[PATCH 10/19] rcu/nocb: Set SEGCBLIST_SOFTIRQ_ONLY at the very last stage of de-offloading

From: Frederic Weisbecker
Date: Fri Nov 13 2020 - 07:14:30 EST


Set SEGCBLIST_SOFTIRQ_ONLY once everything is settled. After that, the
callbacks are handled locklessly and locally.

Inspired-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Josh Triplett <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Joel Fernandes <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Neeraj Upadhyay <neeraju@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@xxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h | 9 ++++++++-
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
index dfb4b62c6b88..b68714e5ce64 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
@@ -2352,7 +2352,14 @@ static int __rcu_nocb_rdp_deoffload(struct rcu_data *rdp)
*/
rcu_nocb_lock_irqsave(rdp, flags);
rcu_nocb_flush_bypass(rdp, NULL, jiffies);
- rcu_nocb_unlock_irqrestore(rdp, flags);
+ rcu_segcblist_set_flags(cblist, SEGCBLIST_SOFTIRQ_ONLY);
+ /*
+ * With SEGCBLIST_SOFTIRQ_ONLY, we can't use
+ * rcu_nocb_unlock_irqrestore() anymore. Theoretically we
+ * could set SEGCBLIST_SOFTIRQ_ONLY with cb unlocked and IRQs
+ * disabled now, but let's be paranoid.
+ */
+ raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rdp->nocb_lock, flags);

return ret;
}
--
2.25.1