From aa9b16306e3243229580ff889cc59fd66bf77973 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Paul E. McKenney" Date: Thu, 10 May 2012 16:41:44 -0700 Subject: rcu: Precompute RCU_FAST_NO_HZ timer offsets When a CPU is entering dyntick-idle mode, tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick() calls rcu_needs_cpu() see if RCU needs that CPU, and, if not, computes the next wakeup time based on the timer wheels. Only later, when actually entering the idle loop, rcu_prepare_for_idle() will be invoked. In some cases, rcu_prepare_for_idle() will post timers to wake the CPU back up. But all for naught: The next wakeup time for the CPU has already been computed, and posting a timer afterwards does not force that wakeup time to be recomputed. This means that rcu_prepare_for_idle()'s have no effect. This is not a problem on a busy system because something else will wake up the CPU soon enough. However, on lightly loaded systems, the CPU might stay asleep for a considerable length of time. If that CPU has a callback that the rest of the system is waiting on, the system might run very slowly or (in theory) even hang. This commit avoids this problem by having rcu_needs_cpu() give tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick() an estimate of when RCU will need the CPU to wake back up, which tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick() takes into account when programming the CPU's wakeup time. An alternative approach is for rcu_prepare_for_idle() to use hrtimers instead of normal timers, but timers are much more efficient than are hrtimers for frequently and repeatedly posting and cancelling a given timer, which is exactly what RCU_FAST_NO_HZ does. Reported-by: Pascal Chapperon Reported-by: Heiko Carstens Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney Tested-by: Heiko Carstens Tested-by: Pascal Chapperon --- kernel/rcutree_plugin.h | 66 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------- kernel/time/tick-sched.c | 7 ++++- 2 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-) (limited to 'kernel') diff --git a/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h index 6bd9637d5d8..5271a020887 100644 --- a/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h +++ b/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h @@ -1886,8 +1886,9 @@ static void __cpuinit rcu_prepare_kthreads(int cpu) * Because we not have RCU_FAST_NO_HZ, just check whether this CPU needs * any flavor of RCU. */ -int rcu_needs_cpu(int cpu) +int rcu_needs_cpu(int cpu, unsigned long *delta_jiffies) { + *delta_jiffies = ULONG_MAX; return rcu_cpu_has_callbacks(cpu); } @@ -1962,28 +1963,6 @@ static void rcu_idle_count_callbacks_posted(void) #define RCU_IDLE_GP_DELAY 6 /* Roughly one grace period. */ #define RCU_IDLE_LAZY_GP_DELAY (6 * HZ) /* Roughly six seconds. */ -/* - * Allow the CPU to enter dyntick-idle mode if either: (1) There are no - * callbacks on this CPU, (2) this CPU has not yet attempted to enter - * dyntick-idle mode, or (3) this CPU is in the process of attempting to - * enter dyntick-idle mode. Otherwise, if we have recently tried and failed - * to enter dyntick-idle mode, we refuse to try to enter it. After all, - * it is better to incur scheduling-clock interrupts than to spin - * continuously for the same time duration! - */ -int rcu_needs_cpu(int cpu) -{ - struct rcu_dynticks *rdtp = &per_cpu(rcu_dynticks, cpu); - - /* Flag a new idle sojourn to the idle-entry state machine. */ - rdtp->idle_first_pass = 1; - /* If no callbacks, RCU doesn't need the CPU. */ - if (!rcu_cpu_has_callbacks(cpu)) - return 0; - /* Otherwise, RCU needs the CPU only if it recently tried and failed. */ - return rdtp->dyntick_holdoff == jiffies; -} - /* * Does the specified flavor of RCU have non-lazy callbacks pending on * the specified CPU? Both RCU flavor and CPU are specified by the @@ -2026,6 +2005,47 @@ static bool rcu_cpu_has_nonlazy_callbacks(int cpu) rcu_preempt_cpu_has_nonlazy_callbacks(cpu); } +/* + * Allow the CPU to enter dyntick-idle mode if either: (1) There are no + * callbacks on this CPU, (2) this CPU has not yet attempted to enter + * dyntick-idle mode, or (3) this CPU is in the process of attempting to + * enter dyntick-idle mode. Otherwise, if we have recently tried and failed + * to enter dyntick-idle mode, we refuse to try to enter it. After all, + * it is better to incur scheduling-clock interrupts than to spin + * continuously for the same time duration! + * + * The delta_jiffies argument is used to store the time when RCU is + * going to need the CPU again if it still has callbacks. The reason + * for this is that rcu_prepare_for_idle() might need to post a timer, + * but if so, it will do so after tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick() has set + * the wakeup time for this CPU. This means that RCU's timer can be + * delayed until the wakeup time, which defeats the purpose of posting + * a timer. + */ +int rcu_needs_cpu(int cpu, unsigned long *delta_jiffies) +{ + struct rcu_dynticks *rdtp = &per_cpu(rcu_dynticks, cpu); + + /* Flag a new idle sojourn to the idle-entry state machine. */ + rdtp->idle_first_pass = 1; + /* If no callbacks, RCU doesn't need the CPU. */ + if (!rcu_cpu_has_callbacks(cpu)) { + *delta_jiffies = ULONG_MAX; + return 0; + } + if (rdtp->dyntick_holdoff == jiffies) { + /* RCU recently tried and failed, so don't try again. */ + *delta_jiffies = 1; + return 1; + } + /* Set up for the possibility that RCU will post a timer. */ + if (rcu_cpu_has_nonlazy_callbacks(cpu)) + *delta_jiffies = RCU_IDLE_GP_DELAY; + else + *delta_jiffies = RCU_IDLE_LAZY_GP_DELAY; + return 0; +} + /* * Handler for smp_call_function_single(). The only point of this * handler is to wake the CPU up, so the handler does only tracing. diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c index 6a3a5b9ff56..52f5ebbd443 100644 --- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c +++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c @@ -274,6 +274,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(get_cpu_iowait_time_us); static void tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick(struct tick_sched *ts) { unsigned long seq, last_jiffies, next_jiffies, delta_jiffies; + unsigned long rcu_delta_jiffies; ktime_t last_update, expires, now; struct clock_event_device *dev = __get_cpu_var(tick_cpu_device).evtdev; u64 time_delta; @@ -322,7 +323,7 @@ static void tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick(struct tick_sched *ts) time_delta = timekeeping_max_deferment(); } while (read_seqretry(&xtime_lock, seq)); - if (rcu_needs_cpu(cpu) || printk_needs_cpu(cpu) || + if (rcu_needs_cpu(cpu, &rcu_delta_jiffies) || printk_needs_cpu(cpu) || arch_needs_cpu(cpu)) { next_jiffies = last_jiffies + 1; delta_jiffies = 1; @@ -330,6 +331,10 @@ static void tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick(struct tick_sched *ts) /* Get the next timer wheel timer */ next_jiffies = get_next_timer_interrupt(last_jiffies); delta_jiffies = next_jiffies - last_jiffies; + if (rcu_delta_jiffies < delta_jiffies) { + next_jiffies = last_jiffies + rcu_delta_jiffies; + delta_jiffies = rcu_delta_jiffies; + } } /* * Do not stop the tick, if we are only one off -- cgit v1.2.3