From: Tze-nan Wu Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2025 05:53:38 +0000 (+0800) Subject: rcu: Fix delayed execution of hurry callbacks X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=463d46044f04013306a4893242f65788b8a16b2e;p=thirdparty%2Fkernel%2Flinux.git rcu: Fix delayed execution of hurry callbacks We observed a regression in our customer’s environment after enabling CONFIG_LAZY_RCU. In the Android Update Engine scenario, where ioctl() is used heavily, we found that callbacks queued via call_rcu_hurry (such as percpu_ref_switch_to_atomic_rcu) can sometimes be delayed by up to 5 seconds before execution. This occurs because the new grace period does not start immediately after the previous one completes. The root cause is that the wake_nocb_gp_defer() function now checks "rdp->nocb_defer_wakeup" instead of "rdp_gp->nocb_defer_wakeup". On CPUs that are not rcuog, "rdp->nocb_defer_wakeup" may always be RCU_NOCB_WAKE_NOT. This can cause "rdp_gp->nocb_defer_wakeup" to be downgraded and the "rdp_gp->nocb_timer" to be postponed by up to 10 seconds, delaying the execution of hurry RCU callbacks. The trace log of one scenario we encountered is as follow: // previous GP ends at this point rcu_preempt [000] d..1. 137.240210: rcu_grace_period: rcu_preempt 8369 end rcu_preempt [000] ..... 137.240212: rcu_grace_period: rcu_preempt 8372 reqwait // call_rcu_hurry enqueues "percpu_ref_switch_to_atomic_rcu", the callback waited on by UpdateEngine update_engine [002] d..1. 137.301593: __call_rcu_common: wyy: unlikely p_ref = 00000000********. lazy = 0 // FirstQ on cpu 2 rdp_gp->nocb_timer is set to fire after 1 jiffy (4ms) // and the rdp_gp->nocb_defer_wakeup is set to RCU_NOCB_WAKE update_engine [002] d..2. 137.301595: rcu_nocb_wake: rcu_preempt 2 FirstQ on cpu2 with rdp_gp (cpu0). // FirstBQ event on cpu2 during the 1 jiffy, make the timer postpond 10 seconds later. // also, the rdp_gp->nocb_defer_wakeup is overwrite to RCU_NOCB_WAKE_LAZY update_engine [002] d..1. 137.301601: rcu_nocb_wake: rcu_preempt 2 WakeEmptyIsDeferred ... ... ... // before the 10 seconds timeout, cpu0 received another call_rcu_hurry // reset the timer to jiffies+1 and set the waketype = RCU_NOCB_WAKE. kworker/u32:0 [000] d..2. 142.557564: rcu_nocb_wake: rcu_preempt 0 FirstQ kworker/u32:0 [000] d..1. 142.557576: rcu_nocb_wake: rcu_preempt 0 WakeEmptyIsDeferred kworker/u32:0 [000] d..1. 142.558296: rcu_nocb_wake: rcu_preempt 0 WakeNot kworker/u32:0 [000] d..1. 142.558562: rcu_nocb_wake: rcu_preempt 0 WakeNot // idle(do_nocb_deferred_wakeup) wake rcuog due to waketype == RCU_NOCB_WAKE [000] d..1. 142.558786: rcu_nocb_wake: rcu_preempt 0 DoWake [000] dN.1. 142.558839: rcu_nocb_wake: rcu_preempt 0 DeferredWake rcuog/0 [000] ..... 142.558871: rcu_nocb_wake: rcu_preempt 0 EndSleep rcuog/0 [000] ..... 142.558877: rcu_nocb_wake: rcu_preempt 0 Check // finally rcuog request a new GP at this point (5 seconds after the FirstQ event) rcuog/0 [000] d..2. 142.558886: rcu_grace_period: rcu_preempt 8372 newreq rcu_preempt [001] d..1. 142.559458: rcu_grace_period: rcu_preempt 8373 start ... rcu_preempt [000] d..1. 142.564258: rcu_grace_period: rcu_preempt 8373 end rcuop/2 [000] D..1. 142.566337: rcu_batch_start: rcu_preempt CBs=219 bl=10 // the hurry CB is invoked at this point rcuop/2 [000] b.... 142.566352: blk_queue_usage_counter_release: wyy: wakeup. p_ref = 00000000********. This patch changes the condition to check "rdp_gp->nocb_defer_wakeup" in the lazy path. This prevents an already scheduled "rdp_gp->nocb_timer" from being postponed and avoids overwriting "rdp_gp->nocb_defer_wakeup" when it is not RCU_NOCB_WAKE_NOT. Fixes: 3cb278e73be5 ("rcu: Make call_rcu() lazy to save power") Co-developed-by: Cheng-jui Wang Signed-off-by: Cheng-jui Wang Co-developed-by: Lorry.Luo@mediatek.com Signed-off-by: Lorry.Luo@mediatek.com Tested-by: weiyangyang@vivo.com Signed-off-by: weiyangyang@vivo.com Signed-off-by: Tze-nan Wu Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker Signed-off-by: Neeraj Upadhyay (AMD) --- diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h index 08eb9b0e2fab4..e6cd56603cad4 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h @@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ static void wake_nocb_gp_defer(struct rcu_data *rdp, int waketype, * callback storms, no need to wake up too early. */ if (waketype == RCU_NOCB_WAKE_LAZY && - rdp->nocb_defer_wakeup == RCU_NOCB_WAKE_NOT) { + rdp_gp->nocb_defer_wakeup == RCU_NOCB_WAKE_NOT) { mod_timer(&rdp_gp->nocb_timer, jiffies + rcu_get_jiffies_lazy_flush()); WRITE_ONCE(rdp_gp->nocb_defer_wakeup, waketype); } else if (waketype == RCU_NOCB_WAKE_BYPASS) {