[101/115] sched: Add a PF flag for ksoftirqd identification

From: Greg KH
Date: Tue Feb 15 2011 - 20:55:45 EST


2.6.32-longterm review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

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Commit: 6cdd5199daf0cb7b0fcc8dca941af08492612887 upstream

To account softirq time cleanly in scheduler, we need to identify whether
softirq is invoked in ksoftirqd context or softirq at hardirq tail context.
Add PF_KSOFTIRQD for that purpose.

As all PF flag bits are currently taken, create space by moving one of the
infrequently used bits (PF_THREAD_BOUND) down in task_struct to be along
with some other state fields.

Signed-off-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venki@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
LKML-Reference: <1286237003-12406-4-git-send-email-venki@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Mike Galbraith <efault@xxxxxx>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/sched.h | 1 +
kernel/softirq.c | 1 +
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)

--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1728,6 +1728,7 @@ extern void thread_group_times(struct ta
/*
* Per process flags
*/
+#define PF_KSOFTIRQD 0x00000001 /* I am ksoftirqd */
#define PF_STARTING 0x00000002 /* being created */
#define PF_EXITING 0x00000004 /* getting shut down */
#define PF_EXITPIDONE 0x00000008 /* pi exit done on shut down */
--- a/kernel/softirq.c
+++ b/kernel/softirq.c
@@ -718,6 +718,7 @@ static int ksoftirqd(void * __bind_cpu)
{
set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);

+ current->flags |= PF_KSOFTIRQD;
while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
preempt_disable();
if (!local_softirq_pending()) {


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