From 84a8f446ffd70c2799a96268aaa4d47c22a83ff0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Paul E. McKenney" Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2014 07:24:21 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] rcu: Defer rcu_tasks_kthread() creation till first call_rcu_tasks() It is expected that many sites will have CONFIG_TASKS_RCU=y, but will never actually invoke call_rcu_tasks(). For such sites, creating rcu_tasks_kthread() at boot is wasteful. This commit therefore defers creation of this kthread until the time of the first call_rcu_tasks(). This of course means that the first call_rcu_tasks() must be invoked from process context after the scheduler is fully operational. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney --- kernel/rcu/update.c | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/rcu/update.c b/kernel/rcu/update.c index 444c8a303963..e1d71741958f 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/update.c +++ b/kernel/rcu/update.c @@ -375,7 +375,12 @@ DEFINE_SRCU(tasks_rcu_exit_srcu); static int rcu_task_stall_timeout __read_mostly = HZ * 60 * 10; module_param(rcu_task_stall_timeout, int, 0644); -/* Post an RCU-tasks callback. */ +static void rcu_spawn_tasks_kthread(void); + +/* + * Post an RCU-tasks callback. First call must be from process context + * after the scheduler if fully operational. + */ void call_rcu_tasks(struct rcu_head *rhp, void (*func)(struct rcu_head *rhp)) { unsigned long flags; @@ -388,8 +393,10 @@ void call_rcu_tasks(struct rcu_head *rhp, void (*func)(struct rcu_head *rhp)) *rcu_tasks_cbs_tail = rhp; rcu_tasks_cbs_tail = &rhp->next; raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rcu_tasks_cbs_lock, flags); - if (needwake) + if (needwake) { + rcu_spawn_tasks_kthread(); wake_up(&rcu_tasks_cbs_wq); + } } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(call_rcu_tasks); @@ -615,15 +622,27 @@ static int __noreturn rcu_tasks_kthread(void *arg) } } -/* Spawn rcu_tasks_kthread() at boot time. */ -static int __init rcu_spawn_tasks_kthread(void) +/* Spawn rcu_tasks_kthread() at first call to call_rcu_tasks(). */ +static void rcu_spawn_tasks_kthread(void) { - struct task_struct __maybe_unused *t; + static DEFINE_MUTEX(rcu_tasks_kthread_mutex); + static struct task_struct *rcu_tasks_kthread_ptr; + struct task_struct *t; + if (ACCESS_ONCE(rcu_tasks_kthread_ptr)) { + smp_mb(); /* Ensure caller sees full kthread. */ + return; + } + mutex_lock(&rcu_tasks_kthread_mutex); + if (rcu_tasks_kthread_ptr) { + mutex_unlock(&rcu_tasks_kthread_mutex); + return; + } t = kthread_run(rcu_tasks_kthread, NULL, "rcu_tasks_kthread"); BUG_ON(IS_ERR(t)); - return 0; + smp_mb(); /* Ensure others see full kthread. */ + ACCESS_ONCE(rcu_tasks_kthread_ptr) = t; + mutex_unlock(&rcu_tasks_kthread_mutex); } -early_initcall(rcu_spawn_tasks_kthread); #endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_TASKS_RCU */ -- 2.39.5