linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/9] sched: Allow sched_core

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Message-ID: <20210401133917.111845286@infradead.org>
Date:   Thu, 01 Apr 2021 15:10:13 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     joel@...lfernandes.org, chris.hyser@...cle.com, joshdon@...gle.com,
        mingo@...nel.org, vincent.guittot@...aro.org,
        valentin.schneider@....com, mgorman@...e.de
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, peterz@...radead.org, tj@...nel.org,
        tglx@...utronix.de
Subject: [PATCH 1/9] sched: Allow sched_core_put() from atomic context

Stuff the meat of sched_core_put() into a work such that we can use
sched_core_put() from atomic context.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
---
 kernel/sched/core.c |   33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ static struct task_struct *sched_core_ne
  */
 
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(sched_core_mutex);
-static int sched_core_count;
+static atomic_t sched_core_count;
 static struct cpumask sched_core_mask;
 
 static void __sched_core_flip(bool enabled)
@@ -286,18 +286,39 @@ static void __sched_core_disable(void)
 
 void sched_core_get(void)
 {
+	if (atomic_inc_not_zero(&sched_core_count))
+		return;
+
 	mutex_lock(&sched_core_mutex);
-	if (!sched_core_count++)
+	if (!atomic_read(&sched_core_count))
 		__sched_core_enable();
+
+	smp_mb__before_atomic();
+	atomic_inc(&sched_core_count);
 	mutex_unlock(&sched_core_mutex);
 }
 
-void sched_core_put(void)
+static void __sched_core_put(struct work_struct *work)
 {
-	mutex_lock(&sched_core_mutex);
-	if (!--sched_core_count)
+	if (atomic_dec_and_mutex_lock(&sched_core_count, &sched_core_mutex)) {
 		__sched_core_disable();
-	mutex_unlock(&sched_core_mutex);
+		mutex_unlock(&sched_core_mutex);
+	}
+}
+
+void sched_core_put(void)
+{
+	static DECLARE_WORK(_work, __sched_core_put);
+
+	/*
+	 * "There can only be one"
+	 *
+	 * Either this is the last one, or we don't actually need to do any
+	 * 'work'. If it is the last *again*, we rely on
+	 * WORK_STRUCT_PENDING_BIT.
+	 */
+	if (!atomic_add_unless(&sched_core_count, -1, 1))
+		schedule_work(&_work);
 }
 
 #else /* !CONFIG_SCHED_CORE */