[PATCH] rcu: keep rcu callback event counter

This makes call_rcu() keep track of how many events there are on the RCU
list, and cause a reschedule event when the list gets too long.

This helps keep RCU event lists down.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
index 4e65eb4..70191a5 100644 (file)
--- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ struct rcu_data {
        long            batch;           /* Batch # for current RCU batch */
        struct rcu_head *nxtlist;
        struct rcu_head **nxttail;
+       long            count; /* # of queued items */
        struct rcu_head *curlist;
        struct rcu_head **curtail;
        struct rcu_head *donelist;

diff --git a/kernel/rcupdate.c b/kernel/rcupdate.c
index dd99415..2559d4b 100644 (file)
--- a/kernel/rcupdate.c
+++ b/kernel/rcupdate.c
@@ -109,6 +109,10 @@ void fastcall call_rcu(struct rcu_head *head,
        rdp = &__get_cpu_var(rcu_data);
        *rdp->nxttail = head;
        rdp->nxttail = &head->next;
+
+       if (unlikely(++rdp->count > 10000))
+               set_need_resched();
+
        local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
@@ -140,6 +144,12 @@ void fastcall call_rcu_bh(struct rcu_head *head,
        rdp = &__get_cpu_var(rcu_bh_data);
        *rdp->nxttail = head;
        rdp->nxttail = &head->next;
+       rdp->count++;
+/*
+ *  Should we directly call rcu_do_batch() here ?
+ *  if (unlikely(rdp->count > 10000))
+ *      rcu_do_batch(rdp);
+ */
        local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
@@ -157,6 +167,7 @@ static void rcu_do_batch(struct rcu_data *rdp)
                next = rdp->donelist = list->next;
                list->func(list);
                list = next;
+               rdp->count--;
                if (++count >= maxbatch)
                        break;
        }