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Author SHA1 Message Date
Linus Torvalds
c84a1e32ee Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip into next
Pull scheduler updates from Ingo Molnar:
 "The main scheduling related changes in this cycle were:

   - various sched/numa updates, for better performance

   - tree wide cleanup of open coded nice levels

   - nohz fix related to rq->nr_running use

   - cpuidle changes and continued consolidation to improve the
     kernel/sched/idle.c high level idle scheduling logic.  As part of
     this effort I pulled cpuidle driver changes from Rafael as well.

   - standardized idle polling amongst architectures

   - continued work on preparing better power/energy aware scheduling

   - sched/rt updates

   - misc fixlets and cleanups"

* 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (49 commits)
  sched/numa: Decay ->wakee_flips instead of zeroing
  sched/numa: Update migrate_improves/degrades_locality()
  sched/numa: Allow task switch if load imbalance improves
  sched/rt: Fix 'struct sched_dl_entity' and dl_task_time() comments, to match the current upstream code
  sched: Consolidate open coded implementations of nice level frobbing into nice_to_rlimit() and rlimit_to_nice()
  sched: Initialize rq->age_stamp on processor start
  sched, nohz: Change rq->nr_running to always use wrappers
  sched: Fix the rq->next_balance logic in rebalance_domains() and idle_balance()
  sched: Use clamp() and clamp_val() to make sys_nice() more readable
  sched: Do not zero sg->cpumask and sg->sgp->power in build_sched_groups()
  sched/numa: Fix initialization of sched_domain_topology for NUMA
  sched: Call select_idle_sibling() when not affine_sd
  sched: Simplify return logic in sched_read_attr()
  sched: Simplify return logic in sched_copy_attr()
  sched: Fix exec_start/task_hot on migrated tasks
  arm64: Remove TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG
  metag: Remove TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG
  sched/idle: Make cpuidle_idle_call() void
  sched/idle: Reflow cpuidle_idle_call()
  sched/idle: Delay clearing the polling bit
  ...
2014-06-03 14:00:15 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
776edb5931 Merge branch 'locking-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip into next
Pull core locking updates from Ingo Molnar:
 "The main changes in this cycle were:

   - reduced/streamlined smp_mb__*() interface that allows more usecases
     and makes the existing ones less buggy, especially in rarer
     architectures

   - add rwsem implementation comments

   - bump up lockdep limits"

* 'locking-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (33 commits)
  rwsem: Add comments to explain the meaning of the rwsem's count field
  lockdep: Increase static allocations
  arch: Mass conversion of smp_mb__*()
  arch,doc: Convert smp_mb__*()
  arch,xtensa: Convert smp_mb__*()
  arch,x86: Convert smp_mb__*()
  arch,tile: Convert smp_mb__*()
  arch,sparc: Convert smp_mb__*()
  arch,sh: Convert smp_mb__*()
  arch,score: Convert smp_mb__*()
  arch,s390: Convert smp_mb__*()
  arch,powerpc: Convert smp_mb__*()
  arch,parisc: Convert smp_mb__*()
  arch,openrisc: Convert smp_mb__*()
  arch,mn10300: Convert smp_mb__*()
  arch,mips: Convert smp_mb__*()
  arch,metag: Convert smp_mb__*()
  arch,m68k: Convert smp_mb__*()
  arch,m32r: Convert smp_mb__*()
  arch,ia64: Convert smp_mb__*()
  ...
2014-06-03 12:57:53 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
59a3d4c363 Merge branch 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip into next
Pull RCU changes from Ingo Molnar:
 "The main RCU changes in this cycle were:

   - RCU torture-test changes.

   - variable-name renaming cleanup.

   - update RCU documentation.

   - miscellaneous fixes.

   - patch to suppress RCU stall warnings while sysrq requests are being
     processed"

