The patch titled
sched: remove __resched_legal() and fix cond_resched_softirq()
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
sched-remove-__resched_legal-and-fix-cond_resched_softirq.patch
See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find
out what to do about this
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Subject: sched: remove __resched_legal() and fix cond_resched_softirq()
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
Remove the __resched_legal() check: it is conceptually broken. The biggest
problem it had is that it can mask buggy cond_resched() calls. A
cond_resched() call is only legal if we are not in an atomic context. But
__resched_legal() hid this fact. Same goes for cond_resched_locked() and
cond_resched_softirq().
Furthermore, the __legal_resched(0) call was buggy in
cond_resched_softirq() and caused unnecessary long softirq latencies!
The fix is to preserve the only valid inhibitor to voluntary preemption: if
the system is still booting. None of the other behavior of
__resched_legal() made any sense.
The effect of this fix should be more real bugs exposed, and shorter
softirq latencies.
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
Cc: OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sched.c | 17 +++--------------
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff -puN kernel/sched.c~sched-remove-__resched_legal-and-fix-cond_resched_softirq kernel/sched.c
--- a/kernel/sched.c~sched-remove-__resched_legal-and-fix-cond_resched_softirq
+++ a/kernel/sched.c
@@ -4617,17 +4617,6 @@ asmlinkage long sys_sched_yield(void)
return 0;
}
-static inline int __resched_legal(int expected_preempt_count)
-{
-#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT
- if (unlikely(preempt_count() != expected_preempt_count))
- return 0;
-#endif
- if (unlikely(system_state != SYSTEM_RUNNING))
- return 0;
- return 1;
-}
-
static void __cond_resched(void)
{
#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK_SLEEP
@@ -4647,7 +4636,7 @@ static void __cond_resched(void)
int __sched cond_resched(void)
{
- if (need_resched() && __resched_legal(0)) {
+ if (need_resched() && system_state == SYSTEM_RUNNING) {
__cond_resched();
return 1;
}
@@ -4673,7 +4662,7 @@ int cond_resched_lock(spinlock_t *lock)
ret = 1;
spin_lock(lock);
}
- if (need_resched() && __resched_legal(1)) {
+ if (need_resched() && system_state == SYSTEM_RUNNING) {
spin_release(&lock->dep_map, 1, _THIS_IP_);
_raw_spin_unlock(lock);
preempt_enable_no_resched();
@@ -4689,7 +4678,7 @@ int __sched cond_resched_softirq(void)
{
BUG_ON(!in_softirq());
- if (need_resched() && __resched_legal(0)) {
+ if (need_resched() && system_state == SYSTEM_RUNNING) {
raw_local_irq_disable();
_local_bh_enable();
raw_local_irq_enable();
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from mingo@xxxxxxx are
change-warn_on-back-to-bug-at.patch
rcu-rcutorture-suspend-fix.patch
sched-remove-__resched_legal-and-fix-cond_resched_softirq.patch
acpi-i686-x86_64-fix-laptop-bootup-hang-in-init_acpi.patch
revert-i386-fix-the-verify_quirk_intel_irqbalance.patch
revert-x86_64-mm-add-genapic_force.patch
revert-x86_64-mm-fix-the-irqbalance-quirk-for-e7320-e7520-e7525.patch
convert-i386-pda-code-to-use-%fs.patch
genapic-optimize-fix-apic-mode-setup-2.patch
genapic-always-use-physical-delivery-mode-on-8-cpus.patch
genapic-remove-es7000-workaround.patch
genapic-remove-clustered-apic-mode.patch
