[RFC PATCH] rcu: call kvm_check_and_clear_guest_paused unconditionally

From: Sergey Senozhatsky
Date: Fri Jul 16 2021 - 01:41:33 EST


Do not call kvm_check_and_clear_guest_paused() only from the
stall branch (which requires an active grace period in the
first place), but instead handle PVCLOCK_GUEST_STOPPED as
early as possible.

pvclock_touch_watchdogs() touches various watchdogs, which
have different timeouts, so the earlier we handle stopped
VCPU the better (lockup watchdog does the same).

Signed-off-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h
index 677ee3d8671b..5dd6ea2ead0c 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h
@@ -657,6 +657,13 @@ static void check_cpu_stall(struct rcu_data *rdp)
unsigned long js;
struct rcu_node *rnp;

+ /*
+ * If a virtual machine is stopped by the host it can look to
+ * the watchdog like an RCU stall. Check to see if the host
+ * stopped the vm.
+ */
+ kvm_check_and_clear_guest_paused();
+
lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled();
if ((rcu_stall_is_suppressed() && !READ_ONCE(rcu_kick_kthreads)) ||
!rcu_gp_in_progress())
@@ -699,14 +706,6 @@ static void check_cpu_stall(struct rcu_data *rdp)
(READ_ONCE(rnp->qsmask) & rdp->grpmask) &&
cmpxchg(&rcu_state.jiffies_stall, js, jn) == js) {

- /*
- * If a virtual machine is stopped by the host it can look to
- * the watchdog like an RCU stall. Check to see if the host
- * stopped the vm.
- */
- if (kvm_check_and_clear_guest_paused())
- return;
-
/* We haven't checked in, so go dump stack. */
print_cpu_stall(gps);
if (READ_ONCE(rcu_cpu_stall_ftrace_dump))
@@ -717,14 +716,6 @@ static void check_cpu_stall(struct rcu_data *rdp)
ULONG_CMP_GE(j, js + RCU_STALL_RAT_DELAY) &&
cmpxchg(&rcu_state.jiffies_stall, js, jn) == js) {

- /*
- * If a virtual machine is stopped by the host it can look to
- * the watchdog like an RCU stall. Check to see if the host
- * stopped the vm.
- */
- if (kvm_check_and_clear_guest_paused())
- return;
-
/* They had a few time units to dump stack, so complain. */
print_other_cpu_stall(gs2, gps);
if (READ_ONCE(rcu_cpu_stall_ftrace_dump))
--
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