nohz_full: Add full-system-idle state machine

This commit adds the state machine that takes the per-CPU idle data
as input and produces a full-system-idle indication as output.  This
state machine is driven out of RCU's quiescent-state-forcing
mechanism, which invokes rcu_sysidle_check_cpu() to collect per-CPU
idle state and then rcu_sysidle_report() to drive the state machine.

The full-system-idle state is sampled using rcu_sys_is_idle(), which
also drives the state machine if RCU is idle (and does so by forcing
RCU to become non-idle).  This function returns true if all but the
timekeeping CPU (tick_do_timer_cpu) are idle and have been idle long
enough to avoid memory contention on the full_sysidle_state state
variable.  The rcu_sysidle_force_exit() may be called externally
to reset the state machine back into non-idle state.

For large systems the state machine is driven out of RCU's
force-quiescent-state logic, which provides good scalability at the price
of millisecond-scale latencies on the transition to full-system-idle
state.  This is not so good for battery-powered systems, which are usually
small enough that they don't need to care about scalability, but which
do care deeply about energy efficiency.  Small systems therefore drive
the state machine directly out of the idle-entry code.  The number of
CPUs in a "small" system is defined by a new NO_HZ_FULL_SYSIDLE_SMALL
Kconfig parameter, which defaults to 8.  Note that this is a build-time
definition.
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@cn.fujitsu.com>
[ paulmck: Use true and false for boolean constants per Lai Jiangshan. ]
Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
[ paulmck: Simplify logic and provide better comments for memory barriers,
  based on review comments and questions by Lai Jiangshan. ]

include/linux/rcupdate.h

@@ -1011,4 +1011,22 @@ static inline bool rcu_is_nocb_cpu(int cpu) { return false; }
 #endif /* #else #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU */
 
 
+/* Only for use by adaptive-ticks code. */
+#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL_SYSIDLE
+extern bool rcu_sys_is_idle(void);
+extern void rcu_sysidle_force_exit(void);
+#else /* #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL_SYSIDLE */
+
+static inline bool rcu_sys_is_idle(void)
+{
+	return false;
+}
+
+static inline void rcu_sysidle_force_exit(void)
+{
+}
+
+#endif /* #else #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL_SYSIDLE */
+
+
 #endif /* __LINUX_RCUPDATE_H */

kernel/rcutree.c

@@ -734,6 +734,7 @@ static int dyntick_save_progress_counter(struct rcu_data *rdp,
 					 bool *isidle, unsigned long *maxj)
 {
 	rdp->dynticks_snap = atomic_add_return(0, &rdp->dynticks->dynticks);
+	rcu_sysidle_check_cpu(rdp, isidle, maxj);
 	return (rdp->dynticks_snap & 0x1) == 0;
 }
 
@@ -1373,11 +1374,17 @@ int rcu_gp_fqs(struct rcu_state *rsp, int fqs_state_in)
 	rsp->n_force_qs++;
 	if (fqs_state == RCU_SAVE_DYNTICK) {
 		/* Collect dyntick-idle snapshots. */
+		if (is_sysidle_rcu_state(rsp)) {
+			isidle = 1;
+			maxj = jiffies - ULONG_MAX / 4;
+		}
 		force_qs_rnp(rsp, dyntick_save_progress_counter,
 			     &isidle, &maxj);
+		rcu_sysidle_report_gp(rsp, isidle, maxj);
 		fqs_state = RCU_FORCE_QS;
 	} else {
 		/* Handle dyntick-idle and offline CPUs. */
+		isidle = 0;
 		force_qs_rnp(rsp, rcu_implicit_dynticks_qs, &isidle, &maxj);
 	}
 	/* Clear flag to prevent immediate re-entry. */
@@ -2103,9 +2110,12 @@ static void force_qs_rnp(struct rcu_state *rsp,
 		cpu = rnp->grplo;
 		bit = 1;
 		for (; cpu <= rnp->grphi; cpu++, bit <<= 1) {
-			if ((rnp->qsmask & bit) != 0 &&
-			    f(per_cpu_ptr(rsp->rda, cpu), isidle, maxj))
-				mask |= bit;
+			if ((rnp->qsmask & bit) != 0) {
+				if ((rnp->qsmaskinit & bit) != 0)
+					*isidle = 0;
+				if (f(per_cpu_ptr(rsp->rda, cpu), isidle, maxj))
+					mask |= bit;
+			}
 		}
 		if (mask != 0) {
 

