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Commit 86bba269 authored by Eric Dumazet's avatar Eric Dumazet Committed by David S. Miller
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[PATCH] NET : convert IP route cache garbage collection from softirq processing to a workqueue



When the periodic IP route cache flush is done (every 600 seconds on
default configuration), some hosts suffer a lot and eventually trigger
the "soft lockup" message.

dst_run_gc() is doing a scan of a possibly huge list of dst_entries,
eventually freeing some (less than 1%) of them, while holding the
dst_lock spinlock for the whole scan.

Then it rearms a timer to redo the full thing 1/10 s later...
The slowdown can last one minute or so, depending on how active are
the tcp sessions.

This second version of the patch converts the processing from a softirq
based one to a workqueue.

Even if the list of entries in garbage_list is huge, host is still
responsive to softirqs and can make progress.

Instead of resetting gc timer to 0.1 second if one entry was freed in a
gc run, we do this if more than 10% of entries were freed.

Before patch :

Aug 16 06:21:37 SRV1 kernel: BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#0!
Aug 16 06:21:37 SRV1 kernel:
Aug 16 06:21:37 SRV1 kernel: Call Trace:
Aug 16 06:21:37 SRV1 kernel:  <IRQ>  [<ffffffff802286f0>] wake_up_process+0x10/0x20
Aug 16 06:21:37 SRV1 kernel:  [<ffffffff80251e09>] softlockup_tick+0xe9/0x110
Aug 16 06:21:37 SRV1 kernel:  [<ffffffff803cd380>] dst_run_gc+0x0/0x140
Aug 16 06:21:37 SRV1 kernel:  [<ffffffff802376f3>] run_local_timers+0x13/0x20
Aug 16 06:21:37 SRV1 kernel:  [<ffffffff802379c7>] update_process_times+0x57/0x90
Aug 16 06:21:37 SRV1 kernel:  [<ffffffff80216034>] smp_local_timer_interrupt+0x34/0x60
Aug 16 06:21:37 SRV1 kernel:  [<ffffffff802165cc>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x5c/0x80
Aug 16 06:21:37 SRV1 kernel:  [<ffffffff8020a816>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x66/0x70
Aug 16 06:21:37 SRV1 kernel:  [<ffffffff803cd3d3>] dst_run_gc+0x53/0x140
Aug 16 06:21:37 SRV1 kernel:  [<ffffffff803cd3c6>] dst_run_gc+0x46/0x140
Aug 16 06:21:37 SRV1 kernel:  [<ffffffff80237148>] run_timer_softirq+0x148/0x1c0
Aug 16 06:21:37 SRV1 kernel:  [<ffffffff8023340c>] __do_softirq+0x6c/0xe0
Aug 16 06:21:37 SRV1 kernel:  [<ffffffff8020ad6c>] call_softirq+0x1c/0x30
Aug 16 06:21:37 SRV1 kernel:  <EOI>  [<ffffffff8020cb34>] do_softirq+0x34/0x90
Aug 16 06:21:37 SRV1 kernel:  [<ffffffff802331cf>] local_bh_enable_ip+0x3f/0x60
Aug 16 06:21:37 SRV1 kernel:  [<ffffffff80422913>] _spin_unlock_bh+0x13/0x20
Aug 16 06:21:37 SRV1 kernel:  [<ffffffff803dfde8>] rt_garbage_collect+0x1d8/0x320
Aug 16 06:21:37 SRV1 kernel:  [<ffffffff803cd4dd>] dst_alloc+0x1d/0xa0
Aug 16 06:21:37 SRV1 kernel:  [<ffffffff803e1433>] __ip_route_output_key+0x573/0x800
Aug 16 06:21:37 SRV1 kernel:  [<ffffffff803c02e2>] sock_common_recvmsg+0x32/0x50
Aug 16 06:21:37 SRV1 kernel:  [<ffffffff803e16dc>] ip_route_output_flow+0x1c/0x60
Aug 16 06:21:37 SRV1 kernel:  [<ffffffff80400160>] tcp_v4_connect+0x150/0x610
Aug 16 06:21:37 SRV1 kernel:  [<ffffffff803ebf07>] inet_bind_bucket_create+0x17/0x60
Aug 16 06:21:37 SRV1 kernel:  [<ffffffff8040cd16>] inet_stream_connect+0xa6/0x2c0
Aug 16 06:21:37 SRV1 kernel:  [<ffffffff80422981>] _spin_lock_bh+0x11/0x30
Aug 16 06:21:37 SRV1 kernel:  [<ffffffff803c0bdf>] lock_sock_nested+0xcf/0xe0
Aug 16 06:21:37 SRV1 kernel:  [<ffffffff80422981>] _spin_lock_bh+0x11/0x30
Aug 16 06:21:37 SRV1 kernel:  [<ffffffff803be551>] sys_connect+0x71/0xa0
Aug 16 06:21:37 SRV1 kernel:  [<ffffffff803eee3f>] tcp_setsockopt+0x1f/0x30
Aug 16 06:21:37 SRV1 kernel:  [<ffffffff803c030f>] sock_common_setsockopt+0xf/0x20
Aug 16 06:21:37 SRV1 kernel:  [<ffffffff803be4bd>] sys_setsockopt+0x9d/0xc0
Aug 16 06:21:37 SRV1 kernel:  [<ffffffff8028881e>] sys_ioctl+0x5e/0x80
Aug 16 06:21:37 SRV1 kernel:  [<ffffffff80209c4e>] system_call+0x7e/0x83

