[tip:sched/urgent] sched: Optimize task_sched_runtime()

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Commit-ID:  911b2898b3c9fe0048e9485ad1629ed4fce330fd
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/911b2898b3c9fe0048e9485ad1629ed4fce330fd
Author:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 18:21:56 +0100
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 13:33:54 +0100

sched: Optimize task_sched_runtime()

Large multi-threaded apps like to hit this using do_sys_times() and
then queue up on the rq->lock.

Avoid when possible.

Larry reported ~20% performance increase his test case.

Reported-by: Larry Woodman <lwoodman@xxxxxxxxxx>
Suggested-by: Paul Turner <pjt@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20131111172925.GG26898@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/sched/core.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 1deccd7..c180860 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -2253,6 +2253,20 @@ unsigned long long task_sched_runtime(struct task_struct *p)
 	struct rq *rq;
 	u64 ns = 0;
 
+#if defined(CONFIG_64BIT) && defined(CONFIG_SMP)
+	/*
+	 * 64-bit doesn't need locks to atomically read a 64bit value.
+	 * So we have a optimization chance when the task's delta_exec is 0.
+	 * Reading ->on_cpu is racy, but this is ok.
+	 *
+	 * If we race with it leaving cpu, we'll take a lock. So we're correct.
+	 * If we race with it entering cpu, unaccounted time is 0. This is
+	 * indistinguishable from the read occurring a few cycles earlier.
+	 */
+	if (!p->on_cpu)
+		return p->se.sum_exec_runtime;
+#endif
+
 	rq = task_rq_lock(p, &flags);
 	ns = p->se.sum_exec_runtime + do_task_delta_exec(p, rq);
 	task_rq_unlock(rq, p, &flags);
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