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<title>linux-stable.git/kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h, branch linux-5.7.y</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel stable tree</subtitle>
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<title>Merge branches 'doc.2020.02.27a', 'fixes.2020.03.21a', 'kfree_rcu.2020.02.20a', 'locktorture.2020.02.20a', 'ovld.2020.02.20a', 'rcu-tasks.2020.02.20a', 'srcu.2020.02.20a' and 'torture.2020.02.20a' into HEAD</title>
<updated>2020-03-22T00:15:11+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@kernel.org</email>
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<published>2020-03-22T00:15:11+00:00</published>
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doc.2020.02.27a: Documentation updates.
fixes.2020.03.21a: Miscellaneous fixes.
kfree_rcu.2020.02.20a: Updates to kfree_rcu().
locktorture.2020.02.20a: Lock torture-test updates.
ovld.2020.02.20a: Updates to callback-overload handling.
rcu-tasks.2020.02.20a: RCU-tasks updates.
srcu.2020.02.20a: SRCU updates.
torture.2020.02.20a: Torture-test updates.
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doc.2020.02.27a: Documentation updates.
fixes.2020.03.21a: Miscellaneous fixes.
kfree_rcu.2020.02.20a: Updates to kfree_rcu().
locktorture.2020.02.20a: Lock torture-test updates.
ovld.2020.02.20a: Updates to callback-overload handling.
rcu-tasks.2020.02.20a: RCU-tasks updates.
srcu.2020.02.20a: SRCU updates.
torture.2020.02.20a: Torture-test updates.
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<entry>
<title>rcutorture: Allow boottime stall warnings to be suppressed</title>
<updated>2020-02-21T00:03:30+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2019-12-05T19:29:01+00:00</published>
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In normal production, an RCU CPU stall warning at boottime is often
just as bad as at any other time.  In fact, given the desire for fast
boot, any sort of long-term stall at boot is a bad idea.  However,
heavy rcutorture testing on large hyperthreaded systems can generate
boottime RCU CPU stalls as a matter of course.  This commit therefore
provides a kernel boot parameter that suppresses reporting of boottime
RCU CPU stall warnings and similarly of rcutorture writer stalls.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
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In normal production, an RCU CPU stall warning at boottime is often
just as bad as at any other time.  In fact, given the desire for fast
boot, any sort of long-term stall at boot is a bad idea.  However,
heavy rcutorture testing on large hyperthreaded systems can generate
boottime RCU CPU stalls as a matter of course.  This commit therefore
provides a kernel boot parameter that suppresses reporting of boottime
RCU CPU stall warnings and similarly of rcutorture writer stalls.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>rcu: Don't flag non-starting GPs before GP kthread is running</title>
<updated>2020-02-20T23:58:23+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2020-01-21T20:30:22+00:00</published>
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Currently rcu_check_gp_start_stall() complains if a grace period takes
too long to start, where "too long" is roughly one RCU CPU stall-warning
interval.  This has worked well, but there are some debugging Kconfig
options (such as CONFIG_EFI_PGT_DUMP=y) that can make booting take a
very long time, so much so that the stall-warning interval has expired
before RCU's grace-period kthread has even been spawned.

This commit therefore resets the rcu_state.gp_req_activity and
rcu_state.gp_activity timestamps just before the grace-period kthread
is spawned, and modifies the checks and adds ordering to ensure that
if rcu_check_gp_start_stall() sees that the grace-period kthread
has been spawned, that it will also see the resets applied to the
rcu_state.gp_req_activity and rcu_state.gp_activity timestamps.

Reported-by: Qian Cai &lt;cai@lca.pw&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
[ paulmck: Fix whitespace issues reported by Qian Cai. ]
Tested-by: Qian Cai &lt;cai@lca.pw&gt;
[ paulmck: Simplify grace-period wakeup check per Steve Rostedt feedback. ]
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Currently rcu_check_gp_start_stall() complains if a grace period takes
too long to start, where "too long" is roughly one RCU CPU stall-warning
interval.  This has worked well, but there are some debugging Kconfig
options (such as CONFIG_EFI_PGT_DUMP=y) that can make booting take a
very long time, so much so that the stall-warning interval has expired
before RCU's grace-period kthread has even been spawned.

This commit therefore resets the rcu_state.gp_req_activity and
rcu_state.gp_activity timestamps just before the grace-period kthread
is spawned, and modifies the checks and adds ordering to ensure that
if rcu_check_gp_start_stall() sees that the grace-period kthread
has been spawned, that it will also see the resets applied to the
rcu_state.gp_req_activity and rcu_state.gp_activity timestamps.

Reported-by: Qian Cai &lt;cai@lca.pw&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
[ paulmck: Fix whitespace issues reported by Qian Cai. ]
Tested-by: Qian Cai &lt;cai@lca.pw&gt;
[ paulmck: Simplify grace-period wakeup check per Steve Rostedt feedback. ]
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<title>rcu: Add WRITE_ONCE() to rcu_state -&gt;gp_start</title>
<updated>2020-02-20T23:58:23+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2020-01-20T23:29:04+00:00</published>
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The rcu_state structure's -&gt;gp_start field is read locklessly, so this
commit adds the WRITE_ONCE() to an update in order to provide proper
documentation and READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE() pairing.

This data race was reported by KCSAN.  Not appropriate for backporting
due to failure being unlikely.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
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The rcu_state structure's -&gt;gp_start field is read locklessly, so this
commit adds the WRITE_ONCE() to an update in order to provide proper
documentation and READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE() pairing.

