linux_dsm_epyc7002/kernel
Paul E. McKenney b2c0710c46 rcu: move TINY_RCU from softirq to kthread
If RCU priority boosting is to be meaningful, callback invocation must
be boosted in addition to preempted RCU readers.  Otherwise, in presence
of CPU real-time threads, the grace period ends, but the callbacks don't
get invoked.  If the callbacks don't get invoked, the associated memory
doesn't get freed, so the system is still subject to OOM.

But it is not reasonable to priority-boost RCU_SOFTIRQ, so this commit
moves the callback invocations to a kthread, which can be boosted easily.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paul.mckenney@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2010-11-17 15:45:09 -08:00
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debug Merge branch 'core-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2010-09-08 11:13:42 -07:00
gcov gcov: fix null-pointer dereference for certain module types 2010-09-09 18:57:23 -07:00
irq irq: Add new IRQ flag IRQF_NO_SUSPEND 2010-07-29 13:24:57 +02:00
power Merge branch 'pm-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rafael/suspend-2.6 2010-09-11 15:50:53 -07:00
time time: Workaround gcc loop optimization that causes 64bit div errors 2010-08-13 12:03:24 -07:00
trace Merge branch 'perf-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2010-09-10 07:31:24 -07:00
.gitignore
acct.c pass a struct path to vfs_statfs 2010-08-09 16:48:42 -04:00
async.c async: use workqueue for worker pool 2010-07-14 11:29:46 +02:00
audit_tree.c fanotify: use both marks when possible 2010-07-28 10:18:55 -04:00
audit_watch.c Revert "fsnotify: store struct file not struct path" 2010-08-12 14:23:04 -07:00
audit.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.infradead.org/users/eparis/notify 2010-08-10 11:39:13 -07:00
audit.h Audit: split audit watch Kconfig 2010-07-28 09:58:19 -04:00
auditfilter.c audit: do not get and put just to free a watch 2010-07-28 09:58:17 -04:00
auditsc.c vfs: add helpers to get root and pwd 2010-08-11 00:28:20 -04:00
backtracetest.c
bounds.c kbuild: move bounds.h to include/generated 2009-12-12 13:08:14 +01:00
capability.c sched: Remove remaining USER_SCHED code 2010-04-02 20:12:00 +02:00
cgroup_freezer.c Freezer / cgroup freezer: Update stale locking comments 2010-05-10 23:18:47 +02:00
cgroup.c Merge branch 'rcu/urgent' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-2.6-rcu into core/rcu 2010-10-07 09:43:11 +02:00
compat.c compat: Make compat_alloc_user_space() incorporate the access_ok() 2010-09-14 16:08:45 -07:00
configs.c
cpu.c sched: adjust when cpu_active and cpuset configurations are updated during cpu on/offlining 2010-06-08 21:40:36 +02:00
cpuset.c Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2010-08-06 09:39:22 -07:00
cred.c Add a dummy printk function for the maintenance of unused printks 2010-08-12 09:51:35 -07:00
delayacct.c headers: taskstats_kern.h trim 2009-09-18 09:48:52 -07:00
dma.c
early_res.c kmemleak: Add support for NO_BOOTMEM configurations 2010-07-19 11:54:15 +01:00
elfcore.c elf coredump: add extended numbering support 2010-03-06 11:26:46 -08:00
exec_domain.c sys_personality: remove the bogus checks in sys_personality()->__set_personality() path 2010-08-09 20:45:05 -07:00
exit.c Fix unprotected access to task credentials in waitid() 2010-08-17 18:07:43 -07:00
extable.c
fork.c rmap: fix walk during fork 2010-09-22 17:22:39 -07:00
freezer.c
futex_compat.c futex: Protect pid lookup in compat code with RCU 2009-12-09 14:22:14 +01:00
futex.c futex: futex_find_get_task remove credentails check 2010-06-30 15:43:44 -07:00
groups.c kernel/groups.c: fix integer overflow in groups_search 2010-09-09 18:57:24 -07:00
hrtimer.c gcc-4.6: kernel/*: Fix unused but set warnings 2010-09-05 14:36:58 +02:00
