int sysctl_panic_on_rcu_stall __read_mostly;
#ifdef CONFIG_PROVE_RCU
-#define RCU_STALL_DELAY_DELTA (5 * HZ)
+#define RCU_STALL_DELAY_DELTA (5 * HZ)
#else
-#define RCU_STALL_DELAY_DELTA 0
+#define RCU_STALL_DELAY_DELTA 0
#endif
+#define RCU_STALL_MIGHT_DIV 8
+#define RCU_STALL_MIGHT_MIN (2 * HZ)
/* Limit-check stall timeouts specified at boottime and runtime. */
int rcu_jiffies_till_stall_check(void)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_jiffies_till_stall_check);
+/**
+ * rcu_gp_might_be_stalled - Is it likely that the grace period is stalled?
+ *
+ * Returns @true if the current grace period is sufficiently old that
+ * it is reasonable to assume that it might be stalled. This can be
+ * useful when deciding whether to allocate memory to enable RCU-mediated
+ * freeing on the one hand or just invoking synchronize_rcu() on the other.
+ * The latter is preferable when the grace period is stalled.
+ *
+ * Note that sampling of the .gp_start and .gp_seq fields must be done
+ * carefully to avoid false positives at the beginnings and ends of
+ * grace periods.
+ */
+bool rcu_gp_might_be_stalled(void)
+{
+ unsigned long d = rcu_jiffies_till_stall_check() / RCU_STALL_MIGHT_DIV;
+ unsigned long j = jiffies;
+
+ if (d < RCU_STALL_MIGHT_MIN)
+ d = RCU_STALL_MIGHT_MIN;
+ smp_mb(); // jiffies before .gp_seq to avoid false positives.
+ if (!rcu_gp_in_progress())
+ return false;
+ // Long delays at this point avoids false positive, but a delay
+ // of ULONG_MAX/4 jiffies voids your no-false-positive warranty.
+ smp_mb(); // .gp_seq before second .gp_start
+ // And ditto here.
+ return !time_before(j, READ_ONCE(rcu_state.gp_start) + d);
+}
+
/* Don't do RCU CPU stall warnings during long sysrq printouts. */
void rcu_sysrq_start(void)
{
WRITE_ONCE(rcu_state.gp_start, j);
j1 = rcu_jiffies_till_stall_check();
- /* Record ->gp_start before ->jiffies_stall. */
- smp_store_release(&rcu_state.jiffies_stall, j + j1); /* ^^^ */
+ smp_mb(); // ->gp_start before ->jiffies_stall and caller's ->gp_seq.
+ WRITE_ONCE(rcu_state.jiffies_stall, j + j1);
rcu_state.jiffies_resched = j + j1 / 2;
rcu_state.n_force_qs_gpstart = READ_ONCE(rcu_state.n_force_qs);
}