From d21670acab9fcb4bc74a40b68a6941059234c55c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Paul E. McKenney" Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 17:39:26 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] rcu: reduce the number of spurious RCU_SOFTIRQ invocations Lai Jiangshan noted that up to 10% of the RCU_SOFTIRQ are spurious, and traced this down to the fact that the current grace-period machinery will uselessly raise RCU_SOFTIRQ when a given CPU needs to go through a quiescent state, but has not yet done so. In this situation, there might well be nothing that RCU_SOFTIRQ can do, and the overhead can be worth worrying about in the ksoftirqd case. This patch therefore avoids raising RCU_SOFTIRQ in this situation. Changes since v1 (http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/3/30/122 from Lai Jiangshan): o Omit the rcu_qs_pending() prechecks, as they aren't that much less expensive than the quiescent-state checks. o Merge with the set_need_resched() patch that reduces IPIs. o Add the new n_rp_report_qs field to the rcu_pending tracing output. o Update the tracing documentation accordingly. Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney --- Documentation/RCU/trace.txt | 35 +++++++++++++++++++---------------- kernel/rcutree.c | 11 ++++++----- kernel/rcutree.h | 1 + kernel/rcutree_trace.c | 4 +++- 4 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/trace.txt b/Documentation/RCU/trace.txt index 8608fd8..efd8cc9 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/trace.txt +++ b/Documentation/RCU/trace.txt @@ -256,23 +256,23 @@ o Each element of the form "1/1 0:127 ^0" represents one struct The output of "cat rcu/rcu_pending" looks as follows: rcu_sched: - 0 np=255892 qsp=53936 cbr=0 cng=14417 gpc=10033 gps=24320 nf=6445 nn=146741 - 1 np=261224 qsp=54638 cbr=0 cng=25723 gpc=16310 gps=2849 nf=5912 nn=155792 - 2 np=237496 qsp=49664 cbr=0 cng=2762 gpc=45478 gps=1762 nf=1201 nn=136629 - 3 np=236249 qsp=48766 cbr=0 cng=286 gpc=48049 gps=1218 nf=207 nn=137723 - 4 np=221310 qsp=46850 cbr=0 cng=26 gpc=43161 gps=4634 nf=3529 nn=123110 - 5 np=237332 qsp=48449 cbr=0 cng=54 gpc=47920 gps=3252 nf=201 nn=137456 - 6 np=219995 qsp=46718 cbr=0 cng=50 gpc=42098 gps=6093 nf=4202 nn=120834 - 7 np=249893 qsp=49390 cbr=0 cng=72 gpc=38400 gps=17102 nf=41 nn=144888 + 0 np=255892 qsp=53936 rpq=85 cbr=0 cng=14417 gpc=10033 gps=24320 nf=6445 nn=146741 + 1 np=261224 qsp=54638 rpq=33 cbr=0 cng=25723 gpc=16310 gps=2849 nf=5912 nn=155792 + 2 np=237496 qsp=49664 rpq=23 cbr=0 cng=2762 gpc=45478 gps=1762 nf=1201 nn=136629 + 3 np=236249 qsp=48766 rpq=98 cbr=0 cng=286 gpc=48049 gps=1218 nf=207 nn=137723 + 4 np=221310 qsp=46850 rpq=7 cbr=0 cng=26 gpc=43161 gps=4634 nf=3529 nn=123110 + 5 np=237332 qsp=48449 rpq=9 cbr=0 cng=54 gpc=47920 gps=3252 nf=201 nn=137456 + 6 np=219995 qsp=46718 rpq=12 cbr=0 cng=50 gpc=42098 gps=6093 nf=4202 nn=120834 + 7 np=249893 qsp=49390 rpq=42 cbr=0 cng=72 gpc=38400 gps=17102 nf=41 nn=144888 rcu_bh: - 0 np=146741 qsp=1419 cbr=0 cng=6 gpc=0 gps=0 nf=2 nn=145314 - 1 np=155792 qsp=12597 cbr=0 cng=0 gpc=4 gps=8 nf=3 nn=143180 - 2 np=136629 qsp=18680 cbr=0 cng=0 gpc=7 gps=6 nf=0 nn=117936 - 3 np=137723 qsp=2843 cbr=0 cng=0 gpc=10 gps=7 nf=0 nn=134863 - 4 np=123110 qsp=12433 cbr=0 cng=0 gpc=4 gps=2 nf=0 nn=110671 - 5 np=137456 qsp=4210 cbr=0 cng=0 gpc=6 gps=5 nf=0 nn=133235 - 6 np=120834 qsp=9902 cbr=0 cng=0 gpc=6 gps=3 nf=2 nn=110921 - 7 np=144888 qsp=26336 cbr=0 cng=0 gpc=8 gps=2 nf=0 nn=118542 + 0 np=146741 qsp=1419 rpq=6 cbr=0 