diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.rst b/Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.rst index 28f8ad16db25..78404625bad2 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.rst +++ b/Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.rst @@ -254,17 +254,6 @@ period (in this case 2603), the grace-period sequence number (7075), and an estimate of the total number of RCU callbacks queued across all CPUs (625 in this case). -In kernels with CONFIG_RCU_FAST_NO_HZ, more information is printed -for each CPU:: - - 0: (64628 ticks this GP) idle=dd5/3fffffffffffffff/0 softirq=82/543 last_accelerate: a345/d342 dyntick_enabled: 1 - -The "last_accelerate:" prints the low-order 16 bits (in hex) of the -jiffies counter when this CPU last invoked rcu_try_advance_all_cbs() -from rcu_needs_cpu() or last invoked rcu_accelerate_cbs() from -rcu_prepare_for_idle(). "dyntick_enabled: 1" indicates that dyntick-idle -processing is enabled. - If the grace period ends just as the stall warning starts printing, there will be a spurious stall-warning message, which will include the following:: diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index 9725c546a0d4..36b83a47e54a 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -4489,10 +4489,6 @@ on rcutree.qhimark at boot time and to zero to disable more aggressive help enlistment. - rcutree.rcu_idle_gp_delay= [KNL] - Set wakeup interval for idle CPUs that have - RCU callbacks (RCU_FAST_NO_HZ=y). - rcutree.rcu_kick_kthreads= [KNL] Cause the grace-period kthread to get an extra wake_up() if it sleeps three times longer than diff --git a/Documentation/timers/no_hz.rst b/Documentation/timers/no_hz.rst index 20ad23a6c618..f8786be15183 100644 --- a/Documentation/timers/no_hz.rst +++ b/Documentation/timers/no_hz.rst @@ -184,16 +184,12 @@ There are situations in which idle CPUs cannot be permitted to enter either dyntick-idle mode or adaptive-tick mode, the most common being when that CPU has RCU callbacks pending. -The CONFIG_RCU_FAST_NO_HZ=y Kconfig option may be used to cause such CPUs -to enter dyntick-idle mode or adaptive-tick mode anyway. In this case, -a timer will awaken these CPUs every four jiffies in order to ensure -that the RCU callbacks are processed in a timely fashion. - -Another approach is to offload RCU callback processing to "rcuo" kthreads +Avoid this by offloading RCU callback processing to "rcuo" kthreads using the CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=y Kconfig option. The specific CPUs to offload may be selected using The "rcu_nocbs=" kernel boot parameter, which takes a comma-separated list of CPUs and CPU ranges, for example, -"1,3-5" selects CPUs 1, 3, 4, and 5. +"1,3-5" selects CPUs 1, 3, 4, and 5. Note that CPUs specified by +the "nohz_full" kernel boot parameter are also offloaded. The offloaded CPUs will never queue RCU callbacks, and therefore RCU never prevents offloaded CPUs from entering either dyntick-idle mode diff --git a/kernel/rcu/Kconfig b/kernel/rcu/Kconfig index 3128b7cf8e1f..4005f2728f1a 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/Kconfig +++ b/kernel/rcu/Kconfig @@ -169,24 +169,6 @@ config RCU_FANOUT_LEAF Take the default if unsure. -config RCU_FAST_NO_HZ - bool "Accelerate last non-dyntick-idle CPU's grace periods" - depends on NO_HZ_COMMON && SMP && RCU_EXPERT - default n - help - This option permits CPUs to enter dynticks-idle state even if - they have RCU callbacks queued, and prevents RCU from waking - these CPUs up more than roughly once every four jiffies (by - default, you can adjust this using the rcutree.rcu_idle_gp_delay - parameter), thus improving energy efficiency. On the other - hand, this option increases