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Björn Davidsson
b1b1320534 softirq: Don't defer all softirq during RT task
Since 'commit f332a9d53e33 ("softirq: defer softirq processing to
ksoftirqd if CPU is busy with RT")', all softirqs are deferred
to ksoftirqd if one of the potentially long softirqs are pending.
This can significantly delay processing of tasklets and timers,
which are frequently designed to be running at high priority.

Defer only the potentially slow softirqs to ksoftirqd.

Change-Id: I7a2ef7c59749ccf086066c59962ff326786da6f4
Signed-off-by: Björn Davidsson <bjorn.davidsson@sony.com>
[clingutla@codeaurora.org:- Renamed local variables and refactored
 deferred logic to macro for avoiding potential deadlock.]
Signed-off-by: Lingutla Chandrasekhar <clingutla@codeaurora.org>
2018-03-22 23:20:10 -07:00
Srinivasarao P
dd4f1e35fa Merge android-4.4.106 (2fea039) into msm-4.4
* refs/heads/tmp-2fea039
  Linux 4.4.106
  usb: gadget: ffs: Forbid usb_ep_alloc_request from sleeping
  arm: KVM: Fix VTTBR_BADDR_MASK BUG_ON off-by-one
  Revert "x86/mm/pat: Ensure cpa->pfn only contains page frame numbers"
  Revert "x86/efi: Hoist page table switching code into efi_call_virt()"
  Revert "x86/efi: Build our own page table structures"
  net/packet: fix a race in packet_bind() and packet_notifier()
  packet: fix crash in fanout_demux_rollover()
  sit: update frag_off info
  rds: Fix NULL pointer dereference in __rds_rdma_map
  tipc: fix memory leak in tipc_accept_from_sock()
  more bio_map_user_iov() leak fixes
  s390: always save and restore all registers on context switch
  ipmi: Stop timers before cleaning up the module
  audit: ensure that 'audit=1' actually enables audit for PID 1
  ipvlan: fix ipv6 outbound device
  afs: Connect up the CB.ProbeUuid
  IB/mlx5: Assign send CQ and recv CQ of UMR QP
  IB/mlx4: Increase maximal message size under UD QP
  xfrm: Copy policy family in clone_policy
  jump_label: Invoke jump_label_test() via early_initcall()
  atm: horizon: Fix irq release error
  sctp: use the right sk after waking up from wait_buf sleep
  sctp: do not free asoc when it is already dead in sctp_sendmsg
  sparc64/mm: set fields in deferred pages
  block: wake up all tasks blocked in get_request()
  sunrpc: Fix rpc_task_begin trace point
  NFS: Fix a typo in nfs_rename()
  dynamic-debug-howto: fix optional/omitted ending line number to be LARGE instead of 0
  lib/genalloc.c: make the avail variable an atomic_long_t
  route: update fnhe_expires for redirect when the fnhe exists
  route: also update fnhe_genid when updating a route cache
  mac80211_hwsim: Fix memory leak in hwsim_new_radio_nl()
  kbuild: pkg: use --transform option to prefix paths in tar
  EDAC, i5000, i5400: Fix definition of NRECMEMB register
  EDAC, i5000, i5400: Fix use of MTR_DRAM_WIDTH macro
  powerpc/powernv/ioda2: Gracefully fail if too many TCE levels requested
  drm/amd/amdgpu: fix console deadlock if late init failed
  axonram: Fix gendisk handling
  netfilter: don't track fragmented packets
  zram: set physical queue limits to avoid array out of bounds accesses
  i2c: riic: fix restart condition
  crypto: s5p-sss - Fix completing crypto request in IRQ handler
  ipv6: reorder icmpv6_init() and ip6_mr_init()
  bnx2x: do not rollback VF MAC/VLAN filters we did not configure
  bnx2x: fix possible overrun of VFPF multicast addresses array
  bnx2x: prevent crash when accessing PTP with interface down
  spi_ks8995: fix "BUG: key accdaa28 not in .data!"
  arm64: KVM: Survive unknown traps from guests
  arm: KVM: Survive unknown traps from guests
  KVM: nVMX: reset nested_run_pending if the vCPU is going to be reset
  irqchip/crossbar: Fix incorrect type of register size
  scsi: lpfc: Fix crash during Hardware error recovery on SLI3 adapters
  workqueue: trigger WARN if queue_delayed_work() is called with NULL @wq
  libata: drop WARN from protocol error in ata_sff_qc_issue()
  kvm: nVMX: VMCLEAR should not cause the vCPU to shut down
  USB: gadgetfs: Fix a potential memory leak in 'dev_config()'
  usb: gadget: configs: plug memory leak
  HID: chicony: Add support for another ASUS Zen AiO keyboard
  gpio: altera: Use handle_level_irq when configured as a level_high
  ARM: OMAP2+: Release device node after it is no longer needed.
  ARM: OMAP2+: Fix device node reference counts
  module: set __jump_table alignment to 8
  selftest/powerpc: Fix false failures for skipped tests
  x86/hpet: Prevent might sleep splat on resume
  ARM: OMAP2+: gpmc-onenand: propagate error on initialization failure
  vti6: Don't report path MTU below IPV6_MIN_MTU.
  Revert "s390/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from asm"
  Revert "spi: SPI_FSL_DSPI should depend on HAS_DMA"
  Revert "drm/armada: Fix compile fail"
  mm: drop unused pmdp_huge_get_and_clear_notify()
  thp: fix MADV_DONTNEED vs. numa balancing race
  thp: reduce indentation level in change_huge_pmd()
  scsi: storvsc: Workaround for virtual DVD SCSI version
  ARM: avoid faulting on qemu
  ARM: BUG if jumping to usermode address in kernel mode
  arm64: fpsimd: Prevent registers leaking from dead tasks
  KVM: VMX: remove I/O port 0x80 bypass on Intel hosts
  arm64: KVM: fix VTTBR_BADDR_MASK BUG_ON off-by-one
  media: dvb: i2c transfers over usb cannot be done from stack
  drm/exynos: gem: Drop NONCONTIG flag for buffers allocated without IOMMU
  drm: extra printk() wrapper macros
  kdb: Fix handling of kallsyms_symbol_next() return value
  s390: fix compat system call table
  iommu/vt-d: Fix scatterlist offset handling
  ALSA: usb-audio: Add check return value for usb_string()
  ALSA: usb-audio: Fix out-of-bound error
  ALSA: seq: Remove spurious WARN_ON() at timer check
  ALSA: pcm: prevent UAF in snd_pcm_info
  x86/PCI: Make broadcom_postcore_init() check acpi_disabled
  X.509: reject invalid BIT STRING for subjectPublicKey
  ASN.1: check for error from ASN1_OP_END__ACT actions
  ASN.1: fix out-of-bounds read when parsing indefinite length item
  efi: Move some sysfs files to be read-only by root
  scsi: libsas: align sata_device's rps_resp on a cacheline
  isa: Prevent NULL dereference in isa_bus driver callbacks
  hv: kvp: Avoid reading past allocated blocks from KVP file
  virtio: release virtio index when fail to device_register
  can: usb_8dev: cancel urb on -EPIPE and -EPROTO
  can: esd_usb2: cancel urb on -EPIPE and -EPROTO
  can: ems_usb: cancel urb on -EPIPE and -EPROTO
  can: kvaser_usb: cancel urb on -EPIPE and -EPROTO
  can: kvaser_usb: ratelimit errors if incomplete messages are received
  can: kvaser_usb: Fix comparison bug in kvaser_usb_read_bulk_callback()
  can: kvaser_usb: free buf in error paths
  can: ti_hecc: Fix napi poll return value for repoll
  BACKPORT: irq: Make the irqentry text section unconditional
  UPSTREAM: arch, ftrace: for KASAN put hard/soft IRQ entries into separate sections
  UPSTREAM: x86, kasan, ftrace: Put APIC interrupt handlers into .irqentry.text
  UPSTREAM: kasan: make get_wild_bug_type() static
  UPSTREAM: kasan: separate report parts by empty lines
  UPSTREAM: kasan: improve double-free report format
  UPSTREAM: kasan: print page description after stacks
  UPSTREAM: kasan: improve slab object description
  UPSTREAM: kasan: change report header
  UPSTREAM: kasan: simplify address description logic
  UPSTREAM: kasan: change allocation and freeing stack traces headers
  UPSTREAM: kasan: unify report headers
  UPSTREAM: kasan: introduce helper functions for determining bug type
  BACKPORT: kasan: report only the first error by default
  UPSTREAM: kasan: fix races in quarantine_remove_cache()
  UPSTREAM: kasan: resched in quarantine_remove_cache()
  BACKPORT: kasan, sched/headers: Uninline kasan_enable/disable_current()
  BACKPORT: kasan: drain quarantine of memcg slab objects
  UPSTREAM: kasan: eliminate long stalls during quarantine reduction
  UPSTREAM: kasan: support panic_on_warn
  UPSTREAM: x86/suspend: fix false positive KASAN warning on suspend/resume
  UPSTREAM: kasan: support use-after-scope detection
  UPSTREAM: kasan/tests: add tests for user memory access functions
  UPSTREAM: mm, kasan: add a ksize() test
  UPSTREAM: kasan: test fix: warn if the UAF could not be detected in kmalloc_uaf2
  UPSTREAM: kasan: modify kmalloc_large_oob_right(), add kmalloc_pagealloc_oob_right()
  UPSTREAM: lib/stackdepot: export save/fetch stack for drivers
  UPSTREAM: lib/stackdepot.c: bump stackdepot capacity from 16MB to 128MB
  BACKPORT: kprobes: Unpoison stack in jprobe_return() for KASAN
  UPSTREAM: kasan: remove the unnecessary WARN_ONCE from quarantine.c
  UPSTREAM: kasan: avoid overflowing quarantine size on low memory systems
  UPSTREAM: kasan: improve double-free reports
  BACKPORT: mm: coalesce split strings
  BACKPORT: mm/kasan: get rid of ->state in struct kasan_alloc_meta
  UPSTREAM: mm/kasan: get rid of ->alloc_size in struct kasan_alloc_meta
  UPSTREAM: mm: kasan: remove unused 'reserved' field from struct kasan_alloc_meta
  UPSTREAM: mm/kasan, slub: don't disable interrupts when object leaves quarantine
  UPSTREAM: mm/kasan: don't reduce quarantine in atomic contexts
  UPSTREAM: mm/kasan: fix corruptions and false positive reports
  UPSTREAM: lib/stackdepot.c: use __GFP_NOWARN for stack allocations
  BACKPORT: mm, kasan: switch SLUB to stackdepot, enable memory quarantine for SLUB
  UPSTREAM: kasan/quarantine: fix bugs on qlist_move_cache()
  UPSTREAM: mm: mempool: kasan: don't poot mempool objects in quarantine
  UPSTREAM: kasan: change memory hot-add error messages to info messages
  BACKPORT: mm/kasan: add API to check memory regions
  UPSTREAM: mm/kasan: print name of mem[set,cpy,move]() caller in report
  UPSTREAM: mm: kasan: initial memory quarantine implementation
  UPSTREAM: lib/stackdepot: avoid to return 0 handle
  UPSTREAM: lib/stackdepot.c: allow the stack trace hash to be zero
  UPSTREAM: mm, kasan: fix compilation for CONFIG_SLAB
  BACKPORT: mm, kasan: stackdepot implementation. Enable stackdepot for SLAB
  BACKPORT: mm, kasan: add GFP flags to KASAN API
  UPSTREAM: mm, kasan: SLAB support
  UPSTREAM: mm/slab: align cache size first before determination of OFF_SLAB candidate
  UPSTREAM: mm/slab: use more appropriate condition check for debug_pagealloc
  UPSTREAM: mm/slab: factor out debugging initialization in cache_init_objs()
  UPSTREAM: mm/slab: remove object status buffer for DEBUG_SLAB_LEAK
  UPSTREAM: mm/slab: alternative implementation for DEBUG_SLAB_LEAK
  UPSTREAM: mm/slab: clean up DEBUG_PAGEALLOC processing code
  UPSTREAM: mm/slab: activate debug_pagealloc in SLAB when it is actually enabled
  sched: EAS/WALT: Don't take into account of running task's util
  BACKPORT: schedutil: Reset cached freq if it is not in sync with next_freq
  UPSTREAM: kasan: add functions to clear stack poison

