sched: Optimize task_rq_lock()
authorPeter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Thu, 25 Mar 2010 20:05:16 +0000 (21:05 +0100)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Fri, 2 Apr 2010 18:12:04 +0000 (20:12 +0200)
Now that we hold the rq->lock over set_task_cpu() again, we can do
away with most of the TASK_WAKING checks and reduce them again to
set_cpus_allowed_ptr().

Removes some conditionals from scheduling hot-paths.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
LKML-Reference: <new-submission>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
kernel/sched.c

index dcd1773..51d336e 100644 (file)
@@ -914,8 +914,8 @@ static inline void finish_lock_switch(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *prev)
 #endif /* __ARCH_WANT_UNLOCKED_CTXSW */
 
 /*
- * Check whether the task is waking, we use this to synchronize against
- * ttwu() so that task_cpu() reports a stable number.
+ * Check whether the task is waking, we use this to synchronize ->cpus_allowed
+ * against ttwu().
  */
 static inline int task_is_waking(struct task_struct *p)
 {
@@ -932,11 +932,9 @@ static inline struct rq *__task_rq_lock(struct task_struct *p)
        struct rq *rq;
 
        for (;;) {
-               while (task_is_waking(p))
-                       cpu_relax();
                rq = task_rq(p);
                raw_spin_lock(&rq->lock);
-               if (likely(rq == task_rq(p) && !task_is_waking(p)))
+               if (likely(rq == task_rq(p)))
                        return rq;
                raw_spin_unlock(&rq->lock);
        }
@@ -953,12 +951,10 @@ static struct rq *task_rq_lock(struct task_struct *p, unsigned long *flags)
        struct rq *rq;
 
        for (;;) {
-               while (task_is_waking(p))
-                       cpu_relax();
                local_irq_save(*flags);
                rq = task_rq(p);
                raw_spin_lock(&rq->lock);
-               if (likely(rq == task_rq(p) && !task_is_waking(p)))
+               if (likely(rq == task_rq(p)))
                        return rq;
                raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rq->lock, *flags);
        }
@@ -5262,7 +5258,18 @@ int set_cpus_allowed_ptr(struct task_struct *p, const struct cpumask *new_mask)
        struct rq *rq;
        int ret = 0;
 
+       /*
+        * Serialize against TASK_WAKING so that ttwu() and wunt() can
+        * drop the rq->lock and still rely on ->cpus_allowed.
+        */
+again:
+       while (task_is_waking(p))
+               cpu_relax();
        rq = task_rq_lock(p, &flags);
+       if (task_is_waking(p)) {
+               task_rq_unlock(rq, &flags);
+               goto again;
+       }
 
        if (!cpumask_intersects(new_mask, cpu_active_mask)) {
                ret = -EINVAL;