From bb73c52bad3666997ed2ec83c0c80c3f8ef55008 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Boqun Feng Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2015 16:55:38 -0700 Subject: rcu: Don't disable preemption for Tiny and Tree RCU readers Because preempt_disable() maps to barrier() for non-debug builds, it forces the compiler to spill and reload registers. Because Tree RCU and Tiny RCU now only appear in CONFIG_PREEMPT=n builds, these barrier() instances generate needless extra code for each instance of rcu_read_lock() and rcu_read_unlock(). This extra code slows down Tree RCU and bloats Tiny RCU. This commit therefore removes the preempt_disable() and preempt_enable() from the non-preemptible implementations of __rcu_read_lock() and __rcu_read_unlock(), respectively. However, for debug purposes, preempt_disable() and preempt_enable() are still invoked if CONFIG_PREEMPT_COUNT=y, because this allows detection of sleeping inside atomic sections in non-preemptible kernels. However, Tiny and Tree RCU operates by coalescing all RCU read-side critical sections on a given CPU that lie between successive quiescent states. It is therefore necessary to compensate for removing barriers from __rcu_read_lock() and __rcu_read_unlock() by adding them to a couple of the RCU functions invoked during quiescent states, namely to rcu_all_qs() and rcu_note_context_switch(). However, note that the latter is more paranoia than necessity, at least until link-time optimizations become more aggressive. This is based on an earlier patch by Paul E. McKenney, fixing a bug encountered in kernels built with CONFIG_PREEMPT=n and CONFIG_PREEMPT_COUNT=y. Signed-off-by: Boqun Feng Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney --- kernel/rcu/tree.c | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) (limited to 'kernel/rcu') diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c index b9d9e0249e2f..93c0f23c3e45 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c @@ -337,12 +337,14 @@ static void rcu_momentary_dyntick_idle(void) */ void rcu_note_context_switch(void) { + barrier(); /* Avoid RCU read-side critical sections leaking down. */ trace_rcu_utilization(TPS("Start context switch")); rcu_sched_qs(); rcu_preempt_note_context_switch(); if (unlikely(raw_cpu_read(rcu_sched_qs_mask))) rcu_momentary_dyntick_idle(); trace_rcu_utilization(TPS("End context switch")); + barrier(); /* Avoid RCU read-side critical sections leaking up. */ } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_note_context_switch); @@ -353,12 +355,19 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_note_context_switch); * RCU flavors in desperate need of a quiescent state, which will normally * be none of them). Either way, do a lightweight quiescent state for * all RCU flavors. + * + * The barrier() calls are redundant in the common case when this is + * called externally, but just in case this is called from within this + * file. + * */ void rcu_all_qs(void) { + barrier(); /* Avoid RCU read-side critical sections leaking down. */ if (unlikely(raw_cpu_read(rcu_sched_qs_mask))) rcu_momentary_dyntick_idle(); this_cpu_inc(rcu_qs_ctr); + barrier(); /* Avoid RCU read-side critical sections leaking up. */ } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_all_qs); -- cgit v1.2.3