[PATCH v2 01/16] rcu/tree: Keep kfree_rcu() awake during lock contention

[Uladzislau Rezki (Sony)]

From: "Joel Fernandes (Google)" <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

On PREEMPT_RT kernels, the krcp spinlock gets converted to an rt-mutex
and causes kfree_rcu() callers to sleep. This makes it unusable for
callers in purely atomic sections such as non-threaded IRQ handlers and
raw spinlock sections. Fix it by converting the spinlock to a raw
spinlock.

Vetting all code paths, there is no reason to believe that the raw
spinlock will hurt RT latencies as it is not held for a long time.

Cc: bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/rcu/tree.c | 30 +++++++++++++++---------------
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 6e120be29332..6e967a9d6704 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -2882,7 +2882,7 @@ struct kfree_rcu_cpu {
 	struct kfree_rcu_bulk_data *bhead;
 	struct kfree_rcu_bulk_data *bcached;
 	struct kfree_rcu_cpu_work krw_arr[KFREE_N_BATCHES];
-	spinlock_t lock;
+	raw_spinlock_t lock;
 	struct delayed_work monitor_work;
 	bool monitor_todo;
 	bool initialized;
@@ -2915,12 +2915,12 @@ static void kfree_rcu_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	krwp = container_of(to_rcu_work(work),
 			    struct kfree_rcu_cpu_work, rcu_work);
 	krcp = krwp->krcp;
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&krcp->lock, flags);
+	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&krcp->lock, flags);
 	head = krwp->head_free;
 	krwp->head_free = NULL;
 	bhead = krwp->bhead_free;
 	krwp->bhead_free = NULL;
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&krcp->lock, flags);
+	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&krcp->lock, flags);
 
 	/* "bhead" is now private, so traverse locklessly. */
 	for (; bhead; bhead = bnext) {
@@ -3023,14 +3023,14 @@ static inline void kfree_rcu_drain_unlock(struct kfree_rcu_cpu *krcp,
 	krcp->monitor_todo = false;
 	if (queue_kfree_rcu_work(krcp)) {
 		// Success! Our job is done here.
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&krcp->lock, flags);
+		raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&krcp->lock, flags);
 		return;
 	}
 
 	// Previous RCU batch still in progress, try again later.
 	krcp->monitor_todo = true;
 	schedule_delayed_work(&krcp->monitor_work, KFREE_DRAIN_JIFFIES);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&krcp->lock, flags);
+	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&krcp->lock, flags);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -3043,11 +3043,11 @@ static void kfree_rcu_monitor(struct work_struct *work)
 	struct kfree_rcu_cpu *krcp = container_of(work, struct kfree_rcu_cpu,
 						 monitor_work.work);
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&krcp->lock, flags);
+	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&krcp->lock, flags);
 	if (krcp->monitor_todo)
 		kfree_rcu_drain_unlock(krcp, flags);
 	else
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&krcp->lock, flags);
+		raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&krcp->lock, flags);
 }
 
 static inline bool
@@ -3118,7 +3118,7 @@ void kfree_call_rcu(struct rcu_head *head, rcu_callback_t func)
 	local_irq_save(flags);	// For safely calling this_cpu_ptr().
 	krcp = this_cpu_ptr(&krc);
 	if (krcp->initialized)
-		spin_lock(&krcp->lock);
+		raw_spin_lock(&krcp->lock);
 
 	// Queue the object but don't yet schedule the batch.
 	if (debug_rcu_head_queue(head)) {
@@ -3149,7 +3149,7 @@ void kfree_call_rcu(struct rcu_head *head, rcu_callback_t func)
 
 unlock_return:
 	if (krcp->initialized)
-		spin_unlock(&krcp->lock);
+		raw_spin_unlock(&krcp->lock);
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kfree_call_rcu);
@@ -3181,11 +3181,11 @@ kfree_rcu_shrink_scan(struct shrinker *shrink, struct shrink_control *sc)
 		struct kfree_rcu_cpu *krcp = per_cpu_ptr(&krc, cpu);
 
 		count = krcp->count;
-		spin_lock_irqsave(&krcp->lock, flags);
+		raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&krcp->lock, flags);
 		if (krcp->monitor_todo)
 			kfree_rcu_drain_unlock(krcp, flags);
 		else
-			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&krcp->lock, flags);
+			raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&krcp->lock, flags);
 
 		sc->nr_to_scan -= count;
 		freed += count;
@@ -3212,15 +3212,15 @@ void __init kfree_rcu_scheduler_running(void)
 	for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
 		struct kfree_rcu_cpu *krcp = per_cpu_ptr(&krc, cpu);
 
-		spin_lock_irqsave(&krcp->lock, flags);
+		raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&krcp->lock, flags);
 		if (!krcp->head || krcp->monitor_todo) {
-			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&krcp->lock, flags);
+			raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&krcp->lock, flags);
 			continue;
 		}
 		krcp->monitor_todo = true;
 		schedule_delayed_work_on(cpu, &krcp->monitor_work,
 					 KFREE_DRAIN_JIFFIES);
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&krcp->lock, flags);
+		raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&krcp->lock, flags);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -4113,7 +4113,7 @@ static void __init kfree_rcu_batch_init(void)
 	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
 		struct kfree_rcu_cpu *krcp = per_cpu_ptr(&krc, cpu);
 
-		spin_lock_init(&krcp->lock);
+		raw_spin_lock_init(&krcp->lock);
 		for (i = 0; i < KFREE_N_BATCHES; i++) {
 			INIT_RCU_WORK(&krcp->krw_arr[i].rcu_work, kfree_rcu_work);
 			krcp->krw_arr[i].krcp = krcp;
-- 
2.20.1