[RFC][PATCH 13/18] sched: Drop rq->lock from sched_exec()

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Tue Jan 04 2011 - 10:12:28 EST


Since we can now call select_task_rq() and set_task_cpu() with only
p->pi_lock held, and sched_exec() load-balancing has always been
optimistic, drop all rq->lock usage.

Oleg also noted that need_migrate_task() will always be true for
current, so don't bother calling that at all.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sched.c | 15 +++++----------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6/kernel/sched.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/kernel/sched.c
+++ linux-2.6/kernel/sched.c
@@ -3412,27 +3412,22 @@ void sched_exec(void)
{
struct task_struct *p = current;
unsigned long flags;
- struct rq *rq;
int dest_cpu;

- rq = task_rq_lock(p, &flags);
+ raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&p->pi_lock, flags);
dest_cpu = p->sched_class->select_task_rq(p, SD_BALANCE_EXEC, 0);
if (dest_cpu == smp_processor_id())
goto unlock;

- /*
- * select_task_rq() can race against ->cpus_allowed
- */
- if (cpumask_test_cpu(dest_cpu, &p->cpus_allowed) &&
- likely(cpu_active(dest_cpu)) && need_migrate_task(p)) {
+ if (likely(cpu_active(dest_cpu))) {
struct migration_arg arg = { p, dest_cpu };

- task_rq_unlock(rq, &flags);
- stop_one_cpu(cpu_of(rq), migration_cpu_stop, &arg);
+ raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&p->pi_lock, flags);
+ stop_one_cpu(task_cpu(p), migration_cpu_stop, &arg);
return;
}
unlock:
- task_rq_unlock(rq, &flags);
+ raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&p->pi_lock, flags);
}

#endif


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