The following commit has been merged into the sched/core branch of tip: Commit-ID: f6ac18fafcf6cc5e41c26766d12ad335ed81012e Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/f6ac18fafcf6cc5e41c26766d12ad335ed81012e Author: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> AuthorDate: Wed, 22 Sep 2021 10:14:15 +02:00 Committer: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> CommitterDate: Thu, 07 Oct 2021 13:51:15 +02:00 sched: Improve try_invoke_on_locked_down_task() Clarify and tighten try_invoke_on_locked_down_task(). Basically the function calls @func under task_rq_lock(), except it avoids taking rq->lock when possible. This makes calling @func unconditional (the function will get renamed in a later patch to remove the try). Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Vasily Gorbik <gor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Vasily Gorbik <gor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> # on s390 Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210929152428.589323576@xxxxxxxxxxxxx --- kernel/sched/core.c | 63 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------- 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c index e47d7e5..8a9aeac 100644 --- a/kernel/sched/core.c +++ b/kernel/sched/core.c @@ -4115,41 +4115,56 @@ out: * @func: Function to invoke. * @arg: Argument to function. * - * If the specified task can be quickly locked into a definite state - * (either sleeping or on a given runqueue), arrange to keep it in that - * state while invoking @func(@arg). This function can use ->on_rq and - * task_curr() to work out what the state is, if required. Given that - * @func can be invoked with a runqueue lock held, it had better be quite - * lightweight. + * Fix the task in it's current state by avoiding wakeups and or rq operations + * and call @func(@arg) on it. This function can use ->on_rq and task_curr() + * to work out what the state is, if required. Given that @func can be invoked + * with a runqueue lock held, it had better be quite lightweight. * * Returns: - * @false if the task slipped out from under the locks. - * @true if the task was locked onto a runqueue or is sleeping. - * However, @func can override this by returning @false. + * Whatever @func returns */ bool try_invoke_on_locked_down_task(struct task_struct *p, bool (*func)(struct task_struct *t, void *arg), void *arg) { + struct rq *rq = NULL; + unsigned int state; struct rq_flags rf; bool ret = false; - struct rq *rq; raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&p->pi_lock, rf.flags); - if (p->on_rq) { + + state = READ_ONCE(p->__state); + + /* + * Ensure we load p->on_rq after p->__state, otherwise it would be + * possible to, falsely, observe p->on_rq == 0. + * + * See try_to_wake_up() for a longer comment. + */ + smp_rmb(); + + /* + * Since pi->lock blocks try_to_wake_up(), we don't need rq->lock when + * the task is blocked. Make sure to check @state since ttwu() can drop + * locks at the end, see ttwu_queue_wakelist(). + */ + if (state == TASK_RUNNING || state == TASK_WAKING || p->on_rq) rq = __task_rq_lock(p, &rf); - if (task_rq(p) == rq) - ret = func(p, arg); + + /* + * At this point the task is pinned; either: + * - blocked and we're holding off wakeups (pi->lock) + * - woken, and we're holding off enqueue (rq->lock) + * - queued, and we're holding off schedule (rq->lock) + * - running, and we're holding off de-schedule (rq->lock) + * + * The called function (@func) can use: task_curr(), p->on_rq and + * p->__state to differentiate between these states. + */ + ret = func(p, arg); + + if (rq) rq_unlock(rq, &rf); - } else { - switch (READ_ONCE(p->__state)) { - case TASK_RUNNING: - case TASK_WAKING: - break; - default: - smp_rmb(); // See smp_rmb() comment in try_to_wake_up(). - if (!p->on_rq) - ret = func(p, arg); - } - } + raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&p->pi_lock, rf.flags); return ret; }
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