the duration of RCU grace periods, - for example, slowing down synchronize_rcu(). - - Say Y if energy efficiency is critically important, and you - don't care about increased grace-period durations. - - Say N if you are unsure. - config RCU_BOOST bool "Enable RCU priority boosting" depends on (RT_MUTEXES && PREEMPT_RCU && RCU_EXPERT) || PREEMPT_RT diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c index ef8d36f580fc..5e98257c2910 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c @@ -624,7 +624,6 @@ static noinstr void rcu_eqs_enter(bool user) instrumentation_begin(); trace_rcu_dyntick(TPS("Start"), rdp->dynticks_nesting, 0, atomic_read(&rdp->dynticks)); WARN_ON_ONCE(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RCU_EQS_DEBUG) && !user && !is_idle_task(current)); - rcu_prepare_for_idle(); rcu_preempt_deferred_qs(current); // instrumentation for the noinstr rcu_dynticks_eqs_enter() @@ -768,9 +767,6 @@ noinstr void rcu_nmi_exit(void) trace_rcu_dyntick(TPS("Startirq"), rdp->dynticks_nmi_nesting, 0, atomic_read(&rdp->dynticks)); WRITE_ONCE(rdp->dynticks_nmi_nesting, 0); /* Avoid store tearing. */ - if (!in_nmi()) - rcu_prepare_for_idle(); - // instrumentation for the noinstr rcu_dynticks_eqs_enter() instrument_atomic_write(&rdp->dynticks, sizeof(rdp->dynticks)); instrumentation_end(); @@ -872,7 +868,6 @@ static void noinstr rcu_eqs_exit(bool user) // instrumentation for the noinstr rcu_dynticks_eqs_exit() instrument_atomic_write(&rdp->dynticks, sizeof(rdp->dynticks)); - rcu_cleanup_after_idle(); trace_rcu_dyntick(TPS("End"), rdp->dynticks_nesting, 1, atomic_read(&rdp->dynticks)); WARN_ON_ONCE(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RCU_EQS_DEBUG) && !user && !is_idle_task(current)); WRITE_ONCE(rdp->dynticks_nesting, 1); @@ -1014,12 +1009,6 @@ noinstr void rcu_nmi_enter(void) rcu_dynticks_eqs_exit(); // ... but is watching here. - if (!in_nmi()) { - instrumentation_begin(); - rcu_cleanup_after_idle(); - instrumentation_end(); - } - instrumentation_begin(); // instrumentation for the noinstr rcu_dynticks_curr_cpu_in_eqs() instrument_atomic_read(&rdp->dynticks, sizeof(rdp->dynticks)); diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.h b/kernel/rcu/tree.h index 305cf6aeb408..7ca1aa46083c 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/tree.h +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.h @@ -189,11 +189,6 @@ struct rcu_data { bool rcu_urgent_qs; /* GP old need light quiescent state. */ bool rcu_forced_tick; /* Forced tick to provide QS. */ bool rcu_forced_tick_exp; /* ... provide QS to expedited GP. */ -#ifdef CONFIG_RCU_FAST_NO_HZ - unsigned long last_accelerate; /* Last jiffy CBs were accelerated. */ - unsigned long last_advance_all; /* Last jiffy CBs were all advanced. */ - int tick_nohz_enabled_snap; /* Previously seen value from sysfs. */ -#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_FAST_NO_HZ */ /* 4) rcu_barrier(), OOM callbacks, and expediting. */ struct rcu_head barrier_head; @@ -419,8 +414,6 @@ static bool rcu_is_callbacks_kthread(void); static void rcu_cpu_kthread_setup(unsigned int cpu); static void rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread(struct rcu_node *rnp); static void __init rcu_spawn_boost_kthreads(void); -static void rcu_cleanup_after_idle(void); -static void rcu_prepare_for_idle(void); static bool rcu_preempt_has_tasks(struct rcu_node *rnp); static bool rcu_preempt_need_deferred_qs(struct task_struct *t); static void rcu_preempt_deferred_qs(struct task_struct *t); diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h index 5199559fbbf0..19f7d578cedb 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h @@ -51,8 +51,6 @@ static void __init rcu_bootup_announce_oddness(void) RCU_FANOUT); if (rcu_fanout_exact) pr_info("\tHierarchical RCU autobalancing is disabled.