On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 08:47:44AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 21, 2021 at 11:28:55PM +0100, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 03, 2021 at 04:26:31PM -0800, paul...@kernel.org wrote:
> > > From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paul...@kernel.org>
> > >
> > > There is a need for a non-blocking polling interface for RCU grace
> > > periods, so this commit supplies start_poll_synchronize_rcu() and
> > > poll_state_synchronize_rcu() for this purpose. Note that the existing
> > > get_state_synchronize_rcu() may be used if future grace periods are
> > > inevitable (perhaps due to a later call_rcu() invocation). The new
> > > start_poll_synchronize_rcu() is to be used if future grace periods
> > > might not otherwise happen. Finally, poll_state_synchronize_rcu()
> > > provides a lockless check for a grace period having elapsed since
> > > the corresponding call to either of the get_state_synchronize_rcu()
> > > or start_poll_synchronize_rcu().
> > >
> > > As with get_state_synchronize_rcu(), the return value from either
> > > get_state_synchronize_rcu() or start_poll_synchronize_rcu() is passed in
> > > to a later call to either poll_state_synchronize_rcu() or the existing
> > > (might_sleep) cond_synchronize_rcu().
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paul...@kernel.org>
> > > ---
> > > include/linux/rcutiny.h | 11 ++++++-----
> > > kernel/rcu/tiny.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > > 2 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/include/linux/rcutiny.h b/include/linux/rcutiny.h
> > > index 2a97334..69108cf4 100644
> > > --- a/include/linux/rcutiny.h
> > > +++ b/include/linux/rcutiny.h
> > > @@ -17,14 +17,15 @@
> > > /* Never flag non-existent other CPUs! */
> > > static inline bool rcu_eqs_special_set(int cpu) { return false; }
> > >
> > > -static inline unsigned long get_state_synchronize_rcu(void)
> > > -{
> > > - return 0;
> > > -}
> > > +unsigned long get_state_synchronize_rcu(void);
> > > +unsigned long start_poll_synchronize_rcu(void);
> > > +bool poll_state_synchronize_rcu(unsigned long oldstate);
> > >
> > > static inline void cond_synchronize_rcu(unsigned long oldstate)
> > > {
> > > - might_sleep();
> > > + if (poll_state_synchronize_rcu(oldstate))
> > > + return;
> > > + synchronize_rcu();
> >
> > Perhaps cond_synchronize_rcu() could stay as it was. If it might
> > call synchronize_rcu() then it inherits its constraint to be
> > called from a quiescent state.
>
> As in leave the might_sleep()? How about something like this?
>
> static inline void cond_synchronize_rcu(unsigned long oldstate)
> {
> if (!poll_state_synchronize_rcu(oldstate))
> synchronize_rcu();
> else
> might_sleep();
> }
>
> One advantage of this is that the Tiny and Tree implementations
> become identical and can then be consolidated.
>
> Or did I miss your point?
But poll_state_synchronize_rcu() checks that the gp_num has changed,
which is not needed for cond_synchronize_rcu() since this it is
only allowed to be called from a QS.
>
> Thanx, Paul
