rcu: Throttle rcu_try_advance_all_cbs() execution
authorPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Mon, 26 Aug 2013 04:20:47 +0000 (21:20 -0700)
committerPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Wed, 25 Sep 2013 13:44:25 +0000 (06:44 -0700)
The rcu_try_advance_all_cbs() function is invoked on each attempted
entry to and every exit from idle.  If this function determines that
there are callbacks ready to invoke, the caller will invoke the RCU
core, which in turn will result in a pair of context switches.  If a
CPU enters and exits idle extremely frequently, this can result in
an excessive number of context switches and high CPU overhead.

This commit therefore causes rcu_try_advance_all_cbs() to throttle
itself, refusing to do work more than once per jiffy.

Reported-by: Tibor Billes <tbilles@gmx.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Tested-by: Tibor Billes <tbilles@gmx.com>
Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>

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