linux/kernel
Paul E. McKenney 8203d6d0ee rcu: Use single-stage IPI algorithm for RCU expedited grace period
The current preemptible-RCU expedited grace-period algorithm invokes
synchronize_sched_expedited() to enqueue all tasks currently running
in a preemptible-RCU read-side critical section, then waits for all the
->blkd_tasks lists to drain.  This works, but results in both an IPI and
a double context switch even on CPUs that do not happen to be running
in a preemptible RCU read-side critical section.

This commit implements a new algorithm that causes less OS jitter.
This new algorithm IPIs all online CPUs that are not idle (from an
RCU perspective), but refrains from self-IPIs.  If a CPU receiving
this IPI is not in a preemptible RCU read-side critical section (or
is just now exiting one), it pushes quiescence up the rcu_node tree,
otherwise, it sets a flag that will be handled by the upcoming outermost
rcu_read_unlock(), which will then push quiescence up the tree.

The expedited grace period must of course wait on any pre-existing blocked
readers, and newly blocked readers must be queued carefully based on
the state of both the normal and the expedited grace periods.  This
new queueing approach also avoids the need to update boost state,
courtesy of the fact that blocked tasks are no longer ever migrated to
the root rcu_node structure.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2015-09-20 21:16:19 -07:00
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bpf bpf: fix out of bounds access in verifier log 2015-09-09 14:11:55 -07:00
configs kconfig: add xenconfig defconfig helper 2015-06-16 11:04:29 +01:00
debug debug: prevent entering debug mode on panic/exception. 2015-02-19 12:39:03 -06:00
events kexec: split kexec_load syscall from kexec core code 2015-09-10 13:29:01 -07:00
gcov gcov: add support for GCC 5.1 2015-06-30 19:44:57 -07:00
irq genirq: Remove irq argument from irq flow handlers 2015-09-16 15:47:51 +02:00
livepatch livepatch: Improve error handling in klp_disable_func() 2015-07-14 22:48:06 +02:00
locking Merge branch 'locking-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2015-09-17 08:45:23 -07:00
power Merge branch 'for-4.3/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2015-09-02 13:10:25 -07:00
printk kexec: split kexec_load syscall from kexec core code 2015-09-10 13:29:01 -07:00
rcu rcu: Use single-stage IPI algorithm for RCU expedited grace period 2015-09-20 21:16:19 -07:00
sched Mostly stable material, a lot of ARM fixes. 2015-09-18 09:23:08 -07:00
time Merge branch 'timers-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2015-09-17 10:55:25 -07:00
trace Mostly this is just clean ups and micro optimizations. 2015-09-08 14:04:14 -07:00
.gitignore
acct.c acct: check FMODE_CAN_WRITE 2015-04-11 22:27:55 -04:00
async.c
audit_fsnotify.c audit: clean simple fsnotify implementation 2015-08-06 16:14:53 -04:00
audit_tree.c Merge branch 'upstream' of git://git.infradead.org/users/pcmoore/audit 2015-09-08 13:34:59 -07:00
audit_watch.c Merge branch 'upstream' of git://git.infradead.org/users/pcmoore/audit 2015-09-08 13:34:59 -07:00
audit.c Merge branch 'upstream' of git://git.infradead.org/users/pcmoore/audit 2015-09-08 13:34:59 -07:00
audit.h Merge branch 'upstream' of git://git.infradead.org/users/pcmoore/audit 2015-09-08 13:34:59 -07:00
auditfilter.c audit: implement audit by executable 2015-08-06 16:17:25 -04:00
auditsc.c Merge branch 'upstream' of git://git.infradead.org/users/pcmoore/audit 2015-09-08 13:34:59 -07:00
backtracetest.c
bounds.c
capability.c kernel: conditionally support non-root users, groups and capabilities 2015-04-15 16:35:22 -07:00
cgroup_freezer.c cgroup: allow a cgroup subsystem to reject a fork 2015-07-14 17:29:23 -04:00
cgroup_pids.c cgroup: pids: fix invalid get/put usage 2015-08-25 14:19:25 -04:00
cgroup.c cgroup: fix seq_show_option merge with legacy_name 2015-09-08 15:35:28 -07:00
compat.c compat: cleanup coding in compat_get_bitmap() and compat_put_bitmap() 2015-06-04 23:57:18 +02:00
configs.c
context_tracking.c context_tracking: Inherit TIF_NOHZ through forks instead of context switches 2015-05-07 12:02:51 +02:00
cpu_pm.c kernel/cpu_pm: fix cpu_cluster_pm_exit comment 2015-09-03 02:42:20 +02:00
cpu.c Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2015-08-31 20:26:22 -07:00
cpuset.c cpuset: use trialcs->mems_allowed as a temp variable 2015-08-10 11:18:41 -04:00
crash_dump.c
cred.c kernel/cred.c: remove unnecessary kdebug atomic reads 2015-09-10 13:29:01 -07:00
delayacct.c
dma.c
elfcore.c
exec_domain.c Remove rest of exec domains. 2015-04-12 21:03:31 +02:00
