linux-kernel - [tip:smp/hotplug] sched/nohz: Convert to hotplug state machine

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Mon, 21 Nov 2016 07:51:51 -0800
From:   tip-bot for Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <tipbot@...or.com>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     mingo@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        bigeasy@...utronix.de, tglx@...utronix.de, hpa@...or.com
Subject: [tip:smp/hotplug] sched/nohz: Convert to hotplug state machine

Commit-ID:  703c96e4971c3d2383d9bf248fa656f154250edc
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/703c96e4971c3d2383d9bf248fa656f154250edc
Author:     Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
AuthorDate: Thu, 17 Nov 2016 19:35:34 +0100
Committer:  Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
CommitDate: Mon, 21 Nov 2016 16:37:07 +0100

sched/nohz: Convert to hotplug state machine

Install the callbacks via the state machine.

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
Cc: rt@...uxtronix.de
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20161117183541.8588-14-bigeasy@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>

---
 kernel/time/tick-sched.c | 33 ++++++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index 3bcb61b..71496a2 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -390,24 +390,16 @@ static int __init tick_nohz_full_setup(char *str)
 }
 __setup("nohz_full=", tick_nohz_full_setup);
 
-static int tick_nohz_cpu_down_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb,
-				       unsigned long action,
-				       void *hcpu)
+static int tick_nohz_cpu_down(unsigned int cpu)
 {
-	unsigned int cpu = (unsigned long)hcpu;
-
-	switch (action & ~CPU_TASKS_FROZEN) {
-	case CPU_DOWN_PREPARE:
-		/*
-		 * The boot CPU handles housekeeping duty (unbound timers,
-		 * workqueues, timekeeping, ...) on behalf of full dynticks
-		 * CPUs. It must remain online when nohz full is enabled.
-		 */
-		if (tick_nohz_full_running && tick_do_timer_cpu == cpu)
-			return NOTIFY_BAD;
-		break;
-	}
-	return NOTIFY_OK;
+	/*
+	 * The boot CPU handles housekeeping duty (unbound timers,
+	 * workqueues, timekeeping, ...) on behalf of full dynticks
+	 * CPUs. It must remain online when nohz full is enabled.
+	 */
+	if (tick_nohz_full_running && tick_do_timer_cpu == cpu)
+		return -EBUSY;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int tick_nohz_init_all(void)
@@ -428,7 +420,7 @@ static int tick_nohz_init_all(void)
 
 void __init tick_nohz_init(void)
 {
-	int cpu;
+	int cpu, ret;
 
 	if (!tick_nohz_full_running) {
 		if (tick_nohz_init_all() < 0)
@@ -469,7 +461,10 @@ void __init tick_nohz_init(void)
 	for_each_cpu(cpu, tick_nohz_full_mask)
 		context_tracking_cpu_set(cpu);
 
-	cpu_notifier(tick_nohz_cpu_down_callback, 0);
+	ret = cpuhp_setup_state_nocalls(CPUHP_AP_ONLINE_DYN,
+					"kernel/nohz:predown", NULL,
+					tick_nohz_cpu_down);
+	WARN_ON(ret < 0);
 	pr_info("NO_HZ: Full dynticks CPUs: %*pbl.\n",
 		cpumask_pr_args(tick_nohz_full_mask));