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<title>rcu: Reject RCU_LOCKDEP_WARN() false positives</title>
<updated>2021-07-20T14:00:12+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2021-04-05T16:51:05+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 3066820034b5dd4e89bd74a7739c51c2d6f5e554 ]

If another lockdep report runs concurrently with an RCU lockdep report
from RCU_LOCKDEP_WARN(), the following sequence of events can occur:

1.	debug_lockdep_rcu_enabled() sees that lockdep is enabled
	when called from (say) synchronize_rcu().

2.	Lockdep is disabled by a concurrent lockdep report.

3.	debug_lockdep_rcu_enabled() evaluates its lockdep-expression
	argument, for example, lock_is_held(&amp;rcu_bh_lock_map).

4.	Because lockdep is now disabled, lock_is_held() plays it safe and
	returns the constant 1.

5.	But in this case, the constant 1 is not safe, because invoking
	synchronize_rcu() under rcu_read_lock_bh() is disallowed.

6.	debug_lockdep_rcu_enabled() wrongly invokes lockdep_rcu_suspicious(),
	resulting in a false-positive splat.

This commit therefore changes RCU_LOCKDEP_WARN() to check
debug_lockdep_rcu_enabled() after checking the lockdep expression,
so that any "safe" returns from lock_is_held() are rejected by
debug_lockdep_rcu_enabled().  This requires memory ordering, which is
supplied by READ_ONCE(debug_locks).  The resulting volatile accesses
prevent the compiler from reordering and the fact that only one variable
is being accessed prevents the underlying hardware from reordering.
The combination works for IA64, which can reorder reads to the same
location, but this is defeated by the volatile accesses, which compile
to load instructions that provide ordering.

Reported-by: syzbot+dde0cc33951735441301@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Reported-by: Matthew Wilcox &lt;willy@infradead.org&gt;
Reported-by: syzbot+88e4f02896967fe1ab0d@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Reported-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Suggested-by: Boqun Feng &lt;boqun.feng@gmail.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Boqun Feng &lt;boqun.feng@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 3066820034b5dd4e89bd74a7739c51c2d6f5e554 ]

If another lockdep report runs concurrently with an RCU lockdep report
from RCU_LOCKDEP_WARN(), the following sequence of events can occur:

1.	debug_lockdep_rcu_enabled() sees that lockdep is enabled
	when called from (say) synchronize_rcu().

2.	Lockdep is disabled by a concurrent lockdep report.

3.	debug_lockdep_rcu_enabled() evaluates its lockdep-expression
	argument, for example, lock_is_held(&amp;rcu_bh_lock_map).

4.	Because lockdep is now disabled, lock_is_held() plays it safe and
	returns the constant 1.

5.	But in this case, the constant 1 is not safe, because invoking
	synchronize_rcu() under rcu_read_lock_bh() is disallowed.

6.	debug_lockdep_rcu_enabled() wrongly invokes lockdep_rcu_suspicious(),
	resulting in a false-positive splat.

This commit therefore changes RCU_LOCKDEP_WARN() to check
debug_lockdep_rcu_enabled() after checking the lockdep expression,
so that any "safe" returns from lock_is_held() are rejected by
debug_lockdep_rcu_enabled().  This requires memory ordering, which is
supplied by READ_ONCE(debug_locks).  The resulting volatile accesses
prevent the compiler from reordering and the fact that only one variable
is being accessed prevents the underlying hardware from reordering.
The combination works for IA64, which can reorder reads to the same
location, but this is defeated by the volatile accesses, which compile
to load instructions that provide ordering.

