From 4357fb570b3709c145384065d04b698a30dc722e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Paul E. McKenney" Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 07:56:27 -0800 Subject: rcu: Make bugginess of code sample more evident One of the code samples in whatisRCU.txt shows a bug, but someone scanning the document quickly might mistake it for a valid use of RCU. Add some screaming comments to help keep speed-readers on track. Reported-by: Nathan Zimmer Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki --- Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation/RCU') diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt index 0cc7820..10df0b8 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt +++ b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt @@ -265,9 +265,9 @@ rcu_dereference() rcu_read_lock(); p = rcu_dereference(head.next); rcu_read_unlock(); - x = p->address; + x = p->address; /* BUG!!! */ rcu_read_lock(); - y = p->data; + y = p->data; /* BUG!!! */ rcu_read_unlock(); Holding a reference from one RCU read-side critical section -- cgit v1.1 From 3f944adb9d1ca912902783e7aede2a5b5c19a605 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Paul E. McKenney" Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2013 17:55:49 -0800 Subject: rcu: Documentation update This commit applies a few updates based on a quick review of the RCU documentations. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney --- Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt | 26 ++++++++++++++++---------- Documentation/RCU/lockdep.txt | 5 +++++ Documentation/RCU/rcubarrier.txt | 15 ++++++++++++++- 3 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation/RCU') diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt b/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt index 31ef8fe..79e789b8 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt +++ b/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt @@ -217,9 +217,14 @@ over a rather long period of time, but improvements are always welcome! whether the increased speed is worth it. 8. Although synchronize_rcu() is slower than is call_rcu(), it - usually results in simpler code. So, unless update performance - is critically important or the updaters cannot block, - synchronize_rcu() should be used in preference to call_rcu(). + usually results in simpler code. So, unless update performance is + critically important, the updaters cannot block, or the latency of + synchronize_rcu() is visible from userspace, synchronize_rcu() + should be used in preference to call_rcu(). Furthermore, + kfree_rcu() usually results in even simpler code than does + synchronize_rcu() without synchronize_rcu()'s multi-millisecond + latency. So please take advantage of kfree_rcu()'s "fire and + forget" memory-freeing capabilities where it applies. An especially important property of the synchronize_rcu() primitive is that it automatically self-limits: if grace periods @@ -268,7 +273,8 @@ over a rather long period of time, but improvements are always welcome! e. Periodically invoke synchronize_rcu(), permitting a limited number of updates per grace period. - The same cautions apply to call_rcu_bh() and call_rcu_sched(). + The same cautions apply to call_rcu_bh(), call_rcu_sched(), + call_srcu(), and kfree_rcu(). 9. All RCU list-traversal primitives, which include rcu_dereference(), list_for_each_entry_rcu(), and @@ -296,9 +302,9 @@ over a rather long period of time, but improvements are always welcome! all currently executing rcu_read_lock()-protected RCU read-side critical sections complete. It does -not- necessarily guarantee that all currently running interrupts, NMIs, preempt_disable() - code, or idle loops will complete. Therefore, if you do not have - rcu_read_lock()-protected read-side critical sections, do -not- - use synchronize_rcu(). + code, or idle loops will complete. Therefore, if your + read-side critical sections are protected by something other + than rcu_read_lock(), do -not- use synchronize_rcu(). Similarly, disabling preemption is not an acceptable substitute for rcu_read_lock(). Code that attempts to use preemption @@ -401,9 +407,9 @@ over a rather long period of time, but improvements are always welcome! read-side critical sections. It is the responsibility of the RCU update-side primitives to deal with this. -17. Use CONFIG_PROVE_RCU, CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_RCU_HEAD, and - the __rcu sparse checks to validate your RCU code. These - can help find problems as follows: +17. Use CONFIG_PROVE_RCU, CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_RCU_HEAD, and the + __rcu sparse checks (enabled by CONFIG_SPARSE_RCU_POINTER) to + validate your RCU code. These can help find problems as follows: CONFIG_PROVE_RCU: check that accesses to RCU-protected data structures are carried out under the proper RCU diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/lockdep.txt b/Documentation/RCU/lockdep.txt index a102d4b..cd83d23 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/lockdep.txt +++ b/Documentation/RCU/lockdep.txt @@ -64,6 +64,11 @@ checking of rcu_dereference() primitives: but retain the compiler constraints that prevent duplicating or coalescsing. This is useful when when testing the value of the pointer itself, for example, against NULL. + rcu_access_index(idx): + Return the value of the index and omit all barriers, but + retain the compiler constraints that prevent duplicating + or coalescsing. This is useful when when testing the + value of the index itself, for example, against -1. The rcu_dereference_check() check expression can be any boolean expression, but would normally include a lockdep expression. However, diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/rcubarrier.txt b/Documentation/RCU/rcubarrier.txt index 38428c1..2e319d1 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/rcubarrier.txt +++ b/Documentation/RCU/rcubarrier.txt @@ -79,7 +79,20 @@ complete. Pseudo-code using rcu_barrier() is as follows: 2. Execute rcu_barrier(). 