linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 0/5] locking/pvqspinlock: Fix missed PV wakeup & support PPC

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Date:	Tue, 31 May 2016 12:53:46 -0400
From:	Waiman Long <Waiman.Long@....com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Pan Xinhui <xinhui@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>,
	Scott J Norton <scott.norton@....com>,
	Douglas Hatch <doug.hatch@....com>,
	Waiman Long <Waiman.Long@....com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 0/5] locking/pvqspinlock: Fix missed PV wakeup & support PPC

v1->v2:
 - Adds a patch to make pv_unhash() atomic to prevent racing.
 - Adds 2 more patches to update the pvstat code.

Patch 1 separates the wait_again and spurious wakeup stat counters
so that the former is for the queue head only and the latter is for
the non-head queue nodes.

Patch 2 fixes the missed PV wakeup problem as reported by Pan Xinhui.

Patch 3 makes pv_unhash() atomic to fix another potential racing problem
reported by Boqun Feng.

Patch 4 adds a new pvstat counter to track the rare _Q_SLOW_VAL racing.

Patch 5 adds a new argument to pv_wait() to provide better support
for PPC.

Waiman Long (5):
  locking/pvstat: Separate wait_again and spurious wakeup stats
  locking/pvqspinlock: Fix missed PV wakeup problem
  locking/pvqspinlock: Make pv_unhash() atomic
  locking/pvstat: Add stat counter to track _Q_SLOW_VAL race
  locking/pvqspinlock: Add lock holder CPU argument to pv_wait()

 arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h       |    4 +-
 arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h |    2 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c                 |    2 +-
 arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c               |    2 +-
 kernel/locking/qspinlock.c            |    5 +-
 kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h   |  189 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 kernel/locking/qspinlock_stat.h       |   17 ++--
 7 files changed, 159 insertions(+), 62 deletions(-)