From 734d16801349fbe951d2f780191d32c5b8a892d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Paul E. McKenney" Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 14:45:12 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] rcu: Make rcu_nmi_enter() handle nesting The x86 architecture has multiple types of NMI-like interrupts: real NMIs, machine checks, and, for some values of NMI-like, debugging and breakpoint interrupts. These interrupts can nest inside each other. Andy Lutomirski is adding RCU support to these interrupts, so rcu_nmi_enter() and rcu_nmi_exit() must now correctly handle nesting. This commit therefore introduces nesting, using a clever NMI-coordination algorithm suggested by Andy. The trick is to atomically increment ->dynticks (if needed) before manipulating ->dynticks_nmi_nesting on entry (and, accordingly, after on exit). In addition, ->dynticks_nmi_nesting is incremented by one if ->dynticks was incremented and by two otherwise. This means that when rcu_nmi_exit() sees ->dynticks_nmi_nesting equal to one, it knows that ->dynticks must be atomically incremented. This NMI-coordination algorithms has been validated by the following Promela model: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ /* * Promela model for Andy Lutomirski's suggested change to rcu_nmi_enter() * that allows nesting. * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program; if not, you can access it online at * http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html. * * Copyright IBM Corporation, 2014 * * Author: Paul E. McKenney */ byte dynticks_nmi_nesting = 0; byte dynticks = 0; /* * Promela verision of rcu_nmi_enter(). */ inline rcu_nmi_enter() { byte incby; byte tmp; incby = BUSY_INCBY; assert(dynticks_nmi_nesting >= 0); if :: (dynticks & 1) == 0 -> atomic { dynticks = dynticks + 1; } assert((dynticks & 1) == 1); incby = 1; :: else -> skip; fi; tmp = dynticks_nmi_nesting; tmp = tmp + incby; dynticks_nmi_nesting = tmp; assert(dynticks_nmi_nesting >= 1); } /* * Promela verision of rcu_nmi_exit(). */ inline rcu_nmi_exit() { byte tmp; assert(dynticks_nmi_nesting > 0); assert((dynticks & 1) != 0); if :: dynticks_nmi_nesting != 1 -> tmp = dynticks_nmi_nesting; tmp = tmp - BUSY_INCBY; dynticks_nmi_nesting = tmp; :: else -> dynticks_nmi_nesting = 0; atomic { dynticks = dynticks + 1; } assert((dynticks & 1) == 0); fi; } /* * Base-level NMI runs non-atomically. Crudely emulates process-level * dynticks-idle entry/exit. */ proctype base_NMI() { byte busy; busy = 0; do :: /* Emulate base-level dynticks and not. */ if :: 1 -> atomic { dynticks = dynticks + 1; } busy = 1; :: 1 -> skip; fi; /* Verify that we only sometimes have base-level dynticks. */ if :: busy == 0 -> skip; :: busy == 1 -> skip; fi; /* Model RCU's NMI entry and exit actions. */ rcu_nmi_enter(); assert((dynticks & 1) == 1); rcu_nmi_exit(); /* Emulated re-entering base-level dynticks and not. */ if :: !busy -> skip; :: busy -> atomic { dynticks = dynticks + 1; } busy = 0; fi; /* We had better now be in dyntick-idle mode. */ assert((dynticks & 1) == 0); od; } /* * Nested NMI runs atomically to emulate interrupting base_level(). */ proctype nested_NMI() { do :: /* * Use an atomic section to model a nested NMI. This is * guaranteed to interleave into base_NMI() between a pair * of base_NMI() statements, just as a nested NMI would. */ atomic { /* Verify that we only sometimes are in dynticks. */ if :: (dynticks & 1) == 0 -> skip; :: (dynticks & 1) == 1 -> skip; fi; /* Model RCU's NMI entry and exit actions. */ rcu_nmi_enter(); assert((dynticks & 1) == 1); rcu_nmi_exit(); } od; } init { run base_NMI(); run nested_NMI(); } ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The following script can be used to run this model if placed in rcu_nmi.spin: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ if ! spin -a rcu_nmi.spin then echo Spin errors!!! exit 1 fi if ! cc -DSAFETY -o pan pan.c then echo Compilation errors!!! exit 1 fi ./pan -m100000 Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney Reviewed-by: Lai Jiangshan --- kernel/rcu/tree.c | 66 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 49 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c index 7680fc275036..4c106fcc0d54 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c @@ -759,39 +759,71 @@ void rcu_irq_enter(void) /** * rcu_nmi_enter - inform RCU of entry to NMI context * - * If the CPU was idle with dynamic ticks active, and there is no - * irq handler running, this updates rdtp->dynticks_nmi to let the - * RCU grace-period handling know that the CPU is active. + * If the CPU was idle from RCU's viewpoint, update rdtp->dynticks and + * rdtp->dynticks_nmi_nesting to let the RCU grace-period handling know + * that the CPU is active. This implementation permits nested NMIs, as + * long as the nesting level does not overflow an int. (You will probably + * run out of stack space first.) */ void rcu_nmi_enter(void) { struct rcu_dynticks *rdtp = this_cpu_ptr(&rcu_dynticks); + int incby = 2; - if (rdtp->dynticks_nmi_nesting == 0 && - (atomic_read(&rdtp->dynticks) & 0x1)) - return; - rdtp->dynticks_nmi_nesting++; - smp_mb__before_atomic(); /* Force delay from prior write. */ - atomic_inc(&rdtp->dynticks); - /* CPUs seeing atomic_inc() must see later RCU read-side crit sects */ - smp_mb__after_atomic(); /* See above. */ - WARN_ON_ONCE(!(atomic_read(&rdtp->dynticks) & 0x1)); + /* Complain about underflow. */ + WARN_ON_ONCE(rdtp->dynticks_nmi_nesting < 0); + + /* + * If idle from RCU viewpoint, atomically increment ->dynticks + * to mark non-idle and increment ->dynticks_nmi_nesting by one. + * Otherwise, increment ->dynticks_nmi_nesting by two. This means + * if ->dynticks_nmi_nesting is equal to one, we are guaranteed + * to be in the outermost NMI handler that interrupted an RCU-idle + * period (observation due to Andy Lutomirski). + */ + if (!(atomic_read(&rdtp->dynticks) & 0x1)) { + smp_mb__before_atomic(); /* Force delay from prior write. */ + atomic_inc(&rdtp->dynticks); + /* atomic_inc() before later RCU read-side crit sects */ + smp_mb__after_atomic(); /* See above. */ + WARN_ON_ONCE(!(atomic_read(&rdtp->dynticks) & 0x1)); + incby = 1; + } + rdtp->dynticks_nmi_nesting += incby; + barrier(); } /** * rcu_nmi_exit - inform RCU of exit from NMI context * - * If the CPU was idle with dynamic ticks active, and there is no - * irq handler running, this updates rdtp->dynticks_nmi to let the - * RCU grace-period handling know that the CPU is no longer active. + * If we are returning from the outermost NMI handler that interrupted an + * RCU-idle period, update rdtp->dynticks and rdtp->dynticks_nmi_nesting + * to let the RCU grace-period handling know that the CPU is back to + * being RCU-idle. */ void rcu_nmi_exit(void) { struct rcu_dynticks *rdtp = this_cpu_ptr(&rcu_dynticks); - if (rdtp->dynticks_nmi_nesting == 0 || - --rdtp->dynticks_nmi_nesting != 0) + /* + * Check for ->dynticks_nmi_nesting underflow and bad ->dynticks. + * (We are exiting an NMI handler, so RCU better be paying attention + * to us!) + */ + WARN_ON_ONCE(rdtp->dynticks_nmi_nesting <= 0); + WARN_ON_ONCE(!(atomic_read(&rdtp->dynticks) & 0x1)); + + /* + * If the nesting level is not 1, the CPU wasn't RCU-idle, so + * leave it in non-RCU-idle state. + */ + if (rdtp->dynticks_nmi_nesting != 1) { + rdtp->dynticks_nmi_nesting -= 2; return; + } + + /* This NMI interrupted an RCU-idle CPU, restore RCU-idleness. */ + rdtp->dynticks_nmi_nesting = 0; /* CPUs seeing atomic_inc() must see prior RCU read-side crit sects */ smp_mb__before_atomic(); /* See above. */ atomic_inc(&rdtp->dynticks); -- 2.20.1