rcu: Detect expedited grace period completion in rcu_pending()

rcu_pending() decides whether rcu_core() should run on the current CPU's
timer tick.  It does not account for expedited grace periods: after an
expedited GP completes, a non-offloaded CPU's callbacks remain in
RCU_WAIT_TAIL (not yet advanced to RCU_DONE_TAIL) and rcu_core() is
never invoked to advance them.

Detect that case via rcu_segcblist_nextgp() combined with a new
memory-ordering-free poll variant,
poll_state_synchronize_rcu_full_unordered().  This keeps rcu_pending()
cheap: it runs on every tick that has pending callbacks, so it must
not pay for the two memory barriers in
poll_state_synchronize_rcu_full().  The check is only a hint to run
rcu_core(); the ordered re-check and the actual callback advancement
happen there.

Signed-off-by: Puranjay Mohan <puranjay@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
This commit is contained in:
Puranjay Mohan 2026-06-24 06:23:51 -07:00 committed by Paul E. McKenney
parent 318606106c
commit fde2b18817

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@ -3592,6 +3592,24 @@ bool poll_state_synchronize_rcu(unsigned long oldstate)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(poll_state_synchronize_rcu);
/*
* Racy, memory-ordering-free test of whether the normal or expedited grace
* period recorded in *gsp has completed. Callers that need the full
* memory-ordering guarantees must use poll_state_synchronize_rcu_full();
* this variant is only a hint (e.g. for rcu_pending()) and leaves any
* required ordering to a subsequent ordered check.
*/
static bool poll_state_synchronize_rcu_full_unordered(struct rcu_gp_seq *gsp)
{
struct rcu_node *rnp = rcu_get_root();
return gsp->norm == RCU_GET_STATE_COMPLETED ||
rcu_seq_done_exact(&rnp->gp_seq, gsp->norm) ||
gsp->exp == RCU_GET_STATE_COMPLETED ||
(gsp->exp != RCU_GET_STATE_NOT_TRACKED &&
rcu_seq_done_exact(&rcu_state.expedited_sequence, gsp->exp));
}
/**
* poll_state_synchronize_rcu_full - Has the specified RCU grace period completed?
* @gsp: value from get_state_synchronize_rcu_full() or start_poll_synchronize_rcu_full()
@ -3627,14 +3645,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(poll_state_synchronize_rcu);
*/
bool poll_state_synchronize_rcu_full(struct rcu_gp_seq *gsp)
{
struct rcu_node *rnp = rcu_get_root();
smp_mb(); // Order against root rcu_node structure grace-period cleanup.
if (gsp->norm == RCU_GET_STATE_COMPLETED ||
rcu_seq_done_exact(&rnp->gp_seq, gsp->norm) ||
gsp->exp == RCU_GET_STATE_COMPLETED ||
(gsp->exp != RCU_GET_STATE_NOT_TRACKED &&
rcu_seq_done_exact(&rcu_state.expedited_sequence, gsp->exp))) {
if (poll_state_synchronize_rcu_full_unordered(gsp)) {
smp_mb(); /* Ensure GP ends before subsequent accesses. */
return true;
}
@ -3704,6 +3716,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cond_synchronize_rcu_full);
static int rcu_pending(int user)
{
bool gp_in_progress;
struct rcu_gp_seq gp_state;
struct rcu_data *rdp = this_cpu_ptr(&rcu_data);
struct rcu_node *rnp = rdp->mynode;
@ -3734,6 +3747,17 @@ static int rcu_pending(int user)
rcu_segcblist_ready_cbs(&rdp->cblist))
return 1;
/*
* Has a GP (normal or expedited) completed for pending callbacks?
* This is only a racy hint to decide whether to run rcu_core(); the
* ordered re-check and callback advancement happen there, so the
* unordered test avoids paying for memory barriers on every tick.
*/
if (!rcu_rdp_is_offloaded(rdp) &&
rcu_segcblist_nextgp(&rdp->cblist, &gp_state) &&
poll_state_synchronize_rcu_full_unordered(&gp_state))
return 1;
/* Has RCU gone idle with this CPU needing another grace period? */
if (!gp_in_progress && rcu_segcblist_is_enabled(&rdp->cblist) &&
!rcu_rdp_is_offloaded(rdp) &&