Reported-by: syzbot+dde0cc33951735441301@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Reported-by: Matthew Wilcox &lt;willy@infradead.org&gt;
Reported-by: syzbot+88e4f02896967fe1ab0d@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Reported-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Suggested-by: Boqun Feng &lt;boqun.feng@gmail.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Boqun Feng &lt;boqun.feng@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>srcu: Fix broken node geometry after early ssp init</title>
<updated>2021-07-20T14:00:12+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Frederic Weisbecker</name>
<email>frederic@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2021-04-17T13:16:49+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit b5befe842e6612cf894cf4a199924ee872d8b7d8 ]

An srcu_struct structure that is initialized before rcu_init_geometry()
will have its srcu_node hierarchy based on CONFIG_NR_CPUS.  Once
rcu_init_geometry() is called, this hierarchy is compressed as needed
for the actual maximum number of CPUs for this system.

Later on, that srcu_struct structure is confused, sometimes referring
to its initial CONFIG_NR_CPUS-based hierarchy, and sometimes instead
to the new num_possible_cpus() hierarchy.  For example, each of its
-&gt;mynode fields continues to reference the original leaf rcu_node
structures, some of which might no longer exist.  On the other hand,
srcu_for_each_node_breadth_first() traverses to the new node hierarchy.

There are at least two bad possible outcomes to this:

1) a) A callback enqueued early on an srcu_data structure (call it
      *sdp) is recorded pending on sdp-&gt;mynode-&gt;srcu_data_have_cbs in
      srcu_funnel_gp_start() with sdp-&gt;mynode pointing to a deep leaf
      (say 3 levels).

   b) The grace period ends after rcu_init_geometry() shrinks the
      nodes level to a single one.  srcu_gp_end() walks through the new
      srcu_node hierarchy without ever reaching the old leaves so the
      callback is never executed.

   This is easily reproduced on an 8 CPUs machine with CONFIG_NR_CPUS &gt;= 32
   and "rcupdate.rcu_self_test=1". The srcu_barrier() after early tests
   verification never completes and the boot hangs:

	[ 5413.141029] INFO: task swapper/0:1 blocked for more than 4915 seconds.
	[ 5413.147564]       Not tainted 5.12.0-rc4+ #28
	[ 5413.151927] "echo 0 &gt; /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
	[ 5413.159753] task:swapper/0       state:D stack:    0 pid:    1 ppid:     0 flags:0x00004000
	[ 5413.168099] Call Trace:
	[ 5413.170555]  __schedule+0x36c/0x930
	[ 5413.174057]  ? wait_for_completion+0x88/0x110
	[ 5413.178423]  schedule+0x46/0xf0
	[ 5413.181575]  schedule_timeout+0x284/0x380
	[ 5413.185591]  ? wait_for_completion+0x88/0x110
	[ 5413.189957]  ? mark_held_locks+0x61/0x80
	[ 5413.193882]  ? mark_held_locks+0x61/0x80
	[ 5413.197809]  ? _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x24/0x50
	[ 5413.202173]  ? wait_for_completion+0x88/0x110
	[ 5413.206535]  wait_for_completion+0xb4/0x110
	[ 5413.210724]  ? srcu_torture_stats_print+0x110/0x110
	[ 5413.215610]  srcu_barrier+0x187/0x200
	[ 5413.219277]  ? rcu_tasks_verify_self_tests+0x50/0x50
	[ 5413.224244]  ? rdinit_setup+0x2b/0x2b
	[ 5413.227907]  rcu_verify_early_boot_tests+0x2d/0x40
	[ 5413.232700]  do_one_initcall+0x63/0x310
	[ 5413.236541]  ? rdinit_setup+0x2b/0x2b
	[ 5413.240207]  ? rcu_read_lock_sched_held+0x52/0x80
	[ 5413.244912]  kernel_init_freeable+0x253/0x28f
	[ 5413.249273]  ? rest_init+0x250/0x250
	[ 5413.252846]  kernel_init+0xa/0x110
	[ 5413.256257]  ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30

2) An srcu_struct structure that is initialized before rcu_init_geometry()
   and used afterward will always have stale rdp-&gt;mynode references,
   resulting in callbacks to be missed in srcu_gp_end(), just like in
   the previous scenario.

