamed
to rcu_flavor_sched_clock_irq().

While in the area, the header comments for both functions are reworked.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.ibm.com&gt;
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The name rcu_check_callbacks() arguably made sense back in the early
2000s when RCU was quite a bit simpler than it is today, but it has
become quite misleading, especially with the advent of dyntick-idle
and NO_HZ_FULL.  The rcu_check_callbacks() function is RCU's hook into
the scheduling-clock interrupt, and is now but one of many ways that
callbacks get promoted to invocable state.

This commit therefore changes the name to rcu_sched_clock_irq(),
which is the same number of characters and clearly indicates this
function's relation to the rest of the Linux kernel.  In addition, for
the sake of consistency, rcu_flavor_check_callbacks() is also renamed
to rcu_flavor_sched_clock_irq().

While in the area, the header comments for both functions are reworked.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.ibm.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge branches 'doc.2018.08.30a', 'dynticks.2018.08.30b', 'srcu.2018.08.30b' and 'torture.2018.08.29a' into HEAD</title>
<updated>2018-08-30T23:12:53+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2018-08-30T23:12:53+00:00</published>
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doc.2018.08.30a: Documentation updates
dynticks.2018.08.30b: RCU flavor consolidation updates and cleanups
srcu.2018.08.30b: SRCU updates
torture.2018.08.29a: Torture-test updates
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doc.2018.08.30a: Documentation updates
dynticks.2018.08.30b: RCU flavor consolidation updates and cleanups
srcu.2018.08.30b: SRCU updates
torture.2018.08.29a: Torture-test updates
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<title>srcu: Make call_srcu() available during very early boot</title>
<updated>2018-08-30T23:10:19+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2018-08-14T15:45:54+00:00</published>
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Event tracing is moving to SRCU in order to take advantage of the fact
that SRCU may be safely used from idle and even offline CPUs.  However,
event tracing can invoke call_srcu() very early in the boot process,
even before workqueue_init_early() is invoked (let alone rcu_init()).
Therefore, call_srcu()'s attempts to queue work fail miserably.

This commit therefore detects this situation, and refrains from attempting
to queue work before rcu_init() time, but does everything else that it
would have done, and in addition, adds the srcu_struct to a global list.
The rcu_init() function now invokes a new srcu_init() function, which
is empty if CONFIG_SRCU=n.  Otherwise, srcu_init() queues work for
each srcu_struct on the list.  This all happens early enough in boot
that there is but a single CPU with interrupts disabled, which allows
synchronization to be dispensed with.

Of course, the queued work won't actually be invoked until after
workqueue_init() is invoked, which happens shortly after the scheduler
is up and running.  This means that although call_srcu() may be invoked
any time after per-CPU variables have been set up, there is still a very
narrow window when synchronize_srcu() won't work, and this window
extends from the time that the scheduler starts until the time that
workqueue_init() returns.  This can be fixed in a manner similar to
the fix for synchronize_rcu_expedited() and friends, but until someone
actually needs to use synchronize_srcu() during this window, this fix
is added churn for no benefit.

Finally, note that Tree SRCU's new srcu_init() function invokes
queue_work() rather than the queue_delayed_work() function that is
invoked post-boot.  The reason is that queue_delayed_work() will (as you
would expect) post a timer, and timers have not yet been initialized.
So use of queue_work() avoids the complaints about use of uninitialized
spinlocks that would otherwise result.  Besides, some delay is already
provide by the aforementioned fact that the queued work won't actually
be invoked until after the scheduler is up and running.

Requested-by: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Tested-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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Event tracing is moving to SRCU in order to take advantage of the fact
that SRCU may be safely used from idle and even offline CPUs.  However,
event tracing can invoke call_srcu() very early in the boot process,
even before workqueue_init_early() is invoked (let alone rcu_init()).
Therefore, call_srcu()'s attempts to queue work fail miserably.

This commit therefore detects this situation, and refrains from attempting
to queue work before rcu_init() time, but does everything else that it
would have done, and in addition, adds the srcu_struct to a global list.
The rcu_init() function now invokes a new srcu_init() function, which
is empty if CONFIG_SRCU=n.  Otherwise, srcu_init() queues work for
each srcu_struct on the list.  This all happens early enough in boot
that there is but a single CPU with interrupts disabled, which allows
synchronization to be dispensed with.

Of course, the queued work won't actually be invoked until after
workqueue_init() is invoked, which happens shortly after the scheduler
is up and running.  This means that although call_srcu() may be invoked
any time after per-CPU variables have been set up, there is still a very
narrow window when synchronize_srcu() won't work, and this window
extends from the time that the scheduler starts until the time that
workqueue_init() returns.  This can be fixed in a manner similar to
the fix for synchronize_rcu_expedited() and friends, but until someone
actually needs to use synchronize_srcu() during this window, this fix
is added churn for no benefit.

Finally, note that Tree SRCU's new srcu_init() function invokes
queue_work() rather than the queue_delayed_work() function that is
invoked post-boot.  The reason is that queue_delayed_work() will (as you
would expect) post a timer, and timers have not yet been initialized.
So use of queue_work() avoids the complaints about use of uninitialized
spinlocks that would otherwise result.  Besides, some delay is already
provide by the aforementioned fact that the queued work won't actually
be invoked until after the scheduler is up and running.

Requested-by: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Tested-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>rcu: Motivate Tiny RCU forward progress</title>
<updated>2018-08-30T23:03:41+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2018-07-20T21:18:23+00:00</published>
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If a long-running CPU-bound in-kernel task invokes call_rcu(), the
callback won't be invoked until the next context switch.  If there are
no other runnable tasks (which is not an uncommon situation on deep
embedded systems), the callback might never be invoked.

This commit therefore causes rcu_check_callbacks() to ask the scheduler
for a context switch if there are callbacks posted that are still waiting
for a grace period.

Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
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If a long-running CPU-bound in-kernel task invokes call_rcu(), the
callback won't be invoked until the next context switch.  If there are
no other runnable tasks (which is not an uncommon situation on deep
embedded systems), the callback might never be invoked.

This commit therefore causes rcu_check_callbacks() to ask the scheduler
for a context switch if there are callbacks posted that are still waiting
for a grace period.

Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
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