rcu: use softirq instead of kthreads except when RCU_BOOST=y
This patch #ifdefs RCU kthreads out of the kernel unless RCU_BOOST=y,
thus eliminating context-switch overhead if RCU priority boosting has
not been configured.
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
diff --git a/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h
index 38d09c5..2772386 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h
+++ b/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h
@@ -602,11 +602,15 @@
&__get_cpu_var(rcu_preempt_data));
}
+#ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST
+
static void rcu_preempt_do_callbacks(void)
{
rcu_do_batch(&rcu_preempt_state, &__get_cpu_var(rcu_preempt_data));
}
+#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST */
+
/*
* Queue a preemptible-RCU callback for invocation after a grace period.
*/
@@ -1002,10 +1006,6 @@
{
}
-static void rcu_preempt_do_callbacks(void)
-{
-}
-
/*
* Wait for an rcu-preempt grace period, but make it happen quickly.
* But because preemptible RCU does not exist, map to rcu-sched.
@@ -1258,6 +1258,23 @@
}
/*
+ * Wake up the per-CPU kthread to invoke RCU callbacks.
+ */
+static void invoke_rcu_callbacks_kthread(void)
+{
+ unsigned long flags;
+
+ local_irq_save(flags);
+ __this_cpu_write(rcu_cpu_has_work, 1);
+ if (__this_cpu_read(rcu_cpu_kthread_task) == NULL) {
+ local_irq_restore(flags);
+ return;
+ }
+ wake_up_process(__this_cpu_read(rcu_cpu_kthread_task));
+ local_irq_restore(flags);
+}
+
+/*
* Set the affinity of the boost kthread. The CPU-hotplug locks are
* held, so no one should be messing with the existence of the boost
* kthread.
@@ -1297,6 +1314,7 @@
if (&rcu_preempt_state != rsp)
return 0;
+ rsp->boost = 1;
if (rnp->boost_kthread_task != NULL)
return 0;
t = kthread_create(rcu_boost_kthread, (void *)rnp,
@@ -1319,22 +1337,15 @@
raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rnp->lock, flags);
}
-static void rcu_boost_kthread_setaffinity(struct rcu_node *rnp,
- cpumask_var_t cm)
+static void invoke_rcu_callbacks_kthread(void)
{
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
}
static void rcu_preempt_boost_start_gp(struct rcu_node *rnp)
{
}
-static int __cpuinit rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread(struct rcu_state *rsp,
- struct rcu_node *rnp,
- int rnp_index)
-{
- return 0;
-}
-
#endif /* #else #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_BOOST */
#ifndef CONFIG_SMP
@@ -1509,7 +1520,7 @@
*
* Because it is not legal to invoke rcu_process_callbacks() with irqs
* disabled, we do one pass of force_quiescent_state(), then do a
- * invoke_rcu_cpu_kthread() to cause rcu_process_callbacks() to be invoked
+ * invoke_rcu_core() to cause rcu_process_callbacks() to be invoked
* later. The per-cpu rcu_dyntick_drain variable controls the sequencing.
*/
int rcu_needs_cpu(int cpu)
@@ -1560,7 +1571,7 @@
/* If RCU callbacks are still pending, RCU still needs this CPU. */
if (c)
- invoke_rcu_cpu_kthread();
+ invoke_rcu_core();
return c;
}
