From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paul.mcken...@linaro.org>
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 use used
to distinguish the "rcuo" kthreads, for example, for CPU 0 we would have
"rcuo0b", "rcuo0p", and "rcuo0s".
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paul.mcken...@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paul...@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Tested-by: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggem...@arm.com>
---
Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 7 +++++--
init/Kconfig | 13 +++++++------
kernel/rcutree.c | 7 ++++---
kernel/rcutree.h | 1 +
kernel/rcutree_plugin.h | 5 +++--
5 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 6c72381..c2c3abf 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -2432,9 +2432,12 @@ 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.
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 9a04156..82f4e3c 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -676,12 +676,13 @@ 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.
diff --git a/kernel/rcutree.c b/kernel/rcutree.c
index 433f426..074cb2d 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcutree.c
@@ -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;
diff --git a/kernel/rcutree.h b/kernel/rcutree.h
index e51373c..b6c2335 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutree.h
+++ b/kernel/rcutree.h
@@ -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. */
};
diff --git a/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h
index e32236e..c016444 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h
+++ b/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h
@@ -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;
}
--
1.7.8
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