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Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 13:18:17 -0500 From: Livio Soares <livio@...g.toronto.edu> To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH] Mark rwsem functions as __sched for wchan/profiling Hi, This following commit http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=fdf8cb0909b531f9ae8f9b9d7e4eb35ba3505f07 un-inlined a low-level rwsem function, but did not mark it as __sched. The result is that it now shows up as thread wchan (which also affects /proc/profile stats). The following simple patch fixes this by properly marking rwsem_down_failed_common() as a __sched function. Also in this patch, which is up for discussion, marks down_read() and down_write() proper as __sched. For profiling, it is pretty much useless to know that a semaphore is beig help - it is necessary to know _which_ one. By going up another frame on the stack, the information becomes much more useful. In summary, the below change to lib/rwsem.c should be applied; the changes to kernel/rwsem.c could be applied if other kernel hackers agree with my proposal that down_read()/down_write() in the profile is not enough. Cheers, Livio Signed-off-by: Livio Soares <livio@...g.toronto.edu> kernel/rwsem.c | 4 ++-- lib/rwsem.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- linux-2.6.24-rc2.orig/lib/rwsem.c 2007-11-06 16:57:46.000000000 -0500 +++ linux-2.6.24-rc2/lib/rwsem.c 2007-12-05 20:03:43.000000000 -0500 @@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ __rwsem_do_wake(struct rw_semaphore *sem /* * wait for a lock to be granted */ -static struct rw_semaphore * +static struct rw_semaphore __sched * rwsem_down_failed_common(struct rw_semaphore *sem, struct rwsem_waiter *waiter, signed long adjustment) { --- linux-2.6.24-rc2.orig/kernel/rwsem.c 2007-11-06 16:57:46.000000000 -0500 +++ linux-2.6.24-rc2/kernel/rwsem.c 2007-12-05 21:09:55.000000000 -0500 @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ /* * lock for reading */ -void down_read(struct rw_semaphore *sem) +void __sched down_read(struct rw_semaphore *sem) { might_sleep(); rwsem_acquire_read(&sem->dep_map, 0, 0, _RET_IP_); @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(down_read_trylock); /* * lock for writing */ -void down_write(struct rw_semaphore *sem) +void __sched down_write(struct rw_semaphore *sem) { might_sleep(); rwsem_acquire(&sem->dep_map, 0, 0, _RET_IP_); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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