[PATCH] 2.5.3 remove global semaphore_lock spin lock.

Bob Miller (rem@osdl.org)
Thu, 31 Jan 2002 15:01:39 -0800


Below is a patch for i386 that replaces the global spin lock semaphore_lock,
with the rwlock_t embedded in the wait_queue_head_t in the struct semaphore.

None of the data protected by semaphore_lock lock is global and there is
no need to restrict the system to only allow one semaphore to be dealt with
at a time.

This removes 2 lock round trips from __down() and __down_interruptible().
It also reduces the number the cache lines touched by 1 (i.e.: cache line with
semaphore_lock).

This work has only been done for i386 because that is the only arch I have
access to for testing. The same changes could be applied to arm, ia64, s390,
s390x and sparc if requested.

-- 
Bob Miller					Email: rem@osdl.org
Open Software Development Lab			Phone: 503.626.2455 Ext. 17

diff -ru linux.2.5.3-orig/arch/i386/kernel/semaphore.c linux.2.5.3/arch/i386/kernel/semaphore.c --- linux.2.5.3-orig/arch/i386/kernel/semaphore.c Fri Nov 30 08:54:18 2001 +++ linux.2.5.3/arch/i386/kernel/semaphore.c Thu Jan 31 14:18:43 2002 @@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ * the increment operation. * * "sleeping" and the contention routine ordering is - * protected by the semaphore spinlock. + * protected by the read/write lock in the semaphore's + * waitqueue head. * * Note that these functions are only called when there is * contention on the lock, and as such all this is the @@ -52,39 +53,41 @@ wake_up(&sem->wait); } -static spinlock_t semaphore_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED; - void __down(struct semaphore * sem) { struct task_struct *tsk = current; DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(wait, tsk); + unsigned long flags; + tsk->state = TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE; - add_wait_queue_exclusive(&sem->wait, &wait); + wq_write_lock_irqsave(&sem->wait.lock, flags); + add_wait_queue_exclusive_locked(&sem->wait, &wait); - spin_lock_irq(&semaphore_lock); sem->sleepers++; for (;;) { int sleepers = sem->sleepers; /* * Add "everybody else" into it. They aren't - * playing, because we own the spinlock. + * playing, because we own the wait lock + * exclusivly. */ if (!atomic_add_negative(sleepers - 1, &sem->count)) { sem->sleepers = 0; break; } sem->sleepers = 1; /* us - see -1 above */ - spin_unlock_irq(&semaphore_lock); + wq_write_unlock_irqrestore(&sem->wait.lock, flags); schedule(); + + wq_write_lock_irqsave(&sem->wait.lock, flags); tsk->state = TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE; - spin_lock_irq(&semaphore_lock); } - spin_unlock_irq(&semaphore_lock); - remove_wait_queue(&sem->wait, &wait); + remove_wait_queue_locked(&sem->wait, &wait); + wake_up_locked(&sem->wait); + wq_write_unlock_irqrestore(&sem->wait.lock, flags); tsk->state = TASK_RUNNING; - wake_up(&sem->wait); } int __down_interruptible(struct semaphore * sem) @@ -92,11 +95,13 @@ int retval = 0; struct task_struct *tsk = current; DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(wait, tsk); + unsigned long flags; + tsk->state = TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE; - add_wait_queue_exclusive(&sem->wait, &wait); + wq_write_lock_irqsave(&sem->wait.lock, flags); + add_wait_queue_exclusive_locked(&sem->wait, &wait); - spin_lock_irq(&semaphore_lock); - sem->sleepers ++; + sem->sleepers++; for (;;) { int sleepers = sem->sleepers; @@ -116,25 +121,27 @@ /* * Add "everybody else" into it. They aren't - * playing, because we own the spinlock. The - * "-1" is because we're still hoping to get - * the lock. + * playing, because we own the wait lock + * exclusivly. The "-1" is because we're still + * hoping to get the semaphore. */ if (!atomic_add_negative(sleepers - 1, &sem->count)) { sem->sleepers = 0; break; } sem->sleepers = 1; /* us - see -1 above */ - spin_unlock_irq(&semaphore_lock); + wq_write_unlock_irqrestore(&sem->wait.lock, flags); schedule(); + + wq_write_lock_irqsave(&sem->wait.lock, flags); tsk->state = TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE; - spin_lock_irq(&semaphore_lock); } - spin_unlock_irq(&semaphore_lock); + remove_wait_queue_locked(&sem->wait, &wait); + wake_up_locked(&sem->wait); + wq_write_unlock_irqrestore(&sem->wait.lock, flags); + tsk->state = TASK_RUNNING; - remove_wait_queue(&sem->wait, &wait); - wake_up(&sem->wait); return retval; } @@ -151,18 +158,19 @@ int sleepers; unsigned long flags; - spin_lock_irqsave(&semaphore_lock, flags); + wq_write_lock_irqsave(&sem->wait.lock, flags); sleepers = sem->sleepers + 1; sem->sleepers = 0; /* * Add "everybody else" and us into it. They aren't - * playing, because we own the spinlock. + * playing, because we own the wait lock exclusivly. */ - if (!atomic_add_negative(sleepers, &sem->count)) - wake_up(&sem->wait); + if (!atomic_add_negative(sleepers, &sem->count)) { + wake_up_locked(&sem->wait); + } - spin_unlock_irqrestore(&semaphore_lock, flags); + wq_write_unlock_irqrestore(&sem->wait.lock, flags); return 1; } diff -ru linux.2.5.3-orig/include/linux/sched.h linux.2.5.3/include/linux/sched.h --- linux.2.5.3-orig/include/linux/sched.h Tue Jan 29 21:41:12 2002 +++ linux.2.5.3/include/linux/sched.h Thu Jan 31 10:35:37 2002 @@ -537,6 +537,7 @@ extern void FASTCALL(__wake_up(wait_queue_head_t *q, unsigned int mode, int nr)); extern void FASTCALL(__wake_up_sync(wait_queue_head_t *q, unsigned int mode, int nr)); +extern void FASTCALL(__wake_up_locked(wait_queue_head_t *q, unsigned int mode, int nr)); extern void FASTCALL(sleep_on(wait_queue_head_t *q)); extern long FASTCALL(sleep_on_timeout(wait_queue_head_t *q, signed long timeout)); @@ -556,6 +557,7 @@ #define wake_up_interruptible_all(x) __wake_up((x),TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE, 0) #define wake_up_interruptible_sync(x) __wake_up_sync((x),TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE, 1) #define wake_up_interruptible_sync_nr(x) __wake_up_sync((x),TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE, nr) +#define wake_up_locked(x) __wake_up_locked((x),TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE | TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE, 1) asmlinkage long sys_wait4(pid_t pid,unsigned int * stat_addr, int options, struct rusage * ru); extern int in_group_p(gid_t); @@ -757,7 +759,9 @@ extern void FASTCALL(add_wait_queue(wait_queue_head_t *q, wait_queue_t * wait)); extern void FASTCALL(add_wait_queue_exclusive(wait_queue_head_t *q, wait_queue_t * wait)); +extern void FASTCALL(add_wait_queue_exclusive_locked(wait_queue_head_t *q, wait_queue_t * wait)); extern void FASTCALL(remove_wait_queue(wait_queue_head_t *q, wait_queue_t * wait)); +extern void FASTCALL(remove_wait_queue_locked(wait_queue_head_t *q, wait_queue_t * wait)); extern void wait_task_inactive(task_t * p); extern void kick_if_running(task_t * p); diff -ru linux.2.5.3-orig/kernel/fork.c linux.2.5.3/kernel/fork.c --- linux.2.5.3-orig/kernel/fork.c Mon Jan 28 15:11:45 2002 +++ linux.2.5.3/kernel/fork.c Thu Jan 31 09:55:20 2002 @@ -59,6 +59,15 @@ wq_write_unlock_irqrestore(&q->lock, flags); } +/* + * Must be called with wait queue lock held in write mode. + */ +void add_wait_queue_exclusive_locked(wait_queue_head_t *q, wait_queue_t * wait) +{ + wait->flags |= WQ_FLAG_EXCLUSIVE; + __add_wait_queue_tail(q, wait); +} + void remove_wait_queue(wait_queue_head_t *q, wait_queue_t * wait) { unsigned long flags; @@ -68,6 +77,14 @@ wq_write_unlock_irqrestore(&q->lock, flags); } +/* + * Must be called with wait queue lock held in write mode. + */ +void remove_wait_queue_locked(wait_queue_head_t *q, wait_queue_t * wait) +{ + __remove_wait_queue(q, wait); +} + void __init fork_init(unsigned long mempages) { /* diff -ru linux.2.5.3-orig/kernel/sched.c linux.2.5.3/kernel/sched.c --- linux.2.5.3-orig/kernel/sched.c Mon Jan 28 15:12:47 2002 +++ linux.2.5.3/kernel/sched.c Thu Jan 31 09:55:20 2002 @@ -743,6 +743,17 @@ } } +/* + * Same as __wake_up but called with the wait_queue_head_t lock held + * in at least read mode. + */ +void __wake_up_locked(wait_queue_head_t *q, unsigned int mode, int nr) +{ + if (q) { + __wake_up_common(q, mode, nr, 0); + } +} + void __wake_up_sync(wait_queue_head_t *q, unsigned int mode, int nr) { if (q) { - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/