Re: [PATCH] locking/pvqspinlock: Add lock holder CPU argument to pv_wait()

From: Waiman Long
Date: Thu Apr 14 2016 - 14:47:39 EST


On 04/14/2016 10:34 AM, Pan Xinhui wrote:
hello, Waiman
I try your patch, thanks!

also I do some improvement.
below code diff has been tested, it works for me. :)

diff --git a/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c b/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
index ce2f75e..99f31e4 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
@@ -248,7 +248,8 @@ static __always_inline void set_locked(struct qspinlock *lock)
*/

static __always_inline void __pv_init_node(struct mcs_spinlock *node) { }
-static __always_inline void __pv_wait_node(struct mcs_spinlock *node,
+static __always_inline void __pv_wait_node(struct qspinlock *lock,
+ struct mcs_spinlock *node,
struct mcs_spinlock *prev) { }
static __always_inline void __pv_kick_node(struct qspinlock *lock,
struct mcs_spinlock *node) { }
@@ -407,7 +408,7 @@ queue:
prev = decode_tail(old);
WRITE_ONCE(prev->next, node);

- pv_wait_node(node, prev);
+ pv_wait_node(lock, node, prev);
arch_mcs_spin_lock_contended(&node->locked);

/*
diff --git a/kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h b/kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h
index 01a6d16..75ccfd3 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h
+++ b/kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h
@@ -255,6 +257,19 @@ static struct pv_node *pv_unhash(struct qspinlock *lock)
BUG();
}

+static struct pv_node *pv_hash_lookup(struct qspinlock *lock)
+{
+ unsigned long offset, hash = hash_ptr(lock, pv_lock_hash_bits);
+ struct pv_hash_entry *he;
+
+ for_each_hash_entry(he, offset, hash) {
+ if (READ_ONCE(he->lock) == lock) {
+ return he->node;
+ }
+ }
+ return NULL;
+}
+
/*
* Return true if when it is time to check the previous node which is not
* in a running state.
@@ -287,14 +303,17 @@ static void pv_init_node(struct mcs_spinlock *node)
* pv_kick_node() is used to set _Q_SLOW_VAL and fill in hash table on its
* behalf.
*/
-static void pv_wait_node(struct mcs_spinlock *node, struct mcs_spinlock *prev)
+static void pv_wait_node(struct qspinlock *lock, struct mcs_spinlock *node,
+ struct mcs_spinlock *prev)
{
struct pv_node *pn = (struct pv_node *)node;
struct pv_node *pp = (struct pv_node *)prev;
+ struct pv_node *ph;
int waitcnt = 0;
int loop;
bool wait_early;

+ pn->prev_cpu = pp->cpu;
/* waitcnt processing will be compiled out if !QUEUED_LOCK_STAT */
for (;; waitcnt++) {
for (wait_early = false, loop = SPIN_THRESHOLD; loop; loop--) {
@@ -322,7 +341,10 @@ static void pv_wait_node(struct mcs_spinlock *node, struct mcs_spinlock *prev)
qstat_inc(qstat_pv_wait_node, true);
qstat_inc(qstat_pv_wait_again, waitcnt);
qstat_inc(qstat_pv_wait_early, wait_early);
- pv_wait(&pn->state, vcpu_halted);
+ ph = pv_hash_lookup(lock);
+ if (!ph)
+ ph = pp;
+ pv_wait(&pn->state, vcpu_halted, ph->prev_cpu);
}

/*

any comments are welcome. I put my patch here just for simplicity, or need I send it out in a new thread?

thanks
xinhui



I have sent out a v2 patch that incorporate your change with some minor twists.

Cheers,
Longman