Subject: + epoll-do-not-take-global-epmutex-for-simple-topologies.patch added to -mm tree To: jbaron@xxxxxxxxxx,davidel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,nelhage@xxxxxxxxxxx,normalperson@xxxxxxxx,nzimmer@xxxxxxx,paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx,viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx From: akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2013 14:52:11 -0700 The patch titled Subject: epoll: do not take global 'epmutex' for simple topologies has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is epoll-do-not-take-global-epmutex-for-simple-topologies.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/epoll-do-not-take-global-epmutex-for-simple-topologies.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/epoll-do-not-take-global-epmutex-for-simple-topologies.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Jason Baron <jbaron@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: epoll: do not take global 'epmutex' for simple topologies When calling EPOLL_CTL_ADD for an epoll file descriptor that is attached directly to a wakeup source, we do not need to take the global 'epmutex', unless the epoll file descriptor is nested. The purpose of taking the 'epmutex' on add is to prevent complex topologies such as loops and deep wakeup paths from forming in parallel through multiple EPOLL_CTL_ADD operations. However, for the simple case of an epoll file descriptor attached directly to a wakeup source (with no nesting), we do not need to hold the 'epmutex'. This patch along with 'epoll: optimize EPOLL_CTL_DEL using rcu' improves scalability on larger systems. Quoting Nathan Zimmer's mail on SPECjbb performance: "On the 16 socket run the performance went from 35k jOPS to 125k jOPS. In addition the benchmark when from scaling well on 10 sockets to scaling well on just over 40 sockets. ... Currently the benchmark stops scaling at around 40-44 sockets but it seems like I found a second unrelated bottleneck." Signed-off-by: Jason Baron <jbaron@xxxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Nathan Zimmer <nzimmer@xxxxxxx> Cc: Eric Wong <normalperson@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Nelson Elhage <nelhage@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Davide Libenzi <davidel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/eventpoll.c | 94 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------- 1 file changed, 68 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/eventpoll.c~epoll-do-not-take-global-epmutex-for-simple-topologies fs/eventpoll.c --- a/fs/eventpoll.c~epoll-do-not-take-global-epmutex-for-simple-topologies +++ a/fs/eventpoll.c @@ -595,8 +595,7 @@ static inline void ep_pm_stay_awake_rcu( static int ep_scan_ready_list(struct eventpoll *ep, int (*sproc)(struct eventpoll *, struct list_head *, void *), - void *priv, - int depth) + void *priv, int depth, int ep_locked) { int error, pwake = 0; unsigned long flags; @@ -607,7 +606,9 @@ static int ep_scan_ready_list(struct eve * We need to lock this because we could be hit by * eventpoll_release_file() and epoll_ctl(). */ - mutex_lock_nested(&ep->mtx, depth); + + if (!ep_locked) + mutex_lock_nested(&ep->mtx, depth); /* * Steal the ready list, and re-init the original one to the @@ -671,7 +672,8 @@ static int ep_scan_ready_list(struct eve } spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ep->lock, flags); - mutex_unlock(&ep->mtx); + if (!ep_locked) + mutex_unlock(&ep->mtx); /* We have to call this outside the lock */ if (pwake) @@ -829,15 +831,34 @@ static int ep_read_events_proc(struct ev return 0; } +static void ep_ptable_queue_proc(struct file *file, wait_queue_head_t *whead, + poll_table *pt); + +struct readyevents_arg { + struct eventpoll *ep; + int locked; +}; + static int ep_poll_readyevents_proc(void *priv, void *cookie, int call_nests) { - return ep_scan_ready_list(priv, ep_read_events_proc, NULL, call_nests + 1); + struct readyevents_arg *arg = (struct readyevents_arg *)priv; + + return ep_scan_ready_list(arg->ep, ep_read_events_proc, NULL, + call_nests + 1, arg->locked); } static unsigned int ep_eventpoll_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait) { int pollflags; struct eventpoll *ep = file->private_data; + struct readyevents_arg arg; + + /* + * During ep_insert() we already hold the ep->mtx for the tfile. + * Prevent re-aquisition. + */ + arg.locked = ((wait && (wait->_qproc == ep_ptable_queue_proc)) ? 