On Tue, Nov 15, 2022 at 09:19:26PM +0800, Zqiang wrote:
> For CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y kernel, the "use_softirq=0" will be set, the
> RCU_SOFTIRQ processing is moved to per-CPU rcuc kthreads which created
> by smpboot_register_percpu_thread(). when CPU is going offline, the
> corresponding rcu_data.rcu_cpu_kthread_status is set RCU_KTHREAD_OFFCPU,
> and the rcuc kthreads enter TASK_PARKED state, kthreads in TASK_PARKED
> state only accept kthread_unpark() to wakeup.
>
> Therefore, This commit avoid invoke wake_up_process() to rcuc kthreads
> in TASK_PARKED state.
>
> Signed-off-by: Zqiang <qiang1.zhang@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> kernel/rcu/tree.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> index 3ccad468887e..49dd87356851 100644
> --- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> @@ -2375,7 +2375,8 @@ static void rcu_wake_cond(struct task_struct *t, int status)
> * If the thread is yielding, only wake it when this
> * is invoked from idle
> */
> - if (t && (status != RCU_KTHREAD_YIELDING || is_idle_task(current)))
> + if (t && (status != RCU_KTHREAD_YIELDING || is_idle_task(current)) &&
> + status != RCU_KTHREAD_OFFCPU)
> wake_up_process(t);
>There is a tiny window where this can happen (between CPUHP_TEARDOWN_CPU
>and CPUHP_AP_SMPBOOT_THREADS) and it can't cause a spurious unpark because
>wake_up_process() only wakes up from TASK_[UN]INTERRUPTIBLE states. And even
>if it did, the KTHREAD_SHOULD_PARK bit would still be on.
Yes even if it did, because KTHREAD_SHOULD_PARK bit would still be on, this kthreads
will schedule out again.
>
>And more important! On unpark time RCU_KTHREAD_OFFCPU isn't cleared. Only the
>rcuc kthread does it, and after your patch it couldn't be awaken to perform
>that, unless rcuc is lucky enough to have rcu_data.rcu_cpu_has_work = 1
>by the time it unparks and that isn't guaranteed. So rcuc may sleep forever.
Thanks for review, yes I should register an unpark function to clear RCU_KTHREAD_OFFCPU.
Is the following modification more appropriate?
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 3ccad468887e..a2248af0ccda 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -2375,7 +2375,8 @@ static void rcu_wake_cond(struct task_struct *t, int status)
* If the thread is yielding, only wake it when this
* is invoked from idle
*/
- if (t && (status != RCU_KTHREAD_YIELDING || is_idle_task(current)))
+ if (t && (status != RCU_KTHREAD_YIELDING || is_idle_task(current)) &&
+ status != RCU_KTHREAD_OFFCPU)
wake_up_process(t);
}
@@ -2407,7 +2408,14 @@ static void invoke_rcu_core(void)
static void rcu_cpu_kthread_park(unsigned int cpu)
{
- per_cpu(rcu_data.rcu_cpu_kthread_status, cpu) = RCU_KTHREAD_OFFCPU;
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(cpu != smp_processor_id());
+ __this_cpu_write(rcu_data.rcu_cpu_kthread_status, RCU_KTHREAD_OFFCPU);
+}
+
+static void rcu_cpu_kthread_unpark(unsigned int cpu)
+{
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(cpu != smp_processor_id());
+ __this_cpu_write(rcu_data.rcu_cpu_kthread_status, RCU_KTHREAD_ONCPU);
}
static int rcu_cpu_kthread_should_run(unsigned int cpu)
@@ -2460,6 +2468,7 @@ static struct smp_hotplug_thread rcu_cpu_thread_spec = {
.thread_comm = "rcuc/%u",
.setup = rcu_cpu_kthread_setup,
.park = rcu_cpu_kthread_park,
+ .unpark = rcu_cpu_kthread_unpark,
};
/*
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.h b/kernel/rcu/tree.h
index fcb5d696eb17..c4b9606968db 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.h
@@ -36,8 +36,9 @@ struct rcu_exp_work {
#define RCU_KTHREAD_RUNNING 1
#define RCU_KTHREAD_WAITING 2
#define RCU_KTHREAD_OFFCPU 3
-#define RCU_KTHREAD_YIELDING 4
-#define RCU_KTHREAD_MAX 4
+#define RCU_KTHREAD_ONCPU 4
+#define RCU_KTHREAD_YIELDING 5
+#define RCU_KTHREAD_MAX 5
Thanks
Zqiang
>
>OTOH one cleanup that could be done is to make rcu_cpu_kthread_park() to use
>__this_cpu_write as it's guaranteed that cpu == smp_processor_id().
>
>Thanks.
