From c17ef45342cc033fdf7bdd5b28615e0090f8d2e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Paul E. McKenney" Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:12:47 -0700 Subject: rcu: Remove Classic RCU Remove Classic RCU, given that the combination of Tree RCU and the proposed Bloatwatch RCU do everything that Classic RCU can with fewer bugs. Tree RCU has been default in x86 builds for almost six months, and seems to be quite reliable, so there does not seem to be much justification for keeping the Classic RCU code and config complexity around anymore. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org Cc: niv@us.ibm.com Cc: dvhltc@us.ibm.com Cc: dipankar@in.ibm.com Cc: dhowells@redhat.com Cc: lethal@linux-sh.org Cc: kernel@wantstofly.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- init/Kconfig | 12 ++---------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) (limited to 'init/Kconfig') diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig index 1ce05a4..d10f31d 100644 --- a/init/Kconfig +++ b/init/Kconfig @@ -316,21 +316,13 @@ choice prompt "RCU Implementation" default TREE_RCU -config CLASSIC_RCU - bool "Classic RCU" - help - This option selects the classic RCU implementation that is - designed for best read-side performance on non-realtime - systems. - - Select this option if you are unsure. - config TREE_RCU bool "Tree-based hierarchical RCU" help This option selects the RCU implementation that is designed for very large SMP system with hundreds or - thousands of CPUs. + thousands of CPUs. It also scales down nicely to + smaller systems. config PREEMPT_RCU bool "Preemptible RCU" -- cgit v1.1 From f41d911f8c49a5d65c86504c19e8204bb605c4fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Paul E. McKenney" Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 13:56:52 -0700 Subject: rcu: Merge preemptable-RCU functionality into hierarchical RCU Create a kernel/rcutree_plugin.h file that contains definitions for preemptable RCU (or, under the #else branch of the #ifdef, empty definitions for the classic non-preemptable semantics). These definitions fit into plugins defined in kernel/rcutree.c for this purpose. This variant of preemptable RCU uses a new algorithm whose read-side expense is roughly that of classic hierarchical RCU under CONFIG_PREEMPT. This new algorithm's update-side expense is similar to that of classic hierarchical RCU, and, in absence of read-side preemption or blocking, is exactly that of classic hierarchical RCU. Perhaps more important, this new algorithm has a much simpler implementation, saving well over 1,000 lines of code compared to mainline's implementation of preemptable RCU, which will hopefully be retired in favor of this new algorithm. The simplifications are obtained by maintaining per-task nesting state for running tasks, and using a simple lock-protected algorithm to handle accounting when tasks block within RCU read-side critical sections, making use of lessons learned while creating numerous user-level RCU implementations over the past 18 months. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney Cc: laijs@cn.fujitsu.com Cc: dipankar@in.ibm.com Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org Cc: mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca Cc: josht@linux.vnet.ibm.com Cc: dvhltc@us.ibm.com Cc: niv@us.ibm.com Cc: peterz@infradead.org Cc: rostedt@goodmis.org LKML-Reference: <12509746134003-git-send-email-> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- init/Kconfig | 22 ++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'init/Kconfig') diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig index 25373cf..f88da2d 100644 --- a/init/Kconfig +++ b/init/Kconfig @@ -335,11 +335,20 @@ config PREEMPT_RCU now-naive assumptions about each RCU read-side critical section remaining on a given CPU through its execution. +config TREE_PREEMPT_RCU + bool "Preemptable tree-based hierarchical RCU" + depends on PREEMPT + help + This option selects the RCU implementation that is + designed for very large SMP systems with hundreds or + thousands of CPUs, but for which real-time response + is also required. + endchoice config RCU_TRACE bool "Enable tracing for RCU" - depends on TREE_RCU || PREEMPT_RCU + depends on TREE_RCU || PREEMPT_RCU || TREE_PREEMPT_RCU help This option provides tracing in RCU which presents stats in debugfs for debugging RCU implementation. @@ -351,7 +360,7 @@ config RCU_FANOUT int "Tree-based hierarchical RCU fanout value" range 2 64 if 64BIT range 2 32 if !64BIT - depends on TREE_RCU + depends on TREE_RCU || TREE_PREEMPT_RCU default 64 if 64BIT default 32 if !64BIT help @@ -366,7 +375,7 @@ config RCU_FANOUT config RCU_FANOUT_EXACT bool "Disable tree-based hierarchical RCU auto-balancing" - depends on TREE_RCU + depends on TREE_RCU || TREE_PREEMPT_RCU default n help This option forces use of the exact RCU_FANOUT value specified, @@ -379,11 +388,12 @@ config RCU_FANOUT_EXACT Say N if unsure. config TREE_RCU_TRACE - def_bool RCU_TRACE && TREE_RCU + def_bool RCU_TRACE && ( TREE_RCU || TREE_PREEMPT_RCU ) select DEBUG_FS help - This option provides tracing for the TREE_RCU implementation, - permitting Makefile to trivially select kernel/rcutree_trace.c. + This option provides tracing for the TREE_RCU and + TREE_PREEMPT_RCU implementations, permitting Makefile to + trivially select kernel/rcutree_trace.c. config PREEMPT_RCU_TRACE def_bool RCU_TRACE && PREEMPT_RCU -- cgit v1.1 From 6b3ef48adf847f7adf11c870e3ffacac150f1564 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Paul E. McKenney" Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 13:56:53 -0700 Subject: rcu: Remove CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU Now that CONFIG_TREE_PREEMPT_RCU is in place, there is no further need for CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU. Remove it, along with whatever subtle bugs it may (or may not) contain. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney Cc: laijs@cn.fujitsu.com Cc: dipankar@in.ibm.com Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org Cc: mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca Cc: josht@linux.vnet.ibm.com Cc: dvhltc@us.ibm.com Cc: niv@us.ibm.com Cc: peterz@infradead.org Cc: rostedt@goodmis.org LKML-Reference: <125097461396-git-send-email-> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- init/Kconfig | 20 +------------------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 19 deletions(-) (limited to 'init/Kconfig') diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig index f88da2d..8e8b76d 100644 --- a/init/Kconfig +++ b/init/Kconfig @@ -324,17 +324,6 @@ config TREE_RCU thousands of CPUs. It also scales down nicely to smaller systems. -config PREEMPT_RCU - bool "Preemptible RCU" - depends on PREEMPT - help - This option reduces the latency of the kernel by making certain - RCU sections preemptible. Normally RCU code is non-preemptible, if - this option is selected then read-only RCU sections become - preemptible. This helps latency, but may expose bugs due to - now-naive assumptions about each RCU read-side critical section - remaining on a given CPU through its execution. - config TREE_PREEMPT_RCU bool "Preemptable tree-based hierarchical RCU" depends on PREEMPT @@ -348,7 +337,7 @@ endchoice config RCU_TRACE bool "Enable tracing for RCU" - depends on TREE_RCU || PREEMPT_RCU || TREE_PREEMPT_RCU + depends on TREE_RCU || TREE_PREEMPT_RCU help This option provides tracing in RCU which presents stats in debugfs for debugging RCU implementation. @@ -395,13 +384,6 @@ config TREE_RCU_TRACE TREE_PREEMPT_RCU implementations, permitting Makefile to trivially select kernel/rcutree_trace.c. -config PREEMPT_RCU_TRACE - def_bool RCU_TRACE && PREEMPT_RCU - select DEBUG_FS - help - This option provides tracing for the PREEMPT_RCU implementation, - permitting Makefile to trivially select kernel/rcupreempt_trace.c. - endmenu # "RCU Subsystem" config IKCONFIG -- cgit v1.1