kernel/rcutree.h

@@ -555,6 +555,11 @@ static void rcu_kick_nohz_cpu(int cpu);
 static bool init_nocb_callback_list(struct rcu_data *rdp);
 static void rcu_sysidle_enter(struct rcu_dynticks *rdtp, int irq);
 static void rcu_sysidle_exit(struct rcu_dynticks *rdtp, int irq);
+static void rcu_sysidle_check_cpu(struct rcu_data *rdp, bool *isidle,
+				  unsigned long *maxj);
+static bool is_sysidle_rcu_state(struct rcu_state *rsp);
+static void rcu_sysidle_report_gp(struct rcu_state *rsp, int isidle,
+				  unsigned long maxj);
 static void rcu_sysidle_init_percpu_data(struct rcu_dynticks *rdtp);
 
 #endif /* #ifndef RCU_TREE_NONCORE */

kernel/rcutree_plugin.h

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 #include <linux/gfp.h>
 #include <linux/oom.h>
 #include <linux/smpboot.h>
-#include <linux/tick.h>
+#include "time/tick-internal.h"
 
 #define RCU_KTHREAD_PRIO 1
 
@@ -2382,12 +2382,12 @@ static void rcu_kick_nohz_cpu(int cpu)
  * most active flavor of RCU.
  */
 #ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU
-static struct rcu_state __maybe_unused *rcu_sysidle_state = &rcu_preempt_state;
+static struct rcu_state *rcu_sysidle_state = &rcu_preempt_state;
 #else /* #ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU */
-static struct rcu_state __maybe_unused *rcu_sysidle_state = &rcu_sched_state;
+static struct rcu_state *rcu_sysidle_state = &rcu_sched_state;
 #endif /* #else #ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU */
 