hung_task.c softlockup: Fix hung_task_check_count sysctl 2009-11-27 06:21:57 +01:00
hw_breakpoint.c hw breakpoints: Fix pid namespace bug 2010-09-17 04:42:59 +02:00
itimer.c itimers: Fix racy writes to cpu_itimer fields 2009-11-18 16:32:12 +01:00
kallsyms.c kdb: core for kgdb back end (2 of 2) 2010-05-20 21:04:21 -05:00
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.locks mutex: Better control mutex adaptive spinning config 2009-12-03 11:50:11 +01:00
Kconfig.preempt
kexec.c kexec: return -EFAULT on copy_to_user() failures 2010-08-11 08:59:22 -07:00
kfifo.c kfifo: fix scatterlist usage 2010-10-01 10:50:58 -07:00
kmod.c Make do_execve() take a const filename pointer 2010-08-17 18:07:43 -07:00
kprobes.c kprobes: Move enable/disable_kprobe() out from debugfs code 2010-05-08 18:08:30 +02:00
ksysfs.c sysfs: add struct file* to bin_attr callbacks 2010-05-21 09:37:31 -07:00
kthread.c kthread: implement kthread_data() 2010-06-29 10:07:09 +02:00
latencytop.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
lockdep_internals.h lockdep: No need to disable preemption in debug atomic ops 2010-05-04 05:38:16 +02:00
lockdep_proc.c lockstat: Make lockstat counting per cpu 2010-04-06 00:15:37 +02:00
lockdep_states.h
lockdep.c sched_clock: Add local_clock() API and improve documentation 2010-06-09 10:34:49 +02:00
Makefile rcu: Add a TINY_PREEMPT_RCU 2010-08-20 08:55:00 -07:00
module.c modules: Fix module_bug_list list corruption race 2010-10-05 11:29:27 -07:00
mutex-debug.c headers: remove sched.h from interrupt.h 2009-10-11 11:20:58 -07:00
mutex-debug.h locking: Implement new raw_spinlock 2009-12-14 23:55:32 +01:00
mutex.c mutex: Fix annotations to include it in kernel-locking docbook 2010-09-03 08:19:51 +02:00
mutex.h
notifier.c sched: Use lockdep-based checking on rcu_dereference() 2010-02-25 10:34:26 +01:00
ns_cgroup.c cgroups: let ss->can_attach and ss->attach do whole threadgroups at a time 2009-09-24 07:20:58 -07:00
nsproxy.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
padata.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2010-08-04 15:23:14 -07:00
panic.c lib/bug.c: add oops end marker to WARN implementation 2010-08-11 08:59:22 -07:00
params.c param: locking for kernel parameters 2010-08-11 23:04:20 +09:30
perf_event.c perf: Fix CPU hotplug 2010-09-09 20:38:52 +02:00
pid_namespace.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
pid.c Add RCU check for find_task_by_vpid(). 2010-08-19 17:18:02 -07:00
pm_qos_params.c PM QoS: Correct pr_debug() misuse and improve parameter checks 2010-09-11 00:53:05 +02:00
posix-cpu-timers.c Merge branch 'writable_limits' of git://decibel.fi.muni.cz/~xslaby/linux 2010-08-10 12:07:51 -07:00
posix-timers.c posix_timer: Move copy_to_user(created_timer_id) down in timer_create() 2010-07-23 15:08:12 +02:00
printk.c gcc-4.6: printk: use stable variable to dump kmsg buffer 2010-08-09 20:45:06 -07:00
profile.c numa: in-kernel profiling: use cpu_to_mem() for per cpu allocations 2010-05-27 09:12:57 -07:00
ptrace.c ptrace: optimize exit_ptrace() for the likely case 2010-08-11 08:59:19 -07:00
range.c kernel/range: remove unused definition of ARRAY_SIZE() 2010-08-09 20:45:06 -07:00
rcupdate.c Merge branch 'rcu/urgent' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-2.6-rcu into core/rcu 2010-10-07 09:43:11 +02:00
rcutiny_plugin.h rcu: move TINY_RCU from softirq to kthread 2010-11-17 15:45:09 -08:00
rcutiny.c rcu: move TINY_RCU from softirq to kthread 2010-11-17 15:45:09 -08:00
rcutorture.c rcu: add priority-inversion testing to rcutorture 2010-10-07 10:41:08 -07:00
rcutree_plugin.h rcu: fix _oddness handling of verbose stall warnings 2010-09-02 16:15:30 -07:00
rcutree_trace.c rcu: Add tracing data to support queueing models 2010-09-23 09:16:53 -07:00
