linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 1/2] sched: add cond_resched

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Date:	Wed, 10 Dec 2014 15:34:46 -0800
From:	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...not-panic.com>
To:	mingo@...hat.com, peterz@...radead.org
Cc:	tglx@...utronix.de, hpa@...or.com, konrad.wilk@...cle.com,
	david.vrabel@...rix.com, masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com,
	rostedt@...dmis.org, luto@...capital.net, JBeulich@...e.com,
	jgross@...e.com, bpoirier@...e.de, x86@...nel.org,
	xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...e.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/2] sched: add cond_resched_irq()

From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...e.com>

Under special circumstances we may want to force
voluntary preemption even for CONFIG_PREEMPT=n
with interrupts disabled. This adds helpers to
let us do that.

Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
Cc: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: x86@...nel.org
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>
Cc: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@...e.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@...e.com>
---
 include/linux/sched.h |  7 +++++++
 kernel/sched/core.c   | 10 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 5e344bb..92da927 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -2759,6 +2759,13 @@ static inline int signal_pending_state(long state, struct task_struct *p)
  */
 extern int _cond_resched(void);
 
+/*
+ * Voluntarily preempting the kernel even for CONFIG_PREEMPT=n kernels
+ * on very special circumstances. This is to be used with interrupts
+ * disabled.
+ */
+extern int cond_resched_irq(void);
+
 #define cond_resched() ({			\
 	__might_sleep(__FILE__, __LINE__, 0);	\
 	_cond_resched();			\
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 89e7283..573edb1 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -4239,6 +4239,16 @@ int __sched _cond_resched(void)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(_cond_resched);
 
+int __sched cond_resched_irq(void)
+{
+	if (should_resched()) {
+		preempt_schedule_irq();
+		return 1;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cond_resched_irq);
+
 /*
  * __cond_resched_lock() - if a reschedule is pending, drop the given lock,
  * call schedule, and on return reacquire the lock.
-- 
2.1.1

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