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authorPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>2019-10-30 21:56:10 +0300
committerPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>2020-02-21 03:00:20 +0300
commitb2b00ddf193bf83dc561d965c67b18eb54ebcd83 (patch)
tree0cd4acf7fe8ab47afc17067de5bbde675a6d1dd3 /kernel/rcu/tree.h
parentb5ea03709d12e98fa341aecfa6940cc9f49e8817 (diff)
downloadlinux-b2b00ddf193bf83dc561d965c67b18eb54ebcd83.tar.xz
rcu: React to callback overload by aggressively seeking quiescent states
In default configutions, RCU currently waits at least 100 milliseconds before asking cond_resched() and/or resched_rcu() for help seeking quiescent states to end a grace period. But 100 milliseconds can be one good long time during an RCU callback flood, for example, as can happen when user processes repeatedly open and close files in a tight loop. These 100-millisecond gaps in successive grace periods during a callback flood can result in excessive numbers of callbacks piling up, unnecessarily increasing memory footprint. This commit therefore asks cond_resched() and/or resched_rcu() for help as early as the first FQS scan when at least one of the CPUs has more than 20,000 callbacks queued, a number that can be changed using the new rcutree.qovld kernel boot parameter. An auxiliary qovld_calc variable is used to avoid acquisition of locks that have not yet been initialized. Early tests indicate that this reduces the RCU-callback memory footprint during rcutorture floods by from 50% to 4x, depending on configuration. Reported-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org> Reported-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> [ paulmck: Fix bug located by Qian Cai. ] Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org> Tested-by: Dexuan Cui <decui@microsoft.com> Tested-by: Qian Cai <cai@lca.pw>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/rcu/tree.h')
-rw-r--r--kernel/rcu/tree.h4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.h b/kernel/rcu/tree.h
index 0c87e4c161c2..9dc2ec021da5 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.h
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ struct rcu_node {
/* Online CPUs for next expedited GP. */
/* Any CPU that has ever been online will */
/* have its bit set. */
+ unsigned long cbovldmask;
+ /* CPUs experiencing callback overload. */
unsigned long ffmask; /* Fully functional CPUs. */
unsigned long grpmask; /* Mask to apply to parent qsmask. */
/* Only one bit will be set in this mask. */
@@ -321,6 +323,8 @@ struct rcu_state {
atomic_t expedited_need_qs; /* # CPUs left to check in. */
struct swait_queue_head expedited_wq; /* Wait for check-ins. */
int ncpus_snap; /* # CPUs seen last time. */
+ u8 cbovld; /* Callback overload now? */
+ u8 cbovldnext; /* ^ ^ next time? */
unsigned long jiffies_force_qs; /* Time at which to invoke */
/* force_quiescent_state(). */