[PATCH v2 tip/core/rcu 10/14] rcu: Don't redundantly disable irqs in rcu_irq_{enter,exit}()

[Paul E. McKenney]

This commit replaces a local_irq_save()/local_irq_restore() pair with
a lockdep assertion that interrupts are already disabled.  This should
remove the corresponding overhead from the interrupt entry/exit fastpaths.

This change was inspired by the fact that Iftekhar Ahmed's mutation
testing showed that removing rcu_irq_enter()'s call to local_ird_restore()
had no effect, which might indicate that interrupts were always enabled
anyway.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 include/linux/rcupdate.h   |  4 ++--
 include/linux/rcutiny.h    |  8 ++++++++
 include/linux/rcutree.h    |  2 ++
 include/linux/tracepoint.h |  4 ++--
 kernel/rcu/tree.c          | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 5 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
index a0189ba67fde..f2b667df1131 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
@@ -379,9 +379,9 @@ static inline void rcu_init_nohz(void)
  */
 #define RCU_NONIDLE(a) \
 	do { \
-		rcu_irq_enter(); \
+		rcu_irq_enter_irqson(); \
 		do { a; } while (0); \
-		rcu_irq_exit(); \
+		rcu_irq_exit_irqson(); \
 	} while (0)
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/linux/rcutiny.h b/include/linux/rcutiny.h
index 4c1aaf9cce7b..64809aea661c 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcutiny.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcutiny.h
@@ -181,6 +181,14 @@ static inline void rcu_irq_enter(void)
 {
 }
 
+static inline void rcu_irq_exit_irqson(void)
+{
+}
+
+static inline void rcu_irq_enter_irqson(void)
+{
+}
+
 static inline void rcu_irq_exit(void)
 {
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/rcutree.h b/include/linux/rcutree.h
index 9d3eda39bcd2..ad1eda9fa4da 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcutree.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcutree.h
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ void rcu_idle_enter(void);
 void rcu_idle_exit(void);
 void rcu_irq_enter(void);
 void rcu_irq_exit(void);
+void rcu_irq_enter_irqson(void);
+void rcu_irq_exit_irqson(void);
 
 void exit_rcu(void);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/tracepoint.h b/include/linux/tracepoint.h
index 696a339c592c..7834a8a8bf1e 100644
--- a/include/linux/tracepoint.h
+++ b/include/linux/tracepoint.h
@@ -171,8 +171,8 @@ extern void syscall_unregfunc(void);
 				TP_PROTO(data_proto),			\
 				TP_ARGS(data_args),			\
 				TP_CONDITION(cond),			\
-				rcu_irq_enter(),			\
-				rcu_irq_exit());			\
+				rcu_irq_enter_irqson(),			\
+				rcu_irq_exit_irqson());			\
 	}
 #else
 #define __DECLARE_TRACE_RCU(name, proto, args, cond, data_proto, data_args)
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index d6863bceeb45..40940b0d0310 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ void rcu_user_enter(void)
  *
  * Exit from an interrupt handler, which might possibly result in entering
  * idle mode, in other words, leaving the mode in which read-side critical
- * sections can occur.
+ * sections can occur.  The caller must have disabled interrupts.
  *
  * This code assumes that the idle loop never does anything that might
  * result in unbalanced calls to irq_enter() and irq_exit().  If your
@@ -745,11 +745,10 @@ void rcu_user_enter(void)
  */
 void rcu_irq_exit(void)
 {
-	unsigned long flags;
 	long long oldval;
 	struct rcu_dynticks *rdtp;
 
-	local_irq_save(flags);
+	RCU_LOCKDEP_WARN(!irqs_disabled(), "rcu_irq_exit() invoked with irqs enabled!!!");
 	rdtp = this_cpu_ptr(&rcu_dynticks);
 	oldval = rdtp->dynticks_nesting;
 	rdtp->dynticks_nesting--;
@@ -760,6 +759,17 @@ void rcu_irq_exit(void)
 	else
 		rcu_eqs_enter_common(oldval, true);
 	rcu_sysidle_enter(1);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Wrapper for rcu_irq_exit() where interrupts are enabled.
+ */
+void rcu_irq_exit_irqson(void)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	local_irq_save(flags);
+	rcu_irq_exit();
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
@@ -857,7 +867,7 @@ void rcu_user_exit(void)
  *
  * Enter an interrupt handler, which might possibly result in exiting
  * idle mode, in other words, entering the mode in which read-side critical
- * sections can occur.
+ * sections can occur.  The caller must have disabled interrupts.
  *
  * Note that the Linux kernel is fully capable of entering an interrupt
  * handler that it never exits, for example when doing upcalls to
@@ -873,11 +883,10 @@ void rcu_user_exit(void)
  */
 void rcu_irq_enter(void)
 {
-	unsigned long flags;
 	struct rcu_dynticks *rdtp;
 	long long oldval;
 
-	local_irq_save(flags);
+	RCU_LOCKDEP_WARN(!irqs_disabled(), "rcu_irq_enter() invoked with irqs enabled!!!");
 	rdtp = this_cpu_ptr(&rcu_dynticks);
 	oldval = rdtp->dynticks_nesting;
 	rdtp->dynticks_nesting++;
@@ -888,6 +897,17 @@ void rcu_irq_enter(void)
 	else
 		rcu_eqs_exit_common(oldval, true);
 	rcu_sysidle_exit(1);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Wrapper for rcu_irq_enter() where interrupts are enabled.
+ */
+void rcu_irq_enter_irqson(void)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	local_irq_save(flags);
+	rcu_irq_enter();
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
-- 
2.5.2

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