-static int __maybe_unused full_sysidle_state; /* Current system-idle state. */
+static int full_sysidle_state;		/* Current system-idle state. */
 #define RCU_SYSIDLE_NOT		0	/* Some CPU is not idle. */
 #define RCU_SYSIDLE_SHORT	1	/* All CPUs idle for brief period. */
 #define RCU_SYSIDLE_LONG	2	/* All CPUs idle for long enough. */
@@ -2430,6 +2430,38 @@ static void rcu_sysidle_enter(struct rcu_dynticks *rdtp, int irq)
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(atomic_read(&rdtp->dynticks_idle) & 0x1);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Unconditionally force exit from full system-idle state.  This is
+ * invoked when a normal CPU exits idle, but must be called separately
+ * for the timekeeping CPU (tick_do_timer_cpu).  The reason for this
+ * is that the timekeeping CPU is permitted to take scheduling-clock
+ * interrupts while the system is in system-idle state, and of course
+ * rcu_sysidle_exit() has no way of distinguishing a scheduling-clock
+ * interrupt from any other type of interrupt.
+ */
+void rcu_sysidle_force_exit(void)
+{
+	int oldstate = ACCESS_ONCE(full_sysidle_state);
+	int newoldstate;
+
+	/*
+	 * Each pass through the following loop attempts to exit full
+	 * system-idle state.  If contention proves to be a problem,
+	 * a trylock-based contention tree could be used here.
+	 */
+	while (oldstate > RCU_SYSIDLE_SHORT) {
+		newoldstate = cmpxchg(&full_sysidle_state,
+				      oldstate, RCU_SYSIDLE_NOT);
+		if (oldstate == newoldstate &&
+		    oldstate == RCU_SYSIDLE_FULL_NOTED) {
+			rcu_kick_nohz_cpu(tick_do_timer_cpu);
+			return; /* We cleared it, done! */
+		}
+		oldstate = newoldstate;
+	}
+	smp_mb(); /* Order initial oldstate fetch vs. later non-idle work. */
+}
+
 /*
  * Invoked to note entry to irq or task transition from idle.  Note that
  * usermode execution does -not- count as idle here!  The caller must
@@ -2463,6 +2495,247 @@ static void rcu_sysidle_exit(struct rcu_dynticks *rdtp, int irq)
 	atomic_inc(&rdtp->dynticks_idle);
 	smp_mb__after_atomic_inc();
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(!(atomic_read(&rdtp->dynticks_idle) & 0x1));
+
+	/*
+	 * If we are the timekeeping CPU, we are permitted to be non-idle
+	 * during a system-idle state.  This must be the case, because
+	 * the timekeeping CPU has to take scheduling-clock interrupts
+	 * during the time that the system is transitioning to full
+	 * system-idle state.  This means that the timekeeping CPU must
+	 * invoke rcu_sysidle_force_exit() directly if it does anything
+	 * more than take a scheduling-clock interrupt.
+	 */
+	if (smp_processor_id() == tick_do_timer_cpu)
+		return;
+
+	/* Update system-idle state: We are clearly no longer fully idle! */
+	rcu_sysidle_force_exit();
+}
+
+/*
+ * Check to see if the current CPU is idle.  Note that usermode execution
+ * does not count as idle.  The caller must have disabled interrupts.
+ */
+static void rcu_sysidle_check_cpu(struct rcu_data *rdp, bool *isidle,
+				  unsigned long *maxj)
+{
+	int cur;
+	unsigned long j;
+	struct rcu_dynticks *rdtp = rdp->dynticks;
+
+	/*
+	 * If some other CPU has already reported non-idle, if this is
+	 * not the flavor of RCU that tracks sysidle state, or if this
+	 * is an offline or the timekeeping CPU, nothing to do.
+	 */
+	if (!*isidle || rdp->rsp != rcu_sysidle_state ||
+	    cpu_is_offline(rdp->cpu) || rdp->cpu == tick_do_timer_cpu)
+		return;
+	/* WARN_ON_ONCE(smp_processor_id() != tick_do_timer_cpu); */
+
+	/* Pick up current idle and NMI-nesting counter and check. */
+	cur = atomic_read(&rdtp->dynticks_idle);
+	if (cur & 0x1) {
+		*isidle = false; /* We are not idle! */
+		return;
+	}
+	smp_mb(); /* Read counters before timestamps. */
+
+	/* Pick up timestamps. */
+	j = ACCESS_ONCE(rdtp->dynticks_idle_jiffies);
+	/* If this CPU entered idle more recently, update maxj timestamp. */
+	if (ULONG_CMP_LT(*maxj, j))
+		*maxj = j;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Is this the flavor of RCU that is handling full-system idle?
+ */
+static bool is_sysidle_rcu_state(struct rcu_state *rsp)
+{
+	return rsp == rcu_sysidle_state;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Return a delay in jiffies based on the number of CPUs, rcu_node
+ * leaf fanout, and jiffies tick rate.  The idea is to allow larger
+ * systems more time to transition to full-idle state in order to
+ * avoid the cache thrashing that otherwise occur on the state variable.
+ * Really small systems (less than a couple of tens of CPUs) should
+ * instead use a single global atomically incremented counter, and later
+ * versions of this will automatically reconfigure themselves accordingly.
+ */
+static unsigned long rcu_sysidle_delay(void)
+{
+	if (nr_cpu_ids <= CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL_SYSIDLE_SMALL)
+		return 0;
+	return DIV_ROUND_UP(nr_cpu_ids * HZ, rcu_fanout_leaf * 1000);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Advance the full-system-idle state.  This is invoked when all of
+ * the non-timekeeping CPUs are idle.
