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b: refs/heads/master
c: 8bd93a2
h: refs/heads/master
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[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 998f2ac3fea93bfa8b55c279fff68f7c5b9ab93d
+refs/heads/master: 8bd93a2c5d4cab2ae17d06350daa7dbf546a4634

trunk/include/linux/cpumask.h

@@ -143,6 +143,8 @@ static inline unsigned int cpumask_any_but(const struct cpumask *mask,
 
 #define for_each_cpu(cpu, mask)			\
 	for ((cpu) = 0; (cpu) < 1; (cpu)++, (void)mask)
+#define for_each_cpu_not(cpu, mask)		\
+	for ((cpu) = 0; (cpu) < 1; (cpu)++, (void)mask)
 #define for_each_cpu_and(cpu, mask, and)	\
 	for ((cpu) = 0; (cpu) < 1; (cpu)++, (void)mask, (void)and)
 #else
@@ -202,6 +204,18 @@ int cpumask_any_but(const struct cpumask *mask, unsigned int cpu);
 		(cpu) = cpumask_next((cpu), (mask)),	\
 		(cpu) < nr_cpu_ids;)
 
+/**
+ * for_each_cpu_not - iterate over every cpu in a complemented mask
+ * @cpu: the (optionally unsigned) integer iterator
+ * @mask: the cpumask pointer
+ *
+ * After the loop, cpu is >= nr_cpu_ids.
+ */
+#define for_each_cpu_not(cpu, mask)				\
+	for ((cpu) = -1;					\
+		(cpu) = cpumask_next_zero((cpu), (mask)),	\
+		(cpu) < nr_cpu_ids;)
+
 /**
  * for_each_cpu_and - iterate over every cpu in both masks
  * @cpu: the (optionally unsigned) integer iterator

trunk/init/Kconfig

@@ -396,6 +396,22 @@ config RCU_FANOUT_EXACT
 
 	  Say N if unsure.
 
+config RCU_FAST_NO_HZ
+	bool "Accelerate last non-dyntick-idle CPU's grace periods"
+	depends on TREE_RCU && NO_HZ && SMP
+	default n
+	help
+	  This option causes RCU to attempt to accelerate grace periods
+	  in order to allow the final CPU to enter dynticks-idle state
+	  more quickly.  On the other hand, this option increases the
+	  overhead of the dynticks-idle checking, particularly on systems
+	  with large numbers of CPUs.
+
+	  Say Y if energy efficiency is critically important, particularly
+	  	if you have relatively few CPUs.
+
+	  Say N if you are unsure.
+
 config TREE_RCU_TRACE
 	def_bool RCU_TRACE && ( TREE_RCU || TREE_PREEMPT_RCU )
 	select DEBUG_FS

trunk/kernel/rcutree.c

@@ -1550,10 +1550,9 @@ static int rcu_pending(int cpu)
 /*
  * Check to see if any future RCU-related work will need to be done
  * by the current CPU, even if none need be done immediately, returning
- * 1 if so.  This function is part of the RCU implementation; it is -not-
- * an exported member of the RCU API.
+ * 1 if so.
  */
-int rcu_needs_cpu(int cpu)
+static int rcu_needs_cpu_quick_check(int cpu)
 {
 	/* RCU callbacks either ready or pending? */
 	return per_cpu(rcu_sched_data, cpu).nxtlist ||

trunk/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h

@@ -906,3 +906,72 @@ static void __init __rcu_init_preempt(void)
 }
 
 #endif /* #else #ifdef CONFIG_TREE_PREEMPT_RCU */
+
+#if !defined(CONFIG_RCU_FAST_NO_HZ)
+
+/*
+ * Check to see if any future RCU-related work will need to be done
+ * by the current CPU, even if none need be done immediately, returning
+ * 1 if so.  This function is part of the RCU implementation; it is -not-
+ * an exported member of the RCU API.
+ *
+ * Because we have preemptible RCU, just check whether this CPU needs
+ * any flavor of RCU.  Do not chew up lots of CPU cycles with preemption
+ * disabled in a most-likely vain attempt to cause RCU not to need this CPU.
+ */
+int rcu_needs_cpu(int cpu)
+{
+	return rcu_needs_cpu_quick_check(cpu);
+}
+
+#else /* #if !defined(CONFIG_RCU_FAST_NO_HZ) */
+
+#define RCU_NEEDS_CPU_FLUSHES 5
+
+/*
+ * Check to see if any future RCU-related work will need to be done
+ * by the current CPU, even if none need be done immediately, returning
+ * 1 if so.  This function is part of the RCU implementation; it is -not-
+ * an exported member of the RCU API.
+ *
+ * Because we are not supporting preemptible RCU, attempt to accelerate
+ * any current grace periods so that RCU no longer needs this CPU, but
+ * only if all other CPUs are already in dynticks-idle mode.  This will
+ * allow the CPU cores to be powered down immediately, as opposed to after
+ * waiting many milliseconds for grace periods to elapse.
+ */
+int rcu_needs_cpu(int cpu)
+{
+	int c = 1;
+	int i;
+	int thatcpu;
+
+	/* Don't bother unless we are the last non-dyntick-idle CPU. */
+	for_each_cpu_not(thatcpu, nohz_cpu_mask)
+		if (thatcpu != cpu)
+			return rcu_needs_cpu_quick_check(cpu);
+
+	/* Try to push remaining RCU-sched and RCU-bh callbacks through. */
+	for (i = 0; i < RCU_NEEDS_CPU_FLUSHES && c; i++) {
+		c = 0;
+		if (per_cpu(rcu_sched_data, cpu).nxtlist) {
+			rcu_sched_qs(cpu);
+			force_quiescent_state(&rcu_sched_state, 0);
+			__rcu_process_callbacks(&rcu_sched_state,
+						&per_cpu(rcu_sched_data, cpu));
+			c = !!per_cpu(rcu_sched_data, cpu).nxtlist;
+		}
+		if (per_cpu(rcu_bh_data, cpu).nxtlist) {
+			rcu_bh_qs(cpu);
+			force_quiescent_state(&rcu_bh_state, 0);
+			__rcu_process_callbacks(&rcu_bh_state,
+						&per_cpu(rcu_bh_data, cpu));
+			c = !!per_cpu(rcu_bh_data, cpu).nxtlist;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* If RCU callbacks are still pending, RCU still needs this CPU. */
+	return c;
+}
+
+#endif /* #else #if !defined(CONFIG_RCU_FAST_NO_HZ) */