linux-toradex.git/kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h, branch v4.15-rc2

rcu: Make expedited GPs correctly handle hardware CPU insertion

2017-07-25T20:04:45+00:00

The update of the ->expmaskinitnext and of ->ncpus are unsynchronized,
with the value of ->ncpus being incremented long before the corresponding
->expmaskinitnext mask is updated.  If an RCU expedited grace period
sees ->ncpus change, it will update the ->expmaskinit masks from the new
->expmaskinitnext masks.  But it is possible that ->ncpus has already
been updated, but the ->expmaskinitnext masks still have their old values.
For the current expedited grace period, no harm done.  The CPU could not
have been online before the grace period started, so there is no need to
wait for its non-existent pre-existing readers.

But the next RCU expedited grace period is in a world of hurt.  The value
of ->ncpus has already been updated, so this grace period will assume
that the ->expmaskinitnext masks have not changed.  But they have, and
they won't be taken into account until the next never-been-online CPU
comes online.  This means that RCU will be ignoring some CPUs that it
should be paying attention to.

The solution is to update ->ncpus and ->expmaskinitnext while holding
the ->lock for the rcu_node structure containing the ->expmaskinitnext
mask.  Because smp_store_release() is now used to update ->ncpus and
smp_load_acquire() is now used to locklessly read it, if the expedited
grace period sees ->ncpus change, then the updating CPU has to
already be holding the corresponding ->lock.  Therefore, when the
expedited grace period later acquires that ->lock, it is guaranteed
to see the new value of ->expmaskinitnext.

On the other hand, if the expedited grace period loads ->ncpus just
before an update, earlier full memory barriers guarantee that
the incoming CPU isn't far enough along to be running any RCU readers.

This commit therefore makes the required change.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney

rcu: Make sync_rcu_preempt_exp_done() return bool

2017-06-08T15:25:27+00:00

The sync_rcu_preempt_exp_done() function returns a logical expression,
but its return type is nevertheless int.  This commit therefore changes
the return type to bool.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney

srcu: Improve rcu_seq grace-period-counter abstraction

2017-04-18T18:38:21+00:00

The expedited grace-period code contains several open-coded shifts
know the format of an rcu_seq grace-period counter, which is not
particularly good style.  This commit therefore creates a new
rcu_seq_ctr() function that extracts the counter portion of the
counter, and an rcu_seq_state() function that extracts the low-order
state bit.  This commit prepares for SRCU callback parallelization,
which will require two state bits.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney

rcu: Expedited wakeups need to be fully ordered

2017-04-18T18:38:19+00:00

Expedited grace periods use workqueue handlers that wake up the requesters,
but there is no lock mediating this wakeup.  Therefore, memory barriers
are required to ensure that the handler's memory references are seen by
all to occur before synchronize_*_expedited() returns to its caller.
Possibly detected by syzkaller.

Reported-by: Dmitry Vyukov 
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney

srcu: Allow SRCU to access rcu_scheduler_active

2017-04-18T18:38:18+00:00

This is primarily a code-movement commit in preparation for allowing
SRCU to handle early-boot SRCU grace periods.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney

rcu: Place guard on rcu_all_qs() and rcu_note_context_switch() actions

2017-04-18T18:38:18+00:00

The rcu_all_qs() and rcu_note_context_switch() do a series of checks,
taking various actions to supply RCU with quiescent states, depending
on the outcomes of the various checks.  This is a bit much for scheduling
fastpaths, so this commit creates a separate ->rcu_urgent_qs field in
the rcu_dynticks structure that acts as a global guard for these checks.
Thus, in the common case, rcu_all_qs() and rcu_note_context_switch()
check the ->rcu_urgent_qs field, find it false, and simply return.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra

Merge branches 'doc.2017.01.15b', 'dyntick.2017.01.23a', 'fixes.2017.01.23a', 'srcu.2017.01.25a' and 'torture.2017.01.15b' into HEAD

2017-01-25T20:56:05+00:00

doc.2017.01.15b: Documentation updates
dyntick.2017.01.23a: Dyntick tracking consolidation
fixes.2017.01.23a: Miscellaneous fixes
srcu.2017.01.25a: SRCU rewrite, fixes, and verification
torture.2017.01.15b: Torture-test updates

rcu: Abstract extended quiescent state determination

2017-01-23T19:44:18+00:00

This commit is the fourth step towards full abstraction of all accesses
to the ->dynticks counter, implementing previously open-coded checks and
comparisons in new rcu_dynticks_in_eqs() and rcu_dynticks_in_eqs_since()
functions.  This abstraction will ease changes to the ->dynticks counter
operation.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney 
Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett

rcu: Add lockdep checks to synchronous expedited primitives

2017-01-23T19:37:14+00:00

The non-expedited synchronize_*rcu() primitives have lockdep checks, but
their expedited counterparts lack these checks.  This commit therefore
adds these checks to the expedited synchronize_*rcu() primitives.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney 
Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett

rcu: Add comment headers to expedited-grace-period counter functions

2017-01-23T19:37:13+00:00

These functions (rcu_exp_gp_seq_start(), rcu_exp_gp_seq_end(),
rcu_exp_gp_seq_snap(), and rcu_exp_gp_seq_done() seemed too obvious
to comment when written, but not so much when being documented.
This commit therefore adds header comments to each of them.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney 
Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett