[PATCH 01/11] sched: remove extra call overhead for schedule()

[Peter Zijlstra]

Lai Jiangshan's patch reminded me that I promised Nick to remove that
extra call overhead in schedule().

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/mutex.c |    4 +++-
 kernel/sched.c |   12 ++++--------
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6/kernel/mutex.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/kernel/mutex.c
+++ linux-2.6/kernel/mutex.c
@@ -248,7 +248,9 @@ __mutex_lock_common(struct mutex *lock, 
 
 		/* didnt get the lock, go to sleep: */
 		spin_unlock_mutex(&lock->wait_lock, flags);
-		__schedule();
+		preempt_enable_no_resched();
+		schedule();
+		preempt_disable();
 		spin_lock_mutex(&lock->wait_lock, flags);
 	}
 
Index: linux-2.6/kernel/sched.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/kernel/sched.c
+++ linux-2.6/kernel/sched.c
@@ -4763,13 +4763,15 @@ pick_next_task(struct rq *rq)
 /*
  * schedule() is the main scheduler function.
  */
-asmlinkage void __sched __schedule(void)
+asmlinkage void __sched schedule(void)
 {
 	struct task_struct *prev, *next;
 	unsigned long *switch_count;
 	struct rq *rq;
 	int cpu;
 
+need_resched:
+	preempt_disable();
 	cpu = smp_processor_id();
 	rq = cpu_rq(cpu);
 	rcu_qsctr_inc(cpu);
@@ -4827,15 +4829,9 @@ need_resched_nonpreemptible:
 
 	if (unlikely(reacquire_kernel_lock(current) < 0))
 		goto need_resched_nonpreemptible;
-}
 
-asmlinkage void __sched schedule(void)
-{
-need_resched:
-	preempt_disable();
-	__schedule();
 	preempt_enable_no_resched();
-	if (unlikely(test_thread_flag(TIF_NEED_RESCHED)))
+	if (need_resched())
 		goto need_resched;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(schedule);

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