3. Allow the module to be unloaded. -The rcutorture module makes use of rcu_barrier in its exit function +There are also rcu_barrier_bh(), rcu_barrier_sched(), and srcu_barrier() +functions for the other flavors of RCU, and you of course must match +the flavor of rcu_barrier() with that of call_rcu(). If your module +uses multiple flavors of call_rcu(), then it must also use multiple +flavors of rcu_barrier() when unloading that module. For example, if +it uses call_rcu_bh(), call_srcu() on srcu_struct_1, and call_srcu() on +srcu_struct_2(), then the following three lines of code will be required +when unloading: + + 1 rcu_barrier_bh(); + 2 srcu_barrier(&srcu_struct_1); + 3 srcu_barrier(&srcu_struct_2); + +The rcutorture module makes use of rcu_barrier() in its exit function as follows: 1 static void -- cgit v1.1 From 6231069bdab575fce862ca786f1c0ba5e4e9ba3b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Paul E. McKenney" Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2013 13:37:09 -0800 Subject: rcu: Add softirq-stall indications to stall-warning messages If RCU's softirq handler is prevented from executing, an RCU CPU stall warning can result. Ways to prevent RCU's softirq handler from executing include: (1) CPU spinning with interrupts disabled, (2) infinite loop in some softirq handler, and (3) in -rt kernels, an infinite loop in a set of real-time threads running at priorities higher than that of RCU's softirq handler. Because this situation can be difficult to track down, this commit causes the count of RCU softirq handler invocations to be printed with RCU CPU stall warnings. This information does require some interpretation, as now documented in Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.txt. Reported-by: Thomas Gleixner Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney Tested-by: Paul Gortmaker --- Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.txt | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation/RCU') diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.txt b/Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.txt index 1927151..e38b8df 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.txt +++ b/Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.txt @@ -92,14 +92,14 @@ If the CONFIG_RCU_CPU_STALL_INFO kernel configuration parameter is set, more information is printed with the stall-warning message, for example: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stall on CPU - 0: (63959 ticks this GP) idle=241/3fffffffffffffff/0 + 0: (63959 ticks this GP) idle=241/3fffffffffffffff/0 softirq=82/543 (t=65000 jiffies) In kernels with CONFIG_RCU_FAST_NO_HZ, even more information is printed: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stall on CPU - 0: (64628 ticks this GP) idle=dd5/3fffffffffffffff/0 drain=0 . timer not pending + 0: (64628 ticks this GP) idle=dd5/3fffffffffffffff/0 softirq=82/543 last_accelerate: a345/d342 nonlazy_posted: 25 .D (t=65000 jiffies) The "(64628 ticks this GP)" indicates that this CPU has taken more @@ -116,13 +116,28 @@ number between the two "/"s is the value of the nesting, which will be a small positive number if in the idle loop and a very large positive number (as shown above) otherwise. -For CONFIG_RCU_FAST_NO_HZ kernels, the "drain=0" indicates that the CPU is -not in the process of trying to force itself into dyntick-idle state, the -"." indicates that the CPU has not given up forcing RCU into dyntick-idle -mode (it would be "H" otherwise), and the "timer not pending" indicates -that the CPU has not recently forced RCU into dyntick-idle mode (it -would otherwise indicate the number of microseconds remaining in this -forced state). +The "softirq=" portion of the message tracks the number of RCU softirq +handlers that the stalled CPU has executed. The number before the "/" +is the number that had executed since boot at the time that this CPU +last noted the beginning of a grace period, which might be the current +(stalled) grace period, or it might be some earlier grace period (for +example, if the CPU might have been in dyntick-idle mode for an extended +time period. The number after the "/" is the number that have executed +since boot until the current time. If this latter number stays constant +across repeated stall-warning messages, it is possible that RCU's softirq +handlers are no longer able to execute on this CPU. This can happen if +the stalled CPU is spinning with interrupts are disabled, or, in -rt +kernels, if a high-priority process is starving RCU's softirq handler. + +For CONFIG_RCU_FAST_NO_HZ kernels, the "last_accelerate:" prints the +low-order 16 bits (in hex) of the jiffies counter when this CPU last +invoked rcu_try_advance_all_cbs() from rcu_needs_cpu() or last invoked +rcu_accelerate_cbs() from rcu_prepare_for_idle(). The "nonlazy_posted:" +prints the number of non-lazy callbacks posted since the last call to +rcu_needs_cpu(). Finally, an "L" indicates that there are currently +no non-lazy callbacks ("." is printed otherwise, as shown above) and +"D" indicates that dyntick-idle processing is enabled ("." is printed +otherwise, for example, if disabled via the "nohz=" kernel boot parameter). Multiple Warnings From One Stall -- cgit v1.1