From 9621fbee44df940e2e1b94b0676460a538dffefa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kalesh Singh Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2022 17:35:27 -0700 Subject: rcu: Move expedited grace period (GP) work to RT kthread_worker Enabling CONFIG_RCU_BOOST did not reduce RCU expedited grace-period latency because its workqueues run at SCHED_OTHER, and thus can be delayed by normal processes. This commit avoids these delays by moving the expedited GP work items to a real-time-priority kthread_worker. This option is controlled by CONFIG_RCU_EXP_KTHREAD and disabled by default on PREEMPT_RT=y kernels which disable expedited grace periods after boot by unconditionally setting rcupdate.rcu_normal_after_boot=1. The results were evaluated on arm64 Android devices (6GB ram) running 5.10 kernel, and capturing trace data in critical user-level code. The table below shows the resulting order-of-magnitude improvements in synchronize_rcu_expedited() latency: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | workqueues | kthread_worker | Diff | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Count | 725 | 688 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Min Duration (ns) | 326 | 447 | 37.12% | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Q1 (ns) | 39,428 | 38,971 | -1.16% | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Q2 - Median (ns) | 98,225 | 69,743 | -29.00% | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Q3 (ns) | 342,122 | 126,638 | -62.98% | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Max Duration (ns) | 372,766,967 | 2,329,671 | -99.38% | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Avg Duration (ns) | 2,746,353 | 151,242 | -94.49% | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Standard Deviation (ns) | 19,327,765 | 294,408 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The below table show the range of maximums/minimums for synchronize_rcu_expedited() latency from all experiments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | workqueues | kthread_worker | Diff | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Total No. of Experiments | 25 | 23 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Largest Maximum (ns) | 372,766,967 | 2,329,671 | -99.38% | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Smallest Maximum (ns) | 38,819 | 86,954 | 124.00% | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Range of Maximums (ns) | 372,728,148 | 2,242,717 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Largest Minimum (ns) | 88,623 | 27,588 | -68.87% | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Smallest Minimum (ns) | 326 | 447 | 37.12% | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Range of Minimums (ns) | 88,297 | 27,141 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" Cc: Tejun Heo Reported-by: Tim Murray Reported-by: Wei Wang Tested-by: Kyle Lin Tested-by: Chunwei Lu Tested-by: Lulu Wang Signed-off-by: Kalesh Singh Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney --- kernel/rcu/tree.c | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 48 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'kernel/rcu/tree.c') diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c index a4b8189455d5..763e45fdf49b 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c @@ -4471,6 +4471,51 @@ static int rcu_pm_notify(struct notifier_block *self, return NOTIFY_OK; } +#ifdef CONFIG_RCU_EXP_KTHREAD +struct kthread_worker *rcu_exp_gp_kworker; +struct kthread_worker *rcu_exp_par_gp_kworker; + +static void __init rcu_start_exp_gp_kworkers(void) +{ + const char *par_gp_kworker_name = "rcu_exp_par_gp_kthread_worker"; + const char *gp_kworker_name = "rcu_exp_gp_kthread_worker"; + struct sched_param param = { .sched_priority = kthread_prio }; + + rcu_exp_gp_kworker = kthread_create_worker(0, gp_kworker_name); + if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(rcu_exp_gp_kworker)) { + pr_err("Failed to create %s!\n", gp_kworker_name); + return; + } + + rcu_exp_par_gp_kworker = kthread_create_worker(0, par_gp_kworker_name); + if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(rcu_exp_par_gp_kworker)) { + pr_err("Failed to create %s!\n", par_gp_kworker_name); + kthread_destroy_worker(rcu_exp_gp_kworker); + return; + } + + sched_setscheduler_nocheck(rcu_exp_gp_kworker->task, SCHED_FIFO, ¶m); + sched_setscheduler_nocheck(rcu_exp_par_gp_kworker->task, SCHED_FIFO, + ¶m); +} + +static inline void rcu_alloc_par_gp_wq(void) +{ +} +#else /* !CONFIG_RCU_EXP_KTHREAD */ +struct workqueue_struct *rcu_par_gp_wq; + +static void __init rcu_start_exp_gp_kworkers(void) +{ +} + +static inline void rcu_alloc_par_gp_wq(void) +{ + rcu_par_gp_wq = alloc_workqueue("rcu_par_gp", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0); + WARN_ON(!rcu_par_gp_wq); +} +#endif /* CONFIG_RCU_EXP_KTHREAD */ + /* * Spawn the kthreads that handle RCU's grace periods. */ @@ -4500,6 +4545,8 @@ static int __init rcu_spawn_gp_kthread(void) rcu_spawn_nocb_kthreads(); rcu_spawn_boost_kthreads(); rcu_spawn_core_kthreads(); + /* Create kthread worker for expedited GPs */ + rcu_start_exp_gp_kworkers(); return 0; } early_initcall(rcu_spawn_gp_kthread); @@ -4745,7 +4792,6 @@ static void __init rcu_dump_rcu_node_tree(void) } struct workqueue_struct *rcu_gp_wq; -struct workqueue_struct *rcu_par_gp_wq; static void __init kfree_rcu_batch_init(void) { @@ -4811,8 +4857,7 @@ void __init rcu_init(void) /* Create workqueue for Tree SRCU and for expedited GPs. */ rcu_gp_wq = alloc_workqueue("rcu_gp", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0); WARN_ON(!rcu_gp_wq); - rcu_par_gp_wq = alloc_workqueue("rcu_par_gp", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0); - WARN_ON(!rcu_par_gp_wq); + rcu_alloc_par_gp_wq(); /* Fill in default value for rcutree.qovld boot parameter. */ /* -After- the rcu_node ->lock fields are initialized! */ -- cgit v1.2.3