This commit therefore causes init_srcu_struct_nodes to initialize the
geometry, if needed.  This ensures that the srcu_node hierarchy is
properly built and distributed from the get-go.

Suggested-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker &lt;frederic@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Boqun Feng &lt;boqun.feng@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Lai Jiangshan &lt;jiangshanlai@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Neeraj Upadhyay &lt;neeraju@codeaurora.org&gt;
Cc: Josh Triplett &lt;josh@joshtriplett.org&gt;
Cc: Joel Fernandes &lt;joel@joelfernandes.org&gt;
Cc: Uladzislau Rezki &lt;urezki@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit b5befe842e6612cf894cf4a199924ee872d8b7d8 ]

An srcu_struct structure that is initialized before rcu_init_geometry()
will have its srcu_node hierarchy based on CONFIG_NR_CPUS.  Once
rcu_init_geometry() is called, this hierarchy is compressed as needed
for the actual maximum number of CPUs for this system.

Later on, that srcu_struct structure is confused, sometimes referring
to its initial CONFIG_NR_CPUS-based hierarchy, and sometimes instead
to the new num_possible_cpus() hierarchy.  For example, each of its
-&gt;mynode fields continues to reference the original leaf rcu_node
structures, some of which might no longer exist.  On the other hand,
srcu_for_each_node_breadth_first() traverses to the new node hierarchy.

There are at least two bad possible outcomes to this:

1) a) A callback enqueued early on an srcu_data structure (call it
      *sdp) is recorded pending on sdp-&gt;mynode-&gt;srcu_data_have_cbs in
      srcu_funnel_gp_start() with sdp-&gt;mynode pointing to a deep leaf
      (say 3 levels).

   b) The grace period ends after rcu_init_geometry() shrinks the
      nodes level to a single one.  srcu_gp_end() walks through the new
      srcu_node hierarchy without ever reaching the old leaves so the
      callback is never executed.

   This is easily reproduced on an 8 CPUs machine with CONFIG_NR_CPUS &gt;= 32
   and "rcupdate.rcu_self_test=1". The srcu_barrier() after early tests
   verification never completes and the boot hangs:

	[ 5413.141029] INFO: task swapper/0:1 blocked for more than 4915 seconds.
	[ 5413.147564]       Not tainted 5.12.0-rc4+ #28
	[ 5413.151927] "echo 0 &gt; /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
	[ 5413.159753] task:swapper/0       state:D stack:    0 pid:    1 ppid:     0 flags:0x00004000
	[ 5413.168099] Call Trace:
	[ 5413.170555]  __schedule+0x36c/0x930
	[ 5413.174057]  ? wait_for_completion+0x88/0x110
	[ 5413.178423]  schedule+0x46/0xf0
	[ 5413.181575]  schedule_timeout+0x284/0x380
	[ 5413.185591]  ? wait_for_completion+0x88/0x110
	[ 5413.189957]  ? mark_held_locks+0x61/0x80
	[ 5413.193882]  ? mark_held_locks+0x61/0x80
	[ 5413.197809]  ? _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x24/0x50
	[ 5413.202173]  ? wait_for_completion+0x88/0x110
	[ 5413.206535]  wait_for_completion+0xb4/0x110
	[ 5413.210724]  ? srcu_torture_stats_print+0x110/0x110
	[ 5413.215610]  srcu_barrier+0x187/0x200
	[ 5413.219277]  ? rcu_tasks_verify_self_tests+0x50/0x50
	[ 5413.224244]  ? rdinit_setup+0x2b/0x2b
	[ 5413.227907]  rcu_verify_early_boot_tests+0x2d/0x40
	[ 5413.232700]  do_one_initcall+0x63/0x310
	[ 5413.236541]  ? rdinit_setup+0x2b/0x2b
	[ 5413.240207]  ? rcu_read_lock_sched_held+0x52/0x80
	[ 5413.244912]  kernel_init_freeable+0x253/0x28f
	[ 5413.249273]  ? rest_init+0x250/0x250
	[ 5413.252846]  kernel_init+0xa/0x110
	[ 5413.256257]  ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30

2) An srcu_struct structure that is initialized before rcu_init_geometry()
   and used afterward will always have stale rdp-&gt;mynode references,
   resulting in callbacks to be missed in srcu_gp_end(), just like in
   the previous scenario.

