[lttng-dev] [PATCH] urcu: make the code of urcu-qsbr as normal urcu

Mathieu Desnoyers mathieu.desnoyers at efficios.com
Mon May 6 08:34:57 EDT 2013


* Lai Jiangshan (laijs at cn.fujitsu.com) wrote:
> urcu-qsbr's read site's quiescence is much longer than normal urcu ==>
> synchronize_rcu() is much slower ==>
> rcu_gp_ctr is updated much less ==>
> the whole urcu-qsbr will not be slowed down by false sharing of rcu_gp_ctr.

Hi Lai,

Sorry for the late reply, I must have been very busy when you sent this
patch. It's indeed a very good idea to make qsbr more similar to other
URCU flavors. I'm merging it right away.

Thanks!

Mathieu

> 
> But this patch makes sense to keep the code of urcu-qsbr like normal urcu,
> better readability and maintenance.
> 
> Test: (4*6 CPUs)
> Before patch:
> [root at localhost userspace-rcu]# ./tests/test_urcu_qsbr 20 1 20
> SUMMARY ./tests/test_urcu_qsbr    testdur   20 nr_readers  20 rdur      0 wdur      0 nr_writers   1 wdelay      0 nr_reads  65498297587 nr_writes      2000665 nr_ops  65500298252
> [root at localhost userspace-rcu]# ./tests/test_urcu_qsbr 20 1 20
> SUMMARY ./tests/test_urcu_qsbr    testdur   20 nr_readers  20 rdur      0 wdur      0 nr_writers   1 wdelay      0 nr_reads  67218079467 nr_writes      1981593 nr_ops  67220061060
> 
> After patch
> ./tests/test_urcu_qsbr 20 1 20
> SUMMARY ./tests/test_urcu_qsbr    testdur   20 nr_readers  20 rdur      0 wdur      0 nr_writers   1 wdelay      0 nr_reads  67473798999 nr_writes      1999151 nr_ops  67475798150
> [root at localhost userspace-rcu]# ./tests/test_urcu_qsbr 20 1 20
> SUMMARY ./tests/test_urcu_qsbr    testdur   20 nr_readers  20 rdur      0 wdur      0 nr_writers   1 wdelay      0 nr_reads  67065521397 nr_writes      1993956 nr_ops  67067515353
> 
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs at cn.fujitsu.com>
> --
> diff --git a/urcu-qsbr.c b/urcu-qsbr.c
> index 3c2c65d..995c564 100644
> --- a/urcu-qsbr.c
> +++ b/urcu-qsbr.c
> @@ -53,13 +53,7 @@
>  void __attribute__((destructor)) rcu_exit(void);
>  
>  static pthread_mutex_t rcu_gp_lock = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
> -
> -int32_t rcu_gp_futex;
> -
> -/*
> - * Global grace period counter.
> - */
> -unsigned long rcu_gp_ctr = RCU_GP_ONLINE;
> +struct urcu_gp rcu_gp = { .ctr = RCU_GP_ONLINE };
>  
>  /*
>   * Active attempts to check for reader Q.S. before calling futex().
> @@ -118,8 +112,8 @@ static void wait_gp(void)
>  {
>  	/* Read reader_gp before read futex */
>  	cmm_smp_rmb();
> -	if (uatomic_read(&rcu_gp_futex) == -1)
> -		futex_noasync(&rcu_gp_futex, FUTEX_WAIT, -1,
> +	if (uatomic_read(&rcu_gp.futex) == -1)
> +		futex_noasync(&rcu_gp.futex, FUTEX_WAIT, -1,
>  		      NULL, NULL, 0);
>  }
>  
> @@ -133,12 +127,12 @@ static void wait_for_readers(struct cds_list_head *input_readers,
>  	/*
>  	 * Wait for each thread URCU_TLS(rcu_reader).ctr to either
>  	 * indicate quiescence (offline), or for them to observe the
> -	 * current rcu_gp_ctr value.