After patch : (RT_CACHE_DEBUG set to 2 to get following traces)

dst_total: 75469 delayed: 74109 work_perf: 141 expires: 150 elapsed: 8092 us
dst_total: 78725 delayed: 73366 work_perf: 743 expires: 400 elapsed: 8542 us
dst_total: 86126 delayed: 71844 work_perf: 1522 expires: 775 elapsed: 8849 us
dst_total: 100173 delayed: 68791 work_perf: 3053 expires: 1256 elapsed: 9748 us
dst_total: 121798 delayed: 64711 work_perf: 4080 expires: 1997 elapsed: 10146 us
dst_total: 154522 delayed: 58316 work_perf: 6395 expires: 25 elapsed: 11402 us
dst_total: 154957 delayed: 58252 work_perf: 64 expires: 150 elapsed: 6148 us
dst_total: 157377 delayed: 57843 work_perf: 409 expires: 400 elapsed: 6350 us
dst_total: 163745 delayed: 56679 work_perf: 1164 expires: 775 elapsed: 7051 us
dst_total: 176577 delayed: 53965 work_perf: 2714 expires: 1389 elapsed: 8120 us
dst_total: 198993 delayed: 49627 work_perf: 4338 expires: 1997 elapsed: 8909 us
dst_total: 226638 delayed: 46865 work_perf: 2762 expires: 2748 elapsed: 7351 us

I successfully reduced the IP route cache of many hosts by a four factor
thanks to this patch. Previously, I had to disable "ip route flush cache"
to avoid crashes.

Signed-off-by: default avatarEric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
parent 3c12afe7
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@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
#include <linux/errno.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/workqueue.h>
#include <linux/mm.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/netdevice.h>
@@ -19,50 +20,72 @@

#include <net/dst.h>

/* Locking strategy:
 * 1) Garbage collection state of dead destination cache
 *    entries is protected by dst_lock.
 * 2) GC is run only from BH context, and is the only remover
 *    of entries.
 * 3) Entries are added to the garbage list from both BH
 *    and non-BH context, so local BH disabling is needed.
 * 4) All operations modify state, so a spinlock is used.
/*
 * Theory of operations:
 * 1) We use a list, protected by a spinlock, to add
 *    new entries from both BH and non-BH context.
 * 2) In order to keep spinlock held for a small delay,
 *    we use a second list where are stored long lived
 *    entries, that are handled by the garbage collect thread
 *    fired by a workqueue.
 * 3) This list is guarded by a mutex,
 *    so that the gc_task and dst_dev_event() can be synchronized.
 */
static struct dst_entry 	*dst_garbage_list;
#if RT_CACHE_DEBUG >= 2
static atomic_t			 dst_total = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
#endif
static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(dst_lock);

