[PATCH 1/6] Free up pf flag PF_KSOFTIRQD -v1

[Venkatesh Pallipadi]

Cleanup patch, freeing up PF_KSOFTIRQD and use per_cpu ksoftirqd pointer
instead, as suggested by Eric Dumazet.

Tested-by: Shaun Ruffell <sruffell@xxxxxxxxxx>

Signed-off-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venki@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 include/linux/interrupt.h |    7 +++++++
 include/linux/sched.h     |    1 -
 kernel/sched.c            |    2 +-
 kernel/softirq.c          |    3 +--
 4 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/interrupt.h b/include/linux/interrupt.h
index 01b2816..0473d88 100644
--- a/include/linux/interrupt.h
+++ b/include/linux/interrupt.h
@@ -426,6 +426,13 @@ extern void raise_softirq(unsigned int nr);
  */
 DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct list_head [NR_SOFTIRQS], softirq_work_list);
 
+DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct task_struct *, ksoftirqd);
+
+static inline struct task_struct *this_cpu_ksoftirqd(void)
+{
+	return this_cpu_read(ksoftirqd);
+}
+
 /* Try to send a softirq to a remote cpu.  If this cannot be done, the
  * work will be queued to the local cpu.
  */
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 0383601..0b25c60 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1691,7 +1691,6 @@ extern void thread_group_times(struct task_struct *p, cputime_t *ut, cputime_t *
 /*
  * Per process flags
  */
-#define PF_KSOFTIRQD	0x00000001	/* I am ksoftirqd */
 #define PF_STARTING	0x00000002	/* being created */
 #define PF_EXITING	0x00000004	/* getting shut down */
 #define PF_EXITPIDONE	0x00000008	/* pi exit done on shut down */
diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index abf8440..fae668b 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -1986,7 +1986,7 @@ void account_system_vtime(struct task_struct *curr)
 	 */
 	if (hardirq_count())
 		per_cpu(cpu_hardirq_time, cpu) += delta;
-	else if (in_serving_softirq() && !(curr->flags & PF_KSOFTIRQD))
+	else if (in_serving_softirq() && curr != this_cpu_ksoftirqd())
 		per_cpu(cpu_softirq_time, cpu) += delta;
 
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
diff --git a/kernel/softirq.c b/kernel/softirq.c
index f02a9df..f7a88af 100644
--- a/kernel/softirq.c
+++ b/kernel/softirq.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(irq_stat);
 
 static struct softirq_action softirq_vec[NR_SOFTIRQS] __cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
 
-static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct task_struct *, ksoftirqd);
+DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct task_struct *, ksoftirqd);
 
 char *softirq_to_name[NR_SOFTIRQS] = {
 	"HI", "TIMER", "NET_TX", "NET_RX", "BLOCK", "BLOCK_IOPOLL",
@@ -719,7 +719,6 @@ static int run_ksoftirqd(void * __bind_cpu)
 {
 	set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 
-	current->flags |= PF_KSOFTIRQD;
 	while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
 		preempt_disable();
 		if (!local_softirq_pending()) {
-- 
1.7.1

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