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1 /*
2 * Sleepable Read-Copy Update mechanism for mutual exclusion.
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18 * Copyright (C) IBM Corporation, 2006
20 * Author: Paul McKenney <paulmck@us.ibm.com>
22 * For detailed explanation of Read-Copy Update mechanism see -
23 * Documentation/RCU/ *.txt
27 #include <linux/module.h>
28 #include <linux/mutex.h>
29 #include <linux/percpu.h>
30 #include <linux/preempt.h>
31 #include <linux/rcupdate.h>
32 #include <linux/sched.h>
33 #include <linux/smp.h>
34 #include <linux/delay.h>
35 #include <linux/srcu.h>
37 static int init_srcu_struct_fields(struct srcu_struct *sp)
39 sp->completed = 0;
40 mutex_init(&sp->mutex);
41 sp->per_cpu_ref = alloc_percpu(struct srcu_struct_array);
42 return sp->per_cpu_ref ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
45 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
47 int __init_srcu_struct(struct srcu_struct *sp, const char *name,
48 struct lock_class_key *key)
50 /* Don't re-initialize a lock while it is held. */
51 debug_check_no_locks_freed((void *)sp, sizeof(*sp));
52 lockdep_init_map(&sp->dep_map, name, key, 0);
53 return init_srcu_struct_fields(sp);
55 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__init_srcu_struct);
57 #else /* #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC */
59 /**
60 * init_srcu_struct - initialize a sleep-RCU structure
61 * @sp: structure to initialize.
63 * Must invoke this on a given srcu_struct before passing that srcu_struct
64 * to any other function. Each srcu_struct represents a separate domain
65 * of SRCU protection.
67 int init_srcu_struct(struct srcu_struct *sp)
69 return init_srcu_struct_fields(sp);
71 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(init_srcu_struct);
73 #endif /* #else #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC */
76 * srcu_readers_active_idx -- returns approximate number of readers
77 * active on the specified rank of per-CPU counters.
80 static int srcu_readers_active_idx(struct srcu_struct *sp, int idx)
82 int cpu;
83 int sum;
85 sum = 0;
86 for_each_possible_cpu(cpu)
87 sum += per_cpu_ptr(sp->per_cpu_ref, cpu)->c[idx];
88 return sum;
91 /**
92 * srcu_readers_active - returns approximate number of readers.
93 * @sp: which srcu_struct to count active readers (holding srcu_read_lock).
95 * Note that this is not an atomic primitive, and can therefore suffer
96 * severe errors when invoked on an active srcu_struct. That said, it
97 * can be useful as an error check at cleanup time.
99 static int srcu_readers_active(struct srcu_struct *sp)
101 return srcu_readers_active_idx(sp, 0) + srcu_readers_active_idx(sp, 1);
105 * cleanup_srcu_struct - deconstruct a sleep-RCU structure
106 * @sp: structure to clean up.
108 * Must invoke this after you are finished using a given srcu_struct that
109 * was initialized via init_srcu_struct(), else you leak memory.
111 void cleanup_srcu_struct(struct srcu_struct *sp)
113 int sum;
115 sum = srcu_readers_active(sp);
116 WARN_ON(sum); /* Leakage unless caller handles error. */
117 if (sum != 0)
118 return;
119 free_percpu(sp->per_cpu_ref);
120 sp->per_cpu_ref = NULL;
122 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cleanup_srcu_struct);
125 * Counts the new reader in the appropriate per-CPU element of the
126 * srcu_struct. Must be called from process context.
127 * Returns an index that must be passed to the matching srcu_read_unlock().
129 int __srcu_read_lock(struct srcu_struct *sp)
131 int idx;
133 preempt_disable();
134 idx = sp->completed & 0x1;
135 barrier(); /* ensure compiler looks -once- at sp->completed. */
136 per_cpu_ptr(sp->per_cpu_ref, smp_processor_id())->c[idx]++;
137 srcu_barrier(); /* ensure compiler won't misorder critical section. */
138 preempt_enable();
139 return idx;
141 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__srcu_read_lock);
144 * Removes the count for the old reader from the appropriate per-CPU
145 * element of the srcu_struct. Note that this may well be a different
146 * CPU than that which was incremented by the corresponding srcu_read_lock().
147 * Must be called from process context.
149 void __srcu_read_unlock(struct srcu_struct *sp, int idx)
151 preempt_disable();
152 srcu_barrier(); /* ensure compiler won't misorder critical section. */
153 per_cpu_ptr(sp->per_cpu_ref, smp_processor_id())->c[idx]--;
154 preempt_enable();
156 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__srcu_read_unlock);
159 * We use an adaptive strategy for synchronize_srcu() and especially for
160 * synchronize_srcu_expedited(). We spin for a fixed time period
161 * (defined below) to allow SRCU readers to exit their read-side critical
162 * sections. If there are still some readers after 10 microseconds,
163 * we repeatedly block for 1-millisecond time periods. This approach
164 * has done well in testing, so there is no need for a config parameter.
166 #define SYNCHRONIZE_SRCU_READER_DELAY 10
169 * Helper function for synchronize_srcu() and synchronize_srcu_expedited().