Conflicts:
	arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_arm.h
	arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
	include/linux/kasan.h
	kernel/softirq.c
	lib/Kconfig
	lib/Kconfig.kasan
	lib/Makefile
	lib/stackdepot.c
	mm/kasan/kasan.c
	sound/usb/mixer.c

Change-Id: If70ced6da5f19be3dd92d10a8d8cd4d5841e5870
Signed-off-by: Srinivasarao P <spathi@codeaurora.org>
2018-01-18 12:45:07 +05:30
Alexander Potapenko
5249dcc4eb UPSTREAM: arch, ftrace: for KASAN put hard/soft IRQ entries into separate sections
KASAN needs to know whether the allocation happens in an IRQ handler.
This lets us strip everything below the IRQ entry point to reduce the
number of unique stack traces needed to be stored.

Move the definition of __irq_entry to <linux/interrupt.h> so that the
users don't need to pull in <linux/ftrace.h>.  Also introduce the
__softirq_entry macro which is similar to __irq_entry, but puts the
corresponding functions to the .softirqentry.text section.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Potapenko <glider@google.com>
Acked-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com>
Cc: Andrey Konovalov <adech.fo@gmail.com>
Cc: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com>
Cc: Andrey Ryabinin <ryabinin.a.a@gmail.com>
Cc: Konstantin Serebryany <kcc@google.com>
Cc: Dmitry Chernenkov <dmitryc@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

Bug: 64145065
(cherry-picked from be7635e7287e0e8013af3c89a6354a9e0182594c)
Change-Id: Ib321eb9c2b76ef4785cf3fd522169f524348bd9a
Signed-off-by: Paul Lawrence <paullawrence@google.com>
2017-12-14 08:26:37 -08:00
Pavankumar Kondeti
a66b3eb5af softirq: defer softirq processing to ksoftirqd if CPU is busy with RT
Defer the softirq processing to ksoftirqd if a RT task is running
or queued on the current CPU. This complements the RT task placement
algorithm which tries to find a CPU that is not currently busy with
softirqs.

Currently NET_TX, NET_RX, BLOCK and TASKLET softirqs are only deferred
as they can potentially run for long time.

Change-Id: Id7665244af6bbd5a96d9e591cf26154e9eaa860c
Signed-off-by: Pavankumar Kondeti <pkondeti@codeaurora.org>
2017-08-07 16:08:23 +05:30
John Dias
25e8ecf9da sched: avoid migrating when softint on tgt cpu should be short
The scheduling change (bug 31501544) to avoid putting RT threads on cores that
are handling softint's was catching cases where there was no reason
to believe the softint would take a long time, resulting in unnecessary
migration overhead. This patch reduces the migration to cases where
the core has a softint that is actually likely to take a long time,
as opposed to the RCU, SCHED, and TIMER softints that are rather quick.
Bug: 31752786

Change-Id: Ib4e179f1e15c736b2fdba31070494e357e9fbbe2
Git-commit: ce05770bd37b8065b61ef650108ecef2b97b148b
Git-repo: https://android.googlesource.com/kernel/msm
[pkondeti@codeaurora.org: resolved minor merge conflicts]
Signed-off-by: Pavankumar Kondeti <pkondeti@codeaurora.org>
2017-06-09 15:14:07 +05:30
Linus Torvalds
8308756f45 Merge branch 'locking-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull core locking updates from Ingo Molnar:
 "The main changes are:

   - mutex, completions and rtmutex micro-optimizations
   - lock debugging fix
   - various cleanups in the MCS and the futex code"