This commit therefore causes init_srcu_struct_nodes to initialize the
geometry, if needed.  This ensures that the srcu_node hierarchy is
properly built and distributed from the get-go.

Suggested-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker &lt;frederic@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Boqun Feng &lt;boqun.feng@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Lai Jiangshan &lt;jiangshanlai@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Neeraj Upadhyay &lt;neeraju@codeaurora.org&gt;
Cc: Josh Triplett &lt;josh@joshtriplett.org&gt;
Cc: Joel Fernandes &lt;joel@joelfernandes.org&gt;
Cc: Uladzislau Rezki &lt;urezki@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>rcu: Invoke rcu_spawn_core_kthreads() from rcu_spawn_gp_kthread()</title>
<updated>2021-07-14T15:07:25+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2021-03-31T17:59:05+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 8e4b1d2bc198e34b48fc7cc3a3c5a2fcb269e271 ]

Currently, rcu_spawn_core_kthreads() is invoked via an early_initcall(),
which works, except that rcu_spawn_gp_kthread() is also invoked via an
early_initcall() and rcu_spawn_core_kthreads() relies on adjustments to
kthread_prio that are carried out by rcu_spawn_gp_kthread().  There is
no guaranttee of ordering among early_initcall() handlers, and thus no
guarantee that kthread_prio will be properly checked and range-limited
at the time that rcu_spawn_core_kthreads() needs it.

In most cases, this bug is harmless.  After all, the only reason that
rcu_spawn_gp_kthread() adjusts the value of kthread_prio is if the user
specified a nonsensical value for this boot parameter, which experience
indicates is rare.

Nevertheless, a bug is a bug.  This commit therefore causes the
rcu_spawn_core_kthreads() function to be invoked directly from
rcu_spawn_gp_kthread() after any needed adjustments to kthread_prio have
been carried out.

Fixes: 48d07c04b4cc ("rcu: Enable elimination of Tree-RCU softirq processing")
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 8e4b1d2bc198e34b48fc7cc3a3c5a2fcb269e271 ]

Currently, rcu_spawn_core_kthreads() is invoked via an early_initcall(),
which works, except that rcu_spawn_gp_kthread() is also invoked via an
early_initcall() and rcu_spawn_core_kthreads() relies on adjustments to
kthread_prio that are carried out by rcu_spawn_gp_kthread().  There is
no guaranttee of ordering among early_initcall() handlers, and thus no
guarantee that kthread_prio will be properly checked and range-limited
at the time that rcu_spawn_core_kthreads() needs it.

In most cases, this bug is harmless.  After all, the only reason that
rcu_spawn_gp_kthread() adjusts the value of kthread_prio is if the user
specified a nonsensical value for this boot parameter, which experience
indicates is rare.

Nevertheless, a bug is a bug.  This commit therefore causes the
rcu_spawn_core_kthreads() function to be invoked directly from
rcu_spawn_gp_kthread() after any needed adjustments to kthread_prio have
been carried out.

