Techwizz/kernel-fxtec-pro1x
1
0
Fork 0
Code Issues Pull requests Projects Releases Packages Wiki Activity
kernel-fxtec-pro1x/kernel
History
Jason Low 07d2413a61 locking/mutex: In mutex_spin_on_owner(), return true when owner changes 
In the mutex_spin_on_owner(), we return true only if lock->owner == NULL.
This was beneficial in situations where there were multiple threads
simultaneously spinning for the mutex. If another thread got the lock
while other spinner(s) were also doing mutex_spin_on_owner(), then the
other spinners would stop spinning. This workaround helped reduce the
chance that many spinners were simultaneously spinning for the mutex
which can help reduce contention in highly contended cases.

However, recent changes were made to the optimistic spinning code such
that instead of having all spinners simultaneously spin for the mutex,
we queue the spinners with an MCS lock such that only one thread spins
for the mutex at a time. Furthermore, the OSQ optimizations ensure that
spinners in the queue will stop waiting if it needs to reschedule.

Now, we don't have to worry about multiple threads spinning on owner
at the same time, and if lock->owner is not NULL at this point, it likely
means another thread happens to obtain the lock in the fastpath. In this
case, it would make sense for the spinner to continue spinning as long
as the spinner doesn't need to schedule and the mutex owner is running.

This patch changes this so that mutex_spin_on_owner() returns true when
the lock owner changes, which means a thread will only stop spinning
if it either needs to reschedule or if the lock owner is not running.

We saw up to a 5% performance improvement in the fserver workload with
this patch.

