linux.git/kernel/rcu/update.c, branch v4.13

rcu: Move rcu_expedited and rcu_normal externs from rcupdate.h

2017-06-09T01:52:27+00:00

The rcu_expedited and rcu_normal variables are used only by sysctl
and kernel/rcu/update.c, so it does not make sense to their extern
declarations in rcupdate.h.  This commit therefore moves these
extern declarations to update.c.

Reported-by: Ingo Molnar 
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney

rcu: Move docbook comments out of rcupdate.h

2017-06-09T01:52:27+00:00

The include/linux/rcupdate.h file is included by more than 200
files, so shrinking it should provide some build-time benefits.
This commit therefore moves several docbook comments from rcupdate.h to
kernel/rcu/update.c, kernel/rcu/tree.c, and kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h, thus
reducing the number of times that the compiler has to scan these comments.
This likely provides only a small benefit, but every little bit helps.

This commit also fixes a malformed bulleted list noted by the 0day
Test Robot.

Reported-by: Ingo Molnar 
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney

rcu: Make synchronize_rcu_mult() check for duplicates

2017-06-08T15:25:39+00:00

Currently, doing synchronize_rcu_mult(call_rcu, call_rcu) might
(or might not) wait for two RCU grace periods.  One approach is
of course "don't do that!", but in CONFIG_PREEMPT=n kernels,
synchronize_rcu_mult(call_rcu, call_rcu_sched) does exactly that.
This results in an ugly #ifdef in sched_cpu_deactivate().

This commit therefore makes __wait_rcu_gp() check for duplicates,
which in turn allows duplicates to be passed to synchronize_rcu_mult()
without risk of waiting twice on the same type of grace period.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney

rcu: Print out rcupdate.c non-default boot-time settings

2017-06-08T15:25:35+00:00

This commit adds a rcupdate_announce_bootup_oddness() function to
print out non-default values of significant kernel boot parameter
settings to aid in debugging.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney

rcu: Make non-preemptive schedule be Tasks RCU quiescent state

2017-04-21T12:59:27+00:00

Currently, a call to schedule() acts as a Tasks RCU quiescent state
only if a context switch actually takes place.  However, just the
call to schedule() guarantees that the calling task has moved off of
whatever tracing trampoline that it might have been one previously.
This commit therefore plumbs schedule()'s "preempt" parameter into
rcu_note_context_switch(), which then records the Tasks RCU quiescent
state, but only if this call to schedule() was -not- due to a preemption.

To avoid adding overhead to the common-case context-switch path,
this commit hides the rcu_note_context_switch() check under an existing
non-common-case check.

Suggested-by: Steven Rostedt 
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney

srcu: Allow SRCU to access rcu_scheduler_active

2017-04-18T18:38:18+00:00

This is primarily a code-movement commit in preparation for allowing
SRCU to handle early-boot SRCU grace periods.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney

sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to

2017-03-02T07:42:34+00:00

We are going to split  out of , which
will have to be picked up from other headers and a couple of .c files.

Create a trivial placeholder  file that just
maps to  to make this patch obviously correct and
bisectable.

Include the new header in the files that are going to need it.

Acked-by: Linus Torvalds 
Cc: Mike Galbraith 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Thomas Gleixner 
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to

2017-03-02T07:42:29+00:00

We are going to split  out of , which
will have to be picked up from other headers and a couple of .c files.

Create a trivial placeholder  file that just
maps to  to make this patch obviously correct and
bisectable.

Include the new header in the files that are going to need it.

Acked-by: Linus Torvalds 
Cc: Mike Galbraith 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Thomas Gleixner 
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

rcu: Separate the RCU synchronization types and APIs into

2017-03-02T07:42:24+00:00

So rcupdate.h is a pretty complex header, in particular it includes
 which includes  - creating a
dependency that includes  in ,
which prevents the isolation of  from the derived
 header.

Solve part of the problem by decoupling rcupdate.h from completions:
this can be done by separating out the rcu_synchronize types and APIs,
and updating their usage sites.

Since this is a mostly RCU-internal types this will not just simplify
's dependencies, but will make all the hundreds of
.c files that include rcupdate.h but not completions or wait.h build
faster.

( For rcutiny this means that two dependent APIs have to be uninlined,
  but that shouldn't be much of a problem as they are rare variants. )

Acked-by: Linus Torvalds 
Cc: Mike Galbraith 
Cc: Paul E. McKenney 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Thomas Gleixner 
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

rcu: update: Make RCU_EXPEDITE_BOOT be the default

2017-01-17T00:56:39+00:00

RCU_EXPEDITE_BOOT should speed up the boot process by enforcing
synchronize_rcu_expedited() instead of synchronize_rcu() during the boot
process. There should be no reason why one does not want this and there
is no need worry about real time latency at this point.
Therefore make it default.

Note that users wishing to avoid expediting entirely, for example when
bringing up new hardware possibly having flaky IPIs, can use the
rcu_normal boot parameter to override boot-time expediting.

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior 
[ paulmck: Reworded commit log. ]
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney 
Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett