[patch] remove put_cpu_no_resched()

From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Tue Feb 03 2009 - 19:27:53 EST


Impact: remove a high latency source

put_cpu_no_resched() is an optimization of put_cpu() which
unfortunately can cause high latencies.

The nfs iostats code uses put_cpu_no_resched() in a code sequence
where a reschedule request caused by an interrupt between the
get_cpu() and the put_cpu_no_resched() can delay the reschedule for at
least HZ.

The other users of put_cpu_no_resched() optimize correctly in
interrupt code, but there is no real harm in using the put_cpu()
function which is an alias for preempt_enable(). The extra check of the
preemmpt count is not as critical as the potential source of missing a
reschedule.

Debugged in the preempt-rt tree and verified in mainline.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c | 2 +-
arch/x86/kernel/tlb_32.c | 2 +-
arch/x86/mach-voyager/voyager_smp.c | 2 +-
fs/nfs/iostat.h | 4 ++--
include/linux/smp.h | 1 -
5 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c
+++ linux-2.6/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c
@@ -5595,7 +5595,7 @@ pfm_interrupt_handler(int irq, void *arg
(*pfm_alt_intr_handler->handler)(irq, arg, regs);
}

- put_cpu_no_resched();
+ put_cpu();
return IRQ_HANDLED;
}

Index: linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/tlb_32.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/arch/x86/kernel/tlb_32.c
+++ linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/tlb_32.c
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ void smp_invalidate_interrupt(struct pt_
cpu_clear(cpu, flush_cpumask);
smp_mb__after_clear_bit();
out:
- put_cpu_no_resched();
+ put_cpu();
inc_irq_stat(irq_tlb_count);
}

Index: linux-2.6/arch/x86/mach-voyager/voyager_smp.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/arch/x86/mach-voyager/voyager_smp.c
+++ linux-2.6/arch/x86/mach-voyager/voyager_smp.c
@@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ static void smp_enable_irq_interrupt(voi
vic_irq_enable_mask[cpu] = 0;
spin_unlock(&vic_irq_lock);

- put_cpu_no_resched();
+ put_cpu();
}

/*
Index: linux-2.6/fs/nfs/iostat.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/fs/nfs/iostat.h
+++ linux-2.6/fs/nfs/iostat.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ static inline void nfs_inc_server_stats(
cpu = get_cpu();
iostats = per_cpu_ptr(server->io_stats, cpu);
iostats->events[stat]++;
- put_cpu_no_resched();
+ put_cpu();
}

static inline void nfs_inc_stats(const struct inode *inode,
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ static inline void nfs_add_server_stats(
cpu = get_cpu();
iostats = per_cpu_ptr(server->io_stats, cpu);
iostats->bytes[stat] += addend;
- put_cpu_no_resched();
+ put_cpu();
}

static inline void nfs_add_stats(const struct inode *inode,
Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/smp.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/smp.h
+++ linux-2.6/include/linux/smp.h
@@ -174,7 +174,6 @@ static inline void init_call_single_data

#define get_cpu() ({ preempt_disable(); smp_processor_id(); })
#define put_cpu() preempt_enable()
-#define put_cpu_no_resched() preempt_enable_no_resched()

void smp_setup_processor_id(void);



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