* 'locking-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  locking/rtmutex: Optimize setting task running after being blocked
  locking/rwsem: Use task->state helpers
  sched/completion: Add lock-free checking of the blocking case
  sched/completion: Remove unnecessary ->wait.lock serialization when reading completion state
  locking/mutex: Explicitly mark task as running after wakeup
  futex: Fix argument handling in futex_lock_pi() calls
  doc: Fix misnamed FUTEX_CMP_REQUEUE_PI op constants
  locking/Documentation: Update code path
  softirq/preempt: Add missing current->preempt_disable_ip update
  locking/osq: No need for load/acquire when acquire-polling
  locking/mcs: Better differentiate between MCS variants
  locking/mutex: Introduce ww_mutex_set_context_slowpath()
  locking/mutex: Move MCS related comments to proper location
  locking/mutex: Checking the stamp is WW only
2015-02-09 15:24:03 -08:00
Paul E. McKenney
60479676eb ksoftirqd: Use new cond_resched_rcu_qs() function
Simplify run_ksoftirqd() by using the new cond_resched_rcu_qs() function
that conditionally reschedules, but unconditionally supplies an RCU
quiescent state.  This commit is separate from the previous commit by
Calvin Owens because Calvin's approach can be backported, while this
commit cannot be.  The reason that this commit cannot be backported is
that cond_resched_rcu_qs() does not always provide the needed quiescent
state in earlier kernels.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2015-01-14 13:20:26 -08:00
Calvin Owens
28423ad283 ksoftirqd: Enable IRQs and call cond_resched() before poking RCU
While debugging an issue with excessive softirq usage, I encountered the
following note in commit 3e339b5dae ("softirq: Use hotplug thread
infrastructure"):

    [ paulmck: Call rcu_note_context_switch() with interrupts enabled. ]

...but despite this note, the patch still calls RCU with IRQs disabled.

This seemingly innocuous change caused a significant regression in softirq
CPU usage on the sending side of a large TCP transfer (~1 GB/s): when
introducing 0.01% packet loss, the softirq usage would jump to around 25%,
spiking as high as 50%. Before the change, the usage would never exceed 5%.

Moving the call to rcu_note_context_switch() after the cond_sched() call,
as it was originally before the hotplug patch, completely eliminated this
problem.

Signed-off-by: Calvin Owens <calvinowens@fb.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2015-01-14 13:18:58 -08:00
Heiko Carstens
0f1ba9a2ce softirq/preempt: Add missing current->preempt_disable_ip update
While debugging some "sleeping function called from invalid context" bug I
realized that the debugging message "Preemption disabled at:" pointed to
an incorrect function.

In particular if the last function/action that disabled preemption was
spin_lock_bh() then current->preempt_disable_ip won't be updated.

The reason for this is that __local_bh_disable_ip() will increase
preempt_count manually instead of calling preempt_count_add(), which
would handle the update correctly.

It look like the manual handling was done to work around some lockdep issue.

So add the missing update of current->preempt_disable_ip to
__local_bh_disable_ip() as well.

Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20150107090441.GC4365@osiris
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2015-01-14 15:16:21 +01:00
Paul E. McKenney
38200cf247 rcu: Remove "cpu" argument to rcu_note_context_switch()
The "cpu" argument to rcu_note_context_switch() is always the current
CPU, so drop it.  This in turn allows the "cpu" argument to
rcu_preempt_note_context_switch() to be removed, which allows the sole
use of "cpu" in both functions to be replaced with a this_cpu_ptr().
Again, the anticipated cross-CPU uses of these functions has been
replaced by NO_HZ_FULL.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Pranith Kumar <bobby.prani@gmail.com>
2014-11-03 19:20:34 -08:00
Linus Torvalds
0429fbc0bd Merge branch 'for-3.18-consistent-ops' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/percpu
Pull percpu consistent-ops changes from Tejun Heo:
 "Way back, before the current percpu allocator was implemented, static
  and dynamic percpu memory areas were allocated and handled separately
  and had their own accessors.  The distinction has been gone for many
  years now; however, the now duplicate two sets of accessors remained
  with the pointer based ones - this_cpu_*() - evolving various other
  operations over time.  During the process, we also accumulated other
  inconsistent operations.

  This pull request contains Christoph's patches to clean up the
  duplicate accessor situation.  __get_cpu_var() uses are replaced with
  with this_cpu_ptr() and __this_cpu_ptr() with raw_cpu_ptr().

  Unfortunately, the former sometimes is tricky thanks to C being a bit
  messy with the distinction between lvalues and pointers, which led to
  a rather ugly solution for cpumask_var_t involving the introduction of
  this_cpu_cpumask_var_ptr().

  This converts most of the uses but not all.  Christoph will follow up
  with the remaining conversions in this merge window and hopefully
  remove the obsolete accessors"

* 'for-3.18-consistent-ops' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/percpu: (38 commits)
  irqchip: Properly fetch the per cpu offset
  percpu: Resolve ambiguities in __get_cpu_var/cpumask_var_t -fix
  ia64: sn_nodepda cannot be assigned to after this_cpu conversion. Use __this_cpu_write.
  percpu: Resolve ambiguities in __get_cpu_var/cpumask_var_t
  Revert "powerpc: Replace __get_cpu_var uses"
  percpu: Remove __this_cpu_ptr
  clocksource: Replace __this_cpu_ptr with raw_cpu_ptr
  sparc: Replace __get_cpu_var uses
  avr32: Replace __get_cpu_var with __this_cpu_write
  blackfin: Replace __get_cpu_var uses
  tile: Use this_cpu_ptr() for hardware counters
  tile: Replace __get_cpu_var uses
  powerpc: Replace __get_cpu_var uses
  alpha: Replace __get_cpu_var
  ia64: Replace __get_cpu_var uses
  s390: cio driver &__get_cpu_var replacements
  s390: Replace __get_cpu_var uses
  mips: Replace __get_cpu_var uses
  MIPS: Replace __get_cpu_var uses in FPU emulator.
  arm: Replace __this_cpu_ptr with raw_cpu_ptr
  ...
2014-10-15 07:48:18 +02:00
Paul E. McKenney
284a8c93af rcu: Per-CPU operation cleanups to rcu_*_qs() functions
The rcu_bh_qs(), rcu_preempt_qs(), and rcu_sched_qs() functions use
old-style per-CPU variable access and write to ->passed_quiesce even
if it is already set.  This commit therefore updates to use the new-style
per-CPU variable access functions and avoids the spurious writes.
This commit also eliminates the "cpu" argument to these functions because
they are always invoked on the indicated CPU.

Reported-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2014-09-07 16:27:35 -07:00
Christoph Lameter
22127e93c5 time: Replace __get_cpu_var uses
Convert uses of __get_cpu_var for creating a address from a percpu
offset to this_cpu_ptr.

The two cases where get_cpu_var is used to actually access a percpu
variable are changed to use this_cpu_read/raw_cpu_read.

Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2014-08-26 13:45:44 -04:00
Ingo Molnar
e14505a8d5 Merge branch 'rcu/next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-rcu into core/rcu
Pull RCU updates from Paul E. McKenney:

" 1.      Update RCU documentation.  These were posted to LKML at
          https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/4/28/634.

  2.      Miscellaneous fixes.  These were posted to LKML at
          https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/4/28/645.

  3.      Torture-test changes.  These were posted to LKML at
          https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/4/28/667.

  4.      Variable-name renaming cleanup, sent separately due to conflicts.
          This was posted to LKML at https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/5/13/854.

  5.      Patch to suppress RCU stall warnings while sysrq requests are
          being processed.  This patch is the RCU portions of the patch
          that Rik posted to LKML at https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/4/29/457.
          The reason for pushing this patch ahead instead of waiting until
          3.17 is that the NMI-based stack traces are messing up sysrq
          output, and in some cases also messing up the system as well."

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2014-05-22 11:36:10 +02:00
Andi Kleen
722a9f9299 asmlinkage: Add explicit __visible to drivers/*, lib/*, kernel/*
As requested by Linus add explicit __visible to the asmlinkage users.
This marks functions visible to assembler.

