Re: [PATCH 1/11] Add generic helpers for arch IPI function calls

[Andrew Morton]

> On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:50:17 +0200 Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This adds kernel/smp.c which contains helpers for IPI function calls. In
> addition to supporting the existing smp_call_function() in a more efficient
> manner, it also adds a more scalable variant called smp_call_function_single()
> for calling a given function on a single CPU only.
> 
> The core of this is based on the x86-64 patch from Nick Piggin, lots of
> changes since then. "Alan D. Brunelle" <Alan.Brunelle@xxxxxx> has
> contributed lots of fixes and suggestions as well.
> 
> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/Kconfig        |    3 +
>  include/linux/smp.h |   27 ++++-
>  init/main.c         |    3 +
>  kernel/Makefile     |    1 +
>  kernel/smp.c        |  366 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  5 files changed, 398 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 kernel/smp.c
> 
> diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
> index 694c9af..a5a0184 100644
> --- a/arch/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/Kconfig
> @@ -36,3 +36,6 @@ config HAVE_KPROBES
>  
>  config HAVE_KRETPROBES
>  	def_bool n
> +
> +config USE_GENERIC_SMP_HELPERS
> +	def_bool n
> diff --git a/include/linux/smp.h b/include/linux/smp.h
> index 55232cc..4a5418b 100644
> --- a/include/linux/smp.h
> +++ b/include/linux/smp.h
> @@ -7,9 +7,19 @@
>   */
>  
>  #include <linux/errno.h>
> +#include <linux/list.h>
> +#include <linux/spinlock.h>
> +#include <linux/cpumask.h>
>  
>  extern void cpu_idle(void);
>  
> +struct call_single_data {
> +	struct list_head list;
> +	void (*func) (void *info);
> +	void *info;
> +	unsigned int flags;
> +};
> +
>  #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
>  
>  #include <linux/preempt.h>
> @@ -53,9 +63,23 @@ extern void smp_cpus_done(unsigned int max_cpus);
>   * Call a function on all other processors
>   */
>  int smp_call_function(void(*func)(void *info), void *info, int retry, int wait);
> -
> +int smp_call_function_mask(cpumask_t mask, void(*func)(void *info), void *info,
> +				int wait);
>  int smp_call_function_single(int cpuid, void (*func) (void *info), void *info,
>  				int retry, int wait);
> +void __smp_call_function_single(int cpuid, struct call_single_data *data);
> +
> +/*
> + * Generic and arch helpers
> + */
> +#ifdef CONFIG_USE_GENERIC_SMP_HELPERS
> +void generic_smp_call_function_single_interrupt(void);
> +void generic_smp_call_function_interrupt(void);
> +void init_call_single_data(void);
> +void arch_send_call_function_single_ipi(int cpu);
> +void arch_send_call_function_ipi(cpumask_t mask);
> +extern spinlock_t call_function_lock;
> +#endif

Add a #else here ...

> diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
> index 833a67d..0b7578c 100644
> --- a/init/main.c
> +++ b/init/main.c
> @@ -773,6 +773,9 @@ static void __init do_pre_smp_initcalls(void)
>  {
>  	extern int spawn_ksoftirqd(void);
>  
> +#ifdef CONFIG_USE_GENERIC_SMP_HELPERS
> +	init_call_single_data();
> +#endif

and we can lose this ifdef here.

Also, init_call_single_data() is __cpuinit but isn't declared that way. 
There have been rare occasions (FRV was one) where this matters - iirc the
compiler was emitting a short-relative-addressing-form instruction which
which wasn't able to branch far enough once things were linked.  We hae
this problem in eight zillion other places, of course.  And it's a pita to
go adding __cpunit etc to the declaration because the compiler usually
won't tell us when it gets out of sync with reality.  So we could leave he
code as-is and wait for stuff to break :(


