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scripts: Make checkpatch.pl warn on expedited RCU grace periods 

The synchronize_rcu_expedited() and synchronize_sched_expedited()
expedited-grace-period primitives induce OS jitter, which can degrade
real-time response.  This commit therefore adds a checkpatch.pl warning
on any patch adding them.

Note that this patch does not warn on synchronize_srcu_expedited()
because it does not induce OS jitter, courtesy of its otherwise
much-maligned read-side memory barriers.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
hifive-unleashed-5.1
Paul E. McKenney 2015-07-02 11:55:40 -07:00
parent 96a39bc434
commit 3ad81779ad
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@ -5011,6 +5011,7 @@ sub process {
"memory barrier without comment\n" . $herecurr);
}
}
# check for waitqueue_active without a comment.
if ($line =~ /\bwaitqueue_active\s*\(/) {
if (!ctx_has_comment($first_line, $linenr)) {
@ -5018,6 +5019,24 @@ sub process {
"waitqueue_active without comment\n" . $herecurr);
}
}
# Check for expedited grace periods that interrupt non-idle non-nohz
# online CPUs. These expedited can therefore degrade real-time response
# if used carelessly, and should be avoided where not absolutely
# needed. It is always OK to use synchronize_rcu_expedited() and
# synchronize_sched_expedited() at boot time (before real-time applications
# start) and in error situations where real-time response is compromised in
# any case. Note that synchronize_srcu_expedited() does -not- interrupt
# other CPUs, so don't warn on uses of synchronize_srcu_expedited().
# Of course, nothing comes for free, and srcu_read_lock() and
# srcu_read_unlock() do contain full memory barriers in payment for
# synchronize_srcu_expedited() non-interruption properties.
if ($line =~ /\b(synchronize_rcu_expedited|synchronize_sched_expedited)\(/) {
WARN("EXPEDITED_RCU_GRACE_PERIOD",
"expedited RCU grace periods should be avoided where they can degrade real-time response\n" . $herecurr);
}
# check of hardware specific defines
if ($line =~ m@^.\s*\#\s*if.*\b(__i386__|__powerpc64__|__sun__|__s390x__)\b@ && $realfile !~ m@include/asm-@) {
CHK("ARCH_DEFINES",