> +	 * current rcu_gp.ctr value.
>  	 */
>  	for (;;) {
>  		wait_loops++;
>  		if (wait_loops >= RCU_QS_ACTIVE_ATTEMPTS) {
> -			uatomic_set(&rcu_gp_futex, -1);
> +			uatomic_set(&rcu_gp.futex, -1);
>  			/*
>  			 * Write futex before write waiting (the other side
>  			 * reads them in the opposite order).
> @@ -177,7 +171,7 @@ static void wait_for_readers(struct cds_list_head *input_readers,
>  			if (wait_loops >= RCU_QS_ACTIVE_ATTEMPTS) {
>  				/* Read reader_gp before write futex */
>  				cmm_smp_mb();
> -				uatomic_set(&rcu_gp_futex, 0);
> +				uatomic_set(&rcu_gp.futex, 0);
>  			}
>  			break;
>  		} else {
> @@ -253,11 +247,11 @@ void synchronize_rcu(void)
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * Must finish waiting for quiescent state for original parity
> -	 * before committing next rcu_gp_ctr update to memory. Failure
> +	 * before committing next rcu_gp.ctr update to memory. Failure
>  	 * to do so could result in the writer waiting forever while new
>  	 * readers are always accessing data (no progress).  Enforce
>  	 * compiler-order of load URCU_TLS(rcu_reader).ctr before store
> -	 * to rcu_gp_ctr.
> +	 * to rcu_gp.ctr.
>  	 */
>  	cmm_barrier();
>  
> @@ -269,13 +263,13 @@ void synchronize_rcu(void)
>  	cmm_smp_mb();
>  
>  	/* Switch parity: 0 -> 1, 1 -> 0 */
> -	CMM_STORE_SHARED(rcu_gp_ctr, rcu_gp_ctr ^ RCU_GP_CTR);
> +	CMM_STORE_SHARED(rcu_gp.ctr, rcu_gp.ctr ^ RCU_GP_CTR);
>  
>  	/*
> -	 * Must commit rcu_gp_ctr update to memory before waiting for
> +	 * Must commit rcu_gp.ctr update to memory before waiting for
>  	 * quiescent state. Failure to do so could result in the writer
>  	 * waiting forever while new readers are always accessing data
> -	 * (no progress). Enforce compiler-order of store to rcu_gp_ctr
> +	 * (no progress). Enforce compiler-order of store to rcu_gp.ctr
>  	 * before load URCU_TLS(rcu_reader).ctr.
>  	 */
>  	cmm_barrier();
> @@ -353,13 +347,13 @@ void synchronize_rcu(void)
>  		goto out;
>  
>  	/* Increment current G.P. */
> -	CMM_STORE_SHARED(rcu_gp_ctr, rcu_gp_ctr + RCU_GP_CTR);
> +	CMM_STORE_SHARED(rcu_gp.ctr, rcu_gp.ctr + RCU_GP_CTR);
>  
>  	/*
> -	 * Must commit rcu_gp_ctr update to memory before waiting for
> +	 * Must commit rcu_gp.ctr update to memory before waiting for
>  	 * quiescent state. Failure to do so could result in the writer
>  	 * waiting forever while new readers are always accessing data
> -	 * (no progress). Enforce compiler-order of store to rcu_gp_ctr
> +	 * (no progress). Enforce compiler-order of store to rcu_gp.ctr
>  	 * before load URCU_TLS(rcu_reader).ctr.
>  	 */
>  	cmm_barrier();
> diff --git a/urcu/static/urcu-qsbr.h b/urcu/static/urcu-qsbr.h
> index f6e5580..2b9bece 100644
> --- a/urcu/static/urcu-qsbr.h
> +++ b/urcu/static/urcu-qsbr.h
> @@ -119,12 +119,18 @@ static inline void rcu_debug_yield_init(void)
>  #define RCU_GP_ONLINE		(1UL << 0)
>  #define RCU_GP_CTR		(1UL << 1)
>  
> -/*
> - * Global quiescent period counter with low-order bits unused.
> - * Using a int rather than a char to eliminate false register dependencies
> - * causing stalls on some architectures.
> - */
> -extern unsigned long rcu_gp_ctr;
> +struct urcu_gp {
> +	/*
> +	 * Global quiescent period counter with low-order bits unused.
> +	 * Using a int rather than a char to eliminate false register
> +	 * dependencies causing stalls on some architectures.
> +	 */
> +	unsigned long ctr;
> +
> +	int32_t futex;
> +} __attribute__((aligned(CAA_CACHE_LINE_SIZE)));
> +
> +extern struct urcu_gp rcu_gp;
>  
>  struct rcu_reader {
>  	/* Data used by both reader and synchronize_rcu() */
> @@ -137,8 +143,6 @@ struct rcu_reader {
>  
>  extern DECLARE_URCU_TLS(struct rcu_reader, rcu_reader);
>  
> -extern int32_t rcu_gp_futex;
> -
>  /*
>   * Wake-up waiting synchronize_rcu(). Called from many concurrent threads.
>   */
> @@ -147,10 +151,10 @@ static inline void wake_up_gp(void)
>  	if (caa_unlikely(_CMM_LOAD_SHARED(URCU_TLS(rcu_reader).waiting))) {
>  		_CMM_STORE_SHARED(URCU_TLS(rcu_reader).waiting, 0);
>  		cmm_smp_mb();
> -		if (uatomic_read(&rcu_gp_futex) != -1)
> +		if (uatomic_read(&rcu_gp.futex) != -1)
>  			return;
> -		uatomic_set(&rcu_gp_futex, 0);
> -		futex_noasync(&rcu_gp_futex, FUTEX_WAKE, 1,
> +		uatomic_set(&rcu_gp.futex, 0);
> +		futex_noasync(&rcu_gp.futex, FUTEX_WAKE, 1,
>  		      NULL, NULL, 0);
>  	}
>  }
> @@ -162,7 +166,7 @@ static inline enum rcu_state rcu_reader_state(unsigned long *ctr)
>  	v = CMM_LOAD_SHARED(*ctr);
>  	if (!v)
>  		return RCU_READER_INACTIVE;
> -	if (v == rcu_gp_ctr)
> +	if (v == rcu_gp.ctr)
>  		return RCU_READER_ACTIVE_CURRENT;
>  	return RCU_READER_ACTIVE_OLD;
>  }
> @@ -216,7 +220,7 @@ static inline void _rcu_quiescent_state_update_and_wakeup(unsigned long gp_ctr)
>   * to be invoked directly from non-LGPL code.
>   *
>   * We skip the memory barriers and gp store if our local ctr already
> - * matches the global rcu_gp_ctr value: this is OK because a prior
> + * matches the global rcu_gp.ctr value: this is OK because a prior
>   * _rcu_quiescent_state() or _rcu_thread_online() already updated it
>   * within our thread, so we have no quiescent state to report.
>   */
> @@ -224,7 +228,7 @@ static inline void _rcu_quiescent_state(void)
>  {
>  	unsigned long gp_ctr;
>  
> -	if ((gp_ctr = CMM_LOAD_SHARED(rcu_gp_ctr)) == URCU_TLS(rcu_reader).ctr)
> +	if ((gp_ctr = CMM_LOAD_SHARED(rcu_gp.ctr)) == URCU_TLS(rcu_reader).ctr)
>  		return;
>  	_rcu_quiescent_state_update_and_wakeup(gp_ctr);
>  }
> @@ -257,7 +261,7 @@ static inline void _rcu_thread_offline(void)
>  static inline void _rcu_thread_online(void)
>  {
>  	cmm_barrier();	/* Ensure the compiler does not reorder us with mutex */
> -	_CMM_STORE_SHARED(URCU_TLS(rcu_reader).ctr, CMM_LOAD_SHARED(rcu_gp_ctr));
> +	_CMM_STORE_SHARED(URCU_TLS(rcu_reader).ctr, CMM_LOAD_SHARED(rcu_gp.ctr));
>  	cmm_smp_mb();
>  }
>  

-- 
Mathieu Desnoyers
EfficiOS Inc.
http://www.efficios.com



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