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2013-06-16percpu-refcount: use RCU-sched insted of normal RCUTejun Heo
percpu-refcount was incorrectly using preempt_disable/enable() for RCU critical sections against call_rcu(). 6a24474da8 ("percpu-refcount: consistently use plain (non-sched) RCU") fixed it by converting the preepmtion operations with rcu_read_[un]lock() citing that there isn't any advantage in using sched-RCU over using the usual one; however, rcu_read_[un]lock() for the preemptible RCU implementation - CONFIG_TREE_PREEMPT_RCU, chosen when CONFIG_PREEMPT - are slightly more expensive than preempt_disable/enable(). In a contrived microbench which repeats the followings, - percpu_ref_get() - copy 32 bytes of data into percpu buffer - percpu_put_get() - copy 32 bytes of data into percpu buffer rcu_read_[un]lock() used in percpu_ref_get/put() makes it go slower by about 15% when compared to using sched-RCU. As the RCU critical sections are extremely short, using sched-RCU shouldn't have any latency implications. Convert to RCU-sched. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Acked-by: Kent Overstreet <koverstreet@google.com> Acked-by: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
2013-06-13percpu-refcount: implement percpu_tryget() along with ↵Tejun Heo
percpu_ref_kill_and_confirm() Implement percpu_tryget() which stops giving out references once the percpu_ref is visible as killed. Because the refcnt is per-cpu, different CPUs will start to see a refcnt as killed at different points in time and tryget() may continue to succeed on subset of cpus for a while after percpu_ref_kill() returns. For use cases where it's necessary to know when all CPUs start to see the refcnt as dead, percpu_ref_kill_and_confirm() is added. The new function takes an extra argument @confirm_kill which is invoked when the refcnt is guaranteed to be viewed as killed on all CPUs. While this isn't the prettiest interface, it doesn't force synchronous wait and is much safer than requiring the caller to do its own call_rcu(). v2: Patch description rephrased to emphasize that tryget() may continue to succeed on some CPUs after kill() returns as suggested by Kent. v3: Function comment in percpu_ref_kill_and_confirm() updated warning people to not depend on the implied RCU grace period from the confirm callback as it's an implementation detail. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Slightly-Grumpily-Acked-by: Kent Overstreet <koverstreet@google.com>
2013-06-13percpu-refcount: implement percpu_ref_cancel_init()Tejun Heo
Normally, percpu_ref_init() initializes and percpu_ref_kill() initiates destruction which completes asynchronously. The asynchronous destruction can be problematic in init failure path where the caller wants to destroy half-constructed object - distinguishing half-constructed objects from the usual release method can be painful for complex objects. This patch implements percpu_ref_cancel_init() which synchronously destroys the percpu_ref without invoking release. To avoid unintentional misuses, the function requires the ref to have finished percpu_ref_init() but never used and triggers WARN otherwise. v2: Explain the weird name and usage restriction in the function comment. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Acked-by: Kent Overstreet <koverstreet@google.com>
2013-06-13percpu-refcount: add __must_check to percpu_ref_init() and don't use ↵Tejun Heo
ACCESS_ONCE() in percpu_ref_kill_rcu() Two small changes. * Unlike most init functions, percpu_ref_init() allocates memory and may fail. Let's mark it with __must_check in case the caller forgets. * percpu_ref_kill_rcu() is unnecessarily using ACCESS_ONCE() to dereference @ref->pcpu_count, which can be misleading. The pointer is guaranteed to be valid and visible and can't change underneath the function. Drop ACCESS_ONCE(). Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2013-06-12percpu-refcount: cosmetic updatesTejun Heo
* s/percpu_ref_release/percpu_ref_func_t/ as it's customary to have _t postfix for types and the type is gonna be used for a different type of callback too. * Add @ARG to function comments. * Drop unnecessary and unaligned indentation from percpu_ref_init() function comment. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Acked-by: Kent Overstreet <koverstreet@google.com>
2013-06-03percpu-refcount: Don't use silly cmpxchg()Kent Overstreet
The cmpxchg() was just to ensure the debug check didn't race, which was a bit excessive. The caller is supposed to do the appropriate synchronization, which means percpu_ref_kill() can just do a simple store. Signed-off-by: Kent Overstreet <koverstreet@google.com> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2013-06-03percpu: implement generic percpu refcountingKent Overstreet
This implements a refcount with similar semantics to atomic_get()/atomic_dec_and_test() - but percpu. It also implements two stage shutdown, as we need it to tear down the percpu counts. Before dropping the initial refcount, you must call percpu_ref_kill(); this puts the refcount in "shutting down mode" and switches back to a single atomic refcount with the appropriate barriers (synchronize_rcu()). It's also legal to call percpu_ref_kill() multiple times - it only returns true once, so callers don't have to reimplement shutdown synchronization. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix build] [akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style tweak] Signed-off-by: Kent Overstreet <koverstreet@google.com> Cc: Zach Brown <zab@redhat.com> Cc: Felipe Balbi <balbi@ti.com> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Cc: Mark Fasheh <mfasheh@suse.com> Cc: Joel Becker <jlbec@evilplan.org> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Cc: Asai Thambi S P <asamymuthupa@micron.com> Cc: Selvan Mani <smani@micron.com> Cc: Sam Bradshaw <sbradshaw@micron.com> Cc: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com> Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Cc: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@kvack.org> Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>