171 static void __synchronize_srcu(struct srcu_struct *sp, void (*sync_func)(void))
173 int idx;
175 idx = sp->completed;
176 mutex_lock(&sp->mutex);
179 * Check to see if someone else did the work for us while we were
180 * waiting to acquire the lock. We need -two- advances of
181 * the counter, not just one. If there was but one, we might have
182 * shown up -after- our helper's first synchronize_sched(), thus
183 * having failed to prevent CPU-reordering races with concurrent
184 * srcu_read_unlock()s on other CPUs (see comment below). So we
185 * either (1) wait for two or (2) supply the second ourselves.
188 if ((sp->completed - idx) >= 2) {
189 mutex_unlock(&sp->mutex);
190 return;
193 sync_func(); /* Force memory barrier on all CPUs. */
196 * The preceding synchronize_sched() ensures that any CPU that
197 * sees the new value of sp->completed will also see any preceding
198 * changes to data structures made by this CPU. This prevents
199 * some other CPU from reordering the accesses in its SRCU
200 * read-side critical section to precede the corresponding
201 * srcu_read_lock() -- ensuring that such references will in
202 * fact be protected.
204 * So it is now safe to do the flip.
207 idx = sp->completed & 0x1;
208 sp->completed++;
210 sync_func(); /* Force memory barrier on all CPUs. */
213 * At this point, because of the preceding synchronize_sched(),
214 * all srcu_read_lock() calls using the old counters have completed.
215 * Their corresponding critical sections might well be still
216 * executing, but the srcu_read_lock() primitives themselves
217 * will have finished executing. We initially give readers
218 * an arbitrarily chosen 10 microseconds to get out of their
219 * SRCU read-side critical sections, then loop waiting 1/HZ
220 * seconds per iteration. The 10-microsecond value has done
221 * very well in testing.
224 if (srcu_readers_active_idx(sp, idx))
225 udelay(SYNCHRONIZE_SRCU_READER_DELAY);
226 while (srcu_readers_active_idx(sp, idx))
227 schedule_timeout_interruptible(1);
229 sync_func(); /* Force memory barrier on all CPUs. */
232 * The preceding synchronize_sched() forces all srcu_read_unlock()
233 * primitives that were executing concurrently with the preceding
234 * for_each_possible_cpu() loop to have completed by this point.
235 * More importantly, it also forces the corresponding SRCU read-side
236 * critical sections to have also completed, and the corresponding
237 * references to SRCU-protected data items to be dropped.
239 * Note:
241 * Despite what you might think at first glance, the
242 * preceding synchronize_sched() -must- be within the
243 * critical section ended by the following mutex_unlock().
244 * Otherwise, a task taking the early exit can race
245 * with a srcu_read_unlock(), which might have executed
246 * just before the preceding srcu_readers_active() check,
247 * and whose CPU might have reordered the srcu_read_unlock()
248 * with the preceding critical section. In this case, there
249 * is nothing preventing the synchronize_sched() task that is
250 * taking the early exit from freeing a data structure that
251 * is still being referenced (out of order) by the task
252 * doing the srcu_read_unlock().
254 * Alternatively, the comparison with "2" on the early exit
255 * could be changed to "3", but this increases synchronize_srcu()
256 * latency for bulk loads. So the current code is preferred.
259 mutex_unlock(&sp->mutex);
263 * synchronize_srcu - wait for prior SRCU read-side critical-section completion
264 * @sp: srcu_struct with which to synchronize.
266 * Flip the completed counter, and wait for the old count to drain to zero.
267 * As with classic RCU, the updater must use some separate means of
268 * synchronizing concurrent updates. Can block; must be called from
269 * process context.
271 * Note that it is illegal to call synchronize_srcu() from the corresponding
272 * SRCU read-side critical section; doing so will result in deadlock.
273 * However, it is perfectly legal to call synchronize_srcu() on one
274 * srcu_struct from some other srcu_struct's read-side critical section.
276 void synchronize_srcu(struct srcu_struct *sp)
278 __synchronize_srcu(sp, synchronize_sched);
280 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(synchronize_srcu);
283 * synchronize_srcu_expedited - like synchronize_srcu, but less patient
284 * @sp: srcu_struct with which to synchronize.
286 * Flip the completed counter, and wait for the old count to drain to zero.
287 * As with classic RCU, the updater must use some separate means of
288 * synchronizing concurrent updates. Can block; must be called from
289 * process context.
291 * Note that it is illegal to call synchronize_srcu_expedited()
292 * from the corresponding SRCU read-side critical section; doing so
293 * will result in deadlock. However, it is perfectly legal to call
294 * synchronize_srcu_expedited() on one srcu_struct from some other
295 * srcu_struct's read-side critical section.
297 void synchronize_srcu_expedited(struct srcu_struct *sp)
299 __synchronize_srcu(sp, synchronize_sched_expedited);
301 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(synchronize_srcu_expedited);
304 * srcu_batches_completed - return batches completed.
305 * @sp: srcu_struct on which to report batch completion.
307 * Report the number of batches, correlated with, but not necessarily
308 * precisely the same as, the number of grace periods that have elapsed.
311 long srcu_batches_completed(struct srcu_struct *sp)
313 return sp->completed;
315 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(srcu_batches_completed);