* 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (68 commits)
  rcu: Provide API to suppress stall warnings while sysrc runs
  rcu: Variable name changed in tree_plugin.h and used in tree.c
  torture: Remove unused definition
  torture: Remove __init from torture_init_begin/end
  torture: Check for multiple concurrent torture tests
  locktorture: Remove reference to nonexistent Kconfig parameter
  rcutorture: Run rcu_torture_writer at normal priority
  rcutorture: Note diffs from git commits
  rcutorture: Add missing destroy_timer_on_stack()
  rcutorture: Explicitly test synchronous grace-period primitives
  rcutorture:  Add tests for get_state_synchronize_rcu()
  rcutorture: Test RCU-sched primitives in TREE_PREEMPT_RCU kernels
  torture: Use elapsed time to detect hangs
  rcutorture: Check for rcu_torture_fqs creation errors
  torture: Better summary diagnostics for build failures
  torture: Notice if an all-zero cpumask is passed inside a critical section
  rcutorture: Make rcu_torture_reader() use cond_resched()
  sched,rcu: Make cond_resched() report RCU quiescent states
  percpu: Fix raw_cpu_inc_return()
  rcutorture: Export RCU grace-period kthread wait state to rcutorture
  ...
2014-06-03 12:35:05 -07:00
Thomas Gleixner
397335f004 rtmutex: Fix deadlock detector for real
The current deadlock detection logic does not work reliably due to the
following early exit path:

	/*
	 * Drop out, when the task has no waiters. Note,
	 * top_waiter can be NULL, when we are in the deboosting
	 * mode!
	 */
	if (top_waiter && (!task_has_pi_waiters(task) ||
			   top_waiter != task_top_pi_waiter(task)))
		goto out_unlock_pi;

So this not only exits when the task has no waiters, it also exits
unconditionally when the current waiter is not the top priority waiter
of the task.

So in a nested locking scenario, it might abort the lock chain walk
and therefor miss a potential deadlock.

Simple fix: Continue the chain walk, when deadlock detection is
enabled.

We also avoid the whole enqueue, if we detect the deadlock right away
(A-A). It's an optimization, but also prevents that another waiter who
comes in after the detection and before the task has undone the damage
observes the situation and detects the deadlock and returns
-EDEADLOCK, which is wrong as the other task is not in a deadlock
situation.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@cn.fujitsu.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20140522031949.725272460@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2014-05-28 17:28:13 +02:00
Ingo Molnar
e14505a8d5 Merge branch 'rcu/next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-rcu into core/rcu
Pull RCU updates from Paul E. McKenney:

" 1.      Update RCU documentation.  These were posted to LKML at
          https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/4/28/634.

  2.      Miscellaneous fixes.  These were posted to LKML at
          https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/4/28/645.

  3.      Torture-test changes.  These were posted to LKML at
          https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/4/28/667.

  4.      Variable-name renaming cleanup, sent separately due to conflicts.
          This was posted to LKML at https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/5/13/854.

  5.      Patch to suppress RCU stall warnings while sysrq requests are
          being processed.  This patch is the RCU portions of the patch
          that Rik posted to LKML at https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/4/29/457.
          The reason for pushing this patch ahead instead of waiting until
          3.17 is that the NMI-based stack traces are messing up sysrq
          output, and in some cases also messing up the system as well."

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2014-05-22 11:36:10 +02:00
Ingo Molnar
65c2ce7004 Merge tag 'v3.15-rc6' into sched/core, to pick up the latest fixes
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2014-05-22 10:28:56 +02:00
Paul E. McKenney
5228084eed torture: Check for multiple concurrent torture tests
The torture tests are designed to run in isolation, but do not enforce
this isolation.  This commit therefore checks for concurrent torture
tests, and refuses to start new tests while old tests are running.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
2014-05-14 09:46:29 -07:00
Paul E. McKenney
d065eacfdb locktorture: Remove reference to nonexistent Kconfig parameter
The locktorture module references CONFIG_LOCK_TORTURE_TEST_RUNNABLE,
which does not exist.  Which is a good thing, because otherwise
randconfig testing could enable both rcutorture and locktorture
concurrently, which the torture tests are not set up for.  This
commit therefore removes the reference, so that test is runnable
immediately only when inserted as a module.

Reported-by: Paul Bolle <pebolle@tiscali.nl>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
2014-05-14 09:46:28 -07:00
Paul E. McKenney
da601c63fd torture: Intensify locking test
The current lock_torture_writer() spends too much time sleeping and not
enough time hammering locks, as in an eight-CPU test will often only be
utilizing a CPU or two.  This commit therefore makes lock_torture_writer()
sleep less and hammer more.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2014-05-13 17:03:01 -07:00
Ingo Molnar
2fe5de9ce7 Merge branch 'sched/urgent' into sched/core, to avoid conflicts
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2014-05-07 13:15:46 +02:00
Andi Kleen
722a9f9299 asmlinkage: Add explicit __visible to drivers/*, lib/*, kernel/*
As requested by Linus add explicit __visible to the asmlinkage users.
This marks functions visible to assembler.