exit.c kernel: exit: fix typo in comment 2015-08-07 13:59:49 +02:00
extable.c kernel/extable.c: remove duplicated include 2015-09-10 13:29:01 -07:00
fork.c userfaultfd: add VM_UFFD_MISSING and VM_UFFD_WP 2015-09-04 16:54:41 -07:00
freezer.c
futex_compat.c
futex.c futex: Make should_fail_futex() static 2015-07-20 21:43:54 +02:00
groups.c kernel: conditionally support non-root users, groups and capabilities 2015-04-15 16:35:22 -07:00
hung_task.c kernel/hung_task.c: change hung_task.c to use for_each_process_thread() 2015-04-15 16:35:22 -07:00
irq_work.c
jump_label.c locking/static_keys: Add selftest 2015-08-03 11:34:16 +02:00
kallsyms.c
kcmp.c
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.locks locking/qrwlock: Rename QUEUE_RWLOCK to QUEUED_RWLOCKS 2015-05-12 09:46:00 +02:00
Kconfig.preempt
kexec_core.c kexec: export KERNEL_IMAGE_SIZE to vmcoreinfo 2015-09-10 13:29:01 -07:00
kexec_file.c kexec: split kexec_file syscall code to kexec_file.c 2015-09-10 13:29:01 -07:00
kexec_internal.h kexec: split kexec_file syscall code to kexec_file.c 2015-09-10 13:29:01 -07:00
kexec.c kexec: split kexec_load syscall from kexec core code 2015-09-10 13:29:01 -07:00
kmod.c kmod: handle UMH_WAIT_PROC from system unbound workqueue 2015-09-10 13:29:01 -07:00
kprobes.c perf/x86/hw_breakpoints: Disallow kernel breakpoints unless kprobe-safe 2015-08-04 10:16:54 +02:00
ksysfs.c kexec: split kexec_load syscall from kexec core code 2015-09-10 13:29:01 -07:00
kthread.c kernel/kthread.c:kthread_create_on_node(): clarify documentation 2015-09-04 16:54:41 -07:00
latencytop.c
Makefile sys_membarrier(): system-wide memory barrier (generic, x86) 2015-09-11 15:21:34 -07:00
membarrier.c sys_membarrier(): system-wide memory barrier (generic, x86) 2015-09-11 15:21:34 -07:00
memremap.c add devm_memremap_pages 2015-08-27 19:40:58 -04:00
module_signing.c PKCS#7: Appropriately restrict authenticated attributes and content type 2015-08-12 17:01:01 +01:00
module-internal.h
module.c module: weaken locking assertion for oops path. 2015-07-29 06:13:22 +09:30
notifier.c Merge branch 'x86-asm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2015-09-01 08:40:25 -07:00
nsproxy.c
padata.c padata: use %*pb[l] to print bitmaps including cpumasks and nodemasks 2015-02-13 21:21:38 -08:00
panic.c kernel/panic/kexec: fix "crash_kexec_post_notifiers" option issue in oops path 2015-06-30 19:44:57 -07:00
params.c Minor merge needed, due to function move. 2015-07-01 10:49:25 -07:00
pid_namespace.c
pid.c rcu: Rename rcu_lockdep_assert() to RCU_LOCKDEP_WARN() 2015-07-22 15:27:32 -07:00
profile.c mm: rename alloc_pages_exact_node() to __alloc_pages_node() 2015-09-08 15:35:28 -07:00
ptrace.c seccomp: add ptrace options for suspend/resume 2015-07-15 11:52:52 -07:00
range.c
reboot.c kexec: split kexec_load syscall from kexec core code 2015-09-10 13:29:01 -07:00
relay.c kernel/relay.c: use kvfree() in relay_free_page_array() 2015-06-30 19:44:59 -07:00
resource.c mm: enhance region_is_ram() to region_intersects() 2015-08-10 23:07:05 -04:00
seccomp.c Merge tag 'seccomp-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kees/linux into next 2015-07-20 17:19:19 +10:00
signal.c signal: fix information leak in copy_siginfo_to_user 2015-08-07 04:39:40 +03:00
smp.c smp: Fix error case handling in smp_call_function_*() 2015-04-19 13:19:23 -07:00
smpboot.c smpboot: allow passing the cpumask on per-cpu thread registration 2015-09-04 16:54:41 -07:00
smpboot.h
softirq.c Merge branch 'locking-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2015-02-09 15:24:03 -08:00
stacktrace.c
stop_machine.c stop_machine: Remove cpu_stop_work's from list in cpu_stop_park() 2015-08-03 12:21:28 +02:00
sys_ni.c sys_membarrier(): system-wide memory barrier (generic, x86) 2015-09-11 15:21:34 -07:00
sys.c vfs: Commit to never having exectuables on proc and sysfs. 2015-07-10 10:39:25 -05:00
sysctl_binary.c
sysctl.c sysctl: fix int -> unsigned long assignments in INT_MIN case 2015-09-10 13:29:01 -07:00
task_work.c task_work: remove fifo ordering guarantee 2015-09-05 13:46:58 -07:00
taskstats.c
test_kprobes.c
torture.c rcu: Convert ACCESS_ONCE() to READ_ONCE() and WRITE_ONCE() 2015-05-27 12:56:15 -07:00
tracepoint.c
tsacct.c
uid16.c
up.c
user_namespace.c capabilities: ambient capabilities 2015-09-04 16:54:41 -07:00
user-return-notifier.c
user.c
utsname_sysctl.c
utsname.c
watchdog.c watchdog: rename watchdog_suspend() and watchdog_resume() 2015-09-04 16:54:41 -07:00
workqueue_internal.h
workqueue.c Merge branch 'for-4.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq 2015-09-02 08:02:20 -07:00