[PATCH 3/9] softirq: Factor loop termination condition

From: Liu Jian
Date: Fri May 05 2023 - 07:24:46 EST


From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Liu Jian <liujian56@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/softirq.c | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/softirq.c b/kernel/softirq.c
index 59f16a9af5d1..48a81d8ae49a 100644
--- a/kernel/softirq.c
+++ b/kernel/softirq.c
@@ -477,22 +477,6 @@ asmlinkage __visible void do_softirq(void)

#endif /* !CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT */

-/*
- * We restart softirq processing for at most MAX_SOFTIRQ_RESTART times,
- * but break the loop if need_resched() is set or after 2 ms.
- * The MAX_SOFTIRQ_TIME provides a nice upper bound in most cases, but in
- * certain cases, such as stop_machine(), jiffies may cease to
- * increment and so we need the MAX_SOFTIRQ_RESTART limit as
- * well to make sure we eventually return from this method.
- *
- * These limits have been established via experimentation.
- * The two things to balance is latency against fairness -
- * we want to handle softirqs as soon as possible, but they
- * should not be able to lock up the box.
- */
-#define MAX_SOFTIRQ_TIME (2 * NSEC_PER_MSEC)
-#define MAX_SOFTIRQ_RESTART 10
-
#ifdef CONFIG_TRACE_IRQFLAGS
/*
* When we run softirqs from irq_exit() and thus on the hardirq stack we need
@@ -526,10 +510,33 @@ static inline bool lockdep_softirq_start(void) { return false; }
static inline void lockdep_softirq_end(bool in_hardirq) { }
#endif

+/*
+ * We restart softirq processing but break the loop if need_resched() is set or
+ * after 2 ms. The MAX_SOFTIRQ_RESTART guarantees a loop termination if
+ * sched_clock() were ever to stall.
+ *
+ * These limits have been established via experimentation. The two things to
+ * balance is latency against fairness - we want to handle softirqs as soon as
+ * possible, but they should not be able to lock up the box.
+ */
+#define MAX_SOFTIRQ_TIME (2 * NSEC_PER_MSEC)
+#define MAX_SOFTIRQ_RESTART 10
+
+static inline bool __softirq_needs_break(u64 start)
+{
+ if (need_resched())
+ return true;
+
+ if (sched_clock() - start >= MAX_SOFTIRQ_TIME)
+ return true;
+
+ return false;
+}
+
asmlinkage __visible void __softirq_entry __do_softirq(void)
{
+ unsigned int max_restart = MAX_SOFTIRQ_RESTART;
unsigned long old_flags = current->flags;
- int max_restart = MAX_SOFTIRQ_RESTART;
u64 start = sched_clock();
struct softirq_action *h;
unsigned long pending;
@@ -585,8 +592,7 @@ asmlinkage __visible void __softirq_entry __do_softirq(void)

pending = local_softirq_pending();
if (pending) {
- if (sched_clock() - start < MAX_SOFTIRQ_TIME && !need_resched() &&
- --max_restart)
+ if (!__softirq_needs_break(start) && --max_restart)
goto restart;

wakeup_softirqd();
--
2.34.1