linux-kernel - [tip: sched/urgent] sched/membarrier: Skip IPIs when mm->mm

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Date:   Fri, 27 Sep 2019 08:10:42 -0000
From:   "tip-bot2 for Mathieu Desnoyers" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
        "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...hip.com>,
        Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
        "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        Kirill Tkhai <tkhai@...dex.ru>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>,
        Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.ibm.com>,
        "Russell King - ARM Linux admin" <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip: sched/urgent] sched/membarrier: Skip IPIs when mm->mm_users == 1

The following commit has been merged into the sched/urgent branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     c6d68c1c4a4d6611fc0f8145d764226571d737ca
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/c6d68c1c4a4d6611fc0f8145d764226571d737ca
Author:        Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
AuthorDate:    Thu, 19 Sep 2019 13:37:04 -04:00
Committer:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitterDate: Wed, 25 Sep 2019 17:42:31 +02:00

sched/membarrier: Skip IPIs when mm->mm_users == 1

If there is only a single mm_user for the mm, the private expedited
membarrier command can skip the IPIs, because only a single thread
is using the mm.

Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...hip.com>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc: Kirill Tkhai <tkhai@...dex.ru>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Russell King - ARM Linux admin <linux@...linux.org.uk>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190919173705.2181-7-mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 kernel/sched/membarrier.c |  9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/membarrier.c b/kernel/sched/membarrier.c
index 070cf43..fced54a 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/membarrier.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/membarrier.c
@@ -145,20 +145,21 @@ static int membarrier_private_expedited(int flags)
 	int cpu;
 	bool fallback = false;
 	cpumask_var_t tmpmask;
+	struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
 
 	if (flags & MEMBARRIER_FLAG_SYNC_CORE) {
 		if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_MEMBARRIER_SYNC_CORE))
 			return -EINVAL;
-		if (!(atomic_read(&current->mm->membarrier_state) &
+		if (!(atomic_read(&mm->membarrier_state) &
 		      MEMBARRIER_STATE_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED_SYNC_CORE_READY))
 			return -EPERM;
 	} else {
-		if (!(atomic_read(&current->mm->membarrier_state) &
+		if (!(atomic_read(&mm->membarrier_state) &
 		      MEMBARRIER_STATE_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED_READY))
 			return -EPERM;
 	}
 
-	if (num_online_cpus() == 1)
+	if (atomic_read(&mm->mm_users) == 1 || num_online_cpus() == 1)
 		return 0;
 
 	/*
@@ -194,7 +195,7 @@ static int membarrier_private_expedited(int flags)
 			continue;
 		rcu_read_lock();
 		p = rcu_dereference(cpu_rq(cpu)->curr);
-		if (p && p->mm == current->mm) {
+		if (p && p->mm == mm) {
 			if (!fallback)
 				__cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, tmpmask);
 			else