Re: [PATCH v3 00/25] context_tracking, rcu: Spring cleaning of dynticks references

From: Neeraj Upadhyay
Date: Thu Jul 25 2024 - 11:22:29 EST


On Wed, Jul 24, 2024 at 04:43:00PM +0200, Valentin Schneider wrote:
> Git info
> ========
>
> The series is based on rcu/next at:
> f395ae346be5 ("Merge branches 'doc.2024.06.06a', 'fixes.2024.06.06a', 'mb.2024.06.03a', 'nocb.2024.06.03a', 'rcu-tasks.2024.06.06a' and 'rcutorture.2024.06.06a' into HEAD")
>

Hi Valentin,

I see that this series is based on paulmck/linux-rcu.git next branch,
whereas the RCU tree has moved to shared tree now [1] and the next
branch there is pulled for v6.11 (tag: rcu.2024.07.12a). I get merge
conflicts while applying it. Can you please rebase?


[1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rcu/linux.git/log/?h=next


- Neeraj

> It's also available as a git tree at:
> https://gitlab.com/vschneid/linux.git -b redhat/isolirq/defer/v3-rcu-v3
>
>
> Series description
> ==================
>
> I've done one patch per renaming for my own sanity, a lot of these probably
> deserve to be squashed together (e.g. all of the nmi_nesting into one).
>
> At the end of the renaming exercise, the remaining RCU references to "dyntick"
> are:
> - Comments in core RCU code:
> kernel/rcu/:
> tree.h:208:8: /* 3) dynticks interface. */
> tree.h:209:46: int watching_snap; /* Per-GP tracking for dynticks. */
> tree_nocb.h:55:19: * about entering dyntick-idle mode.
> tree_plugin.h:873:4: * dyntick-idle quiescent state visible to other CPUs, which will in
> Kconfig:11:4: # Dynticks-idle tracking
> tree.c:358:56: * We inform the RCU core by emulating a zero-duration dyntick-idle period.
> tree.c:773:10: * is in dynticks idle mode, which is an extended quiescent state.
> tree.c:793:54: * by virtue of being in or having passed through an dynticks idle state since
> tree.c:808:44: * If the CPU passed through or entered a dynticks idle phase with
> tree.c:1986:14: /* Collect dyntick-idle snapshots. */
> tree.c:1989:13: /* Handle dyntick-idle and offline CPUs. */
> tree.c:2683:54: * Otherwise, invoke the specified function to check dyntick state for
> tree.c:2743:16: * CPUs are in dyntick-idle mode.
>
>
> - Stale documentation in RCU/Design/Data-Structures/Data-Structures.rst
> referencing fields that have been moved out of RCU after
> 904e600e60f4 ("rcu/context_tracking: Move dynticks_nesting to context tracking")
>
> Testing
> =======
>
> Ran through TREE01 and TREE04.
>
> Revisions
> =========
>
> v2 -> v3
> ++++++++
>
> o Collected Reviewed-By
> o Rebased onto latest rcu/next
>
> o Made it clear rcu_dynticks_in_eqs_since() is to be used in wait-for-EQS loops
> o Slight rename variations following v2 suggestions
>
> Cheers,
> Valentin
>
>
> Valentin Schneider (25):
> treewide: context_tracking: Rename CONTEXT_* into CT_STATE_*
> context_tracking, rcu: Rename RCU_DYNTICKS_IDX into CT_RCU_WATCHING
> context_tracking, rcu: Rename ct_dynticks() into ct_rcu_watching()
> context_tracking, rcu: Rename ct_dynticks_cpu() into
> ct_rcu_watching_cpu()
> context_tracking, rcu: Rename ct_dynticks_cpu_acquire() into
> ct_rcu_watching_cpu_acquire()
> context_tracking, rcu: Rename struct context_tracking
> .dynticks_nesting into .nesting
> context_tracking, rcu: Rename ct_dynticks_nesting() into ct_nesting()
> context_tracking, rcu: Rename ct_dynticks_nesting_cpu() into
> ct_nesting_cpu()
> context_tracking, rcu: Rename struct context_tracking
> .dynticks_nmi_nesting into .nmi_nesting
> context_tracking, rcu: Rename ct_dynticks_nmi_nesting() into
> ct_nmi_nesting()
> context_tracking, rcu: Rename ct_dynticks_nmi_nesting_cpu() into
> ct_nmi_nesting_cpu()
> context_tracking, rcu: Rename DYNTICK_IRQ_NONIDLE into
> CT_NESTING_IRQ_NONIDLE
> context_tracking, rcu: Rename rcu_dynticks_task*() into rcu_task*()
> context_tracking, rcu: Rename rcu_dynticks_curr_cpu_in_eqs() into
> rcu_watching_curr_cpu()
> rcu: Rename rcu_dynticks_eqs_online() into rcu_watching_online()
> rcu: Rename rcu_dynticks_in_eqs() into rcu_watching_snap_in_eqs()
> rcu: Rename rcu_dynticks_in_eqs_since() into
> rcu_watching_snap_stopped_since()
> rcu: Rename rcu_dynticks_zero_in_eqs() into rcu_watching_zero_in_eqs()
> rcu: Rename struct rcu_data .dynticks_snap into .watching_snap
> rcu: Rename struct rcu_data .exp_dynticks_snap into .exp_watching_snap
> rcu: Rename dyntick_save_progress_counter() into
> rcu_watching_snap_save()
> rcu: Rename rcu_implicit_dynticks_qs() into rcu_implicit_eqs()
> rcu: Rename rcu_momentary_dyntick_idle() into rcu_momentary_eqs()
> rcu: Update stray documentation references to rcu_dynticks_eqs_{enter,
> exit}()
> context_tracking, rcu: Rename rcu_dyntick trace event into
> rcu_watching
>
> .../Data-Structures/Data-Structures.rst | 28 ++--
> .../Tree-RCU-Memory-Ordering.rst | 8 +-
> .../Memory-Ordering/TreeRCU-dyntick.svg | 8 +-
> .../Design/Memory-Ordering/TreeRCU-gp-fqs.svg | 8 +-
> .../RCU/Design/Memory-Ordering/TreeRCU-gp.svg | 8 +-
> .../Memory-Ordering/TreeRCU-hotplug.svg | 4 +-
> arch/Kconfig | 2 +-
> arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c | 2 +-
> arch/powerpc/include/asm/interrupt.h | 6 +-
> arch/powerpc/kernel/interrupt.c | 6 +-
> arch/powerpc/kernel/syscall.c | 2 +-
> arch/x86/entry/common.c | 2 +-
> include/linux/context_tracking.h | 32 ++--
> include/linux/context_tracking_state.h | 58 ++++----
> include/linux/entry-common.h | 2 +-
> include/linux/rcutiny.h | 2 +-
> include/linux/rcutree.h | 2 +-
> include/trace/events/rcu.h | 18 +--
> kernel/context_tracking.c | 140 +++++++++---------
> kernel/entry/common.c | 2 +-
> kernel/rcu/rcu.h | 4 +-
> kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c | 4 +-
> kernel/rcu/tasks.h | 2 +-
> kernel/rcu/tree.c | 111 +++++++-------
> kernel/rcu/tree.h | 4 +-
> kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h | 8 +-
> kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h | 2 +-
> kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h | 6 +-
> kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h | 6 +-
> kernel/sched/core.c | 4 +-
> kernel/stop_machine.c | 2 +-
> kernel/trace/trace_osnoise.c | 4 +-
> 32 files changed, 256 insertions(+), 241 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 2.43.0
>