>  	migration_init();
>  	spawn_ksoftirqd();
>  	if (!nosoftlockup)
> diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile
> index 6c5f081..7e275d4 100644
> --- a/kernel/Makefile
> +++ b/kernel/Makefile
> @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_RT_MUTEXES) += rtmutex-debug.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_RT_MUTEX_TESTER) += rtmutex-tester.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_ISA_DMA) += dma.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_SMP) += cpu.o spinlock.o
> +obj-$(CONFIG_USE_GENERIC_SMP_HELPERS) += smp.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK) += spinlock.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING) += spinlock.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_UID16) += uid16.o
> diff --git a/kernel/smp.c b/kernel/smp.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..a177a0d
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/kernel/smp.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,366 @@
> +/*
> + * Generic helpers for smp ipi calls
> + *
> + * (C) Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@xxxxxxxxxx> 2008
> + *
> + */
> +#include <linux/init.h>
> +#include <linux/module.h>
> +#include <linux/percpu.h>
> +#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
> +#include <linux/smp.h>
> +
> +static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct call_single_queue, call_single_queue);
> +static LIST_HEAD(call_function_queue);
> +__cacheline_aligned_in_smp DEFINE_SPINLOCK(call_function_lock);
> +
> +enum {
> +	CSD_FLAG_WAIT		= 0x01,
> +	CSD_FLAG_ALLOC		= 0x02,
> +	CSD_FLAG_FALLBACK	= 0x04,
> +};
> +
> +struct call_function_data {
> +	struct call_single_data csd;
> +	spinlock_t lock;
> +	unsigned int refs;
> +	cpumask_t cpumask;
> +	struct rcu_head rcu_head;
> +};
> +
> +struct call_single_queue {
> +	struct list_head list;
> +	spinlock_t lock;
> +};
> +
> +static struct call_function_data cfd_fallback;
> +static unsigned long cfd_fallback_used;
> +
> +void __cpuinit init_call_single_data(void)
> +{
> +	int i;
> +
> +	for_each_cpu_mask(i, cpu_possible_map) {

for_each_possible_cpu()?

Do we _have_ to consider all possible CPUs here?  That can be much larger
than num_online_cpus.

> +		struct call_single_queue *q = &per_cpu(call_single_queue, i);
> +
> +		spin_lock_init(&q->lock);
> +		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&q->list);
> +	}
> +}
> +
> +static inline void csd_flag_wait(struct call_single_data *data)
> +{
> +	/* Wait for response */
> +	do {
> +		/*
> +		 * We need to see the flags store in the IPI handler
> +		 */
> +		smp_mb();
> +		if (!(data->flags & CSD_FLAG_WAIT))
> +			break;
> +		cpu_relax();
> +	} while (1);
> +}

-ETOOLAGETOINLINE?

> +/*
> + * Insert a previously allocated call_single_data element for execution
> + * on the given CPU. data must already have ->func, ->info, and ->flags set.
> + */
> +static void generic_exec_single(int cpu, struct call_single_data *data)
> +{
> +	struct call_single_queue *dst = &per_cpu(call_single_queue, cpu);
> +	int wait = data->flags & CSD_FLAG_WAIT, ipi;
> +	unsigned long flags;
> +
> +	spin_lock_irqsave(&dst->lock, flags);
> +	ipi = list_empty(&dst->list);
> +	list_add_tail(&data->list, &dst->list);
> +	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dst->lock, flags);
> +
> +	if (ipi)
> +		arch_send_call_function_single_ipi(cpu);
> +
> +	if (wait)
> +		csd_flag_wait(data);
> +}

Is this a must-be-called-with-local-interrupts-enable function?  (It
doesn't say so in the covering comment) If so, a runtime check for that
would be needed - we screw that up regularly.  Ditto any other places where
this applies.

> +static void rcu_free_call_data(struct rcu_head *head)
> +{
> +	struct call_function_data *cfd;
> +
> +	cfd = container_of(head, struct call_function_data, rcu_head);
> +	kfree(cfd);
> +}
> +
> +static void call_func_data_free(struct call_function_data *data)
> +{
> +	if (data->csd.flags & CSD_FLAG_ALLOC)
> +		call_rcu(&data->rcu_head, rcu_free_call_data);
> +	else
> +		clear_bit_unlock(0, &cfd_fallback_used);
> +}

Let's cc Mr RCU - he reviews well and often finds problems.

> +/*
> + * Invoked by arch to handle an IPI for call function. Must be called with
> + * interrupts disabled.

A runtime check would be nice.  The get_cpu() will give us partial coverage
but won't detect irqs-on-inside-spinlock state.

> + */
> +void generic_smp_call_function_interrupt(void)
> +{
> +	struct list_head *pos;
> +	int cpu = get_cpu();
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * It's ok to use list_for_each_rcu() here even though we may delete
> +	 * 'pos', since list_del_rcu() doesn't clear ->next
> +	 */
> +	rcu_read_lock();

Sigh.  irqs are disabled, so this is a waste of CPU cycles.  With some of
our many RCU flavours, at least.

> +	list_for_each_rcu(pos, &call_function_queue) {
> +		struct call_function_data *data;
> +		int refs;
> +
> +		data = list_entry(pos, struct call_function_data, csd.list);
> +		if (!cpu_isset(cpu, data->cpumask))
> +			continue;
> +
> +		data->csd.func(data->csd.info);
> +
> +		spin_lock(&data->lock);
> +		cpu_clear(cpu, data->cpumask);
> +		WARN_ON(data->refs == 0);
> +		data->refs--;
> +		refs = data->refs;
> +		spin_unlock(&data->lock);
> +
> +		if (refs)
> +			continue;
> +
> +		WARN_ON(cpus_weight(data->cpumask));

!cpus_empty()

> +		spin_lock(&call_function_lock);
> +		list_del_rcu(&data->csd.list);
> +		spin_unlock(&call_function_lock);
> +
> +		if (data->csd.flags & CSD_FLAG_WAIT) {
> +			smp_wmb();

It's nice to comment open-coded barriers.

> +			data->csd.flags &= ~CSD_FLAG_WAIT;
> +		} else
> +			call_func_data_free(data);
> +	}
> +	rcu_read_unlock();
> +
> +	put_cpu();
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Invoked by arch to handle an IPI for call function single. Must be called
> + * from the arch with interrupts disabled.

runtime check?

> + */
> +void generic_smp_call_function_single_interrupt(void)
> +{
> +	struct call_single_queue *q = &__get_cpu_var(call_single_queue);
> +	LIST_HEAD(list);
> +
> +	smp_mb();

Unclear why this is here - comment?

> +	while (!list_empty(&q->list)) {
> +		unsigned int data_flags;
> +
> +		spin_lock(&q->lock);
> +		list_replace_init(&q->list, &list);
> +		spin_unlock(&q->lock);
> +
> +		while (!list_empty(&list)) {
> +			struct call_single_data *data;
> +
> +			data = list_entry(list.next, struct call_single_data,
> +						list);
> +			list_del(&data->list);
> +
> +			/*
> +			 * 'data' can be invalid after this call if
> +			 * flags == 0 (when called through
> +			 * generic_exec_single(), so save them away before
> +			 * making the call.
> +			 */
> +			data_flags = data->flags;
> +
> +			data->func(data->info);
> +
> +			if (data_flags & CSD_FLAG_WAIT) {
> +				smp_wmb();
> +				data->flags &= ~CSD_FLAG_WAIT;
> +			} else if (data_flags & CSD_FLAG_ALLOC)
> +				kfree(data);
> +			else if (data_flags & CSD_FLAG_FALLBACK)
> +				clear_bit_unlock(0, &cfd_fallback_used);
> +		}
> +		smp_mb();
> +	}
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * smp_call_function_single - Run a function on a specific CPU
> + * @func: The function to run. This must be fast and non-blocking.
> + * @info: An arbitrary pointer to pass to the function.
> + * @retry: Unused
> + * @wait: If true, wait until function has completed on other CPUs.
> + *
> + * Returns 0 on success, else a negative status code.
> + *

stray line here.

> + */

Some of the exported functions have kerneldoc, others do not.

> +int smp_call_function_single(int cpu, void (*func) (void *info), void *info,
> +			     int retry, int wait)
> +{
> +	unsigned long flags;
> +	/* prevent preemption and reschedule on another processor */
> +	int me = get_cpu();
> +
> +	/* Can deadlock when called with interrupts disabled */
> +	WARN_ON(wait && irqs_disabled());

Perhaps that addresses above comments?