Tree sweep for rest of tree.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1398984278-29319-4-git-send-email-andi@firstfloor.org
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
2014-05-05 16:07:46 -07:00
Eric Dumazet
a5d6d3a1b0 softirq: A single rcu_bh_qs() call per softirq set is enough
Calling rcu_bh_qs() after every softirq action is not really needed.
What RCU needs is at least one rcu_bh_qs() per softirq round to note a
quiescent state was passed for rcu_bh.

Note for Paul and myself : this could be inlined as a single instruction
and avoid smp_processor_id()
(sone this_cpu_write(rcu_bh_data.passed_quiesce, 1))

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
2014-04-29 08:45:40 -07:00
Thomas Gleixner
62a08ae2a5 genirq: x86: Ensure that dynamic irq allocation does not conflict
On x86 the allocation of irq descriptors may allocate interrupts which
are in the range of the GSI interrupts. That's wrong as those
interrupts are hardwired and we don't have the irq domain translation
like PPC. So one of these interrupts can be hooked up later to one of
the devices which are hard wired to it and the io_apic init code for
that particular interrupt line happily reuses that descriptor with a
completely different configuration so hell breaks lose.

Inside x86 we allocate dynamic interrupts from above nr_gsi_irqs,
except for a few usage sites which have not yet blown up in our face
for whatever reason. But for drivers which need an irq range, like the
GPIO drivers, we have no limit in place and we don't want to expose
such a detail to a driver.

To cure this introduce a function which an architecture can implement
to impose a lower bound on the dynamic interrupt allocations.

Implement it for x86 and set the lower bound to nr_gsi_irqs, which is
the end of the hardwired interrupt space, so all dynamic allocations
happen above.

That not only allows the GPIO driver to work sanely, it also protects
the bogus callsites of create_irq_nr() in hpet, uv, irq_remapping and
htirq code. They need to be cleaned up as well, but that's a separate
issue.

Reported-by: Jin Yao <yao.jin@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Tested-by: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Grant Likely <grant.likely@linaro.org>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Krogerus Heikki <heikki.krogerus@intel.com>
Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/alpine.DEB.2.02.1404241617360.28206@ionos.tec.linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2014-04-28 12:20:00 +02:00
Thomas Gleixner
d532676cc7 softirq: Add linux/irq.h to make it compile again
On Sparc and S390 the removal of irq.h from kernel_stat.h causes:

   kernel/softirq.c:774:9: error: 'NR_IRQS_LEGACY' undeclared

Reported-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2014-03-19 11:28:14 +01:00
Linus Torvalds
aafd9d6a46 Merge branch 'timers-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull timer/dynticks updates from Ingo Molnar:
 "This tree contains misc dynticks updates: a fix and three cleanups"

* 'timers-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  sched/nohz: Fix overflow error in scheduler_tick_max_deferment()
  nohz_full: fix code style issue of tick_nohz_full_stop_tick
  nohz: Get timekeeping max deferment outside jiffies_lock
  tick: Rename tick_check_idle() to tick_irq_enter()
2014-01-31 09:02:51 -08:00
Joe Perches
ce85b4f2ea softirq: use const char * const for softirq_to_name, whitespace neatening
Reduce data size a little.
Reduce checkpatch noise.

$ size kernel/softirq.o*
   text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
  11554	   6013	   4008	  21575	   5447	kernel/softirq.o.new
  11474	   6093	   4008	  21575	   5447	kernel/softirq.o.old

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2014-01-27 21:02:40 -08:00
Joe Perches
4032276415 softirq: convert printks to pr_<level>
Use a more current logging style.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2014-01-27 21:02:40 -08:00
Joe Perches
2e702b9f6c softirq: use ffs() in __do_softirq()
Possible speed improvement of __do_softirq() by using ffs() instead of
using a while loop with an & 1 test then single bit shift.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2014-01-27 21:02:40 -08:00
Ingo Molnar
a2b4c607c9 Merge branch 'timers/core' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/frederic/linux-dynticks into timers/urgent
Pull dynticks cleanups from Frederic Weisbecker.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2014-01-25 08:27:26 +01:00
Linus Torvalds
6c64614356 Merge branch 'timers-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull timer changes from Ingo Molnar:
  - ARM clocksource/clockevent improvements and fixes
  - generic timekeeping updates: TAI fixes/improvements, cleanups
  - Posix cpu timer cleanups and improvements
  - dynticks updates: full dynticks bugfixes, optimizations and cleanups

* 'timers-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (46 commits)
  clocksource: Timer-sun5i: Switch to sched_clock_register()
  timekeeping: Remove comment that's mostly out of date
  rtc-cmos: Add an alarm disable quirk
  timekeeper: fix comment typo for tk_setup_internals()
  timekeeping: Fix missing timekeeping_update in suspend path
  timekeeping: Fix CLOCK_TAI timer/nanosleep delays
  tick/timekeeping: Call update_wall_time outside the jiffies lock
  timekeeping: Avoid possible deadlock from clock_was_set_delayed
  timekeeping: Fix potential lost pv notification of time change
  timekeeping: Fix lost updates to tai adjustment
  clocksource: sh_cmt: Add clk_prepare/unprepare support
  clocksource: bcm_kona_timer: Remove unused bcm_timer_ids
  clocksource: vt8500: Remove deprecated IRQF_DISABLED
  clocksource: tegra: Remove deprecated IRQF_DISABLED
  clocksource: misc drivers: Remove deprecated IRQF_DISABLED
  clocksource: sh_mtu2: Remove unnecessary platform_set_drvdata()
  clocksource: sh_tmu: Remove unnecessary platform_set_drvdata()
  clocksource: armada-370-xp: Enable timer divider only when needed
  clocksource: clksrc-of: Warn if no clock sources are found
  clocksource: orion: Switch to sched_clock_register()
  ...
2014-01-20 11:34:26 -08:00
Linus Torvalds
a0fa1dd3cd Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull scheduler changes from Ingo Molnar:

 - Add the initial implementation of SCHED_DEADLINE support: a real-time
   scheduling policy where tasks that meet their deadlines and
   periodically execute their instances in less than their runtime quota
   see real-time scheduling and won't miss any of their deadlines.
   Tasks that go over their quota get delayed (Available to privileged
   users for now)

 - Clean up and fix preempt_enable_no_resched() abuse all around the
   tree

 - Do sched_clock() performance optimizations on x86 and elsewhere

 - Fix and improve auto-NUMA balancing

 - Fix and clean up the idle loop

 - Apply various cleanups and fixes

* 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (60 commits)
  sched: Fix __sched_setscheduler() nice test
  sched: Move SCHED_RESET_ON_FORK into attr::sched_flags
  sched: Fix up attr::sched_priority warning
  sched: Fix up scheduler syscall LTP fails
  sched: Preserve the nice level over sched_setscheduler() and sched_setparam() calls
  sched/core: Fix htmldocs warnings
  sched/deadline: No need to check p if dl_se is valid
  sched/deadline: Remove unused variables
  sched/deadline: Fix sparse static warnings
  m68k: Fix build warning in mac_via.h
  sched, thermal: Clean up preempt_enable_no_resched() abuse
  sched, net: Fixup busy_loop_us_clock()
  sched, net: Clean up preempt_enable_no_resched() abuse
  sched/preempt: Fix up missed PREEMPT_NEED_RESCHED folding
  sched/preempt, locking: Rework local_bh_{dis,en}able()
  sched/clock, x86: Avoid a runtime condition in native_sched_clock()
  sched/clock: Fix up clear_sched_clock_stable()
  sched/clock, x86: Use a static_key for sched_clock_stable
  sched/clock: Remove local_irq_disable() from the clocks
  sched/clock, x86: Rewrite cyc2ns() to avoid the need to disable IRQs
  ...
2014-01-20 10:42:08 -08:00
Frederic Weisbecker
5acac1be49 tick: Rename tick_check_idle() to tick_irq_enter()
This makes the code more symetric against the existing tick functions
called on irq exit: tick_irq_exit() and tick_nohz_irq_exit().