\n"); - if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RCU_FAST_NO_HZ)) - pr_info("\tRCU dyntick-idle grace-period acceleration is enabled.\n"); if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PROVE_RCU)) pr_info("\tRCU lockdep checking is enabled.\n"); if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD)) @@ -1253,16 +1251,14 @@ static void __init rcu_spawn_boost_kthreads(void) #endif /* #else #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST */ -#if !defined(CONFIG_RCU_FAST_NO_HZ) - /* * Check to see if any future non-offloaded RCU-related work will need * to be done by the current CPU, even if none need be done immediately, * returning 1 if so. This function is part of the RCU implementation; * it is -not- an exported member of the RCU API. * - * Because we not have RCU_FAST_NO_HZ, just check whether or not this - * CPU has RCU callbacks queued. + * Just check whether or not this CPU has non-offloaded RCU callbacks + * queued. */ int rcu_needs_cpu(u64 basemono, u64 *nextevt) { @@ -1271,183 +1267,6 @@ int rcu_needs_cpu(u64 basemono, u64 *nextevt) !rcu_rdp_is_offloaded(this_cpu_ptr(&rcu_data)); } -/* - * Because we do not have RCU_FAST_NO_HZ, don't bother cleaning up - * after it. - */ -static void rcu_cleanup_after_idle(void) -{ -} - -/* - * Do the idle-entry grace-period work, which, because CONFIG_RCU_FAST_NO_HZ=n, - * is nothing. - */ -static void rcu_prepare_for_idle(void) -{ -} - -#else /* #if !defined(CONFIG_RCU_FAST_NO_HZ) */ - -/* - * This code is invoked when a CPU goes idle, at which point we want - * to have the CPU do everything required for RCU so that it can enter - * the energy-efficient dyntick-idle mode. - * - * The following preprocessor symbol controls this: - * - * RCU_IDLE_GP_DELAY gives the number of jiffies that a CPU is permitted - * to sleep in dyntick-idle mode with RCU callbacks pending. This - * is sized to be roughly one RCU grace period. Those energy-efficiency - * benchmarkers who might otherwise be tempted to set this to a large - * number, be warned: Setting RCU_IDLE_GP_DELAY too high can hang your - * system. And if you are -that- concerned about energy efficiency, - * just power the system down and be done with it! - * - * The value below works well in practice. If future workloads require - * adjustment, they can be converted into kernel config parameters, though - * making the state machine smarter might be a better option. - */ -#define RCU_IDLE_GP_DELAY 4 /* Roughly one grace period. */ - -static int rcu_idle_gp_delay = RCU_IDLE_GP_DELAY; -module_param(rcu_idle_gp_delay, int, 0644); - -/* - * Try to advance callbacks on the current CPU, but only if it has been - * awhile since the last time we did so. Afterwards, if there are any - * callbacks ready for immediate invocation, return true. - */ -static bool __maybe_unused rcu_try_advance_all_cbs(void) -{ - bool cbs_ready = false; - struct rcu_data *rdp = this_cpu_ptr(&rcu_data); - struct rcu_node *rnp; - - /* Exit early if we advanced recently. */ - if (jiffies == rdp->last_advance_all) - return false; - rdp->last_advance_all = jiffies; - - rnp = rdp->mynode; - - /* - * Don't bother checking unless a grace period has - * completed since we last checked and there are - * callbacks not yet ready to invoke. - */ - if ((rcu_seq_completed_gp(rdp->gp_seq, - rcu_seq_current(&rnp->gp_seq)) || - unlikely(READ_ONCE(rdp->gpwrap))) && - rcu_segcblist_pend_cbs(&rdp->cblist)) - note_gp_changes(rdp); - - if (rcu_segcblist_ready_cbs(&rdp->cblist)) - cbs_ready = true; - return cbs_ready; -} - -/* - * Allow the CPU to enter dyntick-idle mode unless it