cng=6 gpc=0 gps=0 nf=2 nn=145314 + 1 np=155792 qsp=12597 rpq=3 cbr=0 cng=0 gpc=4 gps=8 nf=3 nn=143180 + 2 np=136629 qsp=18680 rpq=1 cbr=0 cng=0 gpc=7 gps=6 nf=0 nn=117936 + 3 np=137723 qsp=2843 rpq=0 cbr=0 cng=0 gpc=10 gps=7 nf=0 nn=134863 + 4 np=123110 qsp=12433 rpq=0 cbr=0 cng=0 gpc=4 gps=2 nf=0 nn=110671 + 5 np=137456 qsp=4210 rpq=1 cbr=0 cng=0 gpc=6 gps=5 nf=0 nn=133235 + 6 np=120834 qsp=9902 rpq=2 cbr=0 cng=0 gpc=6 gps=3 nf=2 nn=110921 + 7 np=144888 qsp=26336 rpq=0 cbr=0 cng=0 gpc=8 gps=2 nf=0 nn=118542 As always, this is once again split into "rcu_sched" and "rcu_bh" portions, with CONFIG_TREE_PREEMPT_RCU kernels having an additional @@ -284,6 +284,9 @@ o "np" is the number of times that __rcu_pending() has been invoked o "qsp" is the number of times that the RCU was waiting for a quiescent state from this CPU. +o "rpq" is the number of times that the CPU had passed through + a quiescent state, but not yet reported it to RCU. + o "cbr" is the number of times that this CPU had RCU callbacks that had passed through a grace period, and were thus ready to be invoked. diff --git a/kernel/rcutree.c b/kernel/rcutree.c index c60fd74..ba69969 100644 --- a/kernel/rcutree.c +++ b/kernel/rcutree.c @@ -1161,8 +1161,6 @@ static void rcu_do_batch(struct rcu_state *rsp, struct rcu_data *rdp) */ void rcu_check_callbacks(int cpu, int user) { - if (!rcu_pending(cpu)) - return; /* if nothing for RCU to do. */ if (user || (idle_cpu(cpu) && rcu_scheduler_active && !in_softirq() && hardirq_count() <= (1 << HARDIRQ_SHIFT))) { @@ -1194,7 +1192,8 @@ void rcu_check_callbacks(int cpu, int user) rcu_bh_qs(cpu); } rcu_preempt_check_callbacks(cpu); - raise_softirq(RCU_SOFTIRQ); + if (rcu_pending(cpu)) + raise_softirq(RCU_SOFTIRQ); } #ifdef CONFIG_SMP @@ -1534,18 +1533,20 @@ static int __rcu_pending(struct rcu_state *rsp, struct rcu_data *rdp) check_cpu_stall(rsp, rdp); /* Is the RCU core waiting for a quiescent state from this CPU? */ - if (rdp->qs_pending) { + if (rdp->qs_pending && !rdp->passed_quiesc) { /* * If force_quiescent_state() coming soon and this CPU * needs a quiescent state, and this is either RCU-sched * or RCU-bh, force a local reschedule. */ + rdp->n_rp_qs_pending++; if (!rdp->preemptable && ULONG_CMP_LT(ACCESS_ONCE(rsp->jiffies_force_qs) - 1, jiffies)) set_need_resched(); - rdp->n_rp_qs_pending++; + } else if (rdp->qs_pending && rdp->passed_quiesc) { + rdp->n_rp_report_qs++; return 1; } diff --git a/kernel/rcutree.h b/kernel/rcutree.h index 11f1711..14c040b 100644 --- a/kernel/rcutree.h +++ b/kernel/rcutree.h @@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ struct rcu_data { /* 5) __rcu_pending() statistics. */ unsigned long n_rcu_pending; /* rcu_pending() calls since boot. */ unsigned long n_rp_qs_pending; + unsigned long n_rp_report_qs; unsigned long n_rp_cb_ready; unsigned long n_rp_cpu_needs_gp; unsigned long n_rp_gp_completed; diff --git a/kernel/rcutree_trace.c b/kernel/rcutree_trace.c index d45db2e..36c95b4 100644 --- a/kernel/rcutree_trace.c +++ b/kernel/rcutree_trace.c @@ -241,11 +241,13 @@ static const struct file_operations rcugp_fops = { static void print_one_rcu_pending(struct seq_file *m, struct rcu_data *rdp) { seq_printf(m, "%3d%cnp=%ld " - "qsp=%ld cbr=%ld cng=%ld gpc=%ld gps=%ld nf=%ld nn=%ld\n", + "qsp=%ld rpq=%ld cbr=%ld cng=%ld " + "gpc=%ld gps=%ld nf=%ld nn=%ld\n", rdp->cpu, cpu_is_offline(rdp->cpu) ? '!' : ' ', rdp->n_rcu_pending, rdp->n_rp_qs_pending, + rdp->n_rp_report_qs, rdp->n_rp_cb_ready, rdp->n_rp_cpu_needs_gp, rdp->n_rp_gp_completed, -- 1.8.2.3