linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RESEND v5] fs/epoll: Remove unnecessary wakeups of nested epoll

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Date:   Mon, 28 Oct 2019 08:58:35 +0800
From:   Heiher <r@....cc>
To:     stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Roman Penyaev <rpenyaev@...e.de>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Davide Libenzi <davidel@...ilserver.org>,
        Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>,
        Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>,
        Eric Wong <e@...24.org>, Jason Baron <jbaron@...mai.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Sridhar Samudrala <sridhar.samudrala@...el.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND v5] fs/epoll: Remove unnecessary wakeups of nested epoll

Hi,

On Wed, Oct 9, 2019 at 5:21 PM Roman Penyaev <rpenyaev@...e.de> wrote:
>
> On 2019-10-09 08:05, hev wrote:
> > From: Heiher <r@....cc>
> >
> > Take the case where we have:
> >
> >         t0
> >          | (ew)
> >         e0
> >          | (et)
> >         e1
> >          | (lt)
> >         s0
> >
> > t0: thread 0
> > e0: epoll fd 0
> > e1: epoll fd 1
> > s0: socket fd 0
> > ew: epoll_wait
> > et: edge-trigger
> > lt: level-trigger
> >
> > We remove unnecessary wakeups to prevent the nested epoll that working
> > in edge-
> > triggered mode to waking up continuously.
> >
> > Test code:
> >  #include <unistd.h>
> >  #include <sys/epoll.h>
> >  #include <sys/socket.h>
> >
> >  int main(int argc, char *argv[])
> >  {
> >       int sfd[2];
> >       int efd[2];
> >       struct epoll_event e;
> >
> >       if (socketpair(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0, sfd) < 0)
> >               goto out;
> >
> >       efd[0] = epoll_create(1);
> >       if (efd[0] < 0)
> >               goto out;
> >
> >       efd[1] = epoll_create(1);
> >       if (efd[1] < 0)
> >               goto out;
> >
> >       e.events = EPOLLIN;
> >       if (epoll_ctl(efd[1], EPOLL_CTL_ADD, sfd[0], &e) < 0)
> >               goto out;
> >
> >       e.events = EPOLLIN | EPOLLET;
> >       if (epoll_ctl(efd[0], EPOLL_CTL_ADD, efd[1], &e) < 0)
> >               goto out;
> >
> >       if (write(sfd[1], "w", 1) != 1)
> >               goto out;
> >
> >       if (epoll_wait(efd[0], &e, 1, 0) != 1)
> >               goto out;
> >
> >       if (epoll_wait(efd[0], &e, 1, 0) != 0)
> >               goto out;
> >
> >       close(efd[0]);
> >       close(efd[1]);
> >       close(sfd[0]);
> >       close(sfd[1]);
> >
> >       return 0;
> >
> >  out:
> >       return -1;
> >  }
> >
> > More tests:
> >  https://github.com/heiher/epoll-wakeup
> >
> > Cc: Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
> > Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> > Cc: Davide Libenzi <davidel@...ilserver.org>
> > Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>
> > Cc: Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>
> > Cc: Eric Wong <e@...24.org>
> > Cc: Jason Baron <jbaron@...mai.com>
> > Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
> > Cc: Roman Penyaev <rpenyaev@...e.de>
> > Cc: Sridhar Samudrala <sridhar.samudrala@...el.com>
> > Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> > Cc: linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
> > Signed-off-by: hev <r@....cc>
> > ---
> >  fs/eventpoll.c | 16 ----------------
> >  1 file changed, 16 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/fs/eventpoll.c b/fs/eventpoll.c
> > index c4159bcc05d9..75fccae100b5 100644
> > --- a/fs/eventpoll.c
> > +++ b/fs/eventpoll.c
> > @@ -671,7 +671,6 @@ static __poll_t ep_scan_ready_list(struct eventpoll
> > *ep,
> >                             void *priv, int depth, bool ep_locked)
> >  {
> >       __poll_t res;
> > -     int pwake = 0;
> >       struct epitem *epi, *nepi;
> >       LIST_HEAD(txlist);
> >
> > @@ -738,26 +737,11 @@ static __poll_t ep_scan_ready_list(struct
> > eventpoll *ep,
> >        */
> >       list_splice(&txlist, &ep->rdllist);
> >       __pm_relax(ep->ws);
> > -
> > -     if (!list_empty(&ep->rdllist)) {
> > -             /*
> > -              * Wake up (if active) both the eventpoll wait list and
> > -              * the ->poll() wait list (delayed after we release the lock).
> > -              */
> > -             if (waitqueue_active(&ep->wq))
> > -                     wake_up(&ep->wq);
> > -             if (waitqueue_active(&ep->poll_wait))
> > -                     pwake++;
> > -     }
> >       write_unlock_irq(&ep->lock);
> >
> >       if (!ep_locked)
> >               mutex_unlock(&ep->mtx);
> >
> > -     /* We have to call this outside the lock */
> > -     if (pwake)
> > -             ep_poll_safewake(&ep->poll_wait);
> > -
> >       return res;
> >  }
>
> This looks good to me.  Heiher, mind to make kselftest out of your test
> suite?
>
> Reviewed-by: Roman Penyaev <rpenyaev@...e.de>
>
> --
> Roman
>
>
>

Need to back port this patch to stable branches?

-- 
Best regards!
Hev
https://hev.cc