Tree sweep for rest of tree.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1398984278-29319-4-git-send-email-andi@firstfloor.org
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
2014-05-05 16:07:46 -07:00
Tim Chen
3cf2f34e1a rwsem: Add comments to explain the meaning of the rwsem's count field
It took me quite a while to understand how rwsem's count field
mainifested itself in different scenarios.

Add comments to provide a quick reference to the the rwsem's count
field for each scenario where readers and writers are contending
for the lock.

Hopefully it will be useful for future maintenance of the code and
for people to get up to speed on how the logic in the code works.

Signed-off-by: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr@hp.com>
Cc: Alex Shi <alex.shi@linaro.org>
Cc: Michel Lespinasse <walken@google.com>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Cc: Peter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com>
Cc: Paul E.McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Jason Low <jason.low2@hp.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1399060437.2970.146.camel@schen9-DESK
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2014-05-04 20:34:26 +02:00
Sasha Levin
1413c03893 lockdep: Increase static allocations
Fuzzing a recent kernel with a large configuration hits the static
allocation limits and disables lockdep.

This patch doubles the limits.

Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1389208906-24338-1-git-send-email-sasha.levin@oracle.com
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2014-04-18 14:20:50 +02:00
Dongsheng Yang
8698a745d8 sched, treewide: Replace hardcoded nice values with MIN_NICE/MAX_NICE
Replace various -20/+19 hardcoded nice values with MIN_NICE/MAX_NICE.

Signed-off-by: Dongsheng Yang <yangds.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com>
Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/ff13819fd09b7a5dba5ab5ae797f2e7019bdfa17.1394532288.git.yangds.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com
Cc: devel@driverdev.osuosl.org
Cc: devicetree@vger.kernel.org
Cc: fcoe-devel@open-fcoe.org
Cc: linux390@de.ibm.com
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org
Cc: linux-s390@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
Cc: nbd-general@lists.sourceforge.net
Cc: ocfs2-devel@oss.oracle.com
Cc: openipmi-developer@lists.sourceforge.net
Cc: qla2xxx-upstream@qlogic.com
Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
[ Consolidated the patches, twiddled the changelog. ]
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2014-04-18 12:07:24 +02:00
Linus Torvalds
d99d5917e7 Merge branch 'core-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull locking fixes from Ingo Molnar:
 "liblockdep fixes and mutex debugging fixes"

* 'core-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  locking/mutex: Fix debug_mutexes
  tools/liblockdep: Add proper versioning to the shared obj
  tools/liblockdep: Ignore asmlinkage and visible
2014-04-16 16:35:18 -07:00
Peter Zijlstra
a227960fe0 locking/mutex: Fix debug_mutexes
debug_mutex_unlock() would bail when !debug_locks and forgets to
actually unlock.

Reported-by: "Michael L. Semon" <mlsemon35@gmail.com>
Reported-by: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@shutemov.name>
Reported-by: Valdis Kletnieks <Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu>
Fixes: 6f008e72cd ("locking/mutex: Fix debug checks")
Tested-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
Cc: Jason Low <jason.low2@hp.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20140410141559.GE13658@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2014-04-11 10:40:35 +02:00
Josh Triplett
64b47e8fdb lglock: map to spinlock when !CONFIG_SMP
When the system has only one CPU, lglock is effectively a spinlock; map
it directly to spinlock to eliminate the indirection and duplicate code.

In addition to removing overhead, this drops 1.6k of code with a
defconfig modified to have !CONFIG_SMP, and 1.1k with a minimal config.

Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Cc: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Nick Piggin <npiggin@kernel.dk>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2014-04-07 16:36:14 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
176ab02d49 Merge branch 'x86-asmlinkage-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull x86 LTO changes from Peter Anvin:
 "More infrastructure work in preparation for link-time optimization
  (LTO).  Most of these changes is to make sure symbols accessed from
  assembly code are properly marked as visible so the linker doesn't
  remove them.