1 : 0); + arg.ep = ep; /* Insert inside our poll wait queue */ poll_wait(file, &ep->poll_wait, wait); @@ -849,7 +870,7 @@ static unsigned int ep_eventpoll_poll(st * could re-enter here. */ pollflags = ep_call_nested(&poll_readywalk_ncalls, EP_MAX_NESTS, - ep_poll_readyevents_proc, ep, ep, current); + ep_poll_readyevents_proc, &arg, ep, current); return pollflags != -1 ? pollflags : 0; } @@ -1250,7 +1271,7 @@ static noinline void ep_destroy_wakeup_s * Must be called with "mtx" held. */ static int ep_insert(struct eventpoll *ep, struct epoll_event *event, - struct file *tfile, int fd) + struct file *tfile, int fd, int full_check) { int error, revents, pwake = 0; unsigned long flags; @@ -1318,7 +1339,7 @@ static int ep_insert(struct eventpoll *e /* now check if we've created too many backpaths */ error = -EINVAL; - if (reverse_path_check()) + if (full_check && reverse_path_check()) goto error_remove_epi; /* We have to drop the new item inside our item list to keep track of it */ @@ -1542,7 +1563,7 @@ static int ep_send_events(struct eventpo esed.maxevents = maxevents; esed.events = events; - return ep_scan_ready_list(ep, ep_send_events_proc, &esed, 0); + return ep_scan_ready_list(ep, ep_send_events_proc, &esed, 0, 0); } static inline struct timespec ep_set_mstimeout(long ms) @@ -1813,11 +1834,12 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(epoll_ctl, int, epfd, in struct epoll_event __user *, event) { int error; - int did_lock_epmutex = 0; + int full_check = 0; struct fd f, tf; struct eventpoll *ep; struct epitem *epi; struct epoll_event epds; + struct eventpoll *tep = NULL; error = -EFAULT; if (ep_op_has_event(op) && @@ -1866,23 +1888,40 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(epoll_ctl, int, epfd, in * and hang them on the tfile_check_list, so we can check that we * haven't created too many possible wakeup paths. * - * We need to hold the epmutex across ep_insert to prevent - * multple adds from creating loops in parallel. + * We do not need to take the global 'epumutex' on EPOLL_CTL_ADD when + * the epoll file descriptor is attaching directly to a wakeup source, + * unless the epoll file descriptor is nested. The purpose of taking the + * 'epmutex' on add is to prevent complex toplogies such as loops and + * deep wakeup paths from forming in parallel through multiple + * EPOLL_CTL_ADD operations. */ + mutex_lock_nested(&ep->mtx, 0); if (op == EPOLL_CTL_ADD) { - mutex_lock(&epmutex); - did_lock_epmutex = 1; - if (is_file_epoll(tf.file)) { - error = -ELOOP; - if (ep_loop_check(ep, tf.file) != 0) { - clear_tfile_check_list(); - goto error_tgt_fput; + if (!list_empty(&f.file->f_ep_links) || + is_file_epoll(tf.file)) { + full_check = 1; + mutex_unlock(&ep->mtx); + mutex_lock(&epmutex); + if (is_file_epoll(tf.file)) { + error = -ELOOP; + if (ep_loop_check(ep, tf.file) != 0) { + clear_tfile_check_list(); + goto error_tgt_fput; + } + } else + list_add(&tf.file->f_tfile_llink, + &tfile_check_list); + mutex_lock_nested(&ep->mtx, 0); + if (is_file_epoll(tf.file)) { + tep = tf.file->private_data; + mutex_lock_nested(&tep->mtx, 1); } - } else - list_add(&tf.file->f_tfile_llink, &tfile_check_list); + } + } + if (op == EPOLL_CTL_DEL && is_file_epoll(tf.file)) { + tep = tf.file->private_data; + mutex_lock_nested(&tep->mtx, 1); } - - mutex_lock_nested(&ep->mtx, 0); /* * Try to lookup the file inside our RB tree, Since we grabbed "mtx" @@ -1896,10 +1935,11 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(epoll_ctl, int, epfd, in case EPOLL_CTL_ADD: if (!epi) { epds.events |= POLLERR | POLLHUP; - error = ep_insert(ep, &epds, tf.file, fd); + error = ep_insert(ep, &epds, tf.file, fd, full_check); } else error = -EEXIST; - clear_tfile_check_list(); + if (full_check) + clear_tfile_check_list(); break; case EPOLL_CTL_DEL: if (epi) @@ -1915,10 +1955,12 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(epoll_ctl, int, epfd, in error = -ENOENT; break; } + if (tep != NULL) + mutex_unlock(&tep->mtx); mutex_unlock(&ep->mtx); error_tgt_fput: - if (did_lock_epmutex) + if (full_check) mutex_unlock(&epmutex); fdput(tf); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from jbaron@xxxxxxxxxx are epoll-optimize-epoll_ctl_del-using-rcu.patch epoll-do-not-take-global-epmutex-for-simple-topologies.patch epoll-do-not-take-global-epmutex-for-simple-topologies-fix.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html