rcu: Eliminate softirq processing from rcutree

Running RCU out of softirq is a problem for some workloads that would
like to manage RCU core processing independently of other softirq work,
for example, setting kthread priority.  This commit therefore moves the
RCU core work from softirq to a per-CPU/per-flavor SCHED_OTHER kthread
named rcuc.  The SCHED_OTHER approach avoids the scalability problems
that appeared with the earlier attempt to move RCU core processing to
from softirq to kthreads.  That said, kernels built with RCU_BOOST=y
will run the rcuc kthreads at the RCU-boosting priority.

Reported-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Tested-by: Mike Galbraith <bitbucket@online.de>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>

3 files changed, 123 insertions, 147 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 0fbaf3449dd1f..64098d35de198 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@
 #include <linux/random.h>
 #include <linux/trace_events.h>
 #include <linux/suspend.h>
+#include <linux/delay.h>
+#include <linux/gfp.h>
+#include <linux/oom.h>
+#include <linux/smpboot.h>
+#include "../time/tick-internal.h"
 
 #include "tree.h"
 #include "rcu.h"
@@ -2960,18 +2965,17 @@ __rcu_process_callbacks(struct rcu_state *rsp)
 /*
  * Do RCU core processing for the current CPU.
  */
-static void rcu_process_callbacks(struct softirq_action *unused)
+static void rcu_process_callbacks(void)
 {
 	struct rcu_state *rsp;
 
 	if (cpu_is_offline(smp_processor_id()))
 		return;
-	trace_rcu_utilization(TPS("Start RCU core"));
 	for_each_rcu_flavor(rsp)
 		__rcu_process_callbacks(rsp);
-	trace_rcu_utilization(TPS("End RCU core"));
 }
 
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct task_struct *, rcu_cpu_kthread_task);
 /*
  * Schedule RCU callback invocation.  If the specified type of RCU
  * does not support RCU priority boosting, just do a direct call,
@@ -2983,18 +2987,105 @@ static void invoke_rcu_callbacks(struct rcu_state *rsp, struct rcu_data *rdp)
 {
 	if (unlikely(!READ_ONCE(rcu_scheduler_fully_active)))
 		return;
-	if (likely(!rsp->boost)) {
-		rcu_do_batch(rsp, rdp);
-		return;
-	}
-	invoke_rcu_callbacks_kthread();
+	rcu_do_batch(rsp, rdp);
+}
+
+static void rcu_wake_cond(struct task_struct *t, int status)
+{
+	/*
+	 * If the thread is yielding, only wake it when this
+	 * is invoked from idle
+	 */
+	if (t && (status != RCU_KTHREAD_YIELDING || is_idle_task(current)))
+		wake_up_process(t);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Wake up this CPU's rcuc kthread to do RCU core processing.
+ */
 static void invoke_rcu_core(void)
 {
-	if (cpu_online(smp_processor_id()))
-		raise_softirq(RCU_SOFTIRQ);
+	unsigned long flags;
+	struct task_struct *t;
+
+	if (!cpu_online(smp_processor_id()))
+		return;
+	local_irq_save(flags);
+	__this_cpu_write(rcu_cpu_has_work, 1);
+	t = __this_cpu_read(rcu_cpu_kthread_task);
+	if (t != NULL && current != t)
+		rcu_wake_cond(t, __this_cpu_read(rcu_cpu_kthread_status));
+	local_irq_restore(flags);
+}
+
+static void rcu_cpu_kthread_park(unsigned int cpu)
+{
+	per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_status, cpu) = RCU_KTHREAD_OFFCPU;
+}
+
+static int rcu_cpu_kthread_should_run(unsigned int cpu)
+{
+	return __this_cpu_read(rcu_cpu_has_work);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Per-CPU kernel thread that invokes RCU callbacks.  This replaces the
+ * RCU softirq used in flavors and configurations of RCU that do not
+ * support RCU priority boosting.
+ */
+static void rcu_cpu_kthread(unsigned int cpu)
+{
+	unsigned int *statusp = this_cpu_ptr(&rcu_cpu_kthread_status);
+	char work, *workp = this_cpu_ptr(&rcu_cpu_has_work);
+	int spincnt;
+
+	for (spincnt = 0; spincnt < 10; spincnt++) {
+		trace_rcu_utilization(TPS("Start CPU kthread@rcu_wait"));
+		local_bh_disable();
+		*statusp = RCU_KTHREAD_RUNNING;
+		this_cpu_inc(rcu_cpu_kthread_loops);
+		local_irq_disable();
+		work = *workp;
+		*workp = 0;
+		local_irq_enable();
+		if (work)
+			rcu_process_callbacks();
+		local_bh_enable();
+		if (*workp == 0) {
+			trace_rcu_utilization(TPS("End CPU kthread@rcu_wait"));
+			*statusp = RCU_KTHREAD_WAITING;
+			return;
+		}
+	}
+	*statusp = RCU_KTHREAD_YIELDING;
+	trace_rcu_utilization(TPS("Start CPU kthread@rcu_yield"));
+	schedule_timeout_interruptible(2);
+	trace_rcu_utilization(TPS("End CPU kthread@rcu_yield"));
+	*statusp = RCU_KTHREAD_WAITING;
+}
+
+static struct smp_hotplug_thread rcu_cpu_thread_spec = {
+	.store			= &rcu_cpu_kthread_task,
+	.thread_should_run	= rcu_cpu_kthread_should_run,
+	.thread_fn		= rcu_cpu_kthread,
+	.thread_comm		= "rcuc/%u",
+	.setup			= rcu_cpu_kthread_setup,
+	.park			= rcu_cpu_kthread_park,
+};
+
+/*
+ * Spawn per-CPU RCU core processing kthreads.
+ */
+static int __init rcu_spawn_core_kthreads(void)
+{
+	int cpu;
+
+	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu)
+		per_cpu(rcu_cpu_has_work, cpu) = 0;
+	BUG_ON(smpboot_register_percpu_thread(&rcu_cpu_thread_spec));
+	return 0;
 }
+early_initcall(rcu_spawn_core_kthreads);
 