static unsigned long dst_gc_timer_expires;
static unsigned long dst_gc_timer_inc = DST_GC_MAX;
static void dst_run_gc(unsigned long);
/*
 * We want to keep lock & list close together
 * to dirty as few cache lines as possible in __dst_free().
 * As this is not a very strong hint, we dont force an alignment on SMP.
 */
static struct {
	spinlock_t		lock;
	struct dst_entry 	*list;
	unsigned long		timer_inc;
	unsigned long		timer_expires;
} dst_garbage = {
	.lock = __SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED(dst_garbage.lock),
	.timer_inc = DST_GC_MAX,
};
static void dst_gc_task(struct work_struct *work);
static void ___dst_free(struct dst_entry * dst);

static DEFINE_TIMER(dst_gc_timer, dst_run_gc, DST_GC_MIN, 0);
static DECLARE_DELAYED_WORK(dst_gc_work, dst_gc_task);

static DEFINE_MUTEX(dst_gc_mutex);
/*
 * long lived entries are maintained in this list, guarded by dst_gc_mutex
 */
static struct dst_entry         *dst_busy_list;

static void dst_run_gc(unsigned long dummy)
static void dst_gc_task(struct work_struct *work)
{
	int    delayed = 0;
	int    work_performed;
	struct dst_entry * dst, **dstp;
	int    work_performed = 0;
	unsigned long expires = ~0L;
	struct dst_entry *dst, *next, head;
	struct dst_entry *last = &head;
#if RT_CACHE_DEBUG >= 2
	ktime_t time_start = ktime_get();
	struct timespec elapsed;
#endif

	if (!spin_trylock(&dst_lock)) {
		mod_timer(&dst_gc_timer, jiffies + HZ/10);
		return;
	}
	mutex_lock(&dst_gc_mutex);
	next = dst_busy_list;

	del_timer(&dst_gc_timer);
	dstp = &dst_garbage_list;
	work_performed = 0;
	while ((dst = *dstp) != NULL) {
		if (atomic_read(&dst->__refcnt)) {
			dstp = &dst->next;
loop:
	while ((dst = next) != NULL) {
		next = dst->next;
		prefetch(&next->next);
		if (likely(atomic_read(&dst->__refcnt))) {
			last->next = dst;
			last = dst;
			delayed++;
			continue;
		}
		*dstp = dst->next;
		work_performed = 1;
		work_performed++;

		dst = dst_destroy(dst);
		if (dst) {
@@ -78,38 +101,56 @@ static void dst_run_gc(unsigned long dummy)
				continue;

			___dst_free(dst);
			dst->next = *dstp;
			*dstp = dst;
			dstp = &dst->next;
			dst->next = next;
			next = dst;
		}
	}
	if (!dst_garbage_list) {
		dst_gc_timer_inc = DST_GC_MAX;
		goto out;

	spin_lock_bh(&dst_garbage.lock);
	next = dst_garbage.list;
	if (next) {
		dst_garbage.list = NULL;
		spin_unlock_bh(&dst_garbage.lock);
		goto loop;
	}
	if (!work_performed) {
		if ((dst_gc_timer_expires += dst_gc_timer_inc) > DST_GC_MAX)
			dst_gc_timer_expires = DST_GC_MAX;
		dst_gc_timer_inc += DST_GC_INC;
	last->next = NULL;
	dst_busy_list = head.next;
	if (!dst_busy_list)
		dst_garbage.timer_inc = DST_GC_MAX;
	else {
		/*
		 * if we freed less than 1/10 of delayed entries,
		 * we can sleep longer.
		 */
		if (work_performed <= delayed/10) {
			dst_garbage.timer_expires += dst_garbage.timer_inc;
			if (dst_garbage.timer_expires > DST_GC_MAX)
				dst_garbage.timer_expires = DST_GC_MAX;
			dst_garbage.timer_inc += DST_GC_INC;
		} else {
		dst_gc_timer_inc = DST_GC_INC;
		dst_gc_timer_expires = DST_GC_MIN;
			dst_garbage.timer_inc = DST_GC_INC;
			dst_garbage.timer_expires = DST_GC_MIN;
		}
#if RT_CACHE_DEBUG >= 2
	printk("dst_total: %d/%d %ld\n",
	       atomic_read(&dst_total), delayed,  dst_gc_timer_expires);
#endif
	/* if the next desired timer is more than 4 seconds in the future
		expires = dst_garbage.timer_expires;
		/*
		 * if the next desired timer is more than 4 seconds in the future
		 * then round the timer to whole seconds
		 */
	if (dst_gc_timer_expires > 4*HZ)
		mod_timer(&dst_gc_timer,
			round_jiffies(jiffies + dst_gc_timer_expires));
	else
		mod_timer(&dst_gc_timer, jiffies + dst_gc_timer_expires);
		if (expires > 4*HZ)
			expires = round_jiffies_relative(expires);
		schedule_delayed_work(&dst_gc_work, expires);
	}

