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In most cases percpu reference counters are not switched to the percpu mode after they reach the atomic mode. Some obvious exceptions are reference counters which are initialized into the atomic mode (using PERCPU_REF_INIT_ATOMIC and PERCPU_REF_INIT_DEAD flags), and there are few other exceptions. But in most cases there is no way back, and once the reference counter is switched to the atomic mode, there is no reason to wait for percpu_ref_exit() to release the percpu memory. Of course, the size of a single counter is not so big, but because it can pin the whole percpu block in memory, the memory footprint can be noticeable (e.g. on my 32 CPUs machine a percpu block is 8Mb large). To make releasing of the percpu memory as early as possible, let's introduce the PERCPU_REF_ALLOW_REINIT flag with the following semantics: it has to be set in order to switch a percpu reference counter to the percpu mode after the initialization. PERCPU_REF_INIT_ATOMIC and PERCPU_REF_INIT_DEAD flags will implicitly assume PERCPU_REF_ALLOW_REINIT. This patch doesn't introduce any functional change to avoid any regressions. It will be done later in the patchset after adjusting all call sites, which are reviving percpu counters. Signed-off-by: Roman Gushchin <guro@fb.com> Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Dennis Zhou <dennis@kernel.org> |
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Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.