  My understanding is that the changes to support LTO are still not
  upstream in binutils, but are on the way there.  This patchset should
  conclude the x86-specific changes, and remaining patches to actually
  enable LTO will be fed through the Kbuild tree (other than keeping up
  with changes to the x86 code base, of course), although not
  necessarily in this merge window"

* 'x86-asmlinkage-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (25 commits)
  Kbuild, lto: Handle basic LTO in modpost
  Kbuild, lto: Disable LTO for asm-offsets.c
  Kbuild, lto: Add a gcc-ld script to let run gcc as ld
  Kbuild, lto: add ld-version and ld-ifversion macros
  Kbuild, lto: Drop .number postfixes in modpost
  Kbuild, lto, workaround: Don't warn for initcall_reference in modpost
  lto: Disable LTO for sys_ni
  lto: Handle LTO common symbols in module loader
  lto, workaround: Add workaround for initcall reordering
  lto: Make asmlinkage __visible
  x86, lto: Disable LTO for the x86 VDSO
  initconst, x86: Fix initconst mistake in ts5500 code
  initconst: Fix initconst mistake in dcdbas
  asmlinkage: Make trace_hardirqs_on/off_caller visible
  asmlinkage, x86: Fix 32bit memcpy for LTO
  asmlinkage Make __stack_chk_failed and memcmp visible
  asmlinkage: Mark rwsem functions that can be called from assembler asmlinkage
  asmlinkage: Make main_extable_sort_needed visible
  asmlinkage, mutex: Mark __visible
  asmlinkage: Make trace_hardirq visible
  ...
2014-03-31 14:13:25 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
971eae7c99 Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull scheduler changes from Ingo Molnar:
 "Bigger changes:

   - sched/idle restructuring: they are WIP preparation for deeper
     integration between the scheduler and idle state selection, by
     Nicolas Pitre.

   - add NUMA scheduling pseudo-interleaving, by Rik van Riel.

   - optimize cgroup context switches, by Peter Zijlstra.

   - RT scheduling enhancements, by Thomas Gleixner.

  The rest is smaller changes, non-urgnt fixes and cleanups"

* 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (68 commits)
  sched: Clean up the task_hot() function
  sched: Remove double calculation in fix_small_imbalance()
  sched: Fix broken setscheduler()
  sparc64, sched: Remove unused sparc64_multi_core
  sched: Remove unused mc_capable() and smt_capable()
  sched/numa: Move task_numa_free() to __put_task_struct()
  sched/fair: Fix endless loop in idle_balance()
  sched/core: Fix endless loop in pick_next_task()
  sched/fair: Push down check for high priority class task into idle_balance()
  sched/rt: Fix picking RT and DL tasks from empty queue
  trace: Replace hardcoding of 19 with MAX_NICE
  sched: Guarantee task priority in pick_next_task()
  sched/idle: Remove stale old file
  sched: Put rq's sched_avg under CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED
  cpuidle/arm64: Remove redundant cpuidle_idle_call()
  cpuidle/powernv: Remove redundant cpuidle_idle_call()
  sched, nohz: Exclude isolated cores from load balancing
  sched: Fix select_task_rq_fair() description comments
  workqueue: Replace hardcoding of -20 and 19 with MIN_NICE and MAX_NICE
  sys: Replace hardcoding of -20 and 19 with MIN_NICE and MAX_NICE
  ...
2014-03-31 11:21:19 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
b3fd4ea9df Merge branch 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull RCU updates from Ingo Molnar:
 "Main changes:

   - Torture-test changes, including refactoring of rcutorture and
     introduction of a vestigial locktorture.

   - Real-time latency fixes.

   - Documentation updates.

   - Miscellaneous fixes"

* 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (77 commits)
  rcu: Provide grace-period piggybacking API
  rcu: Ensure kernel/rcu/rcu.h can be sourced/used stand-alone
  rcu: Fix sparse warning for rcu_expedited from kernel/ksysfs.c
  notifier: Substitute rcu_access_pointer() for rcu_dereference_raw()
  Documentation/memory-barriers.txt: Clarify release/acquire ordering
  rcutorture: Save kvm.sh output to log
  rcutorture: Add a lock_busted to test the test
  rcutorture: Place kvm-test-1-run.sh output into res directory
  rcutorture: Rename TREE_RCU-Kconfig.txt
  locktorture: Add kvm-recheck.sh plug-in for locktorture
  rcutorture: Gracefully handle NULL cleanup hooks
  locktorture: Add vestigial locktorture configuration
  rcutorture: Introduce "rcu" directory level underneath configs
  rcutorture: Rename kvm-test-1-rcu.sh
  rcutorture: Remove RCU dependencies from ver_functions.sh API
  rcutorture: Create CFcommon file for common Kconfig parameters
  rcutorture: Create config files for scripted test-the-test testing
  rcutorture: Add an rcu_busted to test the test
  locktorture: Add a lock-torture kernel module
  rcutorture: Abstract kvm-recheck.sh
  ...
2014-03-31 11:05:24 -07:00
Peter Zijlstra
6f008e72cd locking/mutex: Fix debug checks
OK, so commit:

  1d8fe7dc80 ("locking/mutexes: Unlock the mutex without the wait_lock")

generates this boot warning when CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES=y:

  WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 139 at /usr/src/linux-2.6/kernel/locking/mutex-debug.c:82 debug_mutex_unlock+0x155/0x180() DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(lock->owner != current)

And that makes sense, because as soon as we release the lock a
new owner can come in...