These function are also symetric as they mirror each other's action:
we start to account idle time on irq exit and we stop this accounting
on irq entry. Also the tick is stopped on irq exit and timekeeping
catches up with the tickless time elapsed until we reach irq entry.

This rename was suggested by Peter Zijlstra a long while ago but it
got forgotten in the mass.

Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Alex Shi <alex.shi@linaro.org>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
Cc: Kevin Hilman <khilman@linaro.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1387320692-28460-2-git-send-email-fweisbec@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
2014-01-15 23:05:31 +01:00
Peter Zijlstra
0bd3a173d7 sched/preempt, locking: Rework local_bh_{dis,en}able()
Currently local_bh_disable() is out-of-line for no apparent reason.
So inline it to save a few cycles on call/return nonsense, the
function body is a single add on x86 (a few loads and store extra on
load/store archs).

Also expose two new local_bh functions:

  __local_bh_{dis,en}able_ip(unsigned long ip, unsigned int cnt);

Which implement the actual local_bh_{dis,en}able() behaviour.

The next patch uses the exposed @cnt argument to optimize bh lock
functions.

With build fixes from Jacob Pan.

Cc: rjw@rjwysocki.net
Cc: rui.zhang@intel.com
Cc: jacob.jun.pan@linux.intel.com
Cc: Mike Galbraith <bitbucket@online.de>
Cc: hpa@zytor.com
Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
Cc: lenb@kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20131119151338.GF3694@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2014-01-13 17:32:27 +01:00
Peter Zijlstra
9ea4c38006 locking: Optimize lock_bh functions
Currently all _bh_ lock functions do two preempt_count operations:

  local_bh_disable();
  preempt_disable();

and for the unlock:

  preempt_enable_no_resched();
  local_bh_enable();

Since its a waste of perfectly good cycles to modify the same variable
twice when you can do it in one go; use the new
__local_bh_{dis,en}able_ip() functions that allow us to provide a
preempt_count value to add/sub.

So define SOFTIRQ_LOCK_OFFSET as the offset a _bh_ lock needs to
add/sub to be done in one go.

As a bonus it gets rid of the preempt_enable_no_resched() usage.

This reduces a 1000 loops of:

  spin_lock_bh(&bh_lock);
  spin_unlock_bh(&bh_lock);

from 53596 cycles to 51995 cycles. I didn't do enough measurements to
say for absolute sure that the result is significant but the the few
runs I did for each suggest it is so.

Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: jacob.jun.pan@linux.intel.com
Cc: Mike Galbraith <bitbucket@online.de>
Cc: hpa@zytor.com
Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
Cc: lenb@kernel.org
Cc: rjw@rjwysocki.net
Cc: rui.zhang@intel.com
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20131119151338.GF3694@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2014-01-13 13:47:36 +01:00
Frederic Weisbecker
e8fcaa5c54 nohz: Convert a few places to use local per cpu accesses
A few functions use remote per CPU access APIs when they
deal with local values.

Just do the right conversion to improve performance, code
readability and debug checks.

While at it, lets extend some of these function names with *_this_cpu()
suffix in order to display their purpose more clearly.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2013-12-02 20:39:30 +01:00
Frederic Weisbecker
5c4853b60c lockdep: Simplify a bit hardirq <-> softirq transitions
Instead of saving the hardirq state on a per CPU variable, which require
an explicit call before the softirq handling and some complication,
just save and restore the hardirq tracing state through functions
return values and parameters.

It simplifies a bit the black magic that works around the fact that
softirqs can be called from hardirqs while hardirqs can nest on softirqs
but those two cases have very different semantics and only the latter
case assume both states.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1384906054-30676-1-git-send-email-fweisbec@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2013-11-27 11:09:40 +01:00
Ingo Molnar
7d5b158310 Merge branch 'core/urgent' into core/locking
Prepare for dependent patch.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2013-11-27 11:09:19 +01:00
Peter Zijlstra
f1a83e652b lockdep: Correctly annotate hardirq context in irq_exit()
There was a reported deadlock on -rt which lockdep didn't report.

It turns out that in irq_exit() we tell lockdep that the hardirq
context ends and then do all kinds of locking afterwards.

To fix it, move trace_hardirq_exit() to the very end of irq_exit(), this
ensures all locking in tick_irq_exit() and rcu_irq_exit() are properly
recorded as happening from hardirq context.

This however leads to the 'fun' little problem of running softirqs
while in hardirq context. To cure this make the softirq code a little
more complex (in the CONFIG_TRACE_IRQFLAGS case).

Due to stack swizzling arch dependent trickery we cannot pass an
argument to __do_softirq() to tell it if it was done from hardirq
context or not; so use a side-band argument.

When we do __do_softirq() from hardirq context, 'atomically' flip to
softirq context and back, so that no locking goes without being in
either hard- or soft-irq context.

I didn't find any new problems in mainline using this patch, but it
did show the -rt problem.

Reported-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-dgwc5cdksbn0jk09vbmcc9sa@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2013-11-19 17:07:00 +01:00
Christoph Hellwig
fc21c0cff2 revert "softirq: Add support for triggering softirq work on softirqs"
This commit was incomplete in that code to remove items from the per-cpu
lists was missing and never acquired a user in the 5 years it has been in
the tree.  We're going to implement what it seems to try to archive in a
simpler way, and this code is in the way of doing so.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2013-11-15 09:32:22 +09:00
Linus Torvalds
39cf275a1a Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull scheduler changes from Ingo Molnar:
 "The main changes in this cycle are:

   - (much) improved CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING support from Mel Gorman, Rik
     van Riel, Peter Zijlstra et al.  Yay!

   - optimize preemption counter handling: merge the NEED_RESCHED flag
     into the preempt_count variable, by Peter Zijlstra.

   - wait.h fixes and code reorganization from Peter Zijlstra

   - cfs_bandwidth fixes from Ben Segall

   - SMP load-balancer cleanups from Peter Zijstra

   - idle balancer improvements from Jason Low

   - other fixes and cleanups"

* 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (129 commits)
  ftrace, sched: Add TRACE_FLAG_PREEMPT_RESCHED
  stop_machine: Fix race between stop_two_cpus() and stop_cpus()
  sched: Remove unnecessary iteration over sched domains to update nr_busy_cpus
  sched: Fix asymmetric scheduling for POWER7
  sched: Move completion code from core.c to completion.c
  sched: Move wait code from core.c to wait.c
  sched: Move wait.c into kernel/sched/
  sched/wait: Fix __wait_event_interruptible_lock_irq_timeout()
  sched: Avoid throttle_cfs_rq() racing with period_timer stopping
  sched: Guarantee new group-entities always have weight
  sched: Fix hrtimer_cancel()/rq->lock deadlock
  sched: Fix cfs_bandwidth misuse of hrtimer_expires_remaining
  sched: Fix race on toggling cfs_bandwidth_used
  sched: Remove extra put_online_cpus() inside sched_setaffinity()
  sched/rt: Fix task_tick_rt() comment
  sched/wait: Fix build breakage
  sched/wait: Introduce prepare_to_wait_event()
  sched/wait: Add ___wait_cond_timeout() to wait_event*_timeout() too
  sched: Remove get_online_cpus() usage
  sched: Fix race in migrate_swap_stop()
  ...
2013-11-12 10:20:12 +09:00
Ingo Molnar
37bf06375c Linux 3.12-rc4
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Merge tag 'v3.12-rc4' into sched/core

Merge Linux v3.12-rc4 to fix a conflict and also to refresh the tree
before applying more scheduler patches.

Conflicts:
	arch/avr32/include/asm/Kbuild

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2013-10-09 12:36:13 +02:00
Frederic Weisbecker
cc1f027454 irq: Optimize softirq stack selection in irq exit
If irq_exit() is called on the arch's specified irq stack,
it should be safe to run softirqs inline under that same
irq stack as it is near empty by the time we call irq_exit().