has callbacks ready - * to invoke. If the CPU has callbacks, try to advance them. Tell the - * caller about what to set the timeout. - * - * The caller must have disabled interrupts. - */ -int rcu_needs_cpu(u64 basemono, u64 *nextevt) -{ - struct rcu_data *rdp = this_cpu_ptr(&rcu_data); - unsigned long dj; - - lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled(); - - /* If no non-offloaded callbacks, RCU doesn't need the CPU. */ - if (rcu_segcblist_empty(&rdp->cblist) || - rcu_rdp_is_offloaded(rdp)) { - *nextevt = KTIME_MAX; - return 0; - } - - /* Attempt to advance callbacks. */ - if (rcu_try_advance_all_cbs()) { - /* Some ready to invoke, so initiate later invocation. */ - invoke_rcu_core(); - return 1; - } - rdp->last_accelerate = jiffies; - - /* Request timer and round. */ - dj = round_up(rcu_idle_gp_delay + jiffies, rcu_idle_gp_delay) - jiffies; - - *nextevt = basemono + dj * TICK_NSEC; - return 0; -} - -/* - * Prepare a CPU for idle from an RCU perspective. The first major task is to - * sense whether nohz mode has been enabled or disabled via sysfs. The second - * major task is to accelerate (that is, assign grace-period numbers to) any - * recently arrived callbacks. - * - * The caller must have disabled interrupts. - */ -static void rcu_prepare_for_idle(void) -{ - bool needwake; - struct rcu_data *rdp = this_cpu_ptr(&rcu_data); - struct rcu_node *rnp; - int tne; - - lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled(); - if (rcu_rdp_is_offloaded(rdp)) - return; - - /* Handle nohz enablement switches conservatively. */ - tne = READ_ONCE(tick_nohz_active); - if (tne != rdp->tick_nohz_enabled_snap) { - if (!rcu_segcblist_empty(&rdp->cblist)) - invoke_rcu_core(); /* force nohz to see update. */ - rdp->tick_nohz_enabled_snap = tne; - return; - } - if (!tne) - return; - - /* - * If we have not yet accelerated this jiffy, accelerate all - * callbacks on this CPU. - */ - if (rdp->last_accelerate == jiffies) - return; - rdp->last_accelerate = jiffies; - if (rcu_segcblist_pend_cbs(&rdp->cblist)) { - rnp = rdp->mynode; - raw_spin_lock_rcu_node(rnp); /* irqs already disabled. */ - needwake = rcu_accelerate_cbs(rnp, rdp); - raw_spin_unlock_rcu_node(rnp); /* irqs remain disabled. */ - if (needwake) - rcu_gp_kthread_wake(); - } -} - -/* - * Clean up for exit from idle. Attempt to advance callbacks based on - * any grace periods that elapsed while the CPU was idle, and if any - * callbacks are now ready to invoke, initiate invocation. - */ -static void rcu_cleanup_after_idle(void) -{ - struct rcu_data *rdp = this_cpu_ptr(&rcu_data); - - lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled(); - if (rcu_rdp_is_offloaded(rdp)) - return; - if (rcu_try_advance_all_cbs()) - invoke_rcu_core(); -} - -#endif /* #else #if !defined(CONFIG_RCU_FAST_NO_HZ) */ - /* * Is this CPU a NO_HZ_FULL CPU that should ignore RCU so that the * grace-period kthread will do force_quiescent_state() processing? diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h index 5e2fa6fd97f1..21bebf7c9030 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h @@ -347,26 +347,6 @@ static void rcu_dump_cpu_stacks(void) } } -#ifdef CONFIG_RCU_FAST_NO_HZ - -static void print_cpu_stall_fast_no_hz(char *cp, int cpu) -{ - struct rcu_data *rdp = per_cpu_ptr(&rcu_data, cpu); - - sprintf(cp, "last_accelerate: %04lx/%04lx dyntick_enabled: %d", - rdp->last_accelerate & 0xffff, jiffies & 0xffff, - !!rdp->tick_nohz_enabled_snap); -} - -#else /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_FAST_NO_HZ */ - -static void print_cpu_stall_fast_no_hz(char *cp, int cpu) -{ - *cp = '\0'; -} - -#endif /* #else #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_FAST_NO_HZ */ - static const