Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/9] irq_work: Cleanup

[peterz]

On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 11:03:25AM +0200, peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 09:14:11AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > > --- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> > > +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> > > @@ -1287,8 +1287,6 @@ static int rcu_implicit_dynticks_qs(stru
> > >  		if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IRQ_WORK) &&
> > >  		    !rdp->rcu_iw_pending && rdp->rcu_iw_gp_seq != rnp->gp_seq &&
> > >  		    (rnp->ffmask & rdp->grpmask)) {
> > > -			init_irq_work(&rdp->rcu_iw, rcu_iw_handler);
> > 
> > We are actually better off with the IRQ_WORK_INIT_HARD() here rather
> > than unconditionally at boot.
> 
> Ah, but there isn't an init_irq_work() variant that does the HARD thing.

Ah you meant doing:

		rdp->rcu_iw = IRQ_WORK_INIT_HARD(rcu_iw_handler)

But then it is non-obvious how that doesn't trample state. I suppose
that rcu_iw_pending thing ensures that... I'll think about it.

> > The reason for this is that we get here only if a single grace
> > period extends beyond 10.5 seconds (mainline) or beyond 30 seconds
> > (many distribution kernels).  Which almost never happens.  And yes,
> > rcutree_prepare_cpu() is also invoked as each CPU that comes online,
> > not that this is all that common outside of rcutorture and boot time.  ;-)
> 
> What do you mean 'also' ? Afaict this is CPU bringup only code (initial
> and hotplug). We really don't care about code there. It's the slowest
> possible path we have in the kernel.
> 
> > > -			atomic_set(&rdp->rcu_iw.flags, IRQ_WORK_HARD_IRQ);
> > >  			rdp->rcu_iw_pending = true;
> > >  			rdp->rcu_iw_gp_seq = rnp->gp_seq;
> > >  			irq_work_queue_on(&rdp->rcu_iw, rdp->cpu);
>