 /*
  * Handle any core-RCU processing required by a call_rcu() invocation.
@@ -4615,7 +4706,6 @@ void __init rcu_init(void)
 	if (dump_tree)
 		rcu_dump_rcu_node_tree(&rcu_sched_state);
 	__rcu_init_preempt();
-	open_softirq(RCU_SOFTIRQ, rcu_process_callbacks);
 
 	/*
 	 * We don't need protection against CPU-hotplug here because
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.h b/kernel/rcu/tree.h
index 885b2401ad3f8..2ba8f6c2e81ee 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.h
@@ -565,12 +565,10 @@ extern struct rcu_state rcu_bh_state;
 extern struct rcu_state rcu_preempt_state;
 #endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU */
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST
 DECLARE_PER_CPU(unsigned int, rcu_cpu_kthread_status);
 DECLARE_PER_CPU(int, rcu_cpu_kthread_cpu);
 DECLARE_PER_CPU(unsigned int, rcu_cpu_kthread_loops);
 DECLARE_PER_CPU(char, rcu_cpu_has_work);
-#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST */
 
 #ifndef RCU_TREE_NONCORE
 
@@ -590,10 +588,9 @@ void call_rcu(struct rcu_head *head, rcu_callback_t func);
 static void __init __rcu_init_preempt(void);
 static void rcu_initiate_boost(struct rcu_node *rnp, unsigned long flags);
 static void rcu_preempt_boost_start_gp(struct rcu_node *rnp);
-static void invoke_rcu_callbacks_kthread(void);
 static bool rcu_is_callbacks_kthread(void);
+static void rcu_cpu_kthread_setup(unsigned int cpu);
 #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST
-static void rcu_preempt_do_callbacks(void);
 static int rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread(struct rcu_state *rsp,
 						 struct rcu_node *rnp);
 #endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST */
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
index cf4c0e955ae03..0d2f27f2f38df 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
@@ -24,26 +24,10 @@
  *	   Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
  */
 
