On Thu, Aug 23, 2007 at 06:15:01AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 23, 2007 at 03:44:44PM +0530, Gautham R Shenoy wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 23, 2007 at 01:54:56AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > > On Thu, Aug 23, 2007 at 09:56:39AM +0530, Gautham R Shenoy wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I feel we should still be able to use for_each_online_cpu(cpu) instead
> > > > of for_each_possible_cpu. Again, there's a good chance that I might
> > > > be mistaken!
> > > >
> > > > How about the following ?
> > > >
> > > > preempt_disable(); /* We Dont want cpus going down here */
> > > > for_each_online_cpu(cpu)
> > > > for (i = 0; i < RCU_BOOST_ELEMENTS; i++) {
> > > > rbdp = per_cpu(rcu_boost_dat, cpu);
> > > > sum.rbs_blocked += rbdp[i].rbs_blocked;
> > > > sum.rbs_boost_attempt += rbdp[i].rbs_boost_attempt;
> > > > sum.rbs_boost += rbdp[i].rbs_boost;
> > > > sum.rbs_unlock += rbdp[i].rbs_unlock;
> > > > sum.rbs_unboosted += rbdp[i].rbs_unboosted;
> > > > }
> > > > preempt_enable();
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > static int rcu_boost_cpu_callback(struct notifier_bloack *nb,
> > > > unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
> > > > {
> > > > int this_cpu, cpu;
> > > > rcu_boost_data *rbdp, *this_rbdp;
> > > >
> > > > switch (action) {
> > > > case CPU_DEAD:
> > > > this_cpu = get_cpu();
> > > > cpu = (long)hcpu;
> > > > this_cpu = smp_processor_id();
> > > > rbdp = per_cpu(rcu_boost_dat, cpu);
> > > > this_rbdp = per_cpu(rcu_boost_dat, cpu);
> > > > /*
> > > > * Transfer all of rbdp's statistics to
> > > > * this_rbdp here.
> > > > */
> > > > put_cpu();
> > > >
> > > > return NOTIFY_OK;
> > > > }
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Won't this work in this case?
> > >
> > > Hello, Gautham,
> > >
> > > We could do something similar. If there was a global rcu_boost_data
> > > variable that held the sums of the fields of the rcu_boost_data
> > > structures for all offline CPUs, and if we used a new lock to protect
> > > that global rcu_boost data variable (both when reading and when
> > > CPU hotplugging), then we could indeed scan only the online CPUs'
> > > rcu_boost_data elements.
> > >
> > > We would also have to maintain a cpumask_t for this purpose, and
> > > we would need to add a CPU's contribution when it went offline and
> > > subtract it when that CPU came back online.
> >
> > The additional cpumask_t beats me though! Doesn't the cpu_online_map
> > suffice here?
> > The addition and subtraction of a hotplugged cpu's
> > contribution from the global rcu_boost_data could be done while
> > handling the CPU_ONLINE and CPU_DEAD (or CPU_UP_PREPARE
> > and CPU_DOWN_PREPARE, whichever suits better), in the cpu hotplug
> > callback.
> >
> > Am I missing something ?
>
> Don't we need to synchronize the manipulation of the hotplugged CPU's
> contribution and the manipulation of cpu_online_map? Otherwise, if
> stats are called for just before (or just after, depending on the
> ordering of hotplug operations) the invocation will get the wrong
> statistics.
Oh, yes we need to synchronize that :-)
Can't we use lock_cpu_hotplug/unlock_cpu_hotplug (or it's variant when
it is available) around any access to cpu_online_map ? With that, it's
guaranteed that no cpu-hotplug operation will be permitted while you're
iterating over the cpu_online_map, and hence you have a
consistent view of global rcu_boost_data.
Even if we use another cpumask_t, whenever a cpu goes down or comes up,
that will be reflected in this map, no? So what's the additional
advantage of using it?
>
> > > The lock should not be a problem even on very large systems because
> > > of the low frequency of statistics printing -- and of hotplug operations,
> > > for that matter.
> >
> > The lock is not a problem, so long as somebody else doesn't call
> > the function taking the lock from their cpu-hotplug callback path :-)
> > Though I don't see it happening here.
>
> There are some ways to decrease its utilization if it should become
> a problem in any case.
Cool!
>
> Thanx, Paul
>
Thanks and Regards
gautham.
--
Gautham R Shenoy
Linux Technology Center
IBM India.
"Freedom comes with a price tag of responsibility, which is still a bargain,
because Freedom is priceless!"
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