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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RCU/Design/Data-Structures/Data-Structures.html | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RCU/Design/Expedited-Grace-Periods/Expedited-Grace-Periods.html | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RCU/Design/Memory-Ordering/Tree-RCU-Memory-Ordering.html | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.txt | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RCU/UP.txt | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt | 76 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RCU/rcu.txt | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RCU/rcubarrier.txt | 27 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/Design/Data-Structures/Data-Structures.html b/Documentation/RCU/Design/Data-Structures/Data-Structures.html index 18f179807563..c30c1957c7e6 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/Design/Data-Structures/Data-Structures.html +++ b/Documentation/RCU/Design/Data-Structures/Data-Structures.html @@ -155,8 +155,7 @@ keeping lock contention under control at all tree levels regardless of the level of loading on the system. </p><p>RCU updaters wait for normal grace periods by registering -RCU callbacks, either directly via <tt>call_rcu()</tt> and -friends (namely <tt>call_rcu_bh()</tt> and <tt>call_rcu_sched()</tt>), +RCU callbacks, either directly via <tt>call_rcu()</tt> or indirectly via <tt>synchronize_rcu()</tt> and friends. RCU callbacks are represented by <tt>rcu_head</tt> structures, which are queued on <tt>rcu_data</tt> structures while they are diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/Design/Expedited-Grace-Periods/Expedited-Grace-Periods.html b/Documentation/RCU/Design/Expedited-Grace-Periods/Expedited-Grace-Periods.html index 19e7a5fb6b73..57300db4b5ff 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/Design/Expedited-Grace-Periods/Expedited-Grace-Periods.html +++ b/Documentation/RCU/Design/Expedited-Grace-Periods/Expedited-Grace-Periods.html @@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ sections. RCU-preempt Expedited Grace Periods</a></h2> <p> +<tt>CONFIG_PREEMPT=y</tt> kernels implement RCU-preempt. The overall flow of the handling of a given CPU by an RCU-preempt expedited grace period is shown in the following diagram: @@ -139,6 +140,7 @@ or offline, among other things. RCU-sched Expedited Grace Periods</a></h2> <p> +<tt>CONFIG_PREEMPT=n</tt> kernels implement RCU-sched. The overall flow of the handling of a given CPU by an RCU-sched expedited grace period is shown in the following diagram: @@ -146,7 +148,7 @@ expedited grace period is shown in the following diagram: <p> As with RCU-preempt, RCU-sched's -<tt>synchronize_sched_expedited()</tt> ignores offline and +<tt>synchronize_rcu_expedited()</tt> ignores offline and idle CPUs, again because they are in remotely detectable quiescent states. However, because the diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/Design/Memory-Ordering/Tree-RCU-Memory-Ordering.html b/Documentation/RCU/Design/Memory-Ordering/Tree-RCU-Memory-Ordering.html index 8d21af02b1f0..c64f8d26609f 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/Design/Memory-Ordering/Tree-RCU-Memory-Ordering.html +++ b/Documentation/RCU/Design/Memory-Ordering/Tree-RCU-Memory-Ordering.html @@ -34,12 +34,11 @@ Similarly, any code that happens before the beginning of a given RCU grace period is guaranteed to see the effects of all accesses following the end of that grace period that are within RCU read-side critical sections. -<p>This guarantee is particularly pervasive for <tt>synchronize_sched()</tt>, -for which RCU-sched read-side critical sections include any region +<p>Note well that RCU-sched read-side critical sections include any region of code for which preemption is disabled. Given that each individual machine instruction can be thought of as an extremely small region of preemption-disabled code, one can think of -<tt>synchronize_sched()</tt> as <tt>smp_mb()</tt> on steroids. +<tt>synchronize_rcu()</tt> as <tt>smp_mb()</tt> on steroids. <p>RCU updaters use this guarantee by splitting their updates into two phases, one of which is executed before the grace period and diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.txt