History log of /linux-master/kernel/sched/smp.h
Revision Date Author Comments
# 68f4ff04 07-Mar-2023 Valentin Schneider <vschneid@redhat.com>

sched, smp: Trace smp callback causing an IPI

Context
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The newly-introduced ipi_send_cpumask tracepoint has a "callback" parameter
which so far has only been fed with NULL.

While CSD_TYPE_SYNC/ASYNC and CSD_TYPE_IRQ_WORK share a similar backing
struct layout (meaning their callback func can be accessed without caring
about the actual CSD type), CSD_TYPE_TTWU doesn't even have a function
attached to its struct. This means we need to check the type of a CSD
before eventually dereferencing its associated callback.

This isn't as trivial as it sounds: the CSD type is stored in
__call_single_node.u_flags, which get cleared right before the callback is
executed via csd_unlock(). This implies checking the CSD type before it is
enqueued on the call_single_queue, as the target CPU's queue can be flushed
before we get to sending an IPI.

Furthermore, send_call_function_single_ipi() only has a CPU parameter, and
would need to have an additional argument to trickle down the invoked
function. This is somewhat silly, as the extra argument will always be
pushed down to the function even when nothing is being traced, which is
unnecessary overhead.

Changes
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send_call_function_single_ipi() is only used by smp.c, and is defined in
sched/core.c as it contains scheduler-specific ops (set_nr_if_polling() of
a CPU's idle task).

Split it into two parts: the scheduler bits remain in sched/core.c, and the
actual IPI emission is moved into smp.c. This lets us define an
__always_inline helper function that can take the related callback as
parameter without creating useless register pressure in the non-traced path
which only gains a (disabled) static branch.

Do the same thing for the multi IPI case.

Signed-off-by: Valentin Schneider <vschneid@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230307143558.294354-8-vschneid@redhat.com


# 16bf5a5e 13-Apr-2022 Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>

smp: Rename flush_smp_call_function_from_idle()

This is invoked from the stopper thread too, which is definitely not idle.
Rename it to flush_smp_call_function_queue() and fixup the callers.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220413133024.305001096@linutronix.de


# d664e399 13-Apr-2022 Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>

sched: Fix missing prototype warnings

A W=1 build emits more than a dozen missing prototype warnings related to
scheduler and scheduler specific includes.

Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220413133024.249118058@linutronix.de


# 1f8db415 28-May-2020 Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

sched/headers: Split out open-coded prototypes into kernel/sched/smp.h

Move the prototypes for sched_ttwu_pending() and send_call_function_single_ipi()
into the newly created kernel/sched/smp.h header, to make sure they are all
the same, and to architectures happy that use -Wmissing-prototypes.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>