+ */
+static void rcu_sysidle(unsigned long j)
+{
+	/* Check the current state. */
+	switch (ACCESS_ONCE(full_sysidle_state)) {
+	case RCU_SYSIDLE_NOT:
+
+		/* First time all are idle, so note a short idle period. */
+		ACCESS_ONCE(full_sysidle_state) = RCU_SYSIDLE_SHORT;
+		break;
+
+	case RCU_SYSIDLE_SHORT:
+
+		/*
+		 * Idle for a bit, time to advance to next state?
+		 * cmpxchg failure means race with non-idle, let them win.
+		 */
+		if (ULONG_CMP_GE(jiffies, j + rcu_sysidle_delay()))
+			(void)cmpxchg(&full_sysidle_state,
+				      RCU_SYSIDLE_SHORT, RCU_SYSIDLE_LONG);
+		break;
+
+	case RCU_SYSIDLE_LONG:
+
+		/*
+		 * Do an additional check pass before advancing to full.
+		 * cmpxchg failure means race with non-idle, let them win.
+		 */
+		if (ULONG_CMP_GE(jiffies, j + rcu_sysidle_delay()))
+			(void)cmpxchg(&full_sysidle_state,
+				      RCU_SYSIDLE_LONG, RCU_SYSIDLE_FULL);
+		break;
+
+	default:
+		break;
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * Found a non-idle non-timekeeping CPU, so kick the system-idle state
+ * back to the beginning.
+ */
+static void rcu_sysidle_cancel(void)
+{
+	smp_mb();
+	ACCESS_ONCE(full_sysidle_state) = RCU_SYSIDLE_NOT;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Update the sysidle state based on the results of a force-quiescent-state
+ * scan of the CPUs' dyntick-idle state.
+ */
+static void rcu_sysidle_report(struct rcu_state *rsp, int isidle,
+			       unsigned long maxj, bool gpkt)
+{
+	if (rsp != rcu_sysidle_state)
+		return;  /* Wrong flavor, ignore. */
+	if (gpkt && nr_cpu_ids <= CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL_SYSIDLE_SMALL)
+		return;  /* Running state machine from timekeeping CPU. */
+	if (isidle)
+		rcu_sysidle(maxj);    /* More idle! */
+	else
+		rcu_sysidle_cancel(); /* Idle is over. */
+}
+
+/*
+ * Wrapper for rcu_sysidle_report() when called from the grace-period
+ * kthread's context.
+ */
+static void rcu_sysidle_report_gp(struct rcu_state *rsp, int isidle,
+				  unsigned long maxj)
+{
+	rcu_sysidle_report(rsp, isidle, maxj, true);
+}
+
+/* Callback and function for forcing an RCU grace period. */
+struct rcu_sysidle_head {
+	struct rcu_head rh;
+	int inuse;
+};
+
+static void rcu_sysidle_cb(struct rcu_head *rhp)
+{
+	struct rcu_sysidle_head *rshp;
+
+	/*
+	 * The following memory barrier is needed to replace the
+	 * memory barriers that would normally be in the memory
+	 * allocator.
+	 */
+	smp_mb();  /* grace period precedes setting inuse. */
+
+	rshp = container_of(rhp, struct rcu_sysidle_head, rh);
+	ACCESS_ONCE(rshp->inuse) = 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Check to see if the system is fully idle, other than the timekeeping CPU.
+ * The caller must have disabled interrupts.
+ */
+bool rcu_sys_is_idle(void)
+{
+	static struct rcu_sysidle_head rsh;
+	int rss = ACCESS_ONCE(full_sysidle_state);
+
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(smp_processor_id() != tick_do_timer_cpu))
+		return false;
+
+	/* Handle small-system case by doing a full scan of CPUs. */
+	if (nr_cpu_ids <= CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL_SYSIDLE_SMALL) {
+		int oldrss = rss - 1;
+
+		/*
+		 * One pass to advance to each state up to _FULL.
+		 * Give up if any pass fails to advance the state.
+		 */
+		while (rss < RCU_SYSIDLE_FULL && oldrss < rss) {
+			int cpu;
+			bool isidle = true;
+			unsigned long maxj = jiffies - ULONG_MAX / 4;
+			struct rcu_data *rdp;
+
+			/* Scan all the CPUs looking for nonidle CPUs. */
+			for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
+				rdp = per_cpu_ptr(rcu_sysidle_state->rda, cpu);
+				rcu_sysidle_check_cpu(rdp, &isidle, &maxj);
+				if (!isidle)
+					break;
+			}
+			rcu_sysidle_report(rcu_sysidle_state,
+					   isidle, maxj, false);
+			oldrss = rss;
+			rss = ACCESS_ONCE(full_sysidle_state);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* If this is the first observation of an idle period, record it. */
+	if (rss == RCU_SYSIDLE_FULL) {
+		rss = cmpxchg(&full_sysidle_state,
+			      RCU_SYSIDLE_FULL, RCU_SYSIDLE_FULL_NOTED);
+		return rss == RCU_SYSIDLE_FULL;
+	}
+
+	smp_mb(); /* ensure rss load happens before later caller actions. */
+
+	/* If already fully idle, tell the caller (in case of races). */
+	if (rss == RCU_SYSIDLE_FULL_NOTED)
+		return true;
+
+	/*
+	 * If we aren't there yet, and a grace period is not in flight,
+	 * initiate a grace period.  Either way, tell the caller that
+	 * we are not there yet.  We use an xchg() rather than an assignment
+	 * to make up for the memory barriers that would otherwise be
+	 * provided by the memory allocator.
+	 */
+	if (nr_cpu_ids > CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL_SYSIDLE_SMALL &&
+	    !rcu_gp_in_progress(rcu_sysidle_state) &&
+	    !rsh.inuse && xchg(&rsh.inuse, 1) == 0)
+		call_rcu(&rsh.rh, rcu_sysidle_cb);
+	return false;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -2483,6 +2756,21 @@ static void rcu_sysidle_exit(struct rcu_dynticks *rdtp, int irq)
 {
 }
 
