From: Paul E. McKenney Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 19:06:18 +0000 (-0700) Subject: rcu: update documentation/comments for Lai's adoption patch X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=2d999e03b7c8305b4385dd20992e4ed3e827177b;p=linux-beck.git rcu: update documentation/comments for Lai's adoption patch Lai's RCU-callback immediate-adoption patch changes the RCU tracing output, so update tracing.txt. Also update a few comments to clarify the synchronization design. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney --- diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/trace.txt b/Documentation/RCU/trace.txt index ff6d3f10c82f..6a8c73f55b80 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/trace.txt +++ b/Documentation/RCU/trace.txt @@ -134,7 +134,8 @@ o "ci" is the number of RCU callbacks that have been invoked for been registered in absence of CPU-hotplug activity. o "co" is the number of RCU callbacks that have been orphaned due to - this CPU going offline. + this CPU going offline. These orphaned callbacks have been moved + to an arbitrarily chosen online CPU. o "ca" is the number of RCU callbacks that have been adopted due to other CPUs going offline. Note that ci+co-ca+ql is the number of @@ -172,12 +173,12 @@ o "gpnum" is the number of grace periods that have started. It is The output of "cat rcu/rcuhier" looks as follows, with very long lines: -c=6902 g=6903 s=2 jfq=3 j=72c7 nfqs=13142/nfqsng=0(13142) fqlh=6 oqlen=0 +c=6902 g=6903 s=2 jfq=3 j=72c7 nfqs=13142/nfqsng=0(13142) fqlh=6 1/1 .>. 0:127 ^0 3/3 .>. 0:35 ^0 0/0 .>. 36:71 ^1 0/0 .>. 72:107 ^2 0/0 .>. 108:127 ^3 3/3f .>. 0:5 ^0 2/3 .>. 6:11 ^1 0/0 .>. 12:17 ^2 0/0 .>. 18:23 ^3 0/0 .>. 24:29 ^4 0/0 .>. 30:35 ^5 0/0 .>. 36:41 ^0 0/0 .>. 42:47 ^1 0/0 .>. 48:53 ^2 0/0 .>. 54:59 ^3 0/0 .>. 60:65 ^4 0/0 .>. 66:71 ^5 0/0 .>. 72:77 ^0 0/0 .>. 78:83 ^1 0/0 .>. 84:89 ^2 0/0 .>. 90:95 ^3 0/0 .>. 96:101 ^4 0/0 .>. 102:107 ^5 0/0 .>. 108:113 ^0 0/0 .>. 114:119 ^1 0/0 .>. 120:125 ^2 0/0 .>. 126:127 ^3 rcu_bh: -c=-226 g=-226 s=1 jfq=-5701 j=72c7 nfqs=88/nfqsng=0(88) fqlh=0 oqlen=0 +c=-226 g=-226 s=1 jfq=-5701 j=72c7 nfqs=88/nfqsng=0(88) fqlh=0 0/1 .>. 0:127 ^0 0/3 .>. 0:35 ^0 0/0 .>. 36:71 ^1 0/0 .>. 72:107 ^2 0/0 .>. 108:127 ^3 0/3f .>. 0:5 ^0 0/3 .>. 6:11 ^1 0/0 .>. 12:17 ^2 0/0 .>. 18:23 ^3 0/0 .>. 24:29 ^4 0/0 .>. 30:35 ^5 0/0 .>. 36:41 ^0 0/0 .>. 42:47 ^1 0/0 .>. 48:53 ^2 0/0 .>. 54:59 ^3 0/0 .>. 60:65 ^4 0/0 .>. 66:71 ^5 0/0 .>. 72:77 ^0 0/0 .>. 78:83 ^1 0/0 .>. 84:89 ^2 0/0 .>. 90:95 ^3 0/0 .>. 96:101 ^4 0/0 .>. 102:107 ^5 0/0 .>. 108:113 ^0 0/0 .>. 114:119 ^1 0/0 .>. 120:125 ^2 0/0 .>. 126:127 ^3 @@ -216,11 +217,6 @@ o "fqlh" is the number of calls to force_quiescent_state() that exited immediately (without even being counted in nfqs above) due to contention on ->fqslock. -o "oqlen" is the number of callbacks on the "orphan" callback - list. RCU callbacks are placed on this list by CPUs going - offline, and are "adopted" either by the CPU helping the outgoing - CPU or by the next rcu_barrier*() call, whichever comes first. - o Each element of the form "1/1 0:127 ^0" represents one struct rcu_node. Each line represents one level of the hierarchy, from root to leaves. It is best to think of the rcu_data structures diff --git a/kernel/rcutree.c b/kernel/rcutree.c index 669d7fe049d1..120820ffc657 100644 --- a/kernel/rcutree.c +++ b/kernel/rcutree.c @@ -1668,7 +1668,9 @@ static void _rcu_barrier(struct rcu_state *rsp, * decrement rcu_barrier_cpu_count -- otherwise the first CPU * might complete its grace period before all of the other CPUs * did their increment, causing this function to return too - * early. + * early. Note that on_each_cpu() disables irqs, which prevents + * any CPUs from coming online or going offline until each online + * CPU has queued its RCU-barrier callback. */ atomic_set(&rcu_barrier_cpu_count, 1); on_each_cpu(rcu_barrier_func, (void *)call_rcu_func, 1); @@ -1797,9 +1799,9 @@ static int __cpuinit rcu_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *self, case CPU_DYING: case CPU_DYING_FROZEN: /* - * The whole machine is "stopped" except this cpu, so we can - * touch any data without introducing corruption. And we send - * the callbacks to an attribute chosen online cpu. + * The whole machine is "stopped" except this CPU, so we can + * touch any data without introducing corruption. We send the + * dying CPU's callbacks to an arbitrarily chosen online CPU. */ rcu_send_cbs_to_online(&rcu_bh_state); rcu_send_cbs_to_online(&rcu_sched_state); diff --git a/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h index 0de359be5b41..643c8f650dd0 100644 --- a/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h +++ b/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h @@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ static void __cpuinit rcu_preempt_init_percpu_data(int cpu) } /* - * Move preemptable DYING RCU's callbacks to other online CPU. + * Move preemptable RCU's callbacks from dying CPU to other online CPU. */ static void rcu_preempt_send_cbs_to_online(void) {