-#include <linux/delay.h>
-#include <linux/gfp.h>
-#include <linux/oom.h>
-#include <linux/smpboot.h>
-#include <linux/jiffies.h>
-#include "../time/tick-internal.h"
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST
 
 #include "../locking/rtmutex_common.h"
 
-/*
- * Control variables for per-CPU and per-rcu_node kthreads.  These
- * handle all flavors of RCU.
- */
-static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct task_struct *, rcu_cpu_kthread_task);
-DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned int, rcu_cpu_kthread_status);
-DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned int, rcu_cpu_kthread_loops);
-DEFINE_PER_CPU(char, rcu_cpu_has_work);
-
 #else /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST */
 
 /*
@@ -56,6 +40,14 @@ DEFINE_PER_CPU(char, rcu_cpu_has_work);
 
 #endif /* #else #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST */
 
+/*
+ * Control variables for per-CPU and per-rcu_node kthreads.  These
+ * handle all flavors of RCU.
+ */
+DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned int, rcu_cpu_kthread_status);
+DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned int, rcu_cpu_kthread_loops);
+DEFINE_PER_CPU(char, rcu_cpu_has_work);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU
 static cpumask_var_t rcu_nocb_mask; /* CPUs to have callbacks offloaded. */
 static bool have_rcu_nocb_mask;	    /* Was rcu_nocb_mask allocated? */
@@ -646,15 +638,6 @@ static void rcu_preempt_check_callbacks(void)
 		t->rcu_read_unlock_special.b.need_qs = true;
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST
-
-static void rcu_preempt_do_callbacks(void)
-{
-	rcu_do_batch(rcu_state_p, this_cpu_ptr(rcu_data_p));
-}
-
-#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST */
-
 /*
  * Queue a preemptible-RCU callback for invocation after a grace period.
  */
@@ -931,6 +914,19 @@ void exit_rcu(void)
 
 #endif /* #else #ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU */
 
+/*
+ * If boosting, set rcuc kthreads to realtime priority.
+ */
+static void rcu_cpu_kthread_setup(unsigned int cpu)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST
+	struct sched_param sp;
+
+	sp.sched_priority = kthread_prio;
+	sched_setscheduler_nocheck(current, SCHED_FIFO, &sp);
+#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST */
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST
 
 #include "../locking/rtmutex_common.h"
@@ -962,16 +958,6 @@ static void rcu_initiate_boost_trace(struct rcu_node *rnp)
 
 #endif /* #else #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_TRACE */
 
-static void rcu_wake_cond(struct task_struct *t, int status)
-{
-	/*
-	 * If the thread is yielding, only wake it when this
-	 * is invoked from idle
-	 */
-	if (status != RCU_KTHREAD_YIELDING || is_idle_task(current))
-		wake_up_process(t);
-}
-
 /*
  * Carry out RCU priority boosting on the task indicated by ->exp_tasks
  * or ->boost_tasks, advancing the pointer to the next task in the
@@ -1116,23 +1102,6 @@ static void rcu_initiate_boost(struct rcu_node *rnp, unsigned long flags)
 }
 
