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membarrier: Provide expedited private command 

Implement MEMBARRIER_CMD_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED with IPIs using cpumask built
from all runqueues for which current thread's mm is the same as the
thread calling sys_membarrier. It executes faster than the non-expedited
variant (no blocking). It also works on NOHZ_FULL configurations.

Scheduler-wise, it requires a memory barrier before and after context
switching between processes (which have different mm). The memory
barrier before context switch is already present. For the barrier after
context switch:

* Our TSO archs can do RELEASE without being a full barrier. Look at
  x86 spin_unlock() being a regular STORE for example.  But for those
  archs, all atomics imply smp_mb and all of them have atomic ops in
  switch_mm() for mm_cpumask(), and on x86 the CR3 load acts as a full
  barrier.

* From all weakly ordered machines, only ARM64 and PPC can do RELEASE,
  the rest does indeed do smp_mb(), so there the spin_unlock() is a full
  barrier and we're good.

* ARM64 has a very heavy barrier in switch_to(), which suffices.

* PPC just removed its barrier from switch_to(), but appears to be
  talking about adding something to switch_mm(). So add a
  smp_mb__after_unlock_lock() for now, until this is settled on the PPC
  side.

Changes since v3:
- Properly document the memory barriers provided by each architecture.

Changes since v2:
- Address comments from Peter Zijlstra,
- Add smp_mb__after_unlock_lock() after finish_lock_switch() in
  finish_task_switch() to add the memory barrier we need after storing
  to rq->curr. This is much simpler than the previous approach relying
  on atomic_dec_and_test() in mmdrop(), which actually added a memory
  barrier in the common case of switching between userspace processes.
- Return -EINVAL when MEMBARRIER_CMD_SHARED is used on a nohz_full
  kernel, rather than having the whole membarrier system call returning
  -ENOSYS. Indeed, CMD_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED is compatible with nohz_full.
  Adapt the CMD_QUERY mask accordingly.

Changes since v1:
- move membarrier code under kernel/sched/ because it uses the
  scheduler runqueue,
- only add the barrier when we switch from a kernel thread. The case
  where we switch from a user-space thread is already handled by
  the atomic_dec_and_test() in mmdrop().
- add a comment to mmdrop() documenting the requirement on the implicit
  memory barrier.

CC: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
CC: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
CC: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
CC: Andrew Hunter <ahh@google.com>
CC: Maged Michael <maged.michael@gmail.com>
CC: gromer@google.com
CC: Avi Kivity <avi@scylladb.com>
CC: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
CC: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
CC: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Tested-by: Dave Watson <davejwatson@fb.com>
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Mathieu Desnoyers 2017-07-28 16:40:40 -04:00 committed by Paul E. McKenney
parent 955dbdf4ce
commit 22e4ebb975
8 changed files with 202 additions and 74 deletions
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MAINTAINERS
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@ -8621,7 +8621,7 @@ M: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
M: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
L: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
S: Supported
F: kernel/membarrier.c
F: kernel/sched/membarrier.c
F: include/uapi/linux/membarrier.h
MEMORY MANAGEMENT

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arch/arm64/kernel/process.c
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@ -360,6 +360,8 @@ __notrace_funcgraph struct task_struct *__switch_to(struct task_struct *prev,
/*
* Complete any pending TLB or cache maintenance on this CPU in case
* the thread migrates to a different CPU.
* This full barrier is also required by the membarrier system
* call.
*/
dsb(ish);

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include/uapi/linux/membarrier.h
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@ -40,14 +40,33 @@
* (non-running threads are de facto in such a
* state). This covers threads from all processes
* running on the system. This command returns 0.
* @MEMBARRIER_CMD_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED:
* Execute a memory barrier on each running
* thread belonging to the same process as the current
* thread. Upon return from system call, the
* caller thread is ensured that all its running
* threads siblings have passed through a state
* where all memory accesses to user-space
* addresses match program order between entry
* to and return from the system call
* (non-running threads are de facto in such a
* state). This only covers threads from the
* same processes as the caller thread. This
* command returns 0. The "expedited" commands
* complete faster than the non-expedited ones,
* they never block, but have the downside of
* causing extra overhead.
*
* Command to be passed to the membarrier system call. The commands need to
* be a single bit each, except for MEMBARRIER_CMD_QUERY which is assigned to
* the value 0.
*/
enum membarrier_cmd {
MEMBARRIER_CMD_QUERY = 0,
MEMBARRIER_CMD_SHARED = (1 << 0),
MEMBARRIER_CMD_QUERY = 0,
MEMBARRIER_CMD_SHARED = (1 << 0),
/* reserved for MEMBARRIER_CMD_SHARED_EXPEDITED (1 << 1) */
/* reserved for MEMBARRIER_CMD_PRIVATE (1 << 2) */
MEMBARRIER_CMD_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED = (1 << 3),
};
#endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_MEMBARRIER_H */