Fixes: 48d07c04b4cc ("rcu: Enable elimination of Tree-RCU softirq processing")
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge branches 'bitmaprange.2021.03.08a', 'fixes.2021.03.15a', 'kvfree_rcu.2021.03.08a', 'mmdumpobj.2021.03.08a', 'nocb.2021.03.15a', 'poll.2021.03.24a', 'rt.2021.03.08a', 'tasks.2021.03.08a', 'torture.2021.03.08a' and 'torturescript.2021.03.22a' into HEAD</title>
<updated>2021-03-25T00:20:18+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2021-03-25T00:20:18+00:00</published>
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bitmaprange.2021.03.08a:  Allow 3-N for bitmap ranges.
fixes.2021.03.15a:  Miscellaneous fixes.
kvfree_rcu.2021.03.08a:  kvfree_rcu() updates.
mmdumpobj.2021.03.08a:  mem_dump_obj() updates.
nocb.2021.03.15a:  RCU NOCB CPU updates, including limited deoffloading.
poll.2021.03.24a:  Polling grace-period interfaces for RCU.
rt.2021.03.08a:  Realtime-related RCU changes.
tasks.2021.03.08a:  Tasks-RCU updates.
torture.2021.03.08a:  Torture-test updates.
torturescript.2021.03.22a:  Torture-test scripting updates.
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bitmaprange.2021.03.08a:  Allow 3-N for bitmap ranges.
fixes.2021.03.15a:  Miscellaneous fixes.
kvfree_rcu.2021.03.08a:  kvfree_rcu() updates.
mmdumpobj.2021.03.08a:  mem_dump_obj() updates.
nocb.2021.03.15a:  RCU NOCB CPU updates, including limited deoffloading.
poll.2021.03.24a:  Polling grace-period interfaces for RCU.
rt.2021.03.08a:  Realtime-related RCU changes.
tasks.2021.03.08a:  Tasks-RCU updates.
torture.2021.03.08a:  Torture-test updates.
torturescript.2021.03.22a:  Torture-test scripting updates.
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<entry>
<title>rcutorture: Test start_poll_synchronize_rcu() and poll_state_synchronize_rcu()</title>
<updated>2021-03-25T00:17:38+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2021-02-26T04:56:10+00:00</published>
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This commit causes rcutorture to test the new start_poll_synchronize_rcu()
and poll_state_synchronize_rcu() functions.  Because of the difficulty of
determining the nature of a synchronous RCU grace (expedited or not),
the test that insisted that poll_state_synchronize_rcu() detect an
intervening synchronize_rcu() had to be dropped.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
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This commit causes rcutorture to test the new start_poll_synchronize_rcu()
and poll_state_synchronize_rcu() functions.  Because of the difficulty of
determining the nature of a synchronous RCU grace (expedited or not),
the test that insisted that poll_state_synchronize_rcu() detect an
intervening synchronize_rcu() had to be dropped.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>rcu: Provide polling interfaces for Tiny RCU grace periods</title>
<updated>2021-03-25T00:16:15+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2021-02-26T01:36:06+00:00</published>
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There is a need for a non-blocking polling interface for RCU grace
periods, so this commit supplies start_poll_synchronize_rcu() and
poll_state_synchronize_rcu() for this purpose.  Note that the existing
get_state_synchronize_rcu() may be used if future grace periods are
inevitable (perhaps due to a later call_rcu() invocation).  The new
start_poll_synchronize_rcu() is to be used if future grace periods
might not otherwise happen.  Finally, poll_state_synchronize_rcu()
provides a lockless check for a grace period having elapsed since
the corresponding call to either of the get_state_synchronize_rcu()
or start_poll_synchronize_rcu().

As with get_state_synchronize_rcu(), the return value from either
get_state_synchronize_rcu() or start_poll_synchronize_rcu() is passed in
to a later call to either poll_state_synchronize_rcu() or the existing
(might_sleep) cond_synchronize_rcu().

[ paulmck: Revert cond_synchronize_rcu() to might_sleep() per Frederic Weisbecker feedback. ]
Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker &lt;frederic@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
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There is a need for a non-blocking polling interface for RCU grace
periods, so this commit supplies start_poll_synchronize_rcu() and
poll_state_synchronize_rcu() for this purpose.  Note that the existing
get_state_synchronize_rcu() may be used if future grace periods are
inevitable (perhaps due to a later call_rcu() invocation).  The new
start_poll_synchronize_rcu() is to be used if future grace periods
might not otherwise happen.  Finally, poll_state_synchronize_rcu()
provides a lockless check for a grace period having elapsed since
the corresponding call to either of the get_state_synchronize_rcu()
or start_poll_synchronize_rcu().