b/Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.txt index 687777f83b23..881353fd5bff 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.txt +++ b/Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.txt @@ -81,18 +81,19 @@ currently executing on some other CPU. We therefore cannot free up any data structures used by the old NMI handler until execution of it completes on all other CPUs. -One way to accomplish this is via synchronize_sched(), perhaps as +One way to accomplish this is via synchronize_rcu(), perhaps as follows: unset_nmi_callback(); - synchronize_sched(); + synchronize_rcu(); kfree(my_nmi_data); -This works because synchronize_sched() blocks until all CPUs complete -any preemption-disabled segments of code that they were executing. -Since NMI handlers disable preemption, synchronize_sched() is guaranteed +This works because (as of v4.20) synchronize_rcu() blocks until all +CPUs complete any preemption-disabled segments of code that they were +executing. +Since NMI handlers disable preemption, synchronize_rcu() is guaranteed not to return until all ongoing NMI handlers exit. It is therefore safe -to free up the handler's data as soon as synchronize_sched() returns. +to free up the handler's data as soon as synchronize_rcu() returns. Important note: for this to work, the architecture in question must invoke nmi_enter() and nmi_exit() on NMI entry and exit, respectively. diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/UP.txt b/Documentation/RCU/UP.txt index 90ec5341ee98..53bde717017b 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/UP.txt +++ b/Documentation/RCU/UP.txt @@ -86,10 +86,8 @@ even on a UP system. So do not do it! Even on a UP system, the RCU infrastructure -must- respect grace periods, and -must- invoke callbacks from a known environment in which no locks are held. -It -is- safe for synchronize_sched() and synchronize_rcu_bh() to return -immediately on an UP system. It is also safe for synchronize_rcu() -to return immediately on UP systems, except when running preemptable -RCU. +Note that it -is- safe for synchronize_rcu() to return immediately on +UP systems, including !PREEMPT SMP builds running on UP systems. Quick Quiz #3: Why can't synchronize_rcu() return immediately on UP systems running preemptable RCU? diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt b/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt index 6f469864d9f5..fcc59fea5cd4 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt +++ b/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt @@ -182,16 +182,13 @@ over a rather long period of time, but improvements are always welcome! when publicizing a pointer to a structure that can be traversed by an RCU read-side critical section. -5. If call_rcu(), or a related primitive such as call_rcu_bh(), - call_rcu_sched(), or call_srcu() is used, the callback function - will be called from softirq context. In particular, it cannot - block. +5. If call_rcu() or call_srcu() is used, the callback function will + be called from softirq context. In particular, it cannot block. -6. Since synchronize_rcu() can block, it cannot be called from - any sort of irq context. The same rule applies for - synchronize_rcu_bh(), synchronize_sched(), synchronize_srcu(), - synchronize_rcu_expedited(), synchronize_rcu_bh_expedited(), - synchronize_sched_expedite(), and synchronize_srcu_expedited(). +6. Since synchronize_rcu() can block, it cannot be called + from any sort of irq context. The same rule applies + for synchronize_srcu(), synchronize_rcu_expedited(), and + synchronize_srcu_expedited(). The expedited forms of these primitives have the same semantics as the non-expedited forms, but expediting is both expensive and @@ -212,20 +209,20 @@ over a rather long period of time, but improvements are always welcome! of the system, especially to real-time workloads running on the rest of the system. -7. If the updater uses call_rcu() or synchronize_rcu(), then the - corresponding readers must use rcu_read_lock() and - rcu_read_unlock(). If the updater uses call_rcu_bh() or - synchronize_rcu_bh(), then the corresponding readers must - use rcu_read_lock_bh() and rcu_read_unlock_bh(). If the - updater uses call_rcu_sched() or synchronize_sched(), then - the