user/sven/linux.git/kernel/rcu/tree.h, branch v4.4.153

Merge branches 'fixes.2015.10.06a' and 'exp.2015.10.07a' into HEAD

2015-10-07T23:05:21Z

exp.2015.10.07a: Reduce OS jitter of RCU-sched expedited grace periods. fixes.2015.10.06a: Miscellaneous fixes.

rcu: Add online/offline info to expedited stall warning message

2015-10-07T23:02:50Z

This commit makes the RCU CPU stall warning message print online/offline indications immediately after the CPU number. A "O" indicates global offline, a "." global online, and a "o" indicates RCU believes that the CPU is offline for the current grace period and "." otherwise, and an "N" indicates that RCU believes that the CPU will be offline for the next grace period, and "." otherwise, all right after the CPU number. So for CPU 10, you would normally see "10-...:" indicating that everything believes that the CPU is online. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney

rcu: Stop silencing lockdep false positive for expedited grace periods

2015-10-07T23:02:49Z

This reverts commit af859beaaba4 (rcu: Silence lockdep false positive for expedited grace periods). Because synchronize_rcu_expedited() no longer invokes synchronize_sched_expedited(), ->exp_funnel_mutex acquisition is no longer nested, so the false positive no longer happens. This commit therefore removes the extra lockdep data structures, as they are no longer needed.

rcu: Switch synchronize_sched_expedited() to IPI

2015-10-07T23:01:12Z

This commit switches synchronize_sched_expedited() from stop_one_cpu_nowait() to smp_call_function_single(), thus moving from an IPI and a pair of context switches to an IPI and a single pass through the scheduler. Of course, if the scheduler actually does decide to switch to a different task, there will still be a pair of context switches, but there would likely have been a pair of context switches anyway, just a bit later. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney

rcu: Correct comment for values of ->gp_state field

2015-10-06T18:16:11Z

This commit corrects the comment for the values of the ->gp_state field, which previously incorrectly said that these were for the ->gp_flags field. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett

rcu: Finish folding ->fqs_state into ->gp_state

2015-10-06T18:15:59Z

Commit commit 4cdfc175c25c89ee ("rcu: Move quiescent-state forcing into kthread") started the process of folding the old ->fqs_state into ->gp_state, but did not complete it. This situation does not cause any malfunction, but can result in extremely confusing trace output. This commit completes this task of eliminating ->fqs_state in favor of ->gp_state. The old ->fqs_state was also used to decide when to collect dyntick-idle snapshots. For this purpose, we add a boolean variable into the kthread, which is set on the first call to rcu_gp_fqs() for a given grace period and clear otherwise. Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett

rcu: Use call_rcu_func_t to replace explicit type equivalents

2015-10-06T18:08:19Z

We have had the call_rcu_func_t typedef for a quite awhile, but we still use explicit function pointer types in some places. These types can confuse cscope and can be hard to read. This patch therefore replaces these types with the call_rcu_func_t typedef. Signed-off-by: Boqun Feng Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett

rcu: Use rcu_callback_t in call_rcu*() and friends

2015-10-06T18:08:05Z

As we now have rcu_callback_t typedefs as the type of rcu callbacks, we should use it in call_rcu*() and friends as the type of parameters. This could save us a few lines of code and make it clear which function requires an rcu callbacks rather than other callbacks as its argument. Besides, this can also help cscope to generate a better database for code reading. Signed-off-by: Boqun Feng Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett

rcu: Make ->cpu_no_qs be a union for aggregate OR

2015-09-21T04:16:21Z

This commit converts the rcu_data structure's ->cpu_no_qs field to a union. The bytewise side of this union allows individual access to indications as to whether this CPU needs to find a quiescent state for a normal (.norm) and/or expedited (.exp) grace period. The setwise side of the union allows testing whether or not a quiescent state is needed at all, for either type of grace period. For now, only .norm is used. A later commit will introduce the expedited usage. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney

rcu: Invert passed_quiesce and rename to cpu_no_qs

2015-09-21T04:16:21Z

This commit inverts the sense of the rcu_data structure's ->passed_quiesce field and renames it to ->cpu_no_qs. This will allow a later commit to use an "aggregate OR" operation to test expedited as well as normal grace periods without added overhead. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney