| Message ID | 1427827524-22293-1-git-send-email-kamal@canonical.com |
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diff --git a/kernel/softirq.c b/kernel/softirq.c index 11025cc..824a7ff 100644 --- a/kernel/softirq.c +++ b/kernel/softirq.c @@ -654,9 +654,13 @@ static void run_ksoftirqd(unsigned int cpu) * in the task stack here. */ __do_softirq(); - rcu_note_context_switch(cpu); local_irq_enable(); cond_resched(); + + preempt_disable(); + rcu_note_context_switch(cpu); + preempt_enable(); + return; } local_irq_enable();
This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled ksoftirqd: Enable IRQs and call cond_resched() before poking RCU to the linux-3.13.y-queue branch of the 3.13.y-ckt extended stable tree which can be found at: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/linux.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/linux-3.13.y-queue This patch is scheduled to be released in version 3.13.11-ckt18. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please reply to this email. For more information about the 3.13.y-ckt tree, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable Thanks. -Kamal ------ From 436955d76520fb2384ec3a631b34898e894b8187 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Calvin Owens <calvinowens@fb.com> Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 13:16:18 -0800 Subject: ksoftirqd: Enable IRQs and call cond_resched() before poking RCU commit 28423ad283d5348793b0c45cc9b1af058e776fd6 upstream. While debugging an issue with excessive softirq usage, I encountered the following note in commit 3e339b5dae24a706 ("softirq: Use hotplug thread infrastructure"): [ paulmck: Call rcu_note_context_switch() with interrupts enabled. ] ...but despite this note, the patch still calls RCU with IRQs disabled. This seemingly innocuous change caused a significant regression in softirq CPU usage on the sending side of a large TCP transfer (~1 GB/s): when introducing 0.01% packet loss, the softirq usage would jump to around 25%, spiking as high as 50%. Before the change, the usage would never exceed 5%. Moving the call to rcu_note_context_switch() after the cond_sched() call, as it was originally before the hotplug patch, completely eliminated this problem. Signed-off-by: Calvin Owens <calvinowens@fb.com> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> [ luis: backported to 3.16: adjusted context ] Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@canonical.com> Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@canonical.com> --- kernel/softirq.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) -- 1.9.1