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Date:	Thu, 24 Mar 2016 15:38:00 +0100
From:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
To:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] nohz: Convert tick dependency mask to atomic_t

The tick dependency mask was intially unsigned long because this is the
type on which clear_bit() operates on and fetch_or() accepts it.

But now that we have atomic_fetch_or(), we can instead use
atomic_andnot() to clear the bit. This consolidates the type of our
tick dependency mask, reduce its size on structures and benefit from
possible architecture optimizations on atomic_t operations.

Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
---
 include/linux/sched.h    |  4 ++--
 kernel/time/tick-sched.c | 61 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------
 kernel/time/tick-sched.h |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 34495d2..a43a593 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ struct signal_struct {
 	struct task_cputime cputime_expires;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL
-	unsigned long tick_dep_mask;
+	atomic_t tick_dep_mask;
 #endif
 
 	struct list_head cpu_timers[3];
@@ -1548,7 +1548,7 @@ struct task_struct {
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL
-	unsigned long tick_dep_mask;
+	atomic_t tick_dep_mask;
 #endif
 	unsigned long nvcsw, nivcsw; /* context switch counts */
 	u64 start_time;		/* monotonic time in nsec */
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index 084b79f..58e3310 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -157,52 +157,50 @@ static void tick_sched_handle(struct tick_sched *ts, struct pt_regs *regs)
 cpumask_var_t tick_nohz_full_mask;
 cpumask_var_t housekeeping_mask;
 bool tick_nohz_full_running;
-static unsigned long tick_dep_mask;
+static atomic_t tick_dep_mask;
 
-static void trace_tick_dependency(unsigned long dep)
+static bool check_tick_dependency(atomic_t *dep)
 {
-	if (dep & TICK_DEP_MASK_POSIX_TIMER) {
+	int val = atomic_read(dep);
+
+	if (val & TICK_DEP_MASK_POSIX_TIMER) {
 		trace_tick_stop(0, TICK_DEP_MASK_POSIX_TIMER);
-		return;
+		return true;
 	}
 
-	if (dep & TICK_DEP_MASK_PERF_EVENTS) {
+	if (val & TICK_DEP_MASK_PERF_EVENTS) {
 		trace_tick_stop(0, TICK_DEP_MASK_PERF_EVENTS);
-		return;
+		return true;
 	}
 
-	if (dep & TICK_DEP_MASK_SCHED) {
+	if (val & TICK_DEP_MASK_SCHED) {
 		trace_tick_stop(0, TICK_DEP_MASK_SCHED);
-		return;
+		return true;
 	}
 
-	if (dep & TICK_DEP_MASK_CLOCK_UNSTABLE)
+	if (val & TICK_DEP_MASK_CLOCK_UNSTABLE) {
 		trace_tick_stop(0, TICK_DEP_MASK_CLOCK_UNSTABLE);
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	return false;
 }
 
 static bool can_stop_full_tick(struct tick_sched *ts)
 {
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(!irqs_disabled());
 
-	if (tick_dep_mask) {
-		trace_tick_dependency(tick_dep_mask);
+	if (check_tick_dependency(&tick_dep_mask))
 		return false;
-	}
 
-	if (ts->tick_dep_mask) {
-		trace_tick_dependency(ts->tick_dep_mask);
+	if (check_tick_dependency(&ts->tick_dep_mask))
 		return false;
-	}
 
-	if (current->tick_dep_mask) {
-		trace_tick_dependency(current->tick_dep_mask);
+	if (check_tick_dependency(&current->tick_dep_mask))
 		return false;
-	}
 
-	if (current->signal->tick_dep_mask) {
-		trace_tick_dependency(current->signal->tick_dep_mask);
+	if (check_tick_dependency(&current->signal->tick_dep_mask))
 		return false;
-	}
 
 	return true;
 }
@@ -259,12 +257,12 @@ static void tick_nohz_full_kick_all(void)
 	preempt_enable();
 }
 
-static void tick_nohz_dep_set_all(unsigned long *dep,
+static void tick_nohz_dep_set_all(atomic_t *dep,
 				  enum tick_dep_bits bit)
 {
-	unsigned long prev;
+	int prev;
 
-	prev = fetch_or(dep, BIT_MASK(bit));
+	prev = atomic_fetch_or(dep, BIT(bit));
 	if (!prev)
 		tick_nohz_full_kick_all();
 }
@@ -280,7 +278,7 @@ void tick_nohz_dep_set(enum tick_dep_bits bit)
 
 void tick_nohz_dep_clear(enum tick_dep_bits bit)
 {
-	clear_bit(bit, &tick_dep_mask);
+	atomic_andnot(BIT(bit), &tick_dep_mask);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -289,12 +287,12 @@ void tick_nohz_dep_clear(enum tick_dep_bits bit)
  */
 void tick_nohz_dep_set_cpu(int cpu, enum tick_dep_bits bit)
 {
-	unsigned long prev;
+	int prev;
 	struct tick_sched *ts;
 
 	ts = per_cpu_ptr(&tick_cpu_sched, cpu);
 
-	prev = fetch_or(&ts->tick_dep_mask, BIT_MASK(bit));
+	prev = atomic_fetch_or(&ts->tick_dep_mask, BIT(bit));
 	if (!prev) {
 		preempt_disable();
 		/* Perf needs local kick that is NMI safe */
@@ -313,7 +311,7 @@ void tick_nohz_dep_clear_cpu(int cpu, enum tick_dep_bits bit)
 {
 	struct tick_sched *ts = per_cpu_ptr(&tick_cpu_sched, cpu);
 
-	clear_bit(bit, &ts->tick_dep_mask);
+	atomic_andnot(BIT(bit), &ts->tick_dep_mask);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -331,7 +329,7 @@ void tick_nohz_dep_set_task(struct task_struct *tsk, enum tick_dep_bits bit)
 
 void tick_nohz_dep_clear_task(struct task_struct *tsk, enum tick_dep_bits bit)
 {
-	clear_bit(bit, &tsk->tick_dep_mask);
+	atomic_andnot(BIT(bit), &tsk->tick_dep_mask);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -345,7 +343,7 @@ void tick_nohz_dep_set_signal(struct signal_struct *sig, enum tick_dep_bits bit)
 
 void tick_nohz_dep_clear_signal(struct signal_struct *sig, enum tick_dep_bits bit)
 {
-	clear_bit(bit, &sig->tick_dep_mask);
+	atomic_andnot(BIT(bit), &sig->tick_dep_mask);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -366,7 +364,8 @@ void __tick_nohz_task_switch(void)
 	ts = this_cpu_ptr(&tick_cpu_sched);
 
 	if (ts->tick_stopped) {
-		if (current->tick_dep_mask || current->signal->tick_dep_mask)
+		if (atomic_read(&current->tick_dep_mask) ||
+		    atomic_read(&current->signal->tick_dep_mask))
 			tick_nohz_full_kick();
 	}
 out:
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.h b/kernel/time/tick-sched.h
index eb4e325..bf38226 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.h
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.h
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ struct tick_sched {
 	u64				next_timer;
 	ktime_t				idle_expires;
 	int				do_timer_last;
-	unsigned long			tick_dep_mask;
+	atomic_t			tick_dep_mask;
 };
 
 extern struct tick_sched *tick_get_tick_sched(int cpu);
-- 
2.7.0

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