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Subject[RFC PATCH 3/5] spinning futex: move a wakened task to spinning
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This patch moves a wakened task back to the optimistic spinning loop
if the owner is running.

Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <Waiman.Long@hp.com>
---
kernel/futex.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++----
1 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c
index ddc24d1..cca6457 100644
--- a/kernel/futex.c
+++ b/kernel/futex.c
@@ -3215,8 +3215,8 @@ static inline int futex_spin_trylock(u32 __user *uaddr, u32 *puval,
* loop. Preemption should have been disabled before calling this function.
*
* The number of spinners may temporarily exceed the threshold due to
- * racing (the spin count check and add aren't atomic), but that shouldn't
- * be a big problem.
+ * racing and from waiter joining the OSQ(the spin count check and add
+ * aren't atomic), but that shouldn't be a real problem.
*/
static inline int futex_optspin(struct futex_q_head *qh,
struct futex_q_node *qn,
@@ -3297,7 +3297,7 @@ static noinline int futex_spin_lock(u32 __user *uaddr, unsigned int flags)
struct futex_q_node qnode;
union futex_key key;
struct task_struct *owner;
- bool gotlock;
+ bool gotlock, slept;
int ret, cnt;
u32 uval, vpid, old;

@@ -3345,6 +3345,7 @@ static noinline int futex_spin_lock(u32 __user *uaddr, unsigned int flags)
owner = ACCESS_ONCE(qh->owner);
if ((FUTEX_SPINCNT(qh) < futex_spincnt_max) &&
(!owner || owner->on_cpu))
+optspin:
if (futex_optspin(qh, &qnode, uaddr, vpid))
goto penable_out;

@@ -3356,7 +3357,7 @@ static noinline int futex_spin_lock(u32 __user *uaddr, unsigned int flags)
list_add_tail(&qnode.wnode, &qh->waitq);
__set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
spin_unlock(&qh->wlock);
- gotlock = false;
+ slept = gotlock = false;
for (;;) {
ret = get_user(uval, uaddr);
if (ret)
@@ -3393,7 +3394,16 @@ static noinline int futex_spin_lock(u32 __user *uaddr, unsigned int flags)
break;
}

+ /*
+ * Go back to spinning if the lock owner is running and the
+ * spinner limit hasn't been reached.
+ */
+ if (slept && (!owner || owner->on_cpu) &&
+ (FUTEX_SPINCNT(qh) < futex_spincnt_max))
+ break;
+
schedule_preempt_disabled();
+ slept = true;

/*
* Got a signal? Return EINTR
@@ -3427,6 +3437,8 @@ dequeue:
}
}
spin_unlock(&qh->wlock);
+ if (!ret && !gotlock)
+ goto optspin;

penable_out:
preempt_enable();
--
1.7.1


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