Re: [PATCH 3/8] srcu: Use local_lock() for per-CPU struct srcu_data access

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Wed May 20 2020 - 06:29:05 EST


On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 10:19:07PM +0200, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:

> diff --git a/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c b/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c
> index 0c71505f0e19c..8d2b5f75145d7 100644
> --- a/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c
> +++ b/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c
> @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
> #include <linux/delay.h>
> #include <linux/module.h>
> #include <linux/srcu.h>
> +#include <linux/locallock.h>
>
> #include "rcu.h"
> #include "rcu_segcblist.h"
> @@ -735,6 +736,7 @@ static void srcu_flip(struct srcu_struct *ssp)
> smp_mb(); /* D */ /* Pairs with C. */
> }
>
> +static DEFINE_LOCAL_LOCK(sda_lock);
> /*
> * If SRCU is likely idle, return true, otherwise return false.
> *
> @@ -765,13 +767,13 @@ static bool srcu_might_be_idle(struct srcu_struct *ssp)
> unsigned long tlast;
>
> /* If the local srcu_data structure has callbacks, not idle. */
> - local_irq_save(flags);
> + local_lock_irqsave(sda_lock, flags);
> sdp = this_cpu_ptr(ssp->sda);
> if (rcu_segcblist_pend_cbs(&sdp->srcu_cblist)) {
> - local_irq_restore(flags);
> + local_unlock_irqrestore(sda_lock, flags);
> return false; /* Callbacks already present, so not idle. */
> }
> - local_irq_restore(flags);
> + local_unlock_irqrestore(sda_lock, flags);

Would it perhaps make sense to stick the local_lock in struct srcu_data ?