Optimize cond_resched() by removing one conditional. Currently cond_resched() checks system_state == SYSTEM_RUNNING in order to avoid scheduling before the scheduler is running. We can however, as per suggestion of Matt, use PREEMPT_ACTIVE to accomplish that very same. Suggested-by: Matt Mackall Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra --- include/linux/sched.h | 5 ++++- kernel/sched.c | 14 +++++++++----- 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/sched.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/sched.h +++ linux-2.6/include/linux/sched.h @@ -503,8 +503,11 @@ struct task_cputime { /* * Disable preemption until the scheduler is running. * Reset by start_kernel()->sched_init()->init_idle(). + * + * We include PREEMPT_ACTIVE to avoid cond_resched() from working + * before the scheduler is active -- see should_resched(). */ -#define INIT_PREEMPT_COUNT (1) +#define INIT_PREEMPT_COUNT (1 + PREEMPT_ACTIVE) /** * struct thread_group_cputimer - thread group interval timer counts Index: linux-2.6/kernel/sched.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/kernel/sched.c +++ linux-2.6/kernel/sched.c @@ -6580,6 +6580,11 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE0(sched_yield) return 0; } +static inline int should_resched(void) +{ + return need_resched() && !(preempt_count() & PREEMPT_ACTIVE); +} + static void __cond_resched(void) { #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK_SLEEP @@ -6599,8 +6604,7 @@ static void __cond_resched(void) int __sched _cond_resched(void) { - if (need_resched() && !(preempt_count() & PREEMPT_ACTIVE) && - system_state == SYSTEM_RUNNING) { + if (should_resched()) { __cond_resched(); return 1; } @@ -6618,12 +6622,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(_cond_resched); */ int cond_resched_lock(spinlock_t *lock) { - int resched = need_resched() && system_state == SYSTEM_RUNNING; + int resched = should_resched(); int ret = 0; if (spin_needbreak(lock) || resched) { spin_unlock(lock); - if (resched && need_resched()) + if (resched) __cond_resched(); else cpu_relax(); @@ -6638,7 +6642,7 @@ int __sched cond_resched_softirq(void) { BUG_ON(!in_softirq()); - if (need_resched() && system_state == SYSTEM_RUNNING) { + if (should_resched()) { local_bh_enable(); __cond_resched(); local_bh_disable(); -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/