rcu: update documentation/comments for Lai's adoption patch
Lai's RCU-callback immediate-adoption patch changes the RCU tracing output, so update tracing.txt. Also update a few comments to clarify the synchronization design. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
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@ -134,7 +134,8 @@ o "ci" is the number of RCU callbacks that have been invoked for
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been registered in absence of CPU-hotplug activity.
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o "co" is the number of RCU callbacks that have been orphaned due to
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this CPU going offline.
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this CPU going offline. These orphaned callbacks have been moved
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to an arbitrarily chosen online CPU.
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o "ca" is the number of RCU callbacks that have been adopted due to
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other CPUs going offline. Note that ci+co-ca+ql is the number of
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@ -172,12 +173,12 @@ o "gpnum" is the number of grace periods that have started. It is
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The output of "cat rcu/rcuhier" looks as follows, with very long lines:
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c=6902 g=6903 s=2 jfq=3 j=72c7 nfqs=13142/nfqsng=0(13142) fqlh=6 oqlen=0
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c=6902 g=6903 s=2 jfq=3 j=72c7 nfqs=13142/nfqsng=0(13142) fqlh=6
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1/1 .>. 0:127 ^0
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3/3 .>. 0:35 ^0 0/0 .>. 36:71 ^1 0/0 .>. 72:107 ^2 0/0 .>. 108:127 ^3
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3/3f .>. 0:5 ^0 2/3 .>. 6:11 ^1 0/0 .>. 12:17 ^2 0/0 .>. 18:23 ^3 0/0 .>. 24:29 ^4 0/0 .>. 30:35 ^5 0/0 .>. 36:41 ^0 0/0 .>. 42:47 ^1 0/0 .>. 48:53 ^2 0/0 .>. 54:59 ^3 0/0 .>. 60:65 ^4 0/0 .>. 66:71 ^5 0/0 .>. 72:77 ^0 0/0 .>. 78:83 ^1 0/0 .>. 84:89 ^2 0/0 .>. 90:95 ^3 0/0 .>. 96:101 ^4 0/0 .>. 102:107 ^5 0/0 .>. 108:113 ^0 0/0 .>. 114:119 ^1 0/0 .>. 120:125 ^2 0/0 .>. 126:127 ^3
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rcu_bh:
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c=-226 g=-226 s=1 jfq=-5701 j=72c7 nfqs=88/nfqsng=0(88) fqlh=0 oqlen=0
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c=-226 g=-226 s=1 jfq=-5701 j=72c7 nfqs=88/nfqsng=0(88) fqlh=0
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0/1 .>. 0:127 ^0
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0/3 .>. 0:35 ^0 0/0 .>. 36:71 ^1 0/0 .>. 72:107 ^2 0/0 .>. 108:127 ^3
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0/3f .>. 0:5 ^0 0/3 .>. 6:11 ^1 0/0 .>. 12:17 ^2 0/0 .>. 18:23 ^3 0/0 .>. 24:29 ^4 0/0 .>. 30:35 ^5 0/0 .>. 36:41 ^0 0/0 .>. 42:47 ^1 0/0 .>. 48:53 ^2 0/0 .>. 54:59 ^3 0/0 .>. 60:65 ^4 0/0 .>. 66:71 ^5 0/0 .>. 72:77 ^0 0/0 .>. 78:83 ^1 0/0 .>. 84:89 ^2 0/0 .>. 90:95 ^3 0/0 .>. 96:101 ^4 0/0 .>. 102:107 ^5 0/0 .>. 108:113 ^0 0/0 .>. 114:119 ^1 0/0 .>. 120:125 ^2 0/0 .>. 126:127 ^3
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@ -216,11 +217,6 @@ o "fqlh" is the number of calls to force_quiescent_state() that
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exited immediately (without even being counted in nfqs above)
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due to contention on ->fqslock.
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o "oqlen" is the number of callbacks on the "orphan" callback
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list. RCU callbacks are placed on this list by CPUs going
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offline, and are "adopted" either by the CPU helping the outgoing
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CPU or by the next rcu_barrier*() call, whichever comes first.
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o Each element of the form "1/1 0:127 ^0" represents one struct
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rcu_node. Each line represents one level of the hierarchy, from
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root to leaves. It is best to think of the rcu_data structures
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@ -1668,7 +1668,9 @@ static void _rcu_barrier(struct rcu_state *rsp,
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* decrement rcu_barrier_cpu_count -- otherwise the first CPU
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* might complete its grace period before all of the other CPUs
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* did their increment, causing this function to return too
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* early.
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* early. Note that on_each_cpu() disables irqs, which prevents
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* any CPUs from coming online or going offline until each online
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* CPU has queued its RCU-barrier callback.
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*/
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atomic_set(&rcu_barrier_cpu_count, 1);
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on_each_cpu(rcu_barrier_func, (void *)call_rcu_func, 1);
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case CPU_DYING:
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case CPU_DYING_FROZEN:
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/*
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* The whole machine is "stopped" except this cpu, so we can
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* touch any data without introducing corruption. And we send
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* the callbacks to an attribute chosen online cpu.
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* The whole machine is "stopped" except this CPU, so we can
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* touch any data without introducing corruption. We send the
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* dying CPU's callbacks to an arbitrarily chosen online CPU.
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*/
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rcu_send_cbs_to_online(&rcu_bh_state);
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rcu_send_cbs_to_online(&rcu_sched_state);
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@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ static void __cpuinit rcu_preempt_init_percpu_data(int cpu)
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}
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/*
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* Move preemptable DYING RCU's callbacks to other online CPU.
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* Move preemptable RCU's callbacks from dying CPU to other online CPU.
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*/
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static void rcu_preempt_send_cbs_to_online(void)
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{
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