Re: [PATCH V4] Softirq:avoid large sched delay from the pending softirqs

[jun qian]

On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 11:41 PM Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Qian,
>
> qianjun.kernel@xxxxxxxxx writes:
> >  /*
> >   * We restart softirq processing for at most MAX_SOFTIRQ_RESTART times,
> >   * but break the loop if need_resched() is set or after 2 ms.
> > - * The MAX_SOFTIRQ_TIME provides a nice upper bound in most cases, but in
> > - * certain cases, such as stop_machine(), jiffies may cease to
> > - * increment and so we need the MAX_SOFTIRQ_RESTART limit as
> > - * well to make sure we eventually return from this method.
> > + * In the loop, if the processing time of the softirq has exceeded 2
> > + * milliseconds, we also need to break the loop to wakeup the
> > ksofirqd.
>
> You are removing the MAX_SOFTIRQ_RESTART limit explanation and I rather
> have MAX_SOFTIRQ_TIME_NS there than '2 milliseconds' in case the value
> gets adjusted later on. Also while sched_clock() is granular on many
> systems it still can be jiffies based and then the above problem
> persists.
>
> > @@ -299,6 +298,19 @@ asmlinkage __visible void __softirq_entry __do_softirq(void)
> >               }
> >               h++;
> >               pending >>= softirq_bit;
> > +
> > +             /*
> > +              * the softirq's action has been running for too much time
> > +              * so it may need to wakeup the ksoftirqd
> > +              */
> > +             if (need_resched() && sched_clock() > end) {
> > +                     /*
> > +                      * Ensure that the remaining pending bits are
> > +                      * handled.
> > +                      */
> > +                     or_softirq_pending(pending << (vec_nr + 1));
>
> To or the value interrupts need to be disabled because otherwise you can
> lose a bit when an interrupt happens in the middle of the RMW operation
> and raises a softirq which is not in @pending and not in the per CPU
> local softirq pending storage.
>
I can't understand the problem described above, could you explain in detail.

thanks.

> There is another problem. Assume bit 0 and 1 are pending when the
> processing starts. Now it breaks out after bit 0 has been handled and
> stores back bit 1 as pending. Before ksoftirqd runs bit 0 gets raised
> again. ksoftirqd runs and handles bit 0, which takes more than the
> timeout. As a result the bit 0 processing can starve all other softirqs.
>
May I use a percpu val to record the order of processing softirq, by the order
val, when it is in ksoftirqd we can process the pending softirq in order. In the
scenario you described above, before ksoftirqd runs, bit 0 gets raised again,
ksoftirqd runs and handles bit 1 by the percpu val. just like a ring.

Looking forward to your suggestions

Thanks
> So this needs more thought.
>
> Thanks,
>
>         tglx