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Date:	Mon, 25 May 2015 20:46:17 +0300
From:	Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai@...n.com>
To:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"Peter Zijlstra" <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>,
	"Rik van Riel" <riel@...hat.com>,
	Ionut Alexa <ionut.m.alexa@...il.com>,
	Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>,
	Kirill Tkhai <tkhai@...dex.ru>
Subject: [PATCH RFC 13/13] core: Nest tasklist_lock into
 task_struct::kin_lock

tasklist_lock is global lock, and it should be locked as small time
as possible. So that, lets nest it under kin_lock to minimize this
time.

Signed-off-by: Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai@...n.com>
---
 fs/exec.c     |   20 ++++++++++----------
 kernel/exit.c |   13 +++++++------
 kernel/fork.c |   15 +++++++--------
 kernel/sys.c  |   17 ++++++++---------
 4 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 4de7770..0b44752 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -931,8 +931,7 @@ static int de_thread(struct task_struct *tsk)
 
 		for (;;) {
 			threadgroup_change_begin(tsk);
-			write_lock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
-			write_real_parent_lock(tsk);
+			write_real_parent_lock_irq(tsk);
 			/*
 			 * Do this under real_parent's kin_lock to ensure
 			 * that exit_notify() can't miss ->group_exit_task.
@@ -941,8 +940,7 @@ static int de_thread(struct task_struct *tsk)
 			if (likely(leader->exit_state))
 				break;
 			__set_current_state(TASK_KILLABLE);
-			write_real_parent_unlock(tsk);
-			write_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
+			write_real_parent_unlock_irq(tsk);
 			threadgroup_change_end(tsk);
 			schedule();
 			if (unlikely(__fatal_signal_pending(tsk)))
@@ -964,6 +962,8 @@ static int de_thread(struct task_struct *tsk)
 
 		BUG_ON(!same_thread_group(leader, tsk));
 		BUG_ON(has_group_leader_pid(tsk));
+
+		write_lock(&tasklist_lock);
 		/*
 		 * An exec() starts a new thread group with the
 		 * TGID of the previous thread group. Rehash the
@@ -982,6 +982,7 @@ static int de_thread(struct task_struct *tsk)
 		transfer_pid(leader, tsk, PIDTYPE_SID);
 
 		list_replace_rcu(&leader->tasks, &tsk->tasks);
+		write_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
 		list_replace_init(&leader->sibling, &tsk->sibling);
 
 		tsk->group_leader = tsk;
@@ -1003,8 +1004,7 @@ static int de_thread(struct task_struct *tsk)
 		 */
 		if (unlikely(leader->ptrace))
 			__wake_up_parent(leader, leader->parent);
-		write_real_parent_unlock(tsk);
-		write_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
+		write_real_parent_unlock_irq(tsk);
 		threadgroup_change_end(tsk);
 
 		release_task(leader);
@@ -1034,13 +1034,13 @@ static int de_thread(struct task_struct *tsk)
 		memcpy(newsighand->action, oldsighand->action,
 		       sizeof(newsighand->action));
 
-		write_lock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
-		write_parent_and_real_parent_lock(tsk);
+		write_parent_and_real_parent_lock_irq(tsk);
+		write_lock(&tasklist_lock);
 		spin_lock(&oldsighand->siglock);
 		rcu_assign_pointer(tsk->sighand, newsighand);
 		spin_unlock(&oldsighand->siglock);
-		write_parent_and_real_parent_unlock(tsk);
-		write_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
+		write_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
+		write_parent_and_real_parent_unlock_irq(tsk);
 
 		__cleanup_sighand(oldsighand);
 	}
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index 99d7aa3..44641aa 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -179,9 +179,9 @@ void release_task(struct task_struct *p)
 
 	proc_flush_task(p);
 
-	write_lock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
-	write_parent_and_real_parent_lock(p);
+	write_parent_and_real_parent_lock_irq(p);
 	ptrace_release_task(p);
+	write_lock(&tasklist_lock);
 	__exit_signal(p);
 	write_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
 
@@ -642,11 +642,12 @@ static void exit_notify(struct task_struct *tsk, int group_dead)
 
 	forget_original_parent(tsk, &dead);
 
-	read_lock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
-	write_parent_and_real_parent_lock(tsk);
-	if (group_dead)
+	write_parent_and_real_parent_lock_irq(tsk);
+	if (group_dead) {
+		read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
 		kill_orphaned_pgrp(tsk->group_leader, NULL);
-	read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
+		read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
+	}
 
 	if (unlikely(tsk->ptrace)) {
 		int sig = thread_group_leader(tsk) &&
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 63e225b..b7cb176 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -1520,19 +1520,18 @@ static struct task_struct *copy_process(unsigned long clone_flags,
 	 * Make it visible to the rest of the system, but dont wake it up yet.
 	 * Need tasklist lock for parent etc handling!
 	 */
-	write_lock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
-
 	/* CLONE_PARENT re-uses the old parent */
 	if (clone_flags & (CLONE_PARENT|CLONE_THREAD)) {
-		write_real_parent_lock(current);
+		write_real_parent_lock_irq(current);
 		p->real_parent = current->real_parent;
 		p->parent_exec_id = current->parent_exec_id;
 	} else {
-		write_lock(&current->kin_lock);
+		write_lock_irq(&current->kin_lock);
 		p->real_parent = current;
 		p->parent_exec_id = current->self_exec_id;
 	}
 
+	write_lock(&tasklist_lock);
 	spin_lock(&current->sighand->siglock);
 
 	/*
@@ -1552,8 +1551,8 @@ static struct task_struct *copy_process(unsigned long clone_flags,
 	recalc_sigpending();
 	if (signal_pending(current)) {
 		spin_unlock(&current->sighand->siglock);
-		write_real_parent_unlock(p);
-		write_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
+		write_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
+		write_real_parent_unlock_irq(p);
 		retval = -ERESTARTNOINTR;
 		goto bad_fork_free_pid;
 	}
@@ -1594,9 +1593,9 @@ static struct task_struct *copy_process(unsigned long clone_flags,
 
 	total_forks++;
 	spin_unlock(&current->sighand->siglock);
-	write_real_parent_unlock(p);
+	write_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
+	write_real_parent_unlock_irq(p);
 	syscall_tracepoint_update(p);
-	write_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
 
 	proc_fork_connector(p);
 	cgroup_post_fork(p);
diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index 783aec4..013be3e 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -931,17 +931,16 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(setpgid, pid_t, pid, pid_t, pgid)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	rcu_read_lock();
 
-	/* From this point forward we keep holding onto the tasklist lock
-	 * so that our parent does not change from under us. -DaveM
-	 */
-	write_lock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
-
 	err = -ESRCH;
 	p = find_task_by_vpid(pid);
 	if (!p)
 		goto out2;
 
-	write_real_parent_lock(p);
+	write_real_parent_lock_irq(p);
+	if (p->flags & PF_EXITPIDONE)
+		goto out3;
+
+	write_lock(&tasklist_lock);
 
 	err = -EINVAL;
 	if (!thread_group_leader(p))
@@ -983,10 +982,10 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(setpgid, pid_t, pid, pid_t, pgid)
 
 	err = 0;
 out:
-	/* All (almost) paths lead to here, thus we are safe. -DaveM */
-	write_real_parent_unlock(p);
+	write_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
+out3:
+	write_real_parent_unlock_irq(p);
 out2:
-	write_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 	return err;
 }



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