From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> tasklet_unlock_wait() spin waits for TASKLET_STATE_RUN to be cleared. This is wasting CPU cycles in a tight loop which is especially painful in a guest when the CPU running the tasklet is scheduled out. tasklet_unlock_wait() is invoked from tasklet_kill() which is used in teardown paths and not performance critical at all. Replace the spin wait with wait_var_event(). There are no users of tasklet_unlock_wait() which are invoked from atomic contexts. The usage in tasklet_disable() has been replaced temporarily with the spin waiting variant until the atomic users are fixed up and will be converted to the sleep wait variant later. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/interrupt.h | 13 ++----------- kernel/softirq.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) --- a/include/linux/interrupt.h +++ b/include/linux/interrupt.h @@ -664,17 +664,8 @@ static inline int tasklet_trylock(struct return !test_and_set_bit(TASKLET_STATE_RUN, &(t)->state); } -static inline void tasklet_unlock(struct tasklet_struct *t) -{ - smp_mb__before_atomic(); - clear_bit(TASKLET_STATE_RUN, &(t)->state); -} - -static inline void tasklet_unlock_wait(struct tasklet_struct *t) -{ - while (test_bit(TASKLET_STATE_RUN, &t->state)) - cpu_relax(); -} +void tasklet_unlock(struct tasklet_struct *t); +void tasklet_unlock_wait(struct tasklet_struct *t); /* * Do not use in new code. Waiting for tasklets from atomic contexts is --- a/kernel/softirq.c +++ b/kernel/softirq.c @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ #include <linux/smpboot.h> #include <linux/tick.h> #include <linux/irq.h> +#include <linux/wait_bit.h> #include <asm/softirq_stack.h> @@ -621,6 +622,23 @@ void tasklet_kill(struct tasklet_struct } EXPORT_SYMBOL(tasklet_kill); +#ifdef CONFIG_SMP +void tasklet_unlock(struct tasklet_struct *t) +{ + smp_mb__before_atomic(); + clear_bit(TASKLET_STATE_RUN, &t->state); + smp_mb__after_atomic(); + wake_up_var(&t->state); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tasklet_unlock); + +void tasklet_unlock_wait(struct tasklet_struct *t) +{ + wait_var_event(&t->state, !test_bit(TASKLET_STATE_RUN, &t->state)); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tasklet_unlock_wait); +#endif + void __init softirq_init(void) { int cpu;