> +	if (cpu == me) {
> +		local_irq_save(flags);
> +		func(info);
> +		local_irq_restore(flags);
> +	} else {
> +		struct call_single_data *data;
> +
> +		if (wait) {
> +			struct call_single_data d;
> +
> +			data = &d;
> +			data->flags = CSD_FLAG_WAIT;
> +		} else {
> +			data = kmalloc(sizeof(*data), GFP_ATOMIC);
> +			if (data)
> +				data->flags = CSD_FLAG_ALLOC;
> +			else {
> +				while (test_and_set_bit_lock(0,
> +							&cfd_fallback_used))

cfd_fallback_used is rather mysterious - it could do with a comment at its
definition site.  I'm wondering if we should/could be doing bit_spin_lock
on it.  But if we did that, it could just be a spinlock.

> +					cpu_relax();
> +
> +				data = &cfd_fallback.csd;
> +				data->flags = CSD_FLAG_FALLBACK;
> +			}
> +		}
> +
> +		data->func = func;
> +		data->info = info;
> +		generic_exec_single(cpu, data);
> +	}
> +
> +	put_cpu();
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(smp_call_function_single);
> +
> +/**
> + * __smp_call_function_single(): Run a function on another CPU
> + * @cpu: The CPU to run on.
> + * @data: Pre-allocated and setup data structure
> + *
> + * Like smp_call_function_single(), but allow caller to pass in a pre-allocated
> + * data structure. Useful for embedding @data inside other structures, for
> + * instance.
> + *
> + */
> +void __smp_call_function_single(int cpu, struct call_single_data *data)
> +{
> +	generic_exec_single(cpu, data);
> +}
> +
> +/**
> + * smp_call_function_mask(): Run a function on a set of other CPUs.
> + * @mask: The set of cpus to run on.
> + * @func: The function to run. This must be fast and non-blocking.
> + * @info: An arbitrary pointer to pass to the function.
> + * @wait: If true, wait (atomically) until function has completed on other CPUs.
> + *
> + * Returns 0 on success, else a negative status code.
> + *
> + * If @wait is true, then returns once @func has returned.
> + *
> + * You must not call this function with disabled interrupts or from a
> + * hardware interrupt handler or from a bottom half handler.
> + */
> +int smp_call_function_mask(cpumask_t mask, void (*func)(void *), void *info,
> +			   int wait)
> +{
> +	struct call_function_data *data;
> +	cpumask_t allbutself;
> +	unsigned long flags;
> +	int num_cpus;
> +
> +	/* Can deadlock when called with interrupts disabled */
> +	WARN_ON(wait && irqs_disabled());

Ditto

> +	allbutself = cpu_online_map;
> +	cpu_clear(smp_processor_id(), allbutself);
> +	cpus_and(mask, mask, allbutself);
> +	num_cpus = cpus_weight(mask);
> +
> +	if (!num_cpus)
> +		return 0;
> +
> +	if (wait) {
> +		struct call_function_data d;
> +
> +		data = &d;
> +		data->csd.flags = CSD_FLAG_WAIT;
> +	} else {
> +		data = kmalloc(sizeof(*data), GFP_ATOMIC);
> +		if (data)
> +			data->csd.flags = CSD_FLAG_ALLOC;
> +		else {
> +			while (test_and_set_bit_lock(0, &cfd_fallback_used))
> +				cpu_relax();
> +
> +			data = &cfd_fallback;
> +			data->csd.flags = CSD_FLAG_FALLBACK;
> +		}
> +	}
> +
> +	spin_lock_init(&data->lock);
> +	data->csd.func = func;
> +	data->csd.info = info;
> +	data->refs = num_cpus;
> +	data->cpumask = mask;
> +
> +	spin_lock_irqsave(&call_function_lock, flags);
> +	list_add_tail_rcu(&data->csd.list, &call_function_queue);
> +	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&call_function_lock, flags);
> +
> +	/* Send a message to all CPUs in the map */
> +	arch_send_call_function_ipi(mask);
> +
> +	/* optionally wait for the CPUs to complete */
> +	if (wait)
> +		csd_flag_wait(&data->csd);
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(smp_call_function_mask);

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