corresponding readers must disable preemption, possibly - by calling rcu_read_lock_sched() and rcu_read_unlock_sched(). - If the updater uses synchronize_srcu() or call_srcu(), then - the corresponding readers must use srcu_read_lock() and +7. As of v4.20, a given kernel implements only one RCU flavor, + which is RCU-sched for PREEMPT=n and RCU-preempt for PREEMPT=y. + If the updater uses call_rcu() or synchronize_rcu(), + then the corresponding readers my use rcu_read_lock() and + rcu_read_unlock(), rcu_read_lock_bh() and rcu_read_unlock_bh(), + or any pair of primitives that disables and re-enables preemption, + for example, rcu_read_lock_sched() and rcu_read_unlock_sched(). + If the updater uses synchronize_srcu() or call_srcu(), + then the corresponding readers must use srcu_read_lock() and srcu_read_unlock(), and with the same srcu_struct. The rules for the expedited primitives are the same as for their non-expedited counterparts. Mixing things up will result in confusion and - broken kernels. + broken kernels, and has even resulted in an exploitable security + issue. One exception to this rule: rcu_read_lock() and rcu_read_unlock() may be substituted for rcu_read_lock_bh() and rcu_read_unlock_bh() @@ -288,8 +285,7 @@ over a rather long period of time, but improvements are always welcome! d. Periodically invoke synchronize_rcu(), permitting a limited number of updates per grace period. - The same cautions apply to call_rcu_bh(), call_rcu_sched(), - call_srcu(), and kfree_rcu(). + The same cautions apply to call_srcu() and kfree_rcu(). Note that although these primitives do take action to avoid memory exhaustion when any given CPU has too many callbacks, a determined @@ -336,12 +332,12 @@ over a rather long period of time, but improvements are always welcome! to safely access and/or modify that data structure. RCU callbacks are -usually- executed on the same CPU that executed - the corresponding call_rcu(), call_rcu_bh(), or call_rcu_sched(), - but are by -no- means guaranteed to be. For example, if a given - CPU goes offline while having an RCU callback pending, then that - RCU callback will execute on some surviving CPU. (If this was - not the case, a self-spawning RCU callback would prevent the - victim CPU from ever going offline.) + the corresponding call_rcu() or call_srcu(). but are by -no- + means guaranteed to be. For example, if a given CPU goes offline + while having an RCU callback pending, then that RCU callback + will execute on some surviving CPU. (If this was not the case, + a self-spawning RCU callback would prevent the victim CPU from + ever going offline.) 13. Unlike other forms of RCU, it -is- permissible to block in an SRCU read-side critical section (demarked by srcu_read_lock() @@ -381,8 +377,7 @@ over a rather long period of time, but improvements are always welcome! SRCU's expedited primitive (synchronize_srcu_expedited()) never sends IPIs to other CPUs, so it is easier on - real-time workloads than is synchronize_rcu_expedited(), - synchronize_rcu_bh_expedited() or synchronize_sched_expedited(). + real-time workloads than is synchronize_rcu_expedited(). Note that rcu_dereference() and rcu_assign_pointer() relate to SRCU just as they do to other forms of RCU. @@ -428,22 +423,19 @@ over a rather long period of time, but improvements are always welcome! These debugging aids can help you find problems that are otherwise extremely difficult to spot. -17. If you register a callback using call_rcu(), call_rcu_bh(), - call_rcu_sched(), or call_srcu(), and pass in a function defined - within a loadable module, then it in necessary to wait for - all pending callbacks to be invoked after the last invocation - and before unloading that module. Note that it is absolutely - -not- sufficient to wait for a grace period! The current (say) - synchronize_rcu() implementation waits only for all previous - callbacks registered on the CPU that synchronize_rcu() is running - on, but it is -not- guaranteed to wait for callbacks registered - on other CPUs. +17. If you register a callback using call_rcu() or call_srcu(), + and pass in a function defined within a loadable module, + then it in necessary to wait for all pending callbacks to + be invoked after the last invocation and before unloading + that module. Note that it is