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Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:32:43 +0800
From: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>
To: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
Cc: "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
"torvalds@...ux-foundation.org" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
"mingo@...e.hu" <mingo@...e.hu>,
"akpm@...ux-foundation.org" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
"linux-ide@...r.kernel.org" <linux-ide@...r.kernel.org>,
"linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
"linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/6] fastboot: Asynchronous function calls to speed up
kernel boot
On Tue, 2009-01-06 at 12:10 +0800, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> From 15815a54b95e6866ff9532dead9cca4d6a298b54 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>
> Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 05:32:28 -0800
> Subject: [PATCH] fastboot: Asynchronous function calls to speed up kernel boot
>
> Right now, most of the kernel boot is strictly synchronous, such that
> various hardware delays are done sequentially.
>
> In order to make the kernel boot faster, this patch introduces
> infrastructure to allow doing some of the initialization steps
> asynchronously, which will hide significant portions of the hardware delays
> in practice.
>
> In order to not change device order and other similar observables, this
> patch does NOT do full parallel initialization.
>
> Rather, it operates more in the way an out of order CPU does; the work may
> be done out of order and asynchronous, but the observable effects
> (instruction retiring for the CPU) are still done in the original sequence.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>
> +
> +void async_synchronize_cookie(async_cookie_t cookie)
> +{
> + ktime_t starttime, delta, endtime;
> +
> + if (initcall_debug) {
> + printk("async_waiting @ %i\n", task_pid_nr(current));
> + starttime = ktime_get();
> + }
> +
> + wait_event(async_done, lowest_in_progress >= cookie);
> +
In some cases, we only want to wait for a specific cookie
rather than all the cookies smaller than it.
For example:
device cookie
ACPI battery 1
ata port 0 2
ata port 1 3
ata port 0 and port 1 in the same host can not be probed in parallel.
In this case, ata port1 should only wait for cookie 2 rather than both 1 and 2.
how about the patch below? (it's just a prototype and I have not tested it yet)
If it's okay, I'll do some tricks in the libata-core so that port1 can get the cookie of port 0.
Introduces two new interfaces
async_synchronize_one_cookie
async_synchronize_one_cookie_special
users can use these to wait for a specific cookie.
Signed-off-by: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>
---
drivers/ata/libata-core.c | 4 +-
include/linux/async.h | 6 ++-
kernel/async.c | 82 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
3 files changed, 80 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
Index: linux-2.6/kernel/async.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/kernel/async.c
+++ linux-2.6/kernel/async.c
@@ -87,6 +87,44 @@ extern int initcall_debug;
/*
* MUST be called with the lock held!
*/
+static int __cookie_is_done(struct list_head *running, async_cookie_t cookie)
+{
+ struct async_entry *entry;
+
+ if (!list_empty(running)) {
+ list_for_each_entry(entry, running, list) {
+ if (entry->cookie > cookie)
+ break;
+ if (entry->cookie == cookie)
+ return 0;
+ }
+ }
+
+ if (!list_empty(&async_pending)) {
+ list_for_each_entry(entry, &async_pending, list) {
+ if (entry->cookie > cookie)
+ break;
+ if (entry->cookie == cookie)
+ return 0;
+ }
+ }
+ return 1;
+}
+
+static int cookie_is_done(struct list_head *running, async_cookie_t cookie)
+{
+ unsigned long flags;
+ async_cookie_t ret;
+
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&async_lock, flags);
+ ret = __cookie_is_done(running, cookie);
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&async_lock, flags);
+ return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * MUST be called with the lock held!