As with get_state_synchronize_rcu(), the return value from either
get_state_synchronize_rcu() or start_poll_synchronize_rcu() is passed in
to a later call to either poll_state_synchronize_rcu() or the existing
(might_sleep) cond_synchronize_rcu().

[ paulmck: Revert cond_synchronize_rcu() to might_sleep() per Frederic Weisbecker feedback. ]
Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker &lt;frederic@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>rcu: Provide polling interfaces for Tree RCU grace periods</title>
<updated>2021-03-22T15:23:48+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2021-02-26T00:10:38+00:00</published>
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There is a need for a non-blocking polling interface for RCU grace
periods, so this commit supplies start_poll_synchronize_rcu() and
poll_state_synchronize_rcu() for this purpose.  Note that the existing
get_state_synchronize_rcu() may be used if future grace periods are
inevitable (perhaps due to a later call_rcu() invocation).  The new
start_poll_synchronize_rcu() is to be used if future grace periods
might not otherwise happen.  Finally, poll_state_synchronize_rcu()
provides a lockless check for a grace period having elapsed since
the corresponding call to either of the get_state_synchronize_rcu()
or start_poll_synchronize_rcu().

As with get_state_synchronize_rcu(), the return value from either
get_state_synchronize_rcu() or start_poll_synchronize_rcu() is passed in
to a later call to either poll_state_synchronize_rcu() or the existing
(might_sleep) cond_synchronize_rcu().

[ paulmck: Remove redundant smp_mb() per Frederic Weisbecker feedback. ]
[ Update poll_state_synchronize_rcu() docbook per Frederic Weisbecker feedback. ]
Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker &lt;frederic@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
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<pre>
There is a need for a non-blocking polling interface for RCU grace
periods, so this commit supplies start_poll_synchronize_rcu() and
poll_state_synchronize_rcu() for this purpose.  Note that the existing
get_state_synchronize_rcu() may be used if future grace periods are
inevitable (perhaps due to a later call_rcu() invocation).  The new
start_poll_synchronize_rcu() is to be used if future grace periods
might not otherwise happen.  Finally, poll_state_synchronize_rcu()
provides a lockless check for a grace period having elapsed since
the corresponding call to either of the get_state_synchronize_rcu()
or start_poll_synchronize_rcu().

As with get_state_synchronize_rcu(), the return value from either
get_state_synchronize_rcu() or start_poll_synchronize_rcu() is passed in
to a later call to either poll_state_synchronize_rcu() or the existing
(might_sleep) cond_synchronize_rcu().

[ paulmck: Remove redundant smp_mb() per Frederic Weisbecker feedback. ]
[ Update poll_state_synchronize_rcu() docbook per Frederic Weisbecker feedback. ]
Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker &lt;frederic@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>rcu/nocb: Move trace_rcu_nocb_wake() calls outside nocb_lock when possible</title>
<updated>2021-03-15T20:54:55+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Frederic Weisbecker</name>
<email>frederic@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2021-02-23T00:10:02+00:00</published>
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<id>e02691b7ef51c5fac0eee5a6ebde45ce92958fae</id>
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Those tracing calls don't need to be under -&gt;nocb_lock.  This commit
therefore moves them outside of that lock.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker &lt;frederic@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Josh Triplett &lt;josh@joshtriplett.org&gt;
Cc: Lai Jiangshan &lt;jiangshanlai@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Joel Fernandes &lt;joel@joelfernandes.org&gt;
Cc: Neeraj Upadhyay &lt;neeraju@codeaurora.org&gt;
Cc: Boqun Feng &lt;boqun.feng@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
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<pre>
Those tracing calls don't need to be under -&gt;nocb_lock.  This commit
therefore moves them outside of that lock.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker &lt;frederic@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Josh Triplett &lt;josh@joshtriplett.org&gt;
Cc: Lai Jiangshan &lt;jiangshanlai@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Joel Fernandes &lt;joel@joelfernandes.org&gt;
Cc: Neeraj Upadhyay &lt;neeraju@codeaurora.org&gt;
Cc: Boqun Feng &lt;boqun.feng@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>rcu/nocb: Remove stale comment above rcu_segcblist_offload()</title>
<updated>2021-03-15T20:54:54+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Frederic Weisbecker</name>
<email>frederic@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2021-02-23T00:10:01+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=0efdf14a9f83618335a0849df3586808bff36cfb'/>
<id>0efdf14a9f83618335a0849df3586808bff36cfb</id>
<content type='text'>
This commit removes a stale comment claiming that the cblist must be
empty before changing the offloading state.  This claim was correct back
when the offloaded state was defined exclusively at boot.

