[PATCH 09/11] rcu: Fix callbacks processing time limit retaining cond_resched()

From: Frederic Weisbecker
Date: Wed Sep 29 2021 - 18:11:04 EST


The callbacks processing time limit makes sure we are not exceeding a
given amount of time executing the queue.

However its "continue" clause bypasses the cond_resched() call on
rcuc and NOCB kthreads, delaying it until we reach the limit, which can
be very long...

Make sure the scheduler has a higher priority than the time limit.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Josh Triplett <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Joel Fernandes <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Neeraj Upadhyay <neeraju@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/rcu/tree.c | 25 +++++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 35c4abc8df99..bfc8e2727e35 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -2535,9 +2535,21 @@ static void rcu_do_batch(struct rcu_data *rdp)
/*
* Stop only if limit reached and CPU has something to do.
*/
- if (count >= bl && in_serving_softirq() &&
- (need_resched() || !is_idle_task(current)))
- break;
+ if (in_serving_softirq()) {
+ if (count >= bl && (need_resched() || !is_idle_task(current)))
+ break;
+ } else {
+ local_bh_enable();
+ lockdep_assert_irqs_enabled();
+ cond_resched_tasks_rcu_qs();
+ lockdep_assert_irqs_enabled();
+ local_bh_disable();
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * Make sure we don't spend too much time here and deprive other
+ * softirq vectors of CPU cycles.
+ */
if (unlikely(tlimit)) {
/* only call local_clock() every 32 callbacks */
if (likely((count & 31) || local_clock() < tlimit))
@@ -2545,13 +2557,6 @@ static void rcu_do_batch(struct rcu_data *rdp)
/* Exceeded the time limit, so leave. */
break;
}
- if (!in_serving_softirq()) {
- local_bh_enable();
- lockdep_assert_irqs_enabled();
- cond_resched_tasks_rcu_qs();
- lockdep_assert_irqs_enabled();
- local_bh_disable();
- }
}

rcu_nocb_lock_irqsave(rdp, flags);
--
2.25.1