Signed-off-by: Jason Low <jason.low2@hp.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Acked-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net>
Cc: Aswin Chandramouleeswaran <aswin@hp.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: chegu_vinod@hp.com
Cc: tglx@linutronix.de
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1422914367-5574-2-git-send-email-jason.low2@hp.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2015-02-18 16:57:07 +01:00
..
bpf Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2015-01-27 13:55:36 -08:00
configs x86: Add "make tinyconfig" to configure the tiniest possible kernel 2014-08-08 16:30:24 -07:00
debug Surprising number of fixes this merge window :( 2015-01-23 06:40:36 +12:00
events perf: Decouple unthrottling and rotating 2015-02-04 08:07:16 +01:00
gcov gcov: enable GCOV_PROFILE_ALL from ARCH Kconfigs 2014-12-13 12:42:51 -08:00
irq genirq: Prevent proc race against freeing of irq descriptors 2014-12-13 13:33:07 +01:00
locking locking/mutex: In mutex_spin_on_owner(), return true when owner changes 2015-02-18 16:57:07 +01:00
power rcu: Make SRCU optional by using CONFIG_SRCU 2015-01-06 11:04:29 -08:00
printk This code is a fork from the trace-3.19 pull as it needed the trace_seq 2014-12-13 14:04:41 -08:00
rcu Merge branches 'doc.2015.01.07a', 'fixes.2015.01.15a', 'preempt.2015.01.06a', 'srcu.2015.01.06a', 'stall.2015.01.16a' and 'torture.2015.01.11a' into HEAD 2015-01-15 23:34:34 -08:00
sched Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2015-02-09 16:06:06 -08:00
time Merge branch 'timers-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2015-02-09 16:33:07 -08:00
trace Merge branch 'perf/urgent' into perf/core, to pick up fixes 2015-01-28 15:42:56 +01:00
.gitignore
acct.c acct: eliminate compile warning 2014-10-09 22:26:04 -04:00
async.c kernel/async.c: switch to pr_foo() 2014-10-09 22:26:04 -04:00
audit.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2014-12-30 10:45:47 -08:00
audit.h audit: reduce scope of audit_log_fcaps 2014-09-23 16:37:51 -04:00
audit_tree.c fsnotify: unify inode and mount marks handling 2014-12-13 12:42:53 -08:00
audit_watch.c audit: invalid op= values for rules 2014-09-23 16:37:53 -04:00
auditfilter.c Merge branch 'upstream' of git://git.infradead.org/users/pcmoore/audit 2014-12-23 18:13:16 -08:00
auditsc.c Merge branch 'upstream' of git://git.infradead.org/users/pcmoore/audit 2014-12-31 14:52:18 -08:00
backtracetest.c
bounds.c page-cgroup: get rid of NR_PCG_FLAGS 2014-08-08 15:57:18 -07:00
capability.c CAPABILITIES: remove undefined caps from all processes 2014-07-24 21:53:47 +10:00
cgroup.c cgroup: prevent mount hang due to memory controller lifetime 2015-01-22 10:26:43 -05:00
cgroup_freezer.c cgroup: rename cgroup_subsys->base_cftypes to ->legacy_cftypes 2014-07-15 11:05:09 -04:00
compat.c compat: nanosleep: Clarify error handling 2014-09-06 12:58:18 +02:00
configs.c
context_tracking.c sched: stop the unbound recursion in preempt_schedule_context() 2014-10-28 10:46:05 +01:00
cpu.c hotplugcpu: Avoid deadlocks by waking active_writer 2015-01-06 11:01:14 -08:00
cpu_pm.c
cpuset.c Merge branch 'for-3.19' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup 2014-12-11 18:57:19 -08:00
crash_dump.c crash_dump: Make is_kdump_kernel() accessible from modules 2014-08-25 15:42:19 -07:00
cred.c
delayacct.c delayacct: Remove braindamaged type conversions 2014-07-23 10:18:06 -07:00
dma.c
elfcore.c
exec_domain.c
exit.c exit: fix race between wait_consider_task() and wait_task_zombie() 2015-01-08 15:10:51 -08:00
extable.c ftrace/x86/extable: Add is_ftrace_trampoline() function 2014-11-19 15:25:26 -05:00
fork.c mm: use new helper functions around the i_mmap_mutex 2014-12-13 12:42:45 -08:00
freezer.c freezer: remove obsolete comments in __thaw_task() 2014-10-21 23:44:20 +02:00
futex.c futex: Fix argument handling in futex_lock_pi() calls 2015-01-19 12:05:32 +01:00
futex_compat.c
groups.c userns: Don't allow setgroups until a gid mapping has been setablished 2014-12-09 16:58:40 -06:00
hung_task.c
irq_work.c percpu: Convert remaining __get_cpu_var uses in 3.18-rcX 2014-10-29 11:18:18 -04:00
jump_label.c
kallsyms.c kernel/kallsyms.c: use __seq_open_private() 2014-10-14 02:18:16 +02:00
kcmp.c kcmp: fix standard comparison bug 2014-09-10 15:42:12 -07:00
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.locks locking/mcs: Better differentiate between MCS variants 2015-01-14 15:07:32 +01:00
Kconfig.preempt
kexec.c kexec: remove unnecessary KERN_ERR from kexec.c 2014-12-13 12:42:51 -08:00
kmod.c usermodehelper: kill the kmod_thread_locker logic 2014-12-10 17:41:17 -08:00
kprobes.c module: remove mod arg from module_free, rename module_memfree(). 2015-01-20 11:38:33 +10:30
ksysfs.c
kthread.c kernel/kthread.c: partial revert of 81c98869fa ("kthread: ensure locality of task_struct allocations") 2014-10-09 22:25:51 -04:00
latencytop.c
Makefile kernel: res_counter: remove the unused API 2014-12-10 17:41:04 -08:00
module-internal.h
module.c module: make module_refcount() a signed integer. 2015-01-22 11:15:54 +10:30
module_signing.c
notifier.c rcu: Make SRCU optional by using CONFIG_SRCU 2015-01-06 11:04:29 -08:00
nsproxy.c bury struct proc_ns in fs/proc 2014-12-04 14:34:54 -05:00
padata.c
panic.c kernel: add panic_on_warn 2014-12-10 17:41:10 -08:00
params.c param: fix uninitialized read with CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC 2015-01-20 11:38:31 +10:30
pid.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2014-12-16 15:53:03 -08:00
pid_namespace.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2014-12-16 15:53:03 -08:00
profile.c kernel/profile.c: use static const char instead of static char 2014-06-06 16:08:13 -07:00
ptrace.c exit: ptrace: shift "reap dead" code from exit_ptrace() to forget_original_parent() 2014-12-10 17:41:10 -08:00
range.c kernel: avoid overflow in cmp_range 2015-01-17 10:02:23 +13:00
reboot.c kernel: add support for kernel restart handler call chain 2014-09-26 00:00:06 -07:00
relay.c
resource.c x86: optimize resource lookups for ioremap 2014-10-14 02:18:22 +02:00
seccomp.c Merge branch 'x86-seccomp-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2014-10-14 02:27:06 +02:00
signal.c Merge branch 'x86-mpx-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2014-12-10 09:34:43 -08:00
smp.c Merge branch 'for-3.18-consistent-ops' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/percpu 2014-10-15 07:48:18 +02:00
smpboot.c smpboot: Add missing get_online_cpus() in smpboot_register_percpu_thread() 2015-01-23 11:33:51 +01:00
smpboot.h
softirq.c Merge branch 'locking-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2015-02-09 15:24:03 -08:00
stacktrace.c stacktrace: introduce snprint_stack_trace for buffer output 2014-12-13 12:42:48 -08:00
stop_machine.c
sys.c x86, mpx: Strictly enforce empty prctl() args 2015-01-22 21:11:06 +01:00
sys_ni.c syscalls: implement execveat() system call 2014-12-13 12:42:51 -08:00
sysctl.c As the merge window is still open, and this code was not as complex 2014-12-16 12:53:59 -08:00
sysctl_binary.c kernel: add panic_on_warn 2014-12-10 17:41:10 -08:00
system_certificates.S
system_keyring.c KEYS: validate certificate trust only with builtin keys 2014-07-17 09:35:17 -04:00
task_work.c
taskstats.c kill f_dentry uses 2014-11-19 13:01:25 -05:00
test_kprobes.c kernel/test_kprobes.c: use current logging functions 2014-08-08 15:57:18 -07:00
torture.c torture: Address race in module cleanup 2014-09-16 13:41:06 -07:00
tracepoint.c tracing: syscall_regfunc() should not skip kernel threads 2014-06-21 00:15:26 -04:00
tsacct.c sched: Make task->start_time nanoseconds based 2014-07-23 10:18:05 -07:00
uid16.c groups: Consolidate the setgroups permission checks 2014-12-05 17:19:27 -06:00
up.c
user-return-notifier.c scheduler: Replace __get_cpu_var with this_cpu_ptr 2014-08-26 13:45:45 -04:00
user.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace 2014-12-17 12:31:40 -08:00
user_namespace.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace 2014-12-17 12:31:40 -08:00
utsname.c copy address of proc_ns_ops into ns_common 2014-12-04 14:34:47 -05:00
utsname_sysctl.c sysctl: convert use of typedef ctl_table to struct ctl_table 2014-06-06 16:08:16 -07:00
watchdog.c Merge branch 'for-3.18-consistent-ops' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/percpu 2014-10-15 07:48:18 +02:00
workqueue.c workqueue: fix subtle pool management issue which can stall whole worker_pool 2015-01-16 14:21:16 -05:00
workqueue_internal.h