[PATCH 2/4] Make ksoftirqd a normal per-cpu variable

Rusty Russell (rusty@rustcorp.com.au)
Thu, 03 Jul 2003 18:08:55 +1000


Linus, please apply.

Moves the ksoftirqd pointers out of the irq_stat struct, and use a
normal per-cpu variable. It's not that time critical, nor referenced
in assembler. This moves us closer to making irq_stat a per-cpu variable.

Because some archs have hardcoded asm references to offsets in this
structure, I haven't touched non-x86. The __ksoftirqd_task field
is unused in other archs, too.

Name: ksoftirqds in per-cpu variable
Author: Rusty Russell
Status: Tested on 2.5.74
Depends: Percpu/irq_syscall_count_removal.patch.gz

D: Moves the ksoftirqd pointers out of the irq_stat struct, and use a
D: normal per-cpu variable. It's not that time critical, nor referenced
D: in assembler. This moves us closer to making irq_stat a per-cpu variable.
D:
D: Because some archs have hardcoded asm references to offsets in this
D: structure, I haven't touched non-x86. The __ksoftirqd_task field
D: is unused in other archs, too.

diff -urpN --exclude TAGS -X /home/rusty/devel/kernel/kernel-patches/current-dontdiff --minimal .5097-2.5.73-bk8-ksoftirqd_percpu.pre/include/asm-i386/hardirq.h .5097-2.5.73-bk8-ksoftirqd_percpu/include/asm-i386/hardirq.h
--- .5097-2.5.73-bk8-ksoftirqd_percpu.pre/include/asm-i386/hardirq.h 2003-07-01 15:26:58.000000000 +1000
+++ .5097-2.5.73-bk8-ksoftirqd_percpu/include/asm-i386/hardirq.h 2003-07-01 15:26:58.000000000 +1000
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@

typedef struct {
unsigned int __softirq_pending;
- struct task_struct * __ksoftirqd_task; /* waitqueue is too large */
unsigned long idle_timestamp;
unsigned int __nmi_count; /* arch dependent */
unsigned int apic_timer_irqs; /* arch dependent */
diff -urpN --exclude TAGS -X /home/rusty/devel/kernel/kernel-patches/current-dontdiff --minimal .5097-2.5.73-bk8-ksoftirqd_percpu.pre/include/linux/irq_cpustat.h .5097-2.5.73-bk8-ksoftirqd_percpu/include/linux/irq_cpustat.h
--- .5097-2.5.73-bk8-ksoftirqd_percpu.pre/include/linux/irq_cpustat.h 2003-07-01 15:26:58.000000000 +1000
+++ .5097-2.5.73-bk8-ksoftirqd_percpu/include/linux/irq_cpustat.h 2003-07-01 15:26:58.000000000 +1000
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ extern irq_cpustat_t irq_stat[]; /* def
/* arch independent irq_stat fields */
#define softirq_pending(cpu) __IRQ_STAT((cpu), __softirq_pending)
#define local_softirq_pending() softirq_pending(smp_processor_id())
-#define ksoftirqd_task(cpu) __IRQ_STAT((cpu), __ksoftirqd_task)
-#define local_ksoftirqd_task() ksoftirqd_task(smp_processor_id())

/* arch dependent irq_stat fields */
#define nmi_count(cpu) __IRQ_STAT((cpu), __nmi_count) /* i386 */
diff -urpN --exclude TAGS -X /home/rusty/devel/kernel/kernel-patches/current-dontdiff --minimal .5097-2.5.73-bk8-ksoftirqd_percpu.pre/kernel/softirq.c .5097-2.5.73-bk8-ksoftirqd_percpu/kernel/softirq.c
--- .5097-2.5.73-bk8-ksoftirqd_percpu.pre/kernel/softirq.c 2003-06-15 11:30:11.000000000 +1000
+++ .5097-2.5.73-bk8-ksoftirqd_percpu/kernel/softirq.c 2003-07-01 15:26:58.000000000 +1000
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/mm.h>
#include <linux/notifier.h>
+#include <linux/percpu.h>
#include <linux/cpu.h>

/*
@@ -41,15 +42,18 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(irq_stat);

static struct softirq_action softirq_vec[32] __cacheline_aligned_in_smp;

+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct task_struct *, ksoftirqd);
+
/*
* we cannot loop indefinitely here to avoid userspace starvation,
* but we also don't want to introduce a worst case 1/HZ latency
* to the pending events, so lets the scheduler to balance
* the softirq load for us.
*/
-static inline void wakeup_softirqd(unsigned cpu)
+static inline void wakeup_softirqd(void)
{
- struct task_struct * tsk = ksoftirqd_task(cpu);
+ /* Interrupts are disabled: no need to stop preemption */
+ struct task_struct *tsk = __get_cpu_var(ksoftirqd);

if (tsk && tsk->state != TASK_RUNNING)
wake_up_process(tsk);
@@ -96,7 +100,7 @@ restart:
goto restart;
}
if (pending)
- wakeup_softirqd(smp_processor_id());
+ wakeup_softirqd();
__local_bh_enable();
}

@@ -131,7 +135,7 @@ inline void cpu_raise_softirq(unsigned i
* schedule the softirq soon.
*/
if (!in_interrupt())
- wakeup_softirqd(cpu);
+ wakeup_softirqd();
}

void raise_softirq(unsigned int nr)
@@ -325,7 +329,7 @@ static int ksoftirqd(void * __bind_cpu)
__set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
mb();

- local_ksoftirqd_task() = current;
+ __get_cpu_var(ksoftirqd) = current;

for (;;) {
if (!local_softirq_pending())
@@ -354,7 +358,7 @@ static int __devinit cpu_callback(struct
return NOTIFY_BAD;
}

- while (!ksoftirqd_task(hotcpu))
+ while (!per_cpu(ksoftirqd, hotcpu))
yield();
}
return NOTIFY_OK;

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