 /*
- * Wake up the per-CPU kthread to invoke RCU callbacks.
- */
-static void invoke_rcu_callbacks_kthread(void)
-{
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	local_irq_save(flags);
-	__this_cpu_write(rcu_cpu_has_work, 1);
-	if (__this_cpu_read(rcu_cpu_kthread_task) != NULL &&
-	    current != __this_cpu_read(rcu_cpu_kthread_task)) {
-		rcu_wake_cond(__this_cpu_read(rcu_cpu_kthread_task),
-			      __this_cpu_read(rcu_cpu_kthread_status));
-	}
-	local_irq_restore(flags);
-}
-
-/*
  * Is the current CPU running the RCU-callbacks kthread?
  * Caller must have preemption disabled.
  */
@@ -1187,67 +1156,6 @@ static int rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread(struct rcu_state *rsp,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void rcu_kthread_do_work(void)
-{
-	rcu_do_batch(&rcu_sched_state, this_cpu_ptr(&rcu_sched_data));
-	rcu_do_batch(&rcu_bh_state, this_cpu_ptr(&rcu_bh_data));
-	rcu_preempt_do_callbacks();
-}
-
-static void rcu_cpu_kthread_setup(unsigned int cpu)
-{
-	struct sched_param sp;
-
-	sp.sched_priority = kthread_prio;
-	sched_setscheduler_nocheck(current, SCHED_FIFO, &sp);
-}
-
-static void rcu_cpu_kthread_park(unsigned int cpu)
-{
-	per_cpu(rcu_cpu_kthread_status, cpu) = RCU_KTHREAD_OFFCPU;
-}
-
-static int rcu_cpu_kthread_should_run(unsigned int cpu)
-{
-	return __this_cpu_read(rcu_cpu_has_work);
-}
-
-/*
- * Per-CPU kernel thread that invokes RCU callbacks.  This replaces the
- * RCU softirq used in flavors and configurations of RCU that do not
- * support RCU priority boosting.
- */
-static void rcu_cpu_kthread(unsigned int cpu)
-{
-	unsigned int *statusp = this_cpu_ptr(&rcu_cpu_kthread_status);
-	char work, *workp = this_cpu_ptr(&rcu_cpu_has_work);
-	int spincnt;
-
-	for (spincnt = 0; spincnt < 10; spincnt++) {
-		trace_rcu_utilization(TPS("Start CPU kthread@rcu_wait"));
-		local_bh_disable();
-		*statusp = RCU_KTHREAD_RUNNING;
-		this_cpu_inc(rcu_cpu_kthread_loops);
-		local_irq_disable();
-		work = *workp;
-		*workp = 0;
-		local_irq_enable();
-		if (work)
-			rcu_kthread_do_work();
-		local_bh_enable();
-		if (*workp == 0) {
-			trace_rcu_utilization(TPS("End CPU kthread@rcu_wait"));
-			*statusp = RCU_KTHREAD_WAITING;
-			return;
-		}
-	}
-	*statusp = RCU_KTHREAD_YIELDING;
-	trace_rcu_utilization(TPS("Start CPU kthread@rcu_yield"));
-	schedule_timeout_interruptible(2);
-	trace_rcu_utilization(TPS("End CPU kthread@rcu_yield"));
-	*statusp = RCU_KTHREAD_WAITING;
-}
-
 /*
  * Set the per-rcu_node kthread's affinity to cover all CPUs that are
  * served by the rcu_node in question.  The CPU hotplug lock is still
@@ -1277,26 +1185,12 @@ static void rcu_boost_kthread_setaffinity(struct rcu_node *rnp, int outgoingcpu)
 	free_cpumask_var(cm);
 }
 
-static struct smp_hotplug_thread rcu_cpu_thread_spec = {
-	.store			= &rcu_cpu_kthread_task,
-	.thread_should_run	= rcu_cpu_kthread_should_run,
-	.thread_fn		= rcu_cpu_kthread,
-	.thread_comm		= "rcuc/%u",
-	.setup			= rcu_cpu_kthread_setup,
-	.park			= rcu_cpu_kthread_park,
-};
-
 /*
  * Spawn boost kthreads -- called as soon as the scheduler is running.
  */
 static void __init rcu_spawn_boost_kthreads(void)
 {
 	struct rcu_node *rnp;
-	int cpu;
-
-	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu)
-		per_cpu(rcu_cpu_has_work, cpu) = 0;
-	BUG_ON(smpboot_register_percpu_thread(&rcu_cpu_thread_spec));
 	rcu_for_each_leaf_node(rcu_state_p, rnp)
 		(void)rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread(rcu_state_p, rnp);
 }
@@ -1319,11 +1213,6 @@ static void rcu_initiate_boost(struct rcu_node *rnp, unsigned long flags)
 	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rnp->lock, flags);
 }
 
-static void invoke_rcu_callbacks_kthread(void)
-{
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
-}
-
 static bool rcu_is_callbacks_kthread(void)
 {
 	return false;