For example if we use the same stack for both hard and soft irqs here,
the worst case scenario is:
hardirq -> softirq -> hardirq. But then the softirq supersedes the
first hardirq as the stack user since irq_exit() is called in
a mostly empty stack. So the stack merge in this case looks acceptable.

Stack overrun still have a chance to happen if hardirqs have more
opportunities to nest, but then it's another problem to solve.

So lets adapt the irq exit's softirq stack on top of a new Kconfig symbol
that can be defined when irq_exit() runs on the irq stack. That way
we can spare some stack switch on irq processing and all the cache
issues that come along.

Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@au1.ibm.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@au1.ibm.com>
Cc: James Hogan <james.hogan@imgtec.com>
Cc: James E.J. Bottomley <jejb@parisc-linux.org>
Cc: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2013-10-01 12:53:27 +02:00
Frederic Weisbecker
0bed698a33 irq: Justify the various softirq stack choices
For clarity, comment the various stack choices for softirqs
processing, whether we execute them from ksoftirqd or
local_irq_enable() calls.

Their use on irq_exit() is already commented.

Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@au1.ibm.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@au1.ibm.com>
Cc: James Hogan <james.hogan@imgtec.com>
Cc: James E.J. Bottomley <jejb@parisc-linux.org>
Cc: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2013-10-01 12:53:27 +02:00
Frederic Weisbecker
5d60d3e7c0 irq: Improve a bit softirq debugging
do_softirq() has a debug check that verifies that it is not nesting
on softirqs processing, nor miscounting the softirq part of the preempt
count.

But making sure that softirqs processing don't nest is actually a more
generic concern that applies to any caller of __do_softirq().

Do take it one step further and generalize that debug check to
any softirq processing.

Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@au1.ibm.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@au1.ibm.com>
Cc: James Hogan <james.hogan@imgtec.com>
Cc: James E.J. Bottomley <jejb@parisc-linux.org>
Cc: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2013-10-01 12:53:26 +02:00
Frederic Weisbecker
be6e101644 irq: Optimize call to softirq on hardirq exit
Before processing softirqs on hardirq exit, we already
do the check for pending softirqs while hardirqs are
guaranteed to be disabled.

So we can take a shortcut and safely jump to the arch
specific implementation directly.

Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@au1.ibm.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@au1.ibm.com>
Cc: James Hogan <james.hogan@imgtec.com>
Cc: James E.J. Bottomley <jejb@parisc-linux.org>
Cc: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2013-10-01 12:53:25 +02:00
Frederic Weisbecker
7d65f4a655 irq: Consolidate do_softirq() arch overriden implementations
All arch overriden implementations of do_softirq() share the following
common code: disable irqs (to avoid races with the pending check),
check if there are softirqs pending, then execute __do_softirq() on
a specific stack.

Consolidate the common parts such that archs only worry about the
stack switch.

Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@au1.ibm.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@au1.ibm.com>
Cc: James Hogan <james.hogan@imgtec.com>
Cc: James E.J. Bottomley <jejb@parisc-linux.org>
Cc: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2013-10-01 12:53:25 +02:00
Frederic Weisbecker
ded7975475 irq: Force hardirq exit's softirq processing on its own stack
The commit facd8b80c6
("irq: Sanitize invoke_softirq") converted irq exit
calls of do_softirq() to __do_softirq() on all architectures,
assuming it was only used there for its irq disablement
properties.

But as a side effect, the softirqs processed in the end
of the hardirq are always called on the inline current
stack that is used by irq_exit() instead of the softirq
stack provided by the archs that override do_softirq().

The result is mostly safe if the architecture runs irq_exit()
on a separate irq stack because then softirqs are processed
on that same stack that is near empty at this stage (assuming
hardirq aren't nesting).

Otherwise irq_exit() runs in the task stack and so does the softirq
too. The interrupted call stack can be randomly deep already and
the softirq can dig through it even further. To add insult to the
injury, this softirq can be interrupted by a new hardirq, maximizing
the chances for a stack overrun as reported in powerpc for example:

	do_IRQ: stack overflow: 1920
	CPU: 0 PID: 1602 Comm: qemu-system-ppc Not tainted 3.10.4-300.1.fc19.ppc64p7 #1
	Call Trace:
	[c0000000050a8740] .show_stack+0x130/0x200 (unreliable)
	[c0000000050a8810] .dump_stack+0x28/0x3c
	[c0000000050a8880] .do_IRQ+0x2b8/0x2c0
	[c0000000050a8930] hardware_interrupt_common+0x154/0x180
	--- Exception: 501 at .cp_start_xmit+0x3a4/0x820 [8139cp]
		LR = .cp_start_xmit+0x390/0x820 [8139cp]
	[c0000000050a8d40] .dev_hard_start_xmit+0x394/0x640
	[c0000000050a8e00] .sch_direct_xmit+0x110/0x260
	[c0000000050a8ea0] .dev_queue_xmit+0x260/0x630
	[c0000000050a8f40] .br_dev_queue_push_xmit+0xc4/0x130 [bridge]
	[c0000000050a8fc0] .br_dev_xmit+0x198/0x270 [bridge]
	[c0000000050a9070] .dev_hard_start_xmit+0x394/0x640
	[c0000000050a9130] .dev_queue_xmit+0x428/0x630
	[c0000000050a91d0] .ip_finish_output+0x2a4/0x550
	[c0000000050a9290] .ip_local_out+0x50/0x70
	[c0000000050a9310] .ip_queue_xmit+0x148/0x420
	[c0000000050a93b0] .tcp_transmit_skb+0x4e4/0xaf0
	[c0000000050a94a0] .__tcp_ack_snd_check+0x7c/0xf0
	[c0000000050a9520] .tcp_rcv_established+0x1e8/0x930
	[c0000000050a95f0] .tcp_v4_do_rcv+0x21c/0x570
	[c0000000050a96c0] .tcp_v4_rcv+0x734/0x930
	[c0000000050a97a0] .ip_local_deliver_finish+0x184/0x360
	[c0000000050a9840] .ip_rcv_finish+0x148/0x400
	[c0000000050a98d0] .__netif_receive_skb_core+0x4f8/0xb00
	[c0000000050a99d0] .netif_receive_skb+0x44/0x110
	[c0000000050a9a70] .br_handle_frame_finish+0x2bc/0x3f0 [bridge]
	[c0000000050a9b20] .br_nf_pre_routing_finish+0x2ac/0x420 [bridge]
	[c0000000050a9bd0] .br_nf_pre_routing+0x4dc/0x7d0 [bridge]
	[c0000000050a9c70] .nf_iterate+0x114/0x130
	[c0000000050a9d30] .nf_hook_slow+0xb4/0x1e0
	[c0000000050a9e00] .br_handle_frame+0x290/0x330 [bridge]
	[c0000000050a9ea0] .__netif_receive_skb_core+0x34c/0xb00
	[c0000000050a9fa0] .netif_receive_skb+0x44/0x110
	[c0000000050aa040] .napi_gro_receive+0xe8/0x120
	[c0000000050aa0c0] .cp_rx_poll+0x31c/0x590 [8139cp]
	[c0000000050aa1d0] .net_rx_action+0x1dc/0x310
	[c0000000050aa2b0] .__do_softirq+0x158/0x330
	[c0000000050aa3b0] .irq_exit+0xc8/0x110
	[c0000000050aa430] .do_IRQ+0xdc/0x2c0
	[c0000000050aa4e0] hardware_interrupt_common+0x154/0x180
	 --- Exception: 501 at .bad_range+0x1c/0x110
		 LR = .get_page_from_freelist+0x908/0xbb0
	[c0000000050aa7d0] .list_del+0x18/0x50 (unreliable)
	[c0000000050aa850] .get_page_from_freelist+0x908/0xbb0
	[c0000000050aa9e0] .__alloc_pages_nodemask+0x21c/0xae0
	[c0000000050aaba0] .alloc_pages_vma+0xd0/0x210
	[c0000000050aac60] .handle_pte_fault+0x814/0xb70
	[c0000000050aad50] .__get_user_pages+0x1a4/0x640
	[c0000000050aae60] .get_user_pages_fast+0xec/0x160
	[c0000000050aaf10] .__gfn_to_pfn_memslot+0x3b0/0x430 [kvm]
	[c0000000050aafd0] .kvmppc_gfn_to_pfn+0x64/0x130 [kvm]
	[c0000000050ab070] .kvmppc_mmu_map_page+0x94/0x530 [kvm]
	[c0000000050ab190] .kvmppc_handle_pagefault+0x174/0x610 [kvm]
	[c0000000050ab270] .kvmppc_handle_exit_pr+0x464/0x9b0 [kvm]
	[c0000000050ab320]  kvm_start_lightweight+0x1ec/0x1fc [kvm]
	[c0000000050ab4f0] .kvmppc_vcpu_run_pr+0x168/0x3b0 [kvm]
	[c0000000050ab9c0] .kvmppc_vcpu_run+0xc8/0xf0 [kvm]
	[c0000000050aba50] .kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run+0x5c/0x1a0 [kvm]
	[c0000000050abae0] .kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0x478/0x730 [kvm]
	[c0000000050abc90] .do_vfs_ioctl+0x4ec/0x7c0
	[c0000000050abd80] .SyS_ioctl+0xd4/0xf0
	[c0000000050abe30] syscall_exit+0x0/0x98