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kernel/Makefile
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@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP) += crash_dump.o
obj-$(CONFIG_JUMP_LABEL) += jump_label.o
obj-$(CONFIG_CONTEXT_TRACKING) += context_tracking.o
obj-$(CONFIG_TORTURE_TEST) += torture.o
obj-$(CONFIG_MEMBARRIER) += membarrier.o
obj-$(CONFIG_HAS_IOMEM) += memremap.o

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kernel/membarrier.c
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@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
/*
* Copyright (C) 2010, 2015 Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
*
* membarrier system call
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*/
#include <linux/syscalls.h>
#include <linux/membarrier.h>
#include <linux/tick.h>
/*
* Bitmask made from a "or" of all commands within enum membarrier_cmd,
* except MEMBARRIER_CMD_QUERY.
*/
#define MEMBARRIER_CMD_BITMASK (MEMBARRIER_CMD_SHARED)
/**
* sys_membarrier - issue memory barriers on a set of threads
* @cmd: Takes command values defined in enum membarrier_cmd.
* @flags: Currently needs to be 0. For future extensions.
*
* If this system call is not implemented, -ENOSYS is returned. If the
* command specified does not exist, or if the command argument is invalid,
* this system call returns -EINVAL. For a given command, with flags argument
* set to 0, this system call is guaranteed to always return the same value
* until reboot.
*
* All memory accesses performed in program order from each targeted thread
* is guaranteed to be ordered with respect to sys_membarrier(). If we use
* the semantic "barrier()" to represent a compiler barrier forcing memory
* accesses to be performed in program order across the barrier, and
* smp_mb() to represent explicit memory barriers forcing full memory
* ordering across the barrier, we have the following ordering table for
* each pair of barrier(), sys_membarrier() and smp_mb():
*
* The pair ordering is detailed as (O: ordered, X: not ordered):
*
* barrier() smp_mb() sys_membarrier()
* barrier() X X O
* smp_mb() X O O
* sys_membarrier() O O O
*/
SYSCALL_DEFINE2(membarrier, int, cmd, int, flags)
{
/* MEMBARRIER_CMD_SHARED is not compatible with nohz_full. */
if (tick_nohz_full_enabled())
return -ENOSYS;
if (unlikely(flags))
return -EINVAL;
switch (cmd) {
case MEMBARRIER_CMD_QUERY:
return MEMBARRIER_CMD_BITMASK;
case MEMBARRIER_CMD_SHARED:
if (num_online_cpus() > 1)
synchronize_sched();
return 0;
default:
return -EINVAL;
}
}

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kernel/sched/Makefile
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@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG) += debug.o
obj-$(CONFIG_CGROUP_CPUACCT) += cpuacct.o
obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_FREQ) += cpufreq.o
obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_SCHEDUTIL) += cpufreq_schedutil.o
obj-$(CONFIG_MEMBARRIER) += membarrier.o

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kernel/sched/core.c
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@ -2640,6 +2640,16 @@ static struct rq *finish_task_switch(struct task_struct *prev)
prev_state = prev->state;
vtime_task_switch(prev);
perf_event_task_sched_in(prev, current);
/*
* The membarrier system call requires a full memory barrier
* after storing to rq->curr, before going back to user-space.
*
* TODO: This smp_mb__after_unlock_lock can go away if PPC end
* up adding a full barrier to switch_mm(), or we should figure
* out if a smp_mb__after_unlock_lock is really the proper API
* to use.
*/
smp_mb__after_unlock_lock();
finish_lock_switch(rq, prev);
finish_arch_post_lock_switch();
@ -3329,6 +3339,21 @@ static void __sched notrace __schedule(bool preempt)
if (likely(prev != next)) {
rq->nr_switches++;
rq->curr = next;
/*
* The membarrier system call requires each architecture
* to have a full memory barrier after updating
* rq->curr, before returning to user-space. For TSO
* (e.g. x86), the architecture must provide its own
* barrier in switch_mm(). For weakly ordered machines
* for which spin_unlock() acts as a full memory
* barrier, finish_lock_switch() in common code takes
* care of this barrier. For weakly ordered machines for
* which spin_unlock() acts as a RELEASE barrier (only
* arm64 and PowerPC), arm64 has a full barrier in
* switch_to(), and PowerPC has
* smp_mb__after_unlock_lock() before
* finish_lock_switch().
*/
++*switch_count;
trace_sched_switch(preempt, prev, next);

