Re: [PATCH] rcu: Make rcu_normal_after_boot writable on RT

[Paul E. McKenney]

On Thu, Aug 05, 2021 at 09:03:37AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 05, 2021 at 10:01:23AM +0200, Juri Lelli wrote:
> > Certain configurations (e.g., systems that make heavy use of netns)
> > need to use synchronize_rcu_expedited() to service RCU grace periods
> > even after boot.
> > 
> > Even though synchronize_rcu_expedited() has been traditionally
> > considered harmful for RT for the heavy use of IPIs, it is perfectly
> > usable under certain conditions (e.g. nohz_full).
> > 
> > Make rcupdate.rcu_normal_after_boot= again writeable on RT, but keep
> > its default value to 1 (enabled) to avoid regressions. Users who need
> > synchronize_rcu_expedited() will boot with rcupdate.rcu_normal_after_
> > boot=0 in the kernel cmdline.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Makes sense to me!
> 
> But would another of the -rt people be willing to give an Acked-by?
> For example, maybe they would prefer this kernel boot parameter to be
> exposed only if (!PREEMPT_RT || NO_HZ_FULL).  Or are there !NO_HZ_FULL
> situations where rcu_normal_after_boot makes sense?

Ah, and this will also need to be reflected in the WARN_ON_ONCE()
in synchronize_rcu_expedited_wait() in kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h.

							Thanx, Paul

> > ---
> >  kernel/rcu/update.c | 2 --
> >  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/kernel/rcu/update.c b/kernel/rcu/update.c
> > index c21b38cc25e9..0fdbf937edac 100644
> > --- a/kernel/rcu/update.c
> > +++ b/kernel/rcu/update.c
> > @@ -57,9 +57,7 @@
> >  module_param(rcu_expedited, int, 0);
> >  module_param(rcu_normal, int, 0);
> >  static int rcu_normal_after_boot = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT);
> > -#ifndef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT
> >  module_param(rcu_normal_after_boot, int, 0);
> > -#endif
> >  #endif /* #ifndef CONFIG_TINY_RCU */
> >  
> >  #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
> > -- 
> > 2.31.1
> >