Re: [PATCH v2 tip/core/rcu 07/18] rcu: Add long-term CPU kicking

[Josh Triplett]

On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 11:34:45AM -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 21, 2017 at 12:42:55PM -0800, Josh Triplett wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 06:53:46PM -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > > Commit d2db185bfee8 ("rcu: Remove short-term CPU kicking") removed
> > > frequent calls to resched_cpu(), which means that the only time
> > > resched_cpu() is invoked is after an RCU CPU stall warning.  Although
> > > this is good from an avoid-IPIs perspective, we should try to break
> > > things loose -before- splatting.  This commit therefore starts invoking
> > > resched_cpu() for each holdout at each force-quiescent-state interval
> > > that is more than halfway through the stall-warning interval.
> > 
> > Just realized an issue with this commit message: you're referring to
> > what now appears as patch 8 in the past tense as something already done,
> > and with a commit ID that probably doesn't work anymore.  You need to
> > rephrase this to describe how it leads to a *subsequent* change rather
> > than fixing something already changed.
> > 
> > With the commit message fixed:
> > Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Good point!  It now reads as follows:
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> This commit prepares for the removal of short-term CPU kicking (in a
> subsequent commit).  It does so by starting to invoke resched_cpu()
> for each holdout at each force-quiescent-state interval that is more
> than halfway through the stall-warning interval.
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Does that work?

Looks good to me.

> 							Thanx, Paul
> 
> > > Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > > ---
> > >  kernel/rcu/tree.c | 6 ++++++
> > >  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> > > index 83bf054e194e..0e61b62e3f4a 100644
> > > --- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> > > +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> > > @@ -1225,6 +1225,12 @@ static int rcu_implicit_dynticks_qs(struct rcu_data *rdp,
> > >  			 rdp->rsp->gp_start + 2 * jiffies_till_sched_qs) ||
> > >  	    ULONG_CMP_GE(jiffies, rdp->rsp->gp_start + jiffies_till_sched_qs))
> > >  		resched_cpu(rdp->cpu);  /* Force CPU into scheduler. */
> > > +	/*
> > > +	 * If more than halfway to RCU CPU stall-warning time, do
> > > +	 * a resched_cpu() to try to loosen things up a bit.
> > > +	 */
> > > +	if (jiffies - rdp->rsp->gp_start > rcu_jiffies_till_stall_check() / 2)
> > > +		resched_cpu(rdp->cpu);
> > >  
> > >  	return 0;
> > >  }
> > > -- 
> > > 2.5.2
> > > 
> > 
>