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We observed a regression in our customer’s environment after enabling
CONFIG_LAZY_RCU. In the Android Update Engine scenario, where ioctl() is
used heavily, we found that callbacks queued via call_rcu_hurry (such as
percpu_ref_switch_to_atomic_rcu) can sometimes be delayed by up to 5
seconds before execution. This occurs because the new grace period does
not start immediately after the previous one completes.
The root cause is that the wake_nocb_gp_defer() function now checks
"rdp->nocb_defer_wakeup" instead of "rdp_gp->nocb_defer_wakeup". On CPUs
that are not rcuog, "rdp->nocb_defer_wakeup" may always be
RCU_NOCB_WAKE_NOT. This can cause "rdp_gp->nocb_defer_wakeup" to be
downgraded and the "rdp_gp->nocb_timer" to be postponed by up to 10
seconds, delaying the execution of hurry RCU callbacks.
The trace log of one scenario we encountered is as follow:
// previous GP ends at this point
rcu_preempt [000] d..1. 137.240210: rcu_grace_period: rcu_preempt 8369 end
rcu_preempt [000] ..... 137.240212: rcu_grace_period: rcu_preempt 8372 reqwait
// call_rcu_hurry enqueues "percpu_ref_switch_to_atomic_rcu", the callback waited on by UpdateEngine
update_engine [002] d..1. 137.301593: __call_rcu_common: wyy: unlikely p_ref = 00000000********. lazy = 0
// FirstQ on cpu 2 rdp_gp->nocb_timer is set to fire after 1 jiffy (4ms)
// and the rdp_gp->nocb_defer_wakeup is set to RCU_NOCB_WAKE
update_engine [002] d..2. 137.301595: rcu_nocb_wake: rcu_preempt 2 FirstQ on cpu2 with rdp_gp (cpu0).
// FirstBQ event on cpu2 during the 1 jiffy, make the timer postpond 10 seconds later.
// also, the rdp_gp->nocb_defer_wakeup is overwrite to RCU_NOCB_WAKE_LAZY
update_engine [002] d..1. 137.301601: rcu_nocb_wake: rcu_preempt 2 WakeEmptyIsDeferred
...
...
...
// before the 10 seconds timeout, cpu0 received another call_rcu_hurry
// reset the timer to jiffies+1 and set the waketype = RCU_NOCB_WAKE.
kworker/u32:0 [000] d..2. 142.557564: rcu_nocb_wake: rcu_preempt 0 FirstQ
kworker/u32:0 [000] d..1. 142.557576: rcu_nocb_wake: rcu_preempt 0 WakeEmptyIsDeferred
kworker/u32:0 [000] d..1. 142.558296: rcu_nocb_wake: rcu_preempt 0 WakeNot
kworker/u32:0 [000] d..1. 142.558562: rcu_nocb_wake: rcu_preempt 0 WakeNot
// idle(do_nocb_deferred_wakeup) wake rcuog due to waketype == RCU_NOCB_WAKE
<idle> [000] d..1. 142.558786: rcu_nocb_wake: rcu_preempt 0 DoWake
<idle> [000] dN.1. 142.558839: rcu_nocb_wake: rcu_preempt 0 DeferredWake
rcuog/0 [000] ..... 142.558871: rcu_nocb_wake: rcu_preempt 0 EndSleep
rcuog/0 [000] ..... 142.558877: rcu_nocb_wake: rcu_preempt 0 Check
// finally rcuog request a new GP at this point (5 seconds after the FirstQ event)
rcuog/0 [000] d..2. 142.558886: rcu_grace_period: rcu_preempt 8372 newreq
rcu_preempt [001] d..1. 142.559458: rcu_grace_period: rcu_preempt 8373 start
...
rcu_preempt [000] d..1. 142.564258: rcu_grace_period: rcu_preempt 8373 end
rcuop/2 [000] D..1. 142.566337: rcu_batch_start: rcu_preempt CBs=219 bl=10
// the hurry CB is invoked at this point
rcuop/2 [000] b.... 142.566352: blk_queue_usage_counter_release: wyy: wakeup. p_ref = 00000000********.
This patch changes the condition to check "rdp_gp->nocb_defer_wakeup" in
the lazy path. This prevents an already scheduled "rdp_gp->nocb_timer"
from being postponed and avoids overwriting "rdp_gp->nocb_defer_wakeup"
when it is not RCU_NOCB_WAKE_NOT.
Fixes: 3cb278e73b ("rcu: Make call_rcu() lazy to save power")
Co-developed-by: Cheng-jui Wang <cheng-jui.wang@mediatek.com>
Signed-off-by: Cheng-jui Wang <cheng-jui.wang@mediatek.com>
Co-developed-by: Lorry.Luo@mediatek.com
Signed-off-by: Lorry.Luo@mediatek.com
Tested-by: weiyangyang@vivo.com
Signed-off-by: weiyangyang@vivo.com
Signed-off-by: Tze-nan Wu <Tze-nan.Wu@mediatek.com>
Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Neeraj Upadhyay (AMD) <neeraj.upadhyay@kernel.org>
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