One would think that !__mutex_slowpath_needs_to_unlock()
implementations suffer the same, but for DEBUG we fall back to
mutex-null.h which has an unconditional 1 for that.

The mutex debug code requires the mutex to be unlocked after
doing the debug checks, otherwise it can find inconsistent
state.

Reported-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: jason.low2@hp.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20140312122442.GB27965@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2014-03-12 13:49:47 +01:00
Peter Zijlstra
34c6bc2c91 locking/mutexes: Add extra reschedule point
Add in an extra reschedule in an attempt to avoid getting reschedule
the moment we've acquired the lock.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-zah5eyn9gu7qlgwh9r6n2anc@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2014-03-11 12:14:59 +01:00
Peter Zijlstra
fb0527bd5e locking/mutexes: Introduce cancelable MCS lock for adaptive spinning
Since we want a task waiting for a mutex_lock() to go to sleep and
reschedule on need_resched() we must be able to abort the
mcs_spin_lock() around the adaptive spin.

Therefore implement a cancelable mcs lock.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: chegu_vinod@hp.com
Cc: paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc: Waiman.Long@hp.com
Cc: torvalds@linux-foundation.org
Cc: tglx@linutronix.de
Cc: riel@redhat.com
Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org
Cc: davidlohr@hp.com
Cc: hpa@zytor.com
Cc: andi@firstfloor.org
Cc: aswin@hp.com
Cc: scott.norton@hp.com
Cc: Jason Low <jason.low2@hp.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-62hcl5wxydmjzd182zhvk89m@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2014-03-11 12:14:56 +01:00
Jason Low
1d8fe7dc80 locking/mutexes: Unlock the mutex without the wait_lock
When running workloads that have high contention in mutexes on an 8 socket
machine, mutex spinners would often spin for a long time with no lock owner.

The main reason why this is occuring is in __mutex_unlock_common_slowpath(),
if __mutex_slowpath_needs_to_unlock(), then the owner needs to acquire the
mutex->wait_lock before releasing the mutex (setting lock->count to 1). When
the wait_lock is contended, this delays the mutex from being released.
We should be able to release the mutex without holding the wait_lock.

Signed-off-by: Jason Low <jason.low2@hp.com>
Cc: chegu_vinod@hp.com
Cc: paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc: Waiman.Long@hp.com
Cc: torvalds@linux-foundation.org
Cc: tglx@linutronix.de
Cc: riel@redhat.com
Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org
Cc: davidlohr@hp.com
Cc: hpa@zytor.com
Cc: andi@firstfloor.org
Cc: aswin@hp.com
Cc: scott.norton@hp.com
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1390936396-3962-4-git-send-email-jason.low2@hp.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2014-03-11 12:14:54 +01:00
Jason Low
47667fa150 locking/mutexes: Modify the way optimistic spinners are queued
The mutex->spin_mlock was introduced in order to ensure that only 1 thread
spins for lock acquisition at a time to reduce cache line contention. When
lock->owner is NULL and the lock->count is still not 1, the spinner(s) will
continually release and obtain the lock->spin_mlock. This can generate
quite a bit of overhead/contention, and also might just delay the spinner
from getting the lock.

This patch modifies the way optimistic spinners are queued by queuing before
entering the optimistic spinning loop as oppose to acquiring before every
call to mutex_spin_on_owner(). So in situations where the spinner requires
a few extra spins before obtaining the lock, then there will only be 1 spinner
trying to get the lock and it will avoid the overhead from unnecessarily
unlocking and locking the spin_mlock.

Signed-off-by: Jason Low <jason.low2@hp.com>
Cc: tglx@linutronix.de
Cc: riel@redhat.com
Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org
Cc: davidlohr@hp.com
Cc: hpa@zytor.com
Cc: andi@firstfloor.org
Cc: aswin@hp.com
Cc: scott.norton@hp.com
Cc: chegu_vinod@hp.com
Cc: Waiman.Long@hp.com
Cc: paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc: torvalds@linux-foundation.org
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1390936396-3962-3-git-send-email-jason.low2@hp.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2014-03-11 12:14:53 +01:00