char * const gp_state_names[] = { [RCU_GP_IDLE] = "RCU_GP_IDLE", [RCU_GP_WAIT_GPS] = "RCU_GP_WAIT_GPS", @@ -408,13 +388,12 @@ static bool rcu_is_gp_kthread_starving(unsigned long *jp) * of RCU grace periods that this CPU is ignorant of, for example, "1" * if the CPU was aware of the previous grace period. * - * Also print out idle and (if CONFIG_RCU_FAST_NO_HZ) idle-entry info. + * Also print out idle info. */ static void print_cpu_stall_info(int cpu) { unsigned long delta; bool falsepositive; - char fast_no_hz[72]; struct rcu_data *rdp = per_cpu_ptr(&rcu_data, cpu); char *ticks_title; unsigned long ticks_value; @@ -432,11 +411,10 @@ static void print_cpu_stall_info(int cpu) ticks_title = "ticks this GP"; ticks_value = rdp->ticks_this_gp; } - print_cpu_stall_fast_no_hz(fast_no_hz, cpu); delta = rcu_seq_ctr(rdp->mynode->gp_seq - rdp->rcu_iw_gp_seq); falsepositive = rcu_is_gp_kthread_starving(NULL) && rcu_dynticks_in_eqs(rcu_dynticks_snap(rdp)); - pr_err("\t%d-%c%c%c%c: (%lu %s) idle=%03x/%ld/%#lx softirq=%u/%u fqs=%ld %s%s\n", + pr_err("\t%d-%c%c%c%c: (%lu %s) idle=%03x/%ld/%#lx softirq=%u/%u fqs=%ld %s\n", cpu, "O."[!!cpu_online(cpu)], "o."[!!(rdp->grpmask & rdp->mynode->qsmaskinit)], @@ -449,7 +427,6 @@ static void print_cpu_stall_info(int cpu) rdp->dynticks_nesting, rdp->dynticks_nmi_nesting, rdp->softirq_snap, kstat_softirqs_cpu(RCU_SOFTIRQ, cpu), data_race(rcu_state.n_force_qs) - rcu_state.n_force_qs_gpstart, - fast_no_hz, falsepositive ? " (false positive?)" : ""); } diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/rcu/TREE01 b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/rcu/TREE01 index b5b53973c01e..8ae41d5f81a3 100644 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/rcu/TREE01 +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/rcu/TREE01 @@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ CONFIG_PREEMPT=y CONFIG_HZ_PERIODIC=n CONFIG_NO_HZ_IDLE=y CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL=n -CONFIG_RCU_FAST_NO_HZ=y CONFIG_RCU_TRACE=y CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU=y CONFIG_MAXSMP=y diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/rcu/TREE04 b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/rcu/TREE04 index f6d6a40c0576..22ad0261728d 100644 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/rcu/TREE04 +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/configs/rcu/TREE04 @@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ CONFIG_PREEMPT=n CONFIG_HZ_PERIODIC=n CONFIG_NO_HZ_IDLE=n CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL=y -CONFIG_RCU_FAST_NO_HZ=y CONFIG_RCU_TRACE=y CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT=4 CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT_LEAF=3 diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/doc/TREE_RCU-kconfig.txt b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/doc/TREE_RCU-kconfig.txt index 1b96d68473b8..42acb1a64ce1 100644 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/doc/TREE_RCU-kconfig.txt +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/doc/TREE_RCU-kconfig.txt @@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ CONFIG_PROVE_RCU -- Hardwired to CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING. CONFIG_RCU_BOOST -- one of PREEMPT_RCU. CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT -- Cover hierarchy, but overlap with others. CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT_LEAF -- Do one non-default. -CONFIG_RCU_FAST_NO_HZ -- Do one, but not with all nohz_full CPUs. CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU -- Do three, one with no rcu_nocbs CPUs, one with rcu_nocbs=0, and one with all rcu_nocbs CPUs. CONFIG_RCU_TRACE -- Do half.