out:
	spin_unlock(&dst_lock);
	spin_unlock_bh(&dst_garbage.lock);
	mutex_unlock(&dst_gc_mutex);
#if RT_CACHE_DEBUG >= 2
	elapsed = ktime_to_timespec(ktime_sub(ktime_get(), time_start));
	printk(KERN_DEBUG "dst_total: %d delayed: %d work_perf: %d"
		" expires: %lu elapsed: %lu us\n",
		atomic_read(&dst_total), delayed, work_performed,
		expires,
		elapsed.tv_sec * USEC_PER_SEC + elapsed.tv_nsec / NSEC_PER_USEC);
#endif
}

static int dst_discard(struct sk_buff *skb)
@@ -154,16 +195,16 @@ static void ___dst_free(struct dst_entry * dst)

void __dst_free(struct dst_entry * dst)
{
	spin_lock_bh(&dst_lock);
	spin_lock_bh(&dst_garbage.lock);
	___dst_free(dst);
	dst->next = dst_garbage_list;
	dst_garbage_list = dst;
	if (dst_gc_timer_inc > DST_GC_INC) {
		dst_gc_timer_inc = DST_GC_INC;
		dst_gc_timer_expires = DST_GC_MIN;
		mod_timer(&dst_gc_timer, jiffies + dst_gc_timer_expires);
	dst->next = dst_garbage.list;
	dst_garbage.list = dst;
	if (dst_garbage.timer_inc > DST_GC_INC) {
		dst_garbage.timer_inc = DST_GC_INC;
		dst_garbage.timer_expires = DST_GC_MIN;
		schedule_delayed_work(&dst_gc_work, dst_garbage.timer_expires);
	}
	spin_unlock_bh(&dst_lock);
	spin_unlock_bh(&dst_garbage.lock);
}

struct dst_entry *dst_destroy(struct dst_entry * dst)
@@ -251,7 +292,7 @@ static inline void dst_ifdown(struct dst_entry *dst, struct net_device *dev,
static int dst_dev_event(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long event, void *ptr)
{
	struct net_device *dev = ptr;
	struct dst_entry *dst;
	struct dst_entry *dst, *last = NULL;

	if (dev->nd_net != &init_net)
		return NOTIFY_DONE;
@@ -259,11 +300,25 @@ static int dst_dev_event(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long event, void
	switch (event) {
	case NETDEV_UNREGISTER:
	case NETDEV_DOWN:
		spin_lock_bh(&dst_lock);
		for (dst = dst_garbage_list; dst; dst = dst->next) {
		mutex_lock(&dst_gc_mutex);
		for (dst = dst_busy_list; dst; dst = dst->next) {
			last = dst;
			dst_ifdown(dst, dev, event != NETDEV_DOWN);
		}

		spin_lock_bh(&dst_garbage.lock);
		dst = dst_garbage.list;
		dst_garbage.list = NULL;
		spin_unlock_bh(&dst_garbage.lock);

		if (last)
			last->next = dst;
		else
			dst_busy_list = dst;
		for (; dst; dst = dst->next) {
			dst_ifdown(dst, dev, event != NETDEV_DOWN);
		}
		spin_unlock_bh(&dst_lock);
		mutex_unlock(&dst_gc_mutex);
		break;
	}
	return NOTIFY_DONE;