absolutely -not- sufficient to + wait for a grace period! The current (say) synchronize_rcu() + implementation waits only for all previous callbacks registered + on the CPU that synchronize_rcu() is running on, but it is -not- + guaranteed to wait for callbacks registered on other CPUs. You instead need to use one of the barrier functions: o call_rcu() -> rcu_barrier() - o call_rcu_bh() -> rcu_barrier() - o call_rcu_sched() -> rcu_barrier() o call_srcu() -> srcu_barrier() However, these barrier functions are absolutely -not- guaranteed diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/rcu.txt b/Documentation/RCU/rcu.txt index 721b3e426515..c818cf65c5a9 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/rcu.txt +++ b/Documentation/RCU/rcu.txt @@ -52,10 +52,10 @@ o If I am running on a uniprocessor kernel, which can only do one o How can I see where RCU is currently used in the Linux kernel? Search for "rcu_read_lock", "rcu_read_unlock", "call_rcu", - "rcu_read_lock_bh", "rcu_read_unlock_bh", "call_rcu_bh", - "srcu_read_lock", "srcu_read_unlock", "synchronize_rcu", - "synchronize_net", "synchronize_srcu", and the other RCU - primitives. Or grab one of the cscope databases from: + "rcu_read_lock_bh", "rcu_read_unlock_bh", "srcu_read_lock", + "srcu_read_unlock", "synchronize_rcu", "synchronize_net", + "synchronize_srcu", and the other RCU primitives. Or grab one + of the cscope databases from: http://www.rdrop.com/users/paulmck/RCU/linuxusage/rculocktab.html diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/rcubarrier.txt b/Documentation/RCU/rcubarrier.txt index 5d7759071a3e..a2782df69732 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/rcubarrier.txt +++ b/Documentation/RCU/rcubarrier.txt @@ -83,16 +83,15 @@ Pseudo-code using rcu_barrier() is as follows: 2. Execute rcu_barrier(). 3. Allow the module to be unloaded. -There are also rcu_barrier_bh(), rcu_barrier_sched(), and srcu_barrier() -functions for the other flavors of RCU, and you of course must match -the flavor of rcu_barrier() with that of call_rcu(). If your module -uses multiple flavors of call_rcu(), then it must also use multiple +There is also an srcu_barrier() function for SRCU, and you of course +must match the flavor of rcu_barrier() with that of call_rcu(). If your +module uses multiple flavors of call_rcu(), then it must also use multiple flavors of rcu_barrier() when unloading that module. For example, if -it uses call_rcu_bh(), call_srcu() on srcu_struct_1, and call_srcu() on +it uses call_rcu(), call_srcu() on srcu_struct_1, and call_srcu() on srcu_struct_2(), then the following three lines of code will be required when unloading: - 1 rcu_barrier_bh(); + 1 rcu_barrier(); 2 srcu_barrier(&srcu_struct_1); 3 srcu_barrier(&srcu_struct_2); @@ -185,12 +184,12 @@ module invokes call_rcu() from timers, you will need to first cancel all the timers, and only then invoke rcu_barrier() to wait for any remaining RCU callbacks to complete. -Of course, if you module uses call_rcu_bh(), you will need to invoke -rcu_barrier_bh() before unloading. Similarly, if your module uses -call_rcu_sched(), you will need to invoke rcu_barrier_sched() before -unloading. If your module uses call_rcu(), call_rcu_bh(), -and- -call_rcu_sched(), then you will need to invoke each of rcu_barrier(), -rcu_barrier_bh(), and rcu_barrier_sched(). +Of course, if you module uses call_rcu(), you will need to invoke +rcu_barrier() before unloading. Similarly, if your module uses +call_srcu(), you will need to invoke srcu_barrier() before unloading, +and on the same srcu_struct structure. If your module uses call_rcu() +-and- call_srcu(), then you will need to invoke rcu_barrier() -and- +srcu_barrier(). Implementing rcu_barrier() @@ -223,8 +222,8 @@ shown below. Note that the final "1" in on_each_cpu()'s argument list ensures that all the calls to rcu_barrier_func() will have completed before on_each_cpu() returns. Line 9 then waits for the completion. -This code was rewritten in 2008 to support rcu_barrier_bh() and -rcu_barrier_sched() in addition to the original rcu_barrier(). +This code was rewritten in 2008 and several times thereafter, but this +still gives the general idea. The rcu_barrier_func() runs on each CPU, where it invokes call_rcu() to post an RCU callback, as follows: |