[PATCH v7 15/23] sched: Add blocked_donor link to task for smarter mutex handoffs

[John Stultz]

From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Add link to the task this task is proxying for, and use it so we
do intelligent hand-off of the owned mutex to the task we're
running on behalf.

Cc: Joel Fernandes <joelaf@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Qais Yousef <qyousef@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Valentin Schneider <vschneid@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ben Segall <bsegall@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Zimuzo Ezeozue <zezeozue@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Youssef Esmat <youssefesmat@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Waiman Long <longman@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Metin Kaya <Metin.Kaya@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Xuewen Yan <xuewen.yan94@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: K Prateek Nayak <kprateek.nayak@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: kernel-team@xxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Connor O'Brien <connoro@xxxxxxxxxx>
[jstultz: This patch was split out from larger proxy patch]
Signed-off-by: John Stultz <jstultz@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
v5:
* Split out from larger proxy patch
v6:
* Moved proxied value from earlier patch to this one where it
  is actually used
* Rework logic to check sched_proxy_exec() instead of using ifdefs
* Moved comment change to this patch where it makes sense
v7:
* Use more descriptive term then "us" in comments, as suggested
  by Metin Kaya.
* Minor typo fixup from Metin Kaya
* Reworked proxied variable to prev_not_proxied to simplify usage
---
 include/linux/sched.h  |  1 +
 kernel/fork.c          |  1 +
 kernel/locking/mutex.c | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 kernel/sched/core.c    | 19 +++++++++++++++++--
 4 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 880af1c3097d..8020e224e057 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1157,6 +1157,7 @@ struct task_struct {
 
 	enum blocked_on_state		blocked_on_state;
 	struct mutex			*blocked_on;	/* lock we're blocked on */
+	struct task_struct		*blocked_donor;	/* task that is boosting this task */
 	raw_spinlock_t			blocked_lock;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_ATOMIC_SLEEP
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index b3ba3d22d8b2..138fc23cad43 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -2459,6 +2459,7 @@ __latent_entropy struct task_struct *copy_process(
 
 	p->blocked_on_state = BO_RUNNABLE;
 	p->blocked_on = NULL; /* not blocked yet */
+	p->blocked_donor = NULL; /* nobody is boosting p yet */
 #ifdef CONFIG_BCACHE
 	p->sequential_io	= 0;
 	p->sequential_io_avg	= 0;
diff --git a/kernel/locking/mutex.c b/kernel/locking/mutex.c
index 11dc5cb7a5a3..2711af8c0052 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/mutex.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/mutex.c
@@ -910,7 +910,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ww_mutex_lock_interruptible);
  */
 static noinline void __sched __mutex_unlock_slowpath(struct mutex *lock, unsigned long ip)
 {
-	struct task_struct *next = NULL;
+	struct task_struct *donor, *next = NULL;
 	DEFINE_WAKE_Q(wake_q);
 	unsigned long owner;
 	unsigned long flags;
@@ -948,7 +948,34 @@ static noinline void __sched __mutex_unlock_slowpath(struct mutex *lock, unsigne
 	preempt_disable();
 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&lock->wait_lock, flags);
 	debug_mutex_unlock(lock);
-	if (!list_empty(&lock->wait_list)) {
+
+	if (sched_proxy_exec()) {
+		raw_spin_lock(&current->blocked_lock);
+		/*
+		 * If we have a task boosting current, and that task was boosting
+		 * current through this lock, hand the lock to that task, as that
+		 * is the highest waiter, as selected by the scheduling function.
+		 */
+		donor = current->blocked_donor;
+		if (donor) {
+			struct mutex *next_lock;
+
+			raw_spin_lock_nested(&donor->blocked_lock, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
+			next_lock = get_task_blocked_on(donor);
+			if (next_lock == lock) {
+				next = donor;
+				donor->blocked_on_state = BO_WAKING;
+				wake_q_add(&wake_q, donor);
+				current->blocked_donor = NULL;
+			}
+			raw_spin_unlock(&donor->blocked_lock);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Failing that, pick any on the wait list.
+	 */
+	if (!next && !list_empty(&lock->wait_list)) {
 		/* get the first entry from the wait-list: */
 		struct mutex_waiter *waiter =
 			list_first_entry(&lock->wait_list,
@@ -956,7 +983,7 @@ static noinline void __sched __mutex_unlock_slowpath(struct mutex *lock, unsigne
 
 		next = waiter->task;
 
-		raw_spin_lock(&next->blocked_lock);
+		raw_spin_lock_nested(&next->blocked_lock, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
 		debug_mutex_wake_waiter(lock, waiter);
 		WARN_ON(next->blocked_on != lock);
 		next->blocked_on_state = BO_WAKING;
@@ -967,6 +994,8 @@ static noinline void __sched __mutex_unlock_slowpath(struct mutex *lock, unsigne
 	if (owner & MUTEX_FLAG_HANDOFF)
 		__mutex_handoff(lock, next);
 
+	if (sched_proxy_exec())
+		raw_spin_unlock(&current->blocked_lock);
 	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&lock->wait_lock, flags);
 	wake_up_q(&wake_q);
 	preempt_enable();
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 55dc2a3b7e46..e0afa228bc9d 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -6765,7 +6765,17 @@ proxy_migrate_task(struct rq *rq, struct rq_flags *rf,
  * Find who @next (currently blocked on a mutex) can proxy for.
  *
  * Follow the blocked-on relation:
- *   task->blocked_on -> mutex->owner -> task...
+ *
+ *                ,-> task
+ *                |     | blocked-on
+ *                |     v
+ *  blocked_donor |   mutex
+ *                |     | owner
+ *                |     v
+ *                `-- task
+ *
+ * and set the blocked_donor relation, this latter is used by the mutex
+ * code to find which (blocked) task to hand-off to.
  *
  * Lock order:
  *
@@ -6897,6 +6907,8 @@ find_proxy_task(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *next, struct rq_flags *rf)
 		 */
 		raw_spin_unlock(&p->blocked_lock);
 		raw_spin_unlock(&mutex->wait_lock);
+
+		owner->blocked_donor = p;
 	}
 
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(owner && !owner->on_rq);
@@ -6979,6 +6991,7 @@ static void __sched notrace __schedule(unsigned int sched_mode)
 	unsigned long prev_state;
 	struct rq_flags rf;
 	struct rq *rq;
+	bool prev_not_proxied;
 	int cpu;
 	bool preserve_need_resched = false;
 
@@ -7030,9 +7043,11 @@ static void __sched notrace __schedule(unsigned int sched_mode)
 		switch_count = &prev->nvcsw;
 	}
 
+	prev_not_proxied = !prev->blocked_donor;
 pick_again:
 	next = pick_next_task(rq, rq_selected(rq), &rf);
 	rq_set_selected(rq, next);
+	next->blocked_donor = NULL;
 	if (unlikely(task_is_blocked(next))) {
 		next = find_proxy_task(rq, next, &rf);
 		if (!next) {
@@ -7088,7 +7103,7 @@ static void __sched notrace __schedule(unsigned int sched_mode)
 		rq = context_switch(rq, prev, next, &rf);
 	} else {
 		/* In case next was already curr but just got blocked_donor*/
-		if (!task_current_selected(rq, next))
+		if (prev_not_proxied && next->blocked_donor)
 			proxy_tag_curr(rq, next);
 
 		rq_unpin_lock(rq, &rf);
-- 
2.43.0.472.g3155946c3a-goog