linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] sched: Add new API wake_up_if

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Date:	Thu, 21 Aug 2014 14:21:51 -0700
From:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
To:	Chuansheng Liu <chuansheng.liu@...el.com>
Cc:	"linux-pm@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
	Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
	"Wang, Xiaoming" <xiaoming.wang@...el.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"Chakravarty, Souvik K" <souvik.k.chakravarty@...el.com>,
	"Liu, Changcheng" <changcheng.liu@...el.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] sched: Add new API wake_up_if_idle() to wake up the
 idle cpu

On Aug 18, 2014 3:52 AM, "Chuansheng Liu" <chuansheng.liu@...el.com> wrote:
>
> Implementing one new API wake_up_if_idle(), which is used to
> wake up the idle CPU.
>
> Suggested-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
> Signed-off-by: Chuansheng Liu <chuansheng.liu@...el.com>
> ---
>  include/linux/sched.h |    1 +
>  kernel/sched/core.c   |   16 ++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 17 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
> index 857ba40..3f89ac1 100644
> --- a/include/linux/sched.h
> +++ b/include/linux/sched.h
> @@ -1024,6 +1024,7 @@ struct sched_domain_topology_level {
>  extern struct sched_domain_topology_level *sched_domain_topology;
>
>  extern void set_sched_topology(struct sched_domain_topology_level *tl);
> +extern void wake_up_if_idle(int cpu);
>
>  #ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG
>  # define SD_INIT_NAME(type)            .name = #type
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
> index 1211575..adf104f 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/core.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
> @@ -1620,6 +1620,22 @@ static void ttwu_queue_remote(struct task_struct *p, int cpu)
>         }
>  }
>
> +void wake_up_if_idle(int cpu)
> +{
> +       struct rq *rq = cpu_rq(cpu);
> +       unsigned long flags;
> +
> +       if (set_nr_if_polling(rq->idle)) {
> +               trace_sched_wake_idle_without_ipi(cpu);
> +       } else {
> +

FWIW, adding:

if (rq->curr != rq->idle)
    return;

Right here could improve performance on large, mostly non-idle
systems.  It would skip the spinlock in most cases.

I don't know whether this code is relevant on systems like that, though.

 raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&rq->lock, flags);
> +               if (rq->curr == rq->idle)
> +                       smp_send_reschedule(cpu);
> +               /* Else cpu is not in idle, do nothing here */
> +               raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rq->lock, flags);
> +       }
> +

--Andy
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