+static void rcu_sysidle_check_cpu(struct rcu_data *rdp, bool *isidle,
+				  unsigned long *maxj)
+{
+}
+
+static bool is_sysidle_rcu_state(struct rcu_state *rsp)
+{
+	return false;
+}
+
+static void rcu_sysidle_report_gp(struct rcu_state *rsp, int isidle,
+				  unsigned long maxj)
+{
+}
+
 static void rcu_sysidle_init_percpu_data(struct rcu_dynticks *rdtp)
 {
 }

kernel/time/Kconfig

@@ -157,6 +157,33 @@ config NO_HZ_FULL_SYSIDLE
 
 	 Say N if you are unsure.
 
+config NO_HZ_FULL_SYSIDLE_SMALL
+	int "Number of CPUs above which large-system approach is used"
+	depends on NO_HZ_FULL_SYSIDLE
+	range 1 NR_CPUS
+	default 8
+	help
+	 The full-system idle detection mechanism takes a lazy approach
+	 on large systems, as is required to attain decent scalability.
+	 However, on smaller systems, scalability is not anywhere near as
+	 large a concern as is energy efficiency.  The sysidle subsystem
+	 therefore uses a fast but non-scalable algorithm for small
+	 systems and a lazier but scalable algorithm for large systems.
+	 This Kconfig parameter defines the number of CPUs in the largest
+	 system that will be considered to be "small".
+
+	 The default value will be fine in most cases.	Battery-powered
+	 systems that (1) enable NO_HZ_FULL_SYSIDLE, (2) have larger
+	 numbers of CPUs, and (3) are suffering from battery-lifetime
+	 problems due to long sysidle latencies might wish to experiment
+	 with larger values for this Kconfig parameter.  On the other
+	 hand, they might be even better served by disabling NO_HZ_FULL
+	 entirely, given that NO_HZ_FULL is intended for HPC and
+	 real-time workloads that at present do not tend to be run on
+	 battery-powered systems.
+
+	 Take the default if you are unsure.
+
 config NO_HZ
 	bool "Old Idle dynticks config"
 	depends on !ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET && GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS