using RCU rather than SRCU, because RCU is almost always faster
and easier to use than is SRCU.
- If you need to enter your read-side critical section in a
- hardirq or exception handler, and then exit that same read-side
- critical section in the task that was interrupted, then you need
- to srcu_read_lock_raw() and srcu_read_unlock_raw(), which avoid
- the lockdep checking that would otherwise this practice illegal.
-
Also unlike other forms of RCU, explicit initialization
and cleanup is required via init_srcu_struct() and
cleanup_srcu_struct(). These are passed a "struct srcu_struct"
"srcu_expedited": srcu_read_lock(), srcu_read_unlock() and
synchronize_srcu_expedited().
- "srcu_raw": srcu_read_lock_raw(), srcu_read_unlock_raw(),
- and call_srcu().
-
- "srcu_raw_sync": srcu_read_lock_raw(), srcu_read_unlock_raw(),
- and synchronize_srcu().
-
"sched": preempt_disable(), preempt_enable(), and
call_rcu_sched().
srcu_read_lock synchronize_srcu srcu_barrier
srcu_read_unlock call_srcu
- srcu_read_lock_raw synchronize_srcu_expedited
- srcu_read_unlock_raw
- srcu_dereference
+ srcu_dereference synchronize_srcu_expedited
SRCU: Initialization/cleanup
init_srcu_struct
a. Will readers need to block? If so, you need SRCU.
-b. Is it necessary to start a read-side critical section in a
- hardirq handler or exception handler, and then to complete
- this read-side critical section in the task that was
- interrupted? If so, you need SRCU's srcu_read_lock_raw() and
- srcu_read_unlock_raw() primitives.
-
-c. What about the -rt patchset? If readers would need to block
+b. What about the -rt patchset? If readers would need to block
in an non-rt kernel, you need SRCU. If readers would block
in a -rt kernel, but not in a non-rt kernel, SRCU is not
necessary.
-d. Do you need to treat NMI handlers, hardirq handlers,
+c. Do you need to treat NMI handlers, hardirq handlers,
and code segments with preemption disabled (whether
via preempt_disable(), local_irq_save(), local_bh_disable(),
or some other mechanism) as if they were explicit RCU readers?
If so, RCU-sched is the only choice that will work for you.
-e. Do you need RCU grace periods to complete even in the face
+d. Do you need RCU grace periods to complete even in the face
of softirq monopolization of one or more of the CPUs? For
example, is your code subject to network-based denial-of-service
attacks? If so, you need RCU-bh.
-f. Is your workload too update-intensive for normal use of
+e. Is your workload too update-intensive for normal use of
RCU, but inappropriate for other synchronization mechanisms?
If so, consider SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU. But please be careful!
-g. Do you need read-side critical sections that are respected
+f. Do you need read-side critical sections that are respected
even though they are in the middle of the idle loop, during
user-mode execution, or on an offlined CPU? If so, SRCU is the
only choice that will work for you.
-h. Otherwise, use RCU.
+g. Otherwise, use RCU.
Of course, this all assumes that you have determined that RCU is in fact
the right tool for your job.
__srcu_read_unlock(sp, idx);
}
-/**
- * srcu_read_lock_raw - register a new reader for an SRCU-protected structure.
- * @sp: srcu_struct in which to register the new reader.
- *
- * Enter an SRCU read-side critical section. Similar to srcu_read_lock(),
- * but avoids the RCU-lockdep checking. This means that it is legal to
- * use srcu_read_lock_raw() in one context, for example, in an exception
- * handler, and then have the matching srcu_read_unlock_raw() in another
- * context, for example in the task that took the exception.
- *
- * However, the entire SRCU read-side critical section must reside within a
- * single task. For example, beware of using srcu_read_lock_raw() in
- * a device interrupt handler and srcu_read_unlock() in the interrupted
- * task: This will not work if interrupts are threaded.
- */
-static inline int srcu_read_lock_raw(struct srcu_struct *sp)
-{
- unsigned long flags;
- int ret;
-
- local_irq_save(flags);
- ret = __srcu_read_lock(sp);
- local_irq_restore(flags);
- return ret;
-}
-
-/**
- * srcu_read_unlock_raw - unregister reader from an SRCU-protected structure.
- * @sp: srcu_struct in which to unregister the old reader.
- * @idx: return value from corresponding srcu_read_lock_raw().
- *
- * Exit an SRCU read-side critical section without lockdep-RCU checking.
- * See srcu_read_lock_raw() for more details.
- */
-static inline void srcu_read_unlock_raw(struct srcu_struct *sp, int idx)
-{
- unsigned long flags;
-
- local_irq_save(flags);
- __srcu_read_unlock(sp, idx);
- local_irq_restore(flags);
-}
-
#endif
.name = "srcu_sync"
};
-static int srcu_torture_read_lock_raw(void) __acquires(&srcu_ctl)
-{
- return srcu_read_lock_raw(&srcu_ctl);
-}
-
-static void srcu_torture_read_unlock_raw(int idx) __releases(&srcu_ctl)
-{
- srcu_read_unlock_raw(&srcu_ctl, idx);
-}
-
-static struct rcu_torture_ops srcu_raw_ops = {
- .init = rcu_sync_torture_init,
- .readlock = srcu_torture_read_lock_raw,
- .read_delay = srcu_read_delay,
- .readunlock = srcu_torture_read_unlock_raw,
- .completed = srcu_torture_completed,
- .deferred_free = srcu_torture_deferred_free,
- .sync = srcu_torture_synchronize,
- .call = NULL,
- .cb_barrier = NULL,
- .stats = srcu_torture_stats,
- .name = "srcu_raw"
-};
-
-static struct rcu_torture_ops srcu_raw_sync_ops = {
- .init = rcu_sync_torture_init,
- .readlock = srcu_torture_read_lock_raw,
- .read_delay = srcu_read_delay,
- .readunlock = srcu_torture_read_unlock_raw,
- .completed = srcu_torture_completed,
- .deferred_free = rcu_sync_torture_deferred_free,
- .sync = srcu_torture_synchronize,
- .call = NULL,
- .cb_barrier = NULL,
- .stats = srcu_torture_stats,
- .name = "srcu_raw_sync"
-};
-
static void srcu_torture_synchronize_expedited(void)
{
synchronize_srcu_expedited(&srcu_ctl);
{ &rcu_ops, &rcu_sync_ops, &rcu_expedited_ops,
&rcu_bh_ops, &rcu_bh_sync_ops, &rcu_bh_expedited_ops,
&srcu_ops, &srcu_sync_ops, &srcu_expedited_ops,
- &srcu_raw_ops, &srcu_raw_sync_ops,
&sched_ops, &sched_sync_ops, &sched_expedited_ops, };
mutex_lock(&fullstop_mutex);
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