genapic-default-to-physical-mode-on-hotplug-cpu-kernels.patch
x86_64-do-not-enable-the-nmi-watchdog-by-default.patch
sched-improve-sched_clock-on-i686.patch
sched-improve-sched_clock-on-i686-fix.patch
cpuset-remove-sched-domain-hooks-from-cpusets.patch
schedule_on_each_cpu-use-preempt_disable.patch
lockdep-also-check-for-freed-locks-in-kmem_cache_free.patch
lockdep-more-unlock-on-error-fixes.patch
lockdep-more-unlock-on-error-fixes-fix.patch
lockdep-add-graph-depth-information-to-proc-lockdep.patch
gtod-uninline-jiffiesh.patch
gtod-fix-multiple-conversion-bugs-in-msecs_to_jiffies.patch
gtod-fix-timeout-overflow.patch
gtod-persistent-clock-support-core.patch
gtod-persistent-clock-support-i386.patch
dynticks-uninline-irq_enter.patch
dynticks-extend-next_timer_interrupt-to-use-a-reference-jiffie.patch
hrtimers-namespace-and-enum-cleanup.patch
hrtimers-clean-up-locking.patch
hrtimers-add-state-tracking.patch
hrtimers-clean-up-callback-tracking.patch
hrtimers-move-and-add-documentation.patch
acpi-include-fix.patch
acpi-keep-track-of-timer-broadcast.patch
acpi-add-state-propagation-for-dynamic-broadcasting.patch
acpi-cleanups-allow-early-access-to-pmtimer.patch
i386-apic-clean-up-the-apic-code.patch
clockevents-core.patch
clockevents-i386-drivers.patch
clockevents-i386-drivers-high-res-timers-fix-apic-event-broadcasting-code.patch
clockevents-i386-hpet-driver.patch
i386-apic-rework-and-fix-local-apic-calibration.patch
high-res-timers-core.patch
high-res-timers-core-do-itimer-rearming-in-process-context.patch
high-res-timers-core-do-itimer-rearming-in-process-context-fix2.patch
high-res-timers-core-hrtimers-add-state-tracking-fix.patch
high-res-timers-core-hrtimers-add-state-tracking-fix-fix.patch
high-res-timers-allow-tsc-clocksource-if-pmtimer-present.patch
dynticks-core.patch
dynticks-add-nohz-stats-to-proc-stat.patch
dynticks-i386-support-idle-handler-callbacks.patch
dynticks-i386-prepare-nmi-watchdog.patch
high-res-timers-dynticks-i386-support-enable-in-kconfig.patch
debugging-feature-add-proc-timer_stat.patch
debugging-feature-proc-timer_list.patch
debugging-feature-sysrq-q-to-print-timers.patch
generic-vsyscall-gtod-support-for-generic_time.patch
generic-vsyscall-gtod-support-for-generic_time-tidy.patch
time-x86_64-hpet_address-cleanup.patch
time-x86_64-split-x86_64-kernel-timec-up.patch
time-x86_64-split-x86_64-kernel-timec-up-tidy.patch
time-x86_64-convert-x86_64-to-use-generic_time.patch
time-x86_64-convert-x86_64-to-use-generic_time-tidy.patch
time-x86_64-re-enable-vsyscall-support-for-x86_64.patch
time-x86_64-re-enable-vsyscall-support-for-x86_64-tidy.patch
workqueue-dont-hold-workqueue_mutex-in-flush_scheduled_work.patch
mm-only-sched-add-a-few-scheduler-event-counters.patch
sched-add-above-background-load-function.patch
mm-implement-swap-prefetching.patch
mm-implement-swap-prefetching-use-ctl_unnumbered.patch
sched-cleanup-remove-task_t-convert-to-struct-task_struct-prefetch.patch
detect-atomic-counter-underflows.patch
debug-shared-irqs.patch
make-frame_pointer-default=y.patch
mutex-subsystem-synchro-test-module.patch
vdso-print-fatal-signals.patch
vdso-improve-print_fatal_signals-support-by-adding-memory-maps.patch
vdso-print-fatal-signals-use-ctl_unnumbered.patch
lockdep-show-held-locks-when-showing-a-stackdump.patch
lockdep-show-held-locks-when-showing-a-stackdump-fix.patch
lockdep-show-held-locks-when-showing-a-stackdump-fix-2.patch
kmap_atomic-debugging.patch
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