Since this is a regression, this patch proposes a minimalistic
and low-risk solution by blindly forcing the hardirq exit processing of
softirqs on the softirq stack. This way we should reduce significantly
the opportunities for task stack overflow dug by softirqs.

Longer term solutions may involve extending the hardirq stack coverage to
irq_exit(), etc...

Reported-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: #3.9.. <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@au1.ibm.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@au1.ibm.com>
Cc: James Hogan <james.hogan@imgtec.com>
Cc: James E.J. Bottomley <jejb@parisc-linux.org>
Cc: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2013-10-01 12:39:08 +02:00
Peter Zijlstra
bdb4380658 sched: Extract the basic add/sub preempt_count modifiers
Rewrite the preempt_count macros in order to extract the 3 basic
preempt_count value modifiers:

  __preempt_count_add()
  __preempt_count_sub()

and the new:

  __preempt_count_dec_and_test()

And since we're at it anyway, replace the unconventional
$op_preempt_count names with the more conventional preempt_count_$op.

Since these basic operators are equivalent to the previous _notrace()
variants, do away with the _notrace() versions.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-ewbpdbupy9xpsjhg960zwbv8@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2013-09-25 14:07:54 +02:00
Peter Zijlstra
4a2b4b2227 sched: Introduce preempt_count accessor functions
Replace the single preempt_count() 'function' that's an lvalue with
two proper functions:

 preempt_count() - returns the preempt_count value as rvalue
 preempt_count_set() - Allows setting the preempt-count value

Also provide preempt_count_ptr() as a convenience wrapper to implement
all modifying operations.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-orxrbycjozopqfhb4dxdkdvb@git.kernel.org
[ Fixed build failure. ]
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2013-09-25 14:07:32 +02:00
Martin Schwidefsky
0244ad004a Remove GENERIC_HARDIRQ config option
After the last architecture switched to generic hard irqs the config
options HAVE_GENERIC_HARDIRQS & GENERIC_HARDIRQS and the related code
for !CONFIG_GENERIC_HARDIRQS can be removed.

Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2013-09-13 15:09:52 +02:00
Paul Gortmaker
0db0628d90 kernel: delete __cpuinit usage from all core kernel files
The __cpuinit type of throwaway sections might have made sense
some time ago when RAM was more constrained, but now the savings
do not offset the cost and complications.  For example, the fix in
commit 5e427ec2d0 ("x86: Fix bit corruption at CPU resume time")
is a good example of the nasty type of bugs that can be created
with improper use of the various __init prefixes.

After a discussion on LKML[1] it was decided that cpuinit should go
the way of devinit and be phased out.  Once all the users are gone,
we can then finally remove the macros themselves from linux/init.h.

This removes all the uses of the __cpuinit macros from C files in
the core kernel directories (kernel, init, lib, mm, and include)
that don't really have a specific maintainer.

[1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/5/20/589

Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
2013-07-14 19:36:59 -04:00
Linus Torvalds
a4883ef6af Merge branch 'irq-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull core irq changes from Ingo Molnar:
 "The main changes:

  - generic-irqchip driver additions, cleanups and fixes

  - 3 new irqchip drivers: ARMv7-M NVIC, TB10x and Marvell Orion SoCs

  - irq_get_trigger_type() simplification and cross-arch cleanup

  - various cleanups, simplifications

  - documentation updates"

* 'irq-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (26 commits)
  softirq: Use _RET_IP_
  genirq: Add the generic chip to the genirq docbook
  genirq: generic-chip: Export some irq_gc_ functions
  genirq: Fix can_request_irq() for IRQs without an action
  irqchip: exynos-combiner: Staticize combiner_init
  irqchip: Add support for ARMv7-M NVIC
  irqchip: Add TB10x interrupt controller driver
  irqdomain: Use irq_get_trigger_type() to get IRQ flags
  MIPS: octeon: Use irq_get_trigger_type() to get IRQ flags
  arm: orion: Use irq_get_trigger_type() to get IRQ flags
  mfd: stmpe: use irq_get_trigger_type() to get IRQ flags
  mfd: twl4030-irq: Use irq_get_trigger_type() to get IRQ flags
  gpio: mvebu: Use irq_get_trigger_type() to get IRQ flags
  genirq: Add irq_get_trigger_type() to get IRQ flags
  genirq: Irqchip: document gcflags arg of irq_alloc_domain_generic_chips
  genirq: Set irq thread to RT priority on creation
  irqchip: Add support for Marvell Orion SoCs
  genirq: Add kerneldoc for irq_disable.
  genirq: irqchip: Add mask to block out invalid irqs
  genirq: Generic chip: Add linear irq domain support
  ...
2013-07-02 16:14:35 -07:00
Davidlohr Bueso
d2e08473f2 softirq: Use _RET_IP_
Use the already defined macro to pass the function return address.

Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr.bueso@hp.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1367347569.1784.3.camel@buesod1.americas.hpqcorp.net
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2013-06-28 14:10:57 +02:00
Ben Greear
34376a50fb Fix lockup related to stop_machine being stuck in __do_softirq.
The stop machine logic can lock up if all but one of the migration
threads make it through the disable-irq step and the one remaining
thread gets stuck in __do_softirq.  The reason __do_softirq can hang is
that it has a bail-out based on jiffies timeout, but in the lockup case,
jiffies itself is not incremented.

To work around this, re-add the max_restart counter in __do_irq and stop
processing irqs after 10 restarts.

Thanks to Tejun Heo and Rusty Russell and others for helping me track
this down.

This was introduced in 3.9 by commit c10d73671a ("softirq: reduce
latencies").

It may be worth looking into ath9k to see if it has issues with its irq
handler at a later date.