+ */
static async_cookie_t __lowest_in_progress(struct list_head *running)
{
struct async_entry *entry;
@@ -220,18 +258,19 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(async_schedule_special
void async_synchronize_full(void)
{
do {
- async_synchronize_cookie(next_cookie);
+ async_synchronize_cookies(next_cookie);
} while (!list_empty(&async_running) || !list_empty(&async_pending));
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(async_synchronize_full);
void async_synchronize_full_special(struct list_head *list)
{
- async_synchronize_cookie_special(next_cookie, list);
+ async_synchronize_cookies_special(next_cookie, list);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(async_synchronize_full_special);
-void async_synchronize_cookie_special(async_cookie_t cookie, struct list_head *running)
+static void __async_synchronize_cookie_special(async_cookie_t cookie,
+ struct list_head *running, int type)
{
ktime_t starttime, delta, endtime;
@@ -240,7 +279,10 @@ void async_synchronize_cookie_special(as
starttime = ktime_get();
}
- wait_event(async_done, lowest_in_progress(running) >= cookie);
+ if (type)
+ wait_event(async_done, lowest_in_progress(running) >= cookie);
+ else
+ wait_event(async_done, cookie_is_done(running, cookie));
if (initcall_debug && system_state == SYSTEM_BOOTING) {
endtime = ktime_get();
@@ -250,13 +292,37 @@ void async_synchronize_cookie_special(as
task_pid_nr(current), ktime_to_ns(delta) >> 10);
}
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(async_synchronize_cookie_special);
-void async_synchronize_cookie(async_cookie_t cookie)
+void async_synchronize_cookies_special(async_cookie_t cookie, struct list_head *running)
+{
+ __async_synchronize_cookie_special(cookie, running, 1);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(async_synchronize_cookies_special);
+
+void async_synchronize_cookies(async_cookie_t cookie)
+{
+ __async_synchronize_cookie_special(cookie, &async_running, 1);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(async_synchronize_cookies);
+
+
+/*
+ * sychronize a specific cookie
+ * block until the entry with a speicific cookie is done.
+ * Note that waiting for a cookie while holding it is not allowed.
+ * because it may cause a deadlock issue.
+ */
+void async_synchronize_one_cookie_special(async_cookie_t cookie, struct list_head *running)
+{
+ __async_synchronize_cookie_special(cookie, running, 0);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(async_synchronize_one_cookie_special);
+
+void async_synchronize_one_cookie(async_cookie_t cookie)
{
- async_synchronize_cookie_special(cookie, &async_running);
+ __async_synchronize_cookie_special(cookie, &async_running, 0);
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(async_synchronize_cookie);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(async_synchronize_one_cookie);
static int async_thread(void *unused)
Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/async.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/async.h
+++ linux-2.6/include/linux/async.h
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ extern async_cookie_t async_schedule(asy
extern async_cookie_t async_schedule_special(async_func_ptr *ptr, void *data, struct list_head *list);
extern void async_synchronize_full(void);
extern void async_synchronize_full_special(struct list_head *list);
-extern void async_synchronize_cookie(async_cookie_t cookie);
-extern void async_synchronize_cookie_special(async_cookie_t cookie, struct list_head *list);
+extern void async_synchronize_cookies(async_cookie_t cookie);
+extern void async_synchronize_cookies_special(async_cookie_t cookie, struct list_head *list);
+extern void async_synchronize_one_cookie(async_cookie_t cookie);
+extern void async_synchronize_one_cookie_special(async_cookie_t cookie, struct list_head *list);
Index: linux-2.6/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
+++ linux-2.6/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
@@ -5929,7 +5929,7 @@ static void async_port_probe(void *data,
* don't need to wait for port 0, only for later ports.
*/
if (!(ap->host->flags & ATA_HOST_PARALLEL_SCAN) && ap->port_no != 0)
- async_synchronize_cookie(cookie);
+ async_synchronize_cookies(cookie);
/* probe */
if (ap->ops->error_handler) {
@@ -5969,7 +5969,7 @@ static void async_port_probe(void *data,
}
/* in order to keep device order, we need to synchronize at this point */
- async_synchronize_cookie(cookie);
+ async_synchronize_cookies(cookie);
ata_scsi_scan_host(ap, 1);
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