Re: Bisected post-3.9 regression: Resume takes 5 times as much time as with v3.9

From: BjÃrn Mork
Date: Sun May 12 2013 - 12:57:08 EST


Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 06:13:34PM +0200, BjÃrn Mork wrote:
>> diff --git a/kernel/rcutree.c b/kernel/rcutree.c
>> index 6934238..2dcbf84 100644
>> --- a/kernel/rcutree.c
>> +++ b/kernel/rcutree.c
>> @@ -3103,9 +3103,11 @@ static int rcu_pm_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
>> {
>> switch (action) {
>> case PM_HIBERNATION_PREPARE:
>> + case PM_SUSPEND_PREPARE:
>> rcu_expedited = 1;
>> break;
>> - case PM_POST_RESTORE:
>> + case PM_POST_HIBERNATION:
>> + case PM_POST_SUSPEND:
>> rcu_expedited = 0;
>> break;
>> default:
>
> If I'm reading Documentation/power/notifiers.txt correctly, we only need
> PM_HIBERNATION_PREPARE when we go to sleep (whatever hibernation method
> we use) and PM_POST_HIBERNATION when we restore.

Well, that's not the way I read it. And testing also supports that.

Adding the above to your patch makes restore from suspend use < 3
seconds again. Using only PM_HIBERNATION_PREPARE had no effect on the
restore from suspend time, still measured at around 15 seconds on my
laptop.

Note that I did not test hibernation at all. But based on your patch I
assume the issue is exactly the same.

> I don't think it matters for expediting RCU grace periods whether
> we had an error during resume or not and I'd basically want to set
> rcu_expedited to 0 unconditionally when resuming..

Yes, and I believe that's what PM_POST_HIBERNATION will achieve if I
read the docs correctly. But I guess this should be sanity checked via
Rafael or someone else knowing how these notifiers work.


BjÃrn
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