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SubjectRe: [RFC][PATCH 5/5] sched: Reduce ttwu rq->lock contention
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On Thu, 2010-12-16 at 19:42 +0100, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> On 12/16, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> >
> > +static int ttwu_force(struct task_struct *p, int wake_flags)
> > +{
> > + struct rq *rq;
> > + int ret = 0;
> > +
> > + /*
> > + * Since we've already set TASK_WAKING this task's CPU cannot
> > + * change from under us.
>
> I think it can. Yes, we've set TASK_WAKING. But, at least the task
> itself can change its state back to TASK_RUNNING without calling
> schedule. Say, __wait_event()-like code.

Oh crud, you're right, that's going to make all this cmpxchg stuff lots
more interesting :/

> > +static int
> > +try_to_wake_up(struct task_struct *p, unsigned int state, int wake_flags)
> > {
> > - int cpu, orig_cpu, this_cpu, success = 0;
> > + int cpu = task_cpu(p);
> > unsigned long flags;
> > - unsigned long en_flags = ENQUEUE_WAKEUP;
> > - struct rq *rq;
> > + int success = 0;
> > + int load;
> >
> > - this_cpu = get_cpu();
> > -
> > - smp_wmb();
> > - rq = task_rq_lock(p, &flags);
> > - if (!(p->state & state))
> > - goto out;
> > + local_irq_save(flags);
> > + for (;;) {
> > + unsigned int task_state = p->state;
> >
> > - cpu = task_cpu(p);
> > + if (!(task_state & state))
> > + goto out;
>
> Well, this surely breaks the code like
>
> CONDITION = true;
> wake_up_process(p);
>
> At least we need mb() before we check task_state the first time.

You're right (wmb, at least), I left that out because I had the cmpxchg
in there that provides a mb, but didn't notice I read the state before
that.. /me goes put the smp_wmb() back.


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