The hang stack traces look something like this:

    ------------[ cut here ]------------
    WARNING: at kernel/watchdog.c:245 watchdog_overflow_callback+0x9c/0xa7()
    Watchdog detected hard LOCKUP on cpu 2
    Modules linked in: ath9k ath9k_common ath9k_hw ath mac80211 cfg80211 nfsv4 auth_rpcgss nfs fscache nf_nat_ipv4 nf_nat veth 8021q garp stp mrp llc pktgen lockd sunrpc]
    Pid: 23, comm: migration/2 Tainted: G         C   3.9.4+ #11
    Call Trace:
     <NMI>   warn_slowpath_common+0x85/0x9f
      warn_slowpath_fmt+0x46/0x48
      watchdog_overflow_callback+0x9c/0xa7
      __perf_event_overflow+0x137/0x1cb
      perf_event_overflow+0x14/0x16
      intel_pmu_handle_irq+0x2dc/0x359
      perf_event_nmi_handler+0x19/0x1b
      nmi_handle+0x7f/0xc2
      do_nmi+0xbc/0x304
      end_repeat_nmi+0x1e/0x2e
     <<EOE>>
      cpu_stopper_thread+0xae/0x162
      smpboot_thread_fn+0x258/0x260
      kthread+0xc7/0xcf
      ret_from_fork+0x7c/0xb0
    ---[ end trace 4947dfa9b0a4cec3 ]---
    BUG: soft lockup - CPU#1 stuck for 22s! [migration/1:17]
    Modules linked in: ath9k ath9k_common ath9k_hw ath mac80211 cfg80211 nfsv4 auth_rpcgss nfs fscache nf_nat_ipv4 nf_nat veth 8021q garp stp mrp llc pktgen lockd sunrpc]
    irq event stamp: 835637905
    hardirqs last  enabled at (835637904): __do_softirq+0x9f/0x257
    hardirqs last disabled at (835637905): apic_timer_interrupt+0x6d/0x80
    softirqs last  enabled at (5654720): __do_softirq+0x1ff/0x257
    softirqs last disabled at (5654725): irq_exit+0x5f/0xbb
    CPU 1
    Pid: 17, comm: migration/1 Tainted: G        WC   3.9.4+ #11 To be filled by O.E.M. To be filled by O.E.M./To be filled by O.E.M.
    RIP: tasklet_hi_action+0xf0/0xf0
    Process migration/1
    Call Trace:
     <IRQ>
      __do_softirq+0x117/0x257
      irq_exit+0x5f/0xbb
      smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x8a/0x98
      apic_timer_interrupt+0x72/0x80
     <EOI>
      printk+0x4d/0x4f
      stop_machine_cpu_stop+0x22c/0x274
      cpu_stopper_thread+0xae/0x162
      smpboot_thread_fn+0x258/0x260
      kthread+0xc7/0xcf
      ret_from_fork+0x7c/0xb0

Signed-off-by: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Pekka Riikonen <priikone@iki.fi>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2013-06-10 17:46:57 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
534c97b095 Merge branch 'timers-nohz-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull 'full dynticks' support from Ingo Molnar:
 "This tree from Frederic Weisbecker adds a new, (exciting! :-) core
  kernel feature to the timer and scheduler subsystems: 'full dynticks',
  or CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL=y.

  This feature extends the nohz variable-size timer tick feature from
  idle to busy CPUs (running at most one task) as well, potentially
  reducing the number of timer interrupts significantly.

  This feature got motivated by real-time folks and the -rt tree, but
  the general utility and motivation of full-dynticks runs wider than
  that:

   - HPC workloads get faster: CPUs running a single task should be able
     to utilize a maximum amount of CPU power.  A periodic timer tick at
     HZ=1000 can cause a constant overhead of up to 1.0%.  This feature
     removes that overhead - and speeds up the system by 0.5%-1.0% on
     typical distro configs even on modern systems.

   - Real-time workload latency reduction: CPUs running critical tasks
     should experience as little jitter as possible.  The last remaining
     source of kernel-related jitter was the periodic timer tick.

   - A single task executing on a CPU is a pretty common situation,
     especially with an increasing number of cores/CPUs, so this feature
     helps desktop and mobile workloads as well.

  The cost of the feature is mainly related to increased timer
  reprogramming overhead when a CPU switches its tick period, and thus
  slightly longer to-idle and from-idle latency.

  Configuration-wise a third mode of operation is added to the existing
  two NOHZ kconfig modes:

   - CONFIG_HZ_PERIODIC: [formerly !CONFIG_NO_HZ], now explicitly named
     as a config option.  This is the traditional Linux periodic tick
     design: there's a HZ tick going on all the time, regardless of
     whether a CPU is idle or not.

   - CONFIG_NO_HZ_IDLE: [formerly CONFIG_NO_HZ=y], this turns off the
     periodic tick when a CPU enters idle mode.

   - CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL: this new mode, in addition to turning off the
     tick when a CPU is idle, also slows the tick down to 1 Hz (one
     timer interrupt per second) when only a single task is running on a
     CPU.

  The .config behavior is compatible: existing !CONFIG_NO_HZ and
  CONFIG_NO_HZ=y settings get translated to the new values, without the
  user having to configure anything.  CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL is turned off by
  default.

  This feature is based on a lot of infrastructure work that has been
  steadily going upstream in the last 2-3 cycles: related RCU support
  and non-periodic cputime support in particular is upstream already.

  This tree adds the final pieces and activates the feature.  The pull
  request is marked RFC because:

   - it's marked 64-bit only at the moment - the 32-bit support patch is
     small but did not get ready in time.

   - it has a number of fresh commits that came in after the merge
     window.  The overwhelming majority of commits are from before the
     merge window, but still some aspects of the tree are fresh and so I
     marked it RFC.

   - it's a pretty wide-reaching feature with lots of effects - and
     while the components have been in testing for some time, the full
     combination is still not very widely used.  That it's default-off
     should reduce its regression abilities and obviously there are no
     known regressions with CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL=y enabled either.

   - the feature is not completely idempotent: there is no 100%
     equivalent replacement for a periodic scheduler/timer tick.  In
     particular there's ongoing work to map out and reduce its effects
     on scheduler load-balancing and statistics.  This should not impact
     correctness though, there are no known regressions related to this
     feature at this point.

   - it's a pretty ambitious feature that with time will likely be
     enabled by most Linux distros, and we'd like you to make input on
     its design/implementation, if you dislike some aspect we missed.
     Without flaming us to crisp! :-)

  Future plans:

   - there's ongoing work to reduce 1Hz to 0Hz, to essentially shut off
     the periodic tick altogether when there's a single busy task on a
     CPU.  We'd first like 1 Hz to be exposed more widely before we go
     for the 0 Hz target though.

   - once we reach 0 Hz we can remove the periodic tick assumption from
     nr_running>=2 as well, by essentially interrupting busy tasks only
     as frequently as the sched_latency constraints require us to do -
     once every 4-40 msecs, depending on nr_running.

  I am personally leaning towards biting the bullet and doing this in
  v3.10, like the -rt tree this effort has been going on for too long -
  but the final word is up to you as usual.

  More technical details can be found in Documentation/timers/NO_HZ.txt"

* 'timers-nohz-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (39 commits)
  sched: Keep at least 1 tick per second for active dynticks tasks
  rcu: Fix full dynticks' dependency on wide RCU nocb mode
  nohz: Protect smp_processor_id() in tick_nohz_task_switch()
  nohz_full: Add documentation.
  cputime_nsecs: use math64.h for nsec resolution conversion helpers
  nohz: Select VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN from full dynticks config
  nohz: Reduce overhead under high-freq idling patterns
  nohz: Remove full dynticks' superfluous dependency on RCU tree
  nohz: Fix unavailable tick_stop tracepoint in dynticks idle
  nohz: Add basic tracing
  nohz: Select wide RCU nocb for full dynticks
  nohz: Disable the tick when irq resume in full dynticks CPU
  nohz: Re-evaluate the tick for the new task after a context switch
  nohz: Prepare to stop the tick on irq exit
  nohz: Implement full dynticks kick
  nohz: Re-evaluate the tick from the scheduler IPI
  sched: New helper to prevent from stopping the tick in full dynticks
  sched: Kick full dynticks CPU that have more than one task enqueued.
  perf: New helper to prevent full dynticks CPUs from stopping tick
  perf: Kick full dynticks CPU if events rotation is needed
  ...
2013-05-05 13:23:27 -07:00
Frederic Weisbecker
c032862fba Merge commit '8700c95adb03' into timers/nohz
The full dynticks tree needs the latest RCU and sched
upstream updates in order to fix some dependencies.

Merge a common upstream merge point that has these
updates.

Conflicts:
	include/linux/perf_event.h
	kernel/rcutree.h
	kernel/rcutree_plugin.h

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
2013-05-02 17:54:19 +02:00