rcutree.c rcu: using ACCESS_ONCE() to observe the jiffies_stall/rnp->qsmask value 2010-10-07 10:41:06 -07:00
rcutree.h rcu: Add tracing data to support queueing models 2010-09-23 09:16:53 -07:00
relay.c kernel/: convert cpu notifier to return encapsulate errno value 2010-05-27 09:12:48 -07:00
res_counter.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
resource.c resource: shared I/O region support 2010-05-11 12:01:10 -07:00
rtmutex_common.h
rtmutex-debug.c sched: Convert pi_lock to raw_spinlock 2009-12-14 23:55:33 +01:00
rtmutex-debug.h
rtmutex-tester.c
rtmutex.c rtmutes: Convert rtmutex.lock to raw_spinlock 2009-12-14 23:55:33 +01:00
rtmutex.h
rwsem.c
sched_clock.c sched_clock: Add local_clock() API and improve documentation 2010-06-09 10:34:49 +02:00
sched_cpupri.c sched: No need for bootmem special cases 2010-07-17 12:06:22 +02:00
sched_cpupri.h sched: No need for bootmem special cases 2010-07-17 12:06:22 +02:00
sched_debug.c sched: Use correct macro to display sched_child_runs_first in /proc/sched_debug 2010-07-21 21:46:12 +02:00
sched_fair.c sched: suppress RCU lockdep splat in task_fork_fair 2010-10-07 10:40:50 -07:00
sched_features.h sched: Remove ASYM_GRAN feature 2010-03-11 18:32:53 +01:00
sched_idletask.c sched: Cure load average vs NO_HZ woes 2010-04-23 11:02:02 +02:00
sched_rt.c sched: task_tick_rt: Remove the obsolete ->signal != NULL check 2010-06-18 10:46:56 +02:00
sched_stats.h sched: Remove the obsolete exit_state/signal hacks 2010-06-18 10:46:56 +02:00
sched.c sched: fix RCU lockdep splat from task_group() 2010-10-07 10:41:07 -07:00
seccomp.c
semaphore.c
signal.c CRED: Fix RCU warning due to previous patch fixing __task_cred()'s checks 2010-08-04 11:17:10 -07:00
smp.c generic-ipi: Fix deadlock in __smp_call_function_single 2010-09-10 16:48:40 +02:00
softirq.c kernel/: fix BUG_ON checks for cpu notifier callbacks direct call 2010-06-04 15:21:45 -07:00
spinlock.c locking: Cleanup the name space completely 2009-12-14 23:55:33 +01:00
srcu.c kernel: Remove undead ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC 2010-09-23 09:14:51 -07:00
stacktrace.c
stop_machine.c stop_machine: struct cpu_stopper, remove alignment padding on 64 bits 2010-08-09 20:45:06 -07:00
sys_ni.c fanotify: sys_fanotify_mark declartion 2010-07-28 09:58:55 -04:00
sys.c pid: make setpgid() system call use RCU read-side critical section 2010-08-31 17:00:18 -07:00
sysctl_binary.c sysctl: don't use own implementation of hex_to_bin() 2010-05-25 08:07:05 -07:00
sysctl_check.c ipv4 05/05: add sysctl to accept packets with local source addresses 2009-12-03 12:14:38 -08:00
sysctl.c gcc-4.6: kernel/*: Fix unused but set warnings 2010-09-05 14:36:58 +02:00
taskstats.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
test_kprobes.c
time.c time: Kill off CONFIG_GENERIC_TIME 2010-07-27 12:40:54 +02:00
timeconst.pl
timer.c kernel/timer.c: fix kernel-doc function parameter warning 2010-08-10 15:33:09 -07:00
tracepoint.c tracing: Let tracepoints have data passed to tracepoint callbacks 2010-05-14 09:50:34 -04:00
tsacct.c mm: clean up mm_counter 2010-03-06 11:26:23 -08:00
uid16.c headers: utsname.h redux 2009-09-23 18:13:10 -07:00
up.c
user_namespace.c user_ns: Introduce user_nsmap_uid and user_ns_map_gid. 2010-06-16 14:55:34 -07:00
user-return-notifier.c core: Clean up user return notifers use of per_cpu 2009-12-02 10:22:59 +01:00
user.c sched: Remove a stale comment 2010-05-10 08:48:39 +02:00
utsname_sysctl.c sysctl kernel: Remove binary sysctl logic 2009-11-12 02:04:55 -08:00
utsname.c
wait.c
watchdog.c lockup_detector: Sync touch_*_watchdog back to old semantics 2010-09-01 10:02:28 +02:00
workqueue_sched.h workqueue: implement concurrency managed dynamic worker pool 2010-06-29 10:07:14 +02:00
workqueue.c workqueue: add documentation 2010-09-13 10:26:52 +02:00