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Message-ID: <49642829.20006@cn.fujitsu.com>
Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:57:29 +0800
From: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
CC: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, Gregory Haskins <ghaskins@...ell.com>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>,
Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
Chris Mason <chris.mason@...cle.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
linux-btrfs <linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>,
Peter Morreale <pmorreale@...ell.com>,
Sven Dietrich <SDietrich@...ell.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC]: mutex: adaptive spin
Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> +void mutex_spin_or_schedule(struct mutex_waiter *waiter, long state, unsigned long *flags)
> +{
> + struct mutex *lock = waiter->lock;
> + struct task_struct *task = waiter->task;
> + struct task_struct *owner = lock->owner;
> + struct rq *rq;
> +
> + if (!owner)
> + goto do_schedule;
> +
> + rq = task_rq(owner);
> +
> + if (rq->curr != owner) {
> +do_schedule:
> + __set_task_state(task, state);
> + spin_unlock_mutex(&lock->wait_lock, *flags);
> + schedule();
> + } else {
> + spin_unlock_mutex(&lock->wait_lock, *flags);
> + for (;;) {
> + /* Stop spinning when there's a pending signal. */
> + if (signal_pending_state(state, task))
> + break;
> +
> + /* Owner changed, bail to revalidate state */
> + if (lock->owner != owner)
> + break;
> +
> + /* Owner stopped running, bail to revalidate state */
> + if (rq->curr != owner)
> + break;
> +
2 questions from my immature thought:
1) Do we need keep gcc from optimizing when we access lock->owner
and rq->curr in the loop?
2) "if (rq->curr != owner)" need become smarter.
schedule()
{
select_next
rq->curr = next;
contex_swith
}
we also spin when owner is select_next-ing in schedule().
but select_next is not fast enough.
Lai.
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