Re: [ltt-dev] [RFC PATCH] Poll : add poll_wait_set_exclusive (fixing thundering herd problem in LTTng)

From: KOSAKI Motohiro
Date: Mon Nov 24 2008 - 06:44:26 EST


Hi

> static struct poll_table_entry *poll_get_entry(poll_table *_p)
> {
> struct poll_wqueues *p = container_of(_p, struct poll_wqueues, pt);
> @@ -117,8 +135,10 @@ static struct poll_table_entry *poll_get
> }
>
> /* Add a new entry */
> -static void __pollwait(struct file *filp, wait_queue_head_t *wait_address,
> - poll_table *p)
> +static void __pollwait_common(struct file *filp,
> + wait_queue_head_t *wait_address,
> + poll_table *p,
> + int exclusive)
> {
> struct poll_table_entry *entry = poll_get_entry(p);
> if (!entry)
> @@ -127,7 +147,23 @@ static void __pollwait(struct file *filp
> entry->filp = filp;
> entry->wait_address = wait_address;
> init_waitqueue_entry(&entry->wait, current);
> - add_wait_queue(wait_address, &entry->wait);
> + if (!exclusive)
> + add_wait_queue(wait_address, &entry->wait);
> + else
> + add_wait_queue_exclusive(wait_address, &entry->wait);
> +}


I fully agreed this feature is needed.
Actually, I've made similar patch at one years ago.

http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120257050719087&w=2


but, I have one question.
My version have epoll support, but yours donesn't have.
Is it intensionally?

this is just dumb question, it doesn't mean any objection.




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