Reported-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker &lt;frederic@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Josh Triplett &lt;josh@joshtriplett.org&gt;
Cc: Lai Jiangshan &lt;jiangshanlai@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Joel Fernandes &lt;joel@joelfernandes.org&gt;
Cc: Neeraj Upadhyay &lt;neeraju@codeaurora.org&gt;
Cc: Boqun Feng &lt;boqun.feng@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
</content>
<content type='xhtml'>
<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>
<pre>
This commit removes a stale comment claiming that the cblist must be
empty before changing the offloading state.  This claim was correct back
when the offloaded state was defined exclusively at boot.

Reported-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker &lt;frederic@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Josh Triplett &lt;josh@joshtriplett.org&gt;
Cc: Lai Jiangshan &lt;jiangshanlai@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Joel Fernandes &lt;joel@joelfernandes.org&gt;
Cc: Neeraj Upadhyay &lt;neeraju@codeaurora.org&gt;
Cc: Boqun Feng &lt;boqun.feng@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>rcu/nocb: Disable bypass when CPU isn't completely offloaded</title>
<updated>2021-03-15T20:54:54+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Frederic Weisbecker</name>
<email>frederic@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2021-02-23T00:10:00+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=76d00b494d7962e88d4bbd4135f34aba9019c67f'/>
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<content type='text'>
Currently, the bypass is flushed at the very last moment in the
deoffloading procedure.  However, this approach leads to a larger state
space than would be preferred.  This commit therefore disables the
bypass at soon as the deoffloading procedure begins, then flushes it.
This guarantees that the bypass remains empty and thus out of the way
of the deoffloading procedure.

Symmetrically, this commit waits to enable the bypass until the offloading
procedure has completed.

Reported-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Josh Triplett &lt;josh@joshtriplett.org&gt;
Cc: Lai Jiangshan &lt;jiangshanlai@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Joel Fernandes &lt;joel@joelfernandes.org&gt;
Cc: Neeraj Upadhyay &lt;neeraju@codeaurora.org&gt;
Cc: Boqun Feng &lt;boqun.feng@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker &lt;frederic@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
</content>
<content type='xhtml'>
<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>
<pre>
Currently, the bypass is flushed at the very last moment in the
deoffloading procedure.  However, this approach leads to a larger state
space than would be preferred.  This commit therefore disables the
bypass at soon as the deoffloading procedure begins, then flushes it.
This guarantees that the bypass remains empty and thus out of the way
of the deoffloading procedure.

Symmetrically, this commit waits to enable the bypass until the offloading
procedure has completed.

Reported-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Josh Triplett &lt;josh@joshtriplett.org&gt;
Cc: Lai Jiangshan &lt;jiangshanlai@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Joel Fernandes &lt;joel@joelfernandes.org&gt;
Cc: Neeraj Upadhyay &lt;neeraju@codeaurora.org&gt;
Cc: Boqun Feng &lt;boqun.feng@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker &lt;frederic@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
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