linux-toradex.git/kernel/rcutree.c, branch v3.2-rc5

kernel: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.h

2011-10-31T13:20:12+00:00

The changed files were only including linux/module.h for the
EXPORT_SYMBOL infrastructure, and nothing else.  Revector them
onto the isolated export header for faster compile times.

Nothing to see here but a whole lot of instances of:

  -#include 
  +#include 

This commit is only changing the kernel dir; next targets
will probably be mm, fs, the arch dirs, etc.

Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker

rcu: Move propagation of ->completed from rcu_start_gp() to rcu_report_qs_rsp()

2011-09-29T04:38:49+00:00

It is possible for the CPU that noted the end of the prior grace period
to not need a new one, and therefore to decide to propagate ->completed
throughout the rcu_node tree without starting another grace period.
However, in so doing, it releases the root rcu_node structure's lock,
which can allow some other CPU to start another grace period.  The first
CPU will be propagating ->completed in parallel with the second CPU
initializing the rcu_node tree for the new grace period.  In theory
this is harmless, but in practice we need to keep things simple.

This commit therefore moves the propagation of ->completed to
rcu_report_qs_rsp(), and refrains from marking the old grace period
as having been completed until it has finished doing this.  This
prevents anyone from starting a new grace period concurrently with
marking the old grace period as having been completed.

Of course, the optimization where a CPU needing a new grace period
doesn't bother marking the old one completed is still in effect:
In that case, the marking happens implicitly as part of initializing
the new grace period.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney

rcu: Remove rcu_needs_cpu_flush() to avoid false quiescent states

2011-09-29T04:38:48+00:00

The purpose of rcu_needs_cpu_flush() was to iterate on pushing the
current grace period in order to help the current CPU enter dyntick-idle
mode.  However, this can result in failures if the CPU starts entering
dyntick-idle mode, but then backs out.  In this case, the call to
rcu_pending() from rcu_needs_cpu_flush() might end up announcing a
non-existing quiescent state.

This commit therefore removes rcu_needs_cpu_flush() in favor of letting
the dyntick-idle machinery at the end of the softirq handler push the
loop along via its call to rcu_pending().

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney

rcu: Wire up RCU_BOOST_PRIO for rcutree

2011-09-29T04:38:47+00:00

RCU boost threads start life at RCU_BOOST_PRIO, while others remain
at RCU_KTHREAD_PRIO.  While here, change thread names to match other
kthreads, and adjust rcu_yield() to not override the priority set by
the user.  This last change sets the stage for runtime changes to
priority in the -rt tree.

Signed-off-by: Mike Galbraith 
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney

rcu: Avoid having just-onlined CPU resched itself when RCU is idle

2011-09-29T04:38:42+00:00

CPUs set rdp->qs_pending when coming online to resolve races with
grace-period start.  However, this means that if RCU is idle, the
just-onlined CPU might needlessly send itself resched IPIs.  Adjust
the online-CPU initialization to avoid this, and also to correctly
cause the CPU to respond to the current grace period if needed.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney 
Tested-by: Josh Boyer 
Tested-by: Christian Hoffmann

rcu: Suppress NMI backtraces when stall ends before dump

2011-09-29T04:38:41+00:00

It is possible for an RCU CPU stall to end just as it is detected, in
which case the current code will uselessly dump all CPU's stacks.
This commit therefore checks for this condition and refrains from
sending needless NMIs.

And yes, the stall might also end just after we checked all CPUs and
tasks, but in that case we would at least have given some clue as
to which CPU/task was at fault.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney

rcu: Prohibit grace periods during early boot

2011-09-29T04:38:40+00:00

Greater use of RCU during early boot (before the scheduler is operating)
is causing RCU to attempt to start grace periods during that time, which
in turn is resulting in both RCU and the callback functions attempting
to use the scheduler before it is ready.

This commit prevents these problems by prohibiting RCU grace periods
until after the scheduler has spawned the first non-idle task.

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

rcu: Prevent early boot set_need_resched() from __rcu_pending()

2011-09-29T04:38:37+00:00

There isn't a whole lot of point in poking the scheduler before there
are other tasks to switch to.  This commit therefore adds a check
for rcu_scheduler_fully_active in __rcu_pending() to suppress any
pre-scheduler calls to set_need_resched().  The downside of this approach
is additional runtime overhead in a reasonably hot code path.

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

rcu: Dump local stack if cannot dump all CPUs' stacks

2011-09-29T04:38:36+00:00

The trigger_all_cpu_backtrace() function is a no-op in architectures that
do not define arch_trigger_all_cpu_backtrace.  On such architectures, RCU
CPU stall warning messages contain no stack trace information, which makes
debugging quite difficult.  This commit therefore substitutes dump_stack()
for architectures that do not define arch_trigger_all_cpu_backtrace,
so that at least the local CPU's stack is dumped as part of the RCU CPU
stall warning message.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney

rcu: Make rcu_implicit_dynticks_qs() locals be correct size

2011-09-29T04:38:32+00:00

When the ->dynticks field in the rcu_dynticks structure changed to an
atomic_t, its size on 64-bit systems changed from 64 bits to 32 bits.
The local variables in rcu_implicit_dynticks_qs() need to change as
well, hence this commit.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney