Re: [GIT PULL rcu/next] rcu commits for 2.6.40

[Yinghai Lu]

On 05/14/2011 09:14 PM, Yinghai Lu wrote:
> On 05/14/2011 11:34 AM, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
>>> and do the inspection afterwards.
>>
>> And here is a lightly-tested patch, which applies on tip/core/rcu.
>>
>> This problem could account for both the long delays seen with e59fb312
>> (Decrease memory-barrier usage based on semi-formal proof) and the
>> shorter delays seen with a26ac245 (move TREE_RCU from softirq to kthread).
> 
> yes. it fixes the problem.
> 
> for 1024g system when hotadd mem enabled in kernel config
> 
> [   31.814803] cpu_dev_init done
> [   35.437163] memory_dev_init done
> 
> even it is with gcc from opensuse 11.3

got:

[   86.931217] Switched to NOHz mode on CPU #0
[   86.931272] Switched to NOHz mode on CPU #25
[   86.931278] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[   86.931290] WARNING: at kernel/rcutree.c:364 rcu_enter_nohz+0x44/0x76()
[   86.931294] Hardware name: Sun Fire X4800 M2 
[   86.931297] Modules linked in:
[   86.931303] Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.39-rc7-tip-yh-04836-g5e42dc2-dirty #3
[   86.931307] Call Trace:
[   86.931333]  [<ffffffff81080280>] warn_slowpath_common+0x85/0x9d
[   86.931338] Switched to NOHz mode on CPU #74
[   86.931346]  [<ffffffff810802b2>] warn_slowpath_null+0x1a/0x1c
[   86.931356]  [<ffffffff810d3615>] rcu_enter_nohz+0x44/0x76
[   86.931370]  [<ffffffff810ab3cb>] tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick+0x27d/0x366
[   86.931381]  [<ffffffff810391bc>] cpu_idle+0x7a/0xcc
[   86.931397]  [<ffffffff81bd1aa3>] rest_init+0xb7/0xbe
[   86.931408]  [<ffffffff81bd19ec>] ? csum_partial_copy_generic+0x16c/0x16c
[   86.931423]  [<ffffffff82738e39>] start_kernel+0x3b2/0x3bd
[   86.931428] Switched to NOHz mode on CPU #94
[   86.931436]  [<ffffffff827382cc>] x86_64_start_reservations+0x9c/0xa0
[   86.931446]  [<ffffffff827384a8>] x86_64_start_kernel+0x1d8/0x1e3
[   86.931463] ---[ end trace 2cfc591bf7de931f ]---
[   86.931598] Switched to NOHz mode on CPU #151
[   86.931613] Switched to NOHz mode on CPU #152
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