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@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
/*
* Copyright (C) 2010-2017 Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
*
* membarrier system call
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*/
#include <linux/syscalls.h>
#include <linux/membarrier.h>
#include <linux/tick.h>
#include <linux/cpumask.h>
#include "sched.h" /* for cpu_rq(). */
/*
* Bitmask made from a "or" of all commands within enum membarrier_cmd,
* except MEMBARRIER_CMD_QUERY.
*/
#define MEMBARRIER_CMD_BITMASK \
(MEMBARRIER_CMD_SHARED | MEMBARRIER_CMD_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED)
static void ipi_mb(void *info)
{
smp_mb(); /* IPIs should be serializing but paranoid. */
}
static void membarrier_private_expedited(void)
{
int cpu;
bool fallback = false;
cpumask_var_t tmpmask;
if (num_online_cpus() == 1)
return;
/*
* Matches memory barriers around rq->curr modification in
* scheduler.
*/
smp_mb(); /* system call entry is not a mb. */
/*
* Expedited membarrier commands guarantee that they won't
* block, hence the GFP_NOWAIT allocation flag and fallback
* implementation.
*/
if (!zalloc_cpumask_var(&tmpmask, GFP_NOWAIT)) {
/* Fallback for OOM. */
fallback = true;
}
cpus_read_lock();
for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
struct task_struct *p;
/*
* Skipping the current CPU is OK even through we can be
* migrated at any point. The current CPU, at the point
* where we read raw_smp_processor_id(), is ensured to
* be in program order with respect to the caller
* thread. Therefore, we can skip this CPU from the
* iteration.
*/
if (cpu == raw_smp_processor_id())
continue;
rcu_read_lock();
p = task_rcu_dereference(&cpu_rq(cpu)->curr);
if (p && p->mm == current->mm) {
if (!fallback)
__cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, tmpmask);
else
smp_call_function_single(cpu, ipi_mb, NULL, 1);
}
rcu_read_unlock();
}
if (!fallback) {
smp_call_function_many(tmpmask, ipi_mb, NULL, 1);
free_cpumask_var(tmpmask);
}
cpus_read_unlock();
/*
* Memory barrier on the caller thread _after_ we finished
* waiting for the last IPI. Matches memory barriers around
* rq->curr modification in scheduler.
*/
smp_mb(); /* exit from system call is not a mb */
}
/**
* sys_membarrier - issue memory barriers on a set of threads
* @cmd: Takes command values defined in enum membarrier_cmd.
* @flags: Currently needs to be 0. For future extensions.
*
* If this system call is not implemented, -ENOSYS is returned. If the
* command specified does not exist, not available on the running
* kernel, or if the command argument is invalid, this system call
* returns -EINVAL. For a given command, with flags argument set to 0,
* this system call is guaranteed to always return the same value until
* reboot.
*
* All memory accesses performed in program order from each targeted thread
* is guaranteed to be ordered with respect to sys_membarrier(). If we use
* the semantic "barrier()" to represent a compiler barrier forcing memory
* accesses to be performed in program order across the barrier, and
* smp_mb() to represent explicit memory barriers forcing full memory
* ordering across the barrier, we have the following ordering table for
* each pair of barrier(), sys_membarrier() and smp_mb():
*
* The pair ordering is detailed as (O: ordered, X: not ordered):
*
* barrier() smp_mb() sys_membarrier()
* barrier() X X O
* smp_mb() X O O
* sys_membarrier() O O O
*/
SYSCALL_DEFINE2(membarrier, int, cmd, int, flags)
{
if (unlikely(flags))
return -EINVAL;
switch (cmd) {
case MEMBARRIER_CMD_QUERY:
{
int cmd_mask = MEMBARRIER_CMD_BITMASK;
if (tick_nohz_full_enabled())
cmd_mask &= ~MEMBARRIER_CMD_SHARED;
return cmd_mask;
}
case MEMBARRIER_CMD_SHARED:
/* MEMBARRIER_CMD_SHARED is not compatible with nohz_full. */
if (tick_nohz_full_enabled())
return -EINVAL;
if (num_online_cpus() > 1)
synchronize_sched();
return 0;
case MEMBARRIER_CMD_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED:
membarrier_private_expedited();
return 0;
default:
return -EINVAL;
}
}