From: "Uladzislau Rezki (Sony)" <urezki@gmail.com>

Automatically enable the rcu_normal_wake_from_gp parameter on
systems with a small number of CPUs. The activation threshold
is set to 16 CPUs.

This helps to reduce a latency of normal synchronize_rcu() API
by waking up GP-waiters earlier and decoupling synchronize_rcu()
callers from regular callback handling.

A benchmark running 64 parallel jobs(system with 64 CPUs) invoking
synchronize_rcu() demonstrates a notable latency reduction with the
setting enabled.

Latency distribution (microseconds):

<default>
 0      - 9999   : 1
 10000  - 19999  : 4
 20000  - 29999  : 399
 30000  - 39999  : 3197
 40000  - 49999  : 10428
 50000  - 59999  : 17363
 60000  - 69999  : 15529
 70000  - 79999  : 9287
 80000  - 89999  : 4249
 90000  - 99999  : 1915
 100000 - 109999 : 922
 110000 - 119999 : 390
 120000 - 129999 : 187
 ...
<default>

<rcu_normal_wake_from_gp>
 0      - 9999  : 1
 10000  - 19999 : 234
 20000  - 29999 : 6678
 30000  - 39999 : 33463
 40000  - 49999 : 20669
 50000  - 59999 : 2766
 60000  - 69999 : 183
 ...
<rcu_normal_wake_from_gp>

Reviewed-by: Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Neeraj Upadhyay (AMD) <neeraj.upadhyay@kernel.org>
---
 kernel/rcu/tree.c | 14 +++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index f83bbb408895..8c22db759978 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -1632,8 +1632,10 @@ static void rcu_sr_put_wait_head(struct llist_node *node)
 	atomic_set_release(&sr_wn->inuse, 0);
 }
 
-/* Disabled by default. */
-static int rcu_normal_wake_from_gp;
+/* Enable rcu_normal_wake_from_gp automatically on small systems. */
+#define WAKE_FROM_GP_CPU_THRESHOLD 16
+
+static int rcu_normal_wake_from_gp = -1;
 module_param(rcu_normal_wake_from_gp, int, 0644);
 static struct workqueue_struct *sync_wq;
 
@@ -3250,7 +3252,7 @@ static void synchronize_rcu_normal(void)
 
 	trace_rcu_sr_normal(rcu_state.name, &rs.head, TPS("request"));
 
-	if (!READ_ONCE(rcu_normal_wake_from_gp)) {
+	if (READ_ONCE(rcu_normal_wake_from_gp) < 1) {
 		wait_rcu_gp(call_rcu_hurry);
 		goto trace_complete_out;
 	}
@@ -4854,6 +4856,12 @@ void __init rcu_init(void)
 	sync_wq = alloc_workqueue("sync_wq", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0);
 	WARN_ON(!sync_wq);
 
+	/* Respect if explicitly disabled via a boot parameter. */
+	if (rcu_normal_wake_from_gp < 0) {
+		if (num_possible_cpus() <= WAKE_FROM_GP_CPU_THRESHOLD)
+			rcu_normal_wake_from_gp = 1;
+	}
+
 	/* Fill in default value for rcutree.qovld boot parameter. */
 	/* -After- the rcu_node ->lock fields are initialized! */
 	if (qovld < 0)
-- 
2.40.1

Le Wed, Jul 09, 2025 at 04:11:16PM +0530, neeraj.upadhyay@kernel.org a écrit :
> From: "Uladzislau Rezki (Sony)" <urezki@gmail.com>
> 
> Automatically enable the rcu_normal_wake_from_gp parameter on
> systems with a small number of CPUs. The activation threshold
> is set to 16 CPUs.
> 
> This helps to reduce a latency of normal synchronize_rcu() API
> by waking up GP-waiters earlier and decoupling synchronize_rcu()
> callers from regular callback handling.
> 
> A benchmark running 64 parallel jobs(system with 64 CPUs) invoking
> synchronize_rcu() demonstrates a notable latency reduction with the
> setting enabled.
> 
> Latency distribution (microseconds):
> 
> <default>
>  0      - 9999   : 1
>  10000  - 19999  : 4
>  20000  - 29999  : 399
>  30000  - 39999  : 3197
>  40000  - 49999  : 10428
>  50000  - 59999  : 17363
>  60000  - 69999  : 15529
>  70000  - 79999  : 9287
>  80000  - 89999  : 4249
>  90000  - 99999  : 1915
>  100000 - 109999 : 922
>  110000 - 119999 : 390
>  120000 - 129999 : 187
>  ...
> <default>
> 
> <rcu_normal_wake_from_gp>
>  0      - 9999  : 1
>  10000  - 19999 : 234
>  20000  - 29999 : 6678
>  30000  - 39999 : 33463
>  40000  - 49999 : 20669
>  50000  - 59999 : 2766
>  60000  - 69999 : 183
>  ...
> <rcu_normal_wake_from_gp>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@nvidia.com>
> Signed-off-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Neeraj Upadhyay (AMD) <neeraj.upadhyay@kernel.org>

Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>

-- 
Frederic Weisbecker
SUSE Labs