This data race was reported by KCSAN.  Not appropriate for backporting
due to failure being unlikely.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>rcu: Add READ_ONCE() to rcu_data -&gt;gpwrap</title>
<updated>2020-02-20T23:58:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2020-01-07T23:48:39+00:00</published>
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The rcu_data structure's -&gt;gpwrap field is read locklessly, and so
this commit adds the required READ_ONCE() to a pair of laods in order
to avoid destructive compiler optimizations.

This data race was reported by KCSAN.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
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The rcu_data structure's -&gt;gpwrap field is read locklessly, and so
this commit adds the required READ_ONCE() to a pair of laods in order
to avoid destructive compiler optimizations.

This data race was reported by KCSAN.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>rcu: Add *_ONCE() for grace-period progress indicators</title>
<updated>2020-02-20T23:58:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2020-01-04T19:33:17+00:00</published>
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The various RCU structures' -&gt;gp_seq, -&gt;gp_seq_needed, -&gt;gp_req_activity,
and -&gt;gp_activity fields are read locklessly, so they must be updated with
WRITE_ONCE() and, when read locklessly, with READ_ONCE().  This commit makes
these changes.

This data race was reported by KCSAN.  Not appropriate for backporting
due to failure being unlikely.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
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The various RCU structures' -&gt;gp_seq, -&gt;gp_seq_needed, -&gt;gp_req_activity,
and -&gt;gp_activity fields are read locklessly, so they must be updated with
WRITE_ONCE() and, when read locklessly, with READ_ONCE().  This commit makes
these changes.

This data race was reported by KCSAN.  Not appropriate for backporting
due to failure being unlikely.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge branches 'doc.2019.12.10a', 'exp.2019.12.09a', 'fixes.2020.01.24a', 'kfree_rcu.2020.01.24a', 'list.2020.01.10a', 'preempt.2020.01.24a' and 'torture.2019.12.09a' into HEAD</title>
<updated>2020-01-24T18:37:27+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2020-01-24T18:37:27+00:00</published>
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doc.2019.12.10a: Documentations updates
exp.2019.12.09a: Expedited grace-period updates
fixes.2020.01.24a: Miscellaneous fixes
kfree_rcu.2020.01.24a: Batch kfree_rcu() work
list.2020.01.10a: RCU-protected-list updates
preempt.2020.01.24a: Preemptible RCU updates
torture.2019.12.09a: Torture-test updates
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doc.2019.12.10a: Documentations updates
exp.2019.12.09a: Expedited grace-period updates
fixes.2020.01.24a: Miscellaneous fixes
kfree_rcu.2020.01.24a: Batch kfree_rcu() work
list.2020.01.10a: RCU-protected-list updates
preempt.2020.01.24a: Preemptible RCU updates
torture.2019.12.09a: Torture-test updates
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<entry>
<title>rcu: Move gp_state_names[] and gp_state_getname() to tree_stall.h</title>
<updated>2020-01-24T18:33:45+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Lai Jiangshan</name>
<email>jiangshanlai@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2019-10-15T10:28:47+00:00</published>
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Only tree_stall.h needs to get name from GP state, so this commit
moves the gp_state_names[] array and the gp_state_getname()
from kernel/rcu/tree.h and kernel/rcu/tree.c, respectively, to
kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h.  While moving gp_state_names[], this commit
uses the GCC syntax to ensure that the right string is associated with
the right CPP macro.

Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan &lt;jiangshanlai@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan &lt;laijs@linux.alibaba.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
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Only tree_stall.h needs to get name from GP state, so this commit
moves the gp_state_names[] array and the gp_state_getname()
from kernel/rcu/tree.h and kernel/rcu/tree.c, respectively, to
kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h.  While moving gp_state_names[], this commit
uses the GCC syntax to ensure that the right string is associated with
the right CPP macro.

Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan &lt;jiangshanlai@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan &lt;laijs@linux.alibaba.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>rcu: Rename some instance of CONFIG_PREEMPTION to CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU</title>
<updated>2020-01-24T18:26:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Lai Jiangshan</name>
<email>jiangshanlai@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2019-10-15T10:28:48+00:00</published>
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CONFIG_PREEMPTION and CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU are always identical,
but some code depends on CONFIG_PREEMPTION to access to
rcu_preempt functionality. This patch changes CONFIG_PREEMPTION
to CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU in these cases.

Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan &lt;jiangshanlai@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan &lt;laijs@linux.alibaba.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
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CONFIG_PREEMPTION and CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU are always identical,
but some code depends on CONFIG_PREEMPTION to access to
rcu_preempt functionality. This patch changes CONFIG_PREEMPTION
to CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU in these cases.

Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan &lt;jiangshanlai@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan &lt;laijs@linux.alibaba.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>rcu: Remove kfree_rcu() special casing and lazy-callback handling</title>
<updated>2020-01-24T18:24:31+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Joel Fernandes (Google)</name>
<email>joel@joelfernandes.org</email>
</author>
<published>2019-08-30T16:36:32+00:00</published>
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This commit removes kfree_rcu() special-casing and the lazy-callback
handling from Tree RCU.  It moves some of this special casing to Tiny RCU,
the removal of which will be the subject of later commits.

This results in a nice negative delta.

Suggested-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) &lt;joel@joelfernandes.org&gt;
[ paulmck: Add slab.h #include, thanks to kbuild test robot &lt;lkp@intel.com&gt;. ]
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
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This commit removes kfree_rcu() special-casing and the lazy-callback
handling from Tree RCU.  It moves some of this special casing to Tiny RCU,
the removal of which will be the subject of later commits.

This results in a nice negative delta.

Suggested-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) &lt;joel@joelfernandes.org&gt;
[ paulmck: Add slab.h #include, thanks to kbuild test robot &lt;lkp@intel.com&gt;. ]
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
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