Messages in this thread | | | From | Peter Oskolkov <> | Subject | [RFC PATCH 0/3 v3] futex/sched: introduce FUTEX_SWAP operation | Date | Wed, 24 Jun 2020 11:52:44 -0700 |
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From: Peter Oskolkov <posk@google.com>
This is an RFC!
As Paul Turner presented at LPC in 2013 ... - pdf: http://pdxplumbers.osuosl.org/2013/ocw//system/presentations/1653/original/LPC%20-%20User%20Threading.pdf - video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXuZi9aeGTw
... Google has developed an M:N userspace threading subsystem backed by Google-private SwitchTo Linux Kernel API (page 17 in the pdf referenced above). This subsystem provides latency-sensitive services at Google with fine-grained user-space control/scheduling over what is running when, and this subsystem is used widely internally (called schedulers or fibers).
This RFC patchset is the first step to open-source this work. As explained in the linked pdf and video, SwitchTo API has three core operations: wait, resume, and swap (=switch). So this patchset adds a FUTEX_SWAP operation that, in addition to FUTEX_WAIT and FUTEX_WAKE, will provide a foundation on top of which user-space threading libraries can be built.
Another common use case for FUTEX_SWAP is message passing a-la RPC between tasks: task/thread T1 prepares a message, wakes T2 to work on it, and waits for the results; when T2 is done, it wakes T1 and waits for more work to arrive. Currently the simplest way to implement this is
a. T1: futex-wake T2, futex-wait b. T2: wakes, does what it has been woken to do c. T2: futex-wake T1, futex-wait
With FUTEX_SWAP, steps a and c above can be reduced to one futex operation that runs 5-10 times faster.
Patches in this patchset:
Patch 1: introduce FUTEX_SWAP futex operation that, internally, does wake + wait. The purpose of this patch is to work out the API. Patch 2: a first rough attempt to make FUTEX_SWAP faster than what wake + wait can do. Patch 3: a selftest that can also be used to benchmark FUTEX_SWAP vs FUTEX_WAKE + FUTEX_WAIT.
v2: fix undefined symbol error ifndef CONFIG_SMP. v3: rebased onto the latest tip/locking/core.
Peter Oskolkov (3): futex: introduce FUTEX_SWAP operation futex/sched: add wake_up_process_prefer_current_cpu, use in FUTEX_SWAP selftests/futex: add futex_swap selftest
include/linux/sched.h | 1 + include/uapi/linux/futex.h | 2 + kernel/futex.c | 96 ++++++-- kernel/sched/core.c | 5 + kernel/sched/fair.c | 3 + kernel/sched/sched.h | 1 + .../selftests/futex/functional/.gitignore | 1 + .../selftests/futex/functional/Makefile | 1 + .../selftests/futex/functional/futex_swap.c | 209 ++++++++++++++++++ .../selftests/futex/include/futextest.h | 19 ++ 10 files changed, 322 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/futex/functional/futex_swap.c
-- 2.25.1
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