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rcu: update documentation/comments for Lai's adoption patch

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Lai's RCU-callback immediate-adoption patch changes the RCU tracing
output, so update tracing.txt.  Also update a few comments to clarify
the synchronization design.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
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Paul E. McKenney 2010-10-20 12:06:18 -07:00
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Documentation/RCU/trace.txt
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@ -134,7 +134,8 @@ o "ci" is the number of RCU callbacks that have been invoked for
been registered in absence of CPU-hotplug activity.
o "co" is the number of RCU callbacks that have been orphaned due to
this CPU going offline.
this CPU going offline. These orphaned callbacks have been moved
to an arbitrarily chosen online CPU.
o "ca" is the number of RCU callbacks that have been adopted due to
other CPUs going offline. Note that ci+co-ca+ql is the number of
@ -172,12 +173,12 @@ o "gpnum" is the number of grace periods that have started. It is
The output of "cat rcu/rcuhier" looks as follows, with very long lines:
c=6902 g=6903 s=2 jfq=3 j=72c7 nfqs=13142/nfqsng=0(13142) fqlh=6 oqlen=0
c=6902 g=6903 s=2 jfq=3 j=72c7 nfqs=13142/nfqsng=0(13142) fqlh=6
1/1 .>. 0:127 ^0
3/3 .>. 0:35 ^0 0/0 .>. 36:71 ^1 0/0 .>. 72:107 ^2 0/0 .>. 108:127 ^3
3/3f .>. 0:5 ^0 2/3 .>. 6:11 ^1 0/0 .>. 12:17 ^2 0/0 .>. 18:23 ^3 0/0 .>. 24:29 ^4 0/0 .>. 30:35 ^5 0/0 .>. 36:41 ^0 0/0 .>. 42:47 ^1 0/0 .>. 48:53 ^2 0/0 .>. 54:59 ^3 0/0 .>. 60:65 ^4 0/0 .>. 66:71 ^5 0/0 .>. 72:77 ^0 0/0 .>. 78:83 ^1 0/0 .>. 84:89 ^2 0/0 .>. 90:95 ^3 0/0 .>. 96:101 ^4 0/0 .>. 102:107 ^5 0/0 .>. 108:113 ^0 0/0 .>. 114:119 ^1 0/0 .>. 120:125 ^2 0/0 .>. 126:127 ^3
rcu_bh:
c=-226 g=-226 s=1 jfq=-5701 j=72c7 nfqs=88/nfqsng=0(88) fqlh=0 oqlen=0
c=-226 g=-226 s=1 jfq=-5701 j=72c7 nfqs=88/nfqsng=0(88) fqlh=0
0/1 .>. 0:127 ^0
0/3 .>. 0:35 ^0 0/0 .>. 36:71 ^1 0/0 .>. 72:107 ^2 0/0 .>. 108:127 ^3
0/3f .>. 0:5 ^0 0/3 .>. 6:11 ^1 0/0 .>. 12:17 ^2 0/0 .>. 18:23 ^3 0/0 .>. 24:29 ^4 0/0 .>. 30:35 ^5 0/0 .>. 36:41 ^0 0/0 .>. 42:47 ^1 0/0 .>. 48:53 ^2 0/0 .>. 54:59 ^3 0/0 .>. 60:65 ^4 0/0 .>. 66:71 ^5 0/0 .>. 72:77 ^0 0/0 .>. 78:83 ^1 0/0 .>. 84:89 ^2 0/0 .>. 90:95 ^3 0/0 .>. 96:101 ^4 0/0 .>. 102:107 ^5 0/0 .>. 108:113 ^0 0/0 .>. 114:119 ^1 0/0 .>. 120:125 ^2 0/0 .>. 126:127 ^3
@ -216,11 +217,6 @@ o "fqlh" is the number of calls to force_quiescent_state() that
exited immediately (without even being counted in nfqs above)
due to contention on ->fqslock.
o "oqlen" is the number of callbacks on the "orphan" callback
list. RCU callbacks are placed on this list by CPUs going
offline, and are "adopted" either by the CPU helping the outgoing
CPU or by the next rcu_barrier*() call, whichever comes first.
o Each element of the form "1/1 0:127 ^0" represents one struct
rcu_node. Each line represents one level of the hierarchy, from
root to leaves. It is best to think of the rcu_data structures

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kernel/rcutree.c
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@ -1668,7 +1668,9 @@ static void _rcu_barrier(struct rcu_state *rsp,
* decrement rcu_barrier_cpu_count -- otherwise the first CPU
* might complete its grace period before all of the other CPUs
* did their increment, causing this function to return too
* early.
* early. Note that on_each_cpu() disables irqs, which prevents
* any CPUs from coming online or going offline until each online
* CPU has queued its RCU-barrier callback.
*/
atomic_set(&rcu_barrier_cpu_count, 1);
on_each_cpu(rcu_barrier_func, (void *)call_rcu_func, 1);
@ -1797,9 +1799,9 @@ static int __cpuinit rcu_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
case CPU_DYING:
case CPU_DYING_FROZEN:
/*
* The whole machine is "stopped" except this cpu, so we can
* touch any data without introducing corruption. And we send
* the callbacks to an attribute chosen online cpu.
* The whole machine is "stopped" except this CPU, so we can
* touch any data without introducing corruption. We send the
* dying CPU's callbacks to an arbitrarily chosen online CPU.
*/
rcu_send_cbs_to_online(&rcu_bh_state);
rcu_send_cbs_to_online(&rcu_sched_state);

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kernel/rcutree_plugin.h
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@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ static void __cpuinit rcu_preempt_init_percpu_data(int cpu)
}
/*
* Move preemptable DYING RCU's callbacks to other online CPU.
* Move preemptable RCU's callbacks from dying CPU to other online CPU.
*/
static void rcu_preempt_send_cbs_to_online(void)
{