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Message-ID: <20131218205113.GD13685@quack.suse.cz>
Date:	Wed, 18 Dec 2013 21:51:13 +0100
From:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
To:	Jens Axboe <jaxboe@...ionio.com>
Cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] kernel: use lockless list for
 smp_call_function_single()

On Wed 18-12-13 18:23:38, Jan Kara wrote:
> From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
> 
> Make smp_call_function_single and friends more efficient by using
> a lockless list.
  This is the correct patch 3/3.

								Honza

> 
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
> ---
>  include/linux/elevator.h |  2 +-
>  include/linux/smp.h      |  3 ++-
>  kernel/smp.c             | 51 ++++++++++--------------------------------------
>  3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/elevator.h b/include/linux/elevator.h
> index 0bdfd46f4735..06860e2a25c3 100644
> --- a/include/linux/elevator.h
> +++ b/include/linux/elevator.h
> @@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ enum {
>  #define rq_entry_fifo(ptr)	list_entry((ptr), struct request, queuelist)
>  #define rq_fifo_clear(rq)	do {		\
>  	list_del_init(&(rq)->queuelist);	\
> -	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&(rq)->csd.list);	\
> +	(rq)->csd.llist.next = NULL;		\
>  	} while (0)
>  
>  #else /* CONFIG_BLOCK */
> diff --git a/include/linux/smp.h b/include/linux/smp.h
> index 5da22ee42e16..9a1b8ba05924 100644
> --- a/include/linux/smp.h
> +++ b/include/linux/smp.h
> @@ -11,12 +11,13 @@
>  #include <linux/list.h>
>  #include <linux/cpumask.h>
>  #include <linux/init.h>
> +#include <linux/llist.h>
>  
>  extern void cpu_idle(void);
>  
>  typedef void (*smp_call_func_t)(void *info);
>  struct call_single_data {
> -	struct list_head list;
> +	struct llist_node llist;
>  	smp_call_func_t func;
>  	void *info;
>  	u16 flags;
> diff --git a/kernel/smp.c b/kernel/smp.c
> index bd9f94028838..47b415e16c24 100644
> --- a/kernel/smp.c
> +++ b/kernel/smp.c
> @@ -28,12 +28,7 @@ struct call_function_data {
>  
>  static DEFINE_PER_CPU_SHARED_ALIGNED(struct call_function_data, cfd_data);
>  
> -struct call_single_queue {
> -	struct list_head	list;
> -	raw_spinlock_t		lock;
> -};
> -
> -static DEFINE_PER_CPU_SHARED_ALIGNED(struct call_single_queue, call_single_queue);
> +static DEFINE_PER_CPU_SHARED_ALIGNED(struct llist_head, call_single_queue);
>  
>  static int
>  hotplug_cfd(struct notifier_block *nfb, unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
> @@ -85,12 +80,8 @@ void __init call_function_init(void)
>  	void *cpu = (void *)(long)smp_processor_id();
>  	int i;
>  
> -	for_each_possible_cpu(i) {
> -		struct call_single_queue *q = &per_cpu(call_single_queue, i);
> -
> -		raw_spin_lock_init(&q->lock);
> -		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&q->list);
> -	}
> +	for_each_possible_cpu(i)
> +		init_llist_head(&per_cpu(call_single_queue, i));
>  
>  	hotplug_cfd(&hotplug_cfd_notifier, CPU_UP_PREPARE, cpu);
>  	register_cpu_notifier(&hotplug_cfd_notifier);
> @@ -141,18 +132,9 @@ static void csd_unlock(struct call_single_data *csd)
>   */
>  static void generic_exec_single(int cpu, struct call_single_data *csd, int wait)
>  {
> -	struct call_single_queue *dst = &per_cpu(call_single_queue, cpu);
> -	unsigned long flags;
> -	int ipi;
> -
>  	if (wait)
>  		csd->flags |= CSD_FLAG_WAIT;
>  
> -	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&dst->lock, flags);
> -	ipi = list_empty(&dst->list);
> -	list_add_tail(&csd->list, &dst->list);
> -	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dst->lock, flags);
> -
>  	/*
>  	 * The list addition should be visible before sending the IPI
>  	 * handler locks the list to pull the entry off it because of
> @@ -164,7 +146,7 @@ static void generic_exec_single(int cpu, struct call_single_data *csd, int wait)
>  	 * locking and barrier primitives. Generic code isn't really
>  	 * equipped to do the right thing...
>  	 */
> -	if (ipi)
> +	if (llist_add(&csd->llist, &per_cpu(call_single_queue, cpu)))
>  		arch_send_call_function_single_ipi(cpu);
>  
>  	if (wait)
> @@ -177,26 +159,19 @@ static void generic_exec_single(int cpu, struct call_single_data *csd, int wait)
>   */
>  void generic_smp_call_function_single_interrupt(void)
>  {
> -	struct call_single_queue *q = &__get_cpu_var(call_single_queue);
> -	LIST_HEAD(list);
> +	struct llist_node *entry;
> +	struct call_single_data *csd, *csd_next;
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * Shouldn't receive this interrupt on a cpu that is not yet online.
>  	 */
>  	WARN_ON_ONCE(!cpu_online(smp_processor_id()));
>  
> -	raw_spin_lock(&q->lock);
> -	list_replace_init(&q->list, &list);
> -	raw_spin_unlock(&q->lock);
> -
> -	while (!list_empty(&list)) {
> -		struct call_single_data *csd;
> -
> -		csd = list_entry(list.next, struct call_single_data, list);
> -		list_del(&csd->list);
> +	entry = llist_del_all(&__get_cpu_var(call_single_queue));
> +	entry = llist_reverse_order(entry);
>  
> +	llist_for_each_entry_safe(csd, csd_next, entry, llist) {
>  		csd->func(csd->info);
> -
>  		csd_unlock(csd);
>  	}
>  }
> @@ -411,17 +386,11 @@ void smp_call_function_many(const struct cpumask *mask,
>  
>  	for_each_cpu(cpu, cfd->cpumask) {
>  		struct call_single_data *csd = per_cpu_ptr(cfd->csd, cpu);
> -		struct call_single_queue *dst =
> -					&per_cpu(call_single_queue, cpu);
> -		unsigned long flags;
>  
>  		csd_lock(csd);
>  		csd->func = func;
>  		csd->info = info;
> -
> -		raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&dst->lock, flags);
> -		list_add_tail(&csd->list, &dst->list);
> -		raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dst->lock, flags);
> +		llist_add(&csd->llist, &per_cpu(call_single_queue, cpu));
>  	}
>  
>  	/* Send a message to all CPUs in the map */
> -- 
> 1.8.1.4
> 
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
SUSE Labs, CR
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