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rcu: Distinguish "rcuo" kthreads by RCU flavor

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Currently, the per-no-CBs-CPU kthreads are named "rcuo" followed by
the CPU number, for example, "rcuo".  This is problematic given that
there are either two or three RCU flavors, each of which gets a per-CPU
kthread with exactly the same name.  This commit therefore introduces
a one-letter abbreviation for each RCU flavor, namely 'b' for RCU-bh,
'p' for RCU-preempt, and 's' for RCU-sched.  This abbreviation is used
to distinguish the "rcuo" kthreads, for example, for CPU 0 we would have
"rcuob/0", "rcuop/0", and "rcuos/0".

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paul.mckenney@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Tested-by: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com>
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Paul E. McKenney 2012-12-03 08:16:28 -08:00 committed by Paul E. McKenney
parent 09c7b89062
commit a488985851
5 changed files with 20 additions and 13 deletions
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Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
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@ -2461,9 +2461,12 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
In kernels built with CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=y, set
the specified list of CPUs to be no-callback CPUs.
Invocation of these CPUs' RCU callbacks will
be offloaded to "rcuoN" kthreads created for
that purpose. This reduces OS jitter on the
be offloaded to "rcuox/N" kthreads created for
that purpose, where "x" is "b" for RCU-bh, "p"
for RCU-preempt, and "s" for RCU-sched, and "N"
is the CPU number. This reduces OS jitter on the
offloaded CPUs, which can be useful for HPC and
real-time workloads. It can also improve energy
efficiency for asymmetric multiprocessors.

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init/Kconfig
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@ -666,12 +666,13 @@ config RCU_NOCB_CPU
This option offloads callback invocation from the set of
CPUs specified at boot time by the rcu_nocbs parameter.
For each such CPU, a kthread ("rcuoN") will be created to
invoke callbacks, where the "N" is the CPU being offloaded.
Nothing prevents this kthread from running on the specified
CPUs, but (1) the kthreads may be preempted between each
callback, and (2) affinity or cgroups can be used to force
the kthreads to run on whatever set of CPUs is desired.
For each such CPU, a kthread ("rcuox/N") will be created to
invoke callbacks, where the "N" is the CPU being offloaded,
and where the "x" is "b" for RCU-bh, "p" for RCU-preempt, and
"s" for RCU-sched. Nothing prevents this kthread from running
on the specified CPUs, but (1) the kthreads may be preempted
between each callback, and (2) affinity or cgroups can be used
to force the kthreads to run on whatever set of CPUs is desired.
Say Y here if you want to help to debug reduced OS jitter.
Say N here if you are unsure.

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kernel/rcutree.c
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@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
static struct lock_class_key rcu_node_class[RCU_NUM_LVLS];
static struct lock_class_key rcu_fqs_class[RCU_NUM_LVLS];
#define RCU_STATE_INITIALIZER(sname, cr) { \
#define RCU_STATE_INITIALIZER(sname, sabbr, cr) { \
.level = { &sname##_state.node[0] }, \
.call = cr, \
.fqs_state = RCU_GP_IDLE, \
@ -76,13 +76,14 @@ static struct lock_class_key rcu_fqs_class[RCU_NUM_LVLS];
.barrier_mutex = __MUTEX_INITIALIZER(sname##_state.barrier_mutex), \
.onoff_mutex = __MUTEX_INITIALIZER(sname##_state.onoff_mutex), \
.name = #sname, \
.abbr = sabbr, \
}
struct rcu_state rcu_sched_state =
RCU_STATE_INITIALIZER(rcu_sched, call_rcu_sched);
RCU_STATE_INITIALIZER(rcu_sched, 's', call_rcu_sched);
DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct rcu_data, rcu_sched_data);
struct rcu_state rcu_bh_state = RCU_STATE_INITIALIZER(rcu_bh, call_rcu_bh);
struct rcu_state rcu_bh_state = RCU_STATE_INITIALIZER(rcu_bh, 'b', call_rcu_bh);
DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct rcu_data, rcu_bh_data);
static struct rcu_state *rcu_state;

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kernel/rcutree.h
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@ -443,6 +443,7 @@ struct rcu_state {
unsigned long gp_max; /* Maximum GP duration in */
/* jiffies. */
char *name; /* Name of structure. */
char abbr; /* Abbreviated name. */
struct list_head flavors; /* List of RCU flavors. */
};

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kernel/rcutree_plugin.h
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@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ static void __init rcu_bootup_announce_oddness(void)
#ifdef CONFIG_TREE_PREEMPT_RCU
struct rcu_state rcu_preempt_state =
RCU_STATE_INITIALIZER(rcu_preempt, call_rcu);
RCU_STATE_INITIALIZER(rcu_preempt, 'p', call_rcu);
DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct rcu_data, rcu_preempt_data);
static struct rcu_state *rcu_state = &rcu_preempt_state;
@ -2517,7 +2517,8 @@ static void __init rcu_spawn_nocb_kthreads(struct rcu_state *rsp)
return;
for_each_cpu(cpu, rcu_nocb_mask) {
rdp = per_cpu_ptr(rsp->rda, cpu);
t = kthread_run(rcu_nocb_kthread, rdp, "rcuo%d", cpu);
t = kthread_run(rcu_nocb_kthread, rdp,
"rcuo%c/%d", rsp->abbr, cpu);
BUG_ON(IS_ERR(t));
ACCESS_ONCE(rdp->nocb_kthread) = t;
}