This is the last one, I promise.
On top of "[PATCH rc1-mm3] timers: kill timer_list->lock", see
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=111193319932543
This patch adds lock_timer() helper, which locks timer's base,
and checks it is still the same and != NULL.
After the previous patch the timer's base is never NULL. With
this patch __mod_timer() temporaly sets ->_base = __TIMER_PENDING
after deletion of timer, so the timer is still pending and can't
be locked by lock_timer().
The result is that __mod_timer() does not need to lock both bases.
Now it can do:
old_base = lock_timer()
list_del(timer)
__set_base(timer, NULL, 1)
unlock(old_base)
// The timer can't be seen by __run_timers(old_base).
// Still pending, del_timer() will call lock_timer().
// Nobody can modify it, lock_timer() will wait.
lock_new(new_base)
add timer
unlock(new_base)
This slightly speedups __mod_timer(), and in my opinion simplifies
the code. I hope it may also improve scalability of timers.
Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <[email protected]>
--- rc1-mm3/include/linux/timer.h~ 2005-03-28 22:42:38.000000000 +0400
+++ rc1-mm3/include/linux/timer.h 2005-03-29 00:42:49.000000000 +0400
@@ -33,11 +33,6 @@ struct timer_list {
#define __TIMER_PENDING 1
-static inline int __timer_pending(struct tvec_t_base_s *base)
-{
- return ((unsigned long)base & __TIMER_PENDING) != 0;
-}
-
#define TIMER_MAGIC 0x4b87ad6e
extern struct fake_timer_base fake_timer_base;
@@ -64,7 +59,7 @@ void fastcall init_timer(struct timer_li
*/
static inline int timer_pending(const struct timer_list * timer)
{
- return __timer_pending(timer->_base);
+ return ((unsigned long)timer->_base & __TIMER_PENDING) != 0;
}
extern void add_timer_on(struct timer_list *timer, int cpu);
--- rc1-mm3/kernel/timer.c~ 2005-03-27 21:07:29.000000000 +0400
+++ rc1-mm3/kernel/timer.c 2005-03-29 00:42:49.000000000 +0400
@@ -199,56 +199,59 @@ static void internal_add_timer(tvec_base
list_add_tail(&timer->entry, vec);
}
+static tvec_base_t *lock_timer(struct timer_list *timer, unsigned long *flags)
+{
+ tvec_base_t *base;
+
+ for (;;) {
+ base = timer_base(timer);
+ /* Can be NULL when __mod_timer switches bases */
+ if (likely(base)) {
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&base->lock, *flags);
+ if (likely(base == timer_base(timer)))
+ return base;
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&base->lock, *flags);
+ }
+ cpu_relax();
+ }
+}
+
int __mod_timer(struct timer_list *timer, unsigned long expires)
{
- tvec_base_t *old_base, *new_base;
+ tvec_base_t *base, *new_base;
unsigned long flags;
- int new_lock;
int ret = -1;
BUG_ON(!timer->function);
check_timer(timer);
do {
- local_irq_save(flags);
+ base = lock_timer(timer, &flags);
new_base = &__get_cpu_var(tvec_bases);
- old_base = timer_base(timer);
- /* Prevent AB-BA deadlocks.
- * NOTE: (old_base == new_base) => (new_lock == 0)
- */
- new_lock = old_base < new_base;
- if (new_lock)
- spin_lock(&new_base->lock);
- spin_lock(&old_base->lock);
-
- if (timer_base(timer) != old_base)
+ if (base != new_base
+ && base->running_timer == timer)
goto unlock;
- if (old_base != new_base) {
- /* Ensure the timer is serialized. */
- if (old_base->running_timer == timer)
- goto unlock;
-
- if (!new_lock) {
- spin_lock(&new_base->lock);
- new_lock = 1;
- }
- }
-
ret = 0;
if (timer_pending(timer)) {
list_del(&timer->entry);
ret = 1;
}
+ if (base != new_base) {
+ __set_base(timer, NULL, 1);
+ /* Safe, lock_timer checks base != NULL */
+ spin_unlock(&base->lock);
+ base = new_base;
+ spin_lock(&base->lock);
+ }
+
timer->expires = expires;
- internal_add_timer(new_base, timer);
- __set_base(timer, new_base, 1);
+ internal_add_timer(base, timer);
+ __set_base(timer, base, 1);
unlock:
- if (new_lock)
- spin_unlock(&new_base->lock);
- spin_unlock_irqrestore(&old_base->lock, flags);
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&base->lock, flags);
} while (ret == -1);
return ret;
@@ -331,26 +334,22 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(mod_timer);
int del_timer(struct timer_list *timer)
{
unsigned long flags;
- tvec_base_t *_base, *base;
+ tvec_base_t *base;
+ int ret = 0;
check_timer(timer);
-repeat:
- _base = timer->_base;
- if (!__timer_pending(_base))
- return 0;
-
- base = (void*)_base - __TIMER_PENDING;
- spin_lock_irqsave(&base->lock, flags);
- if (_base != timer->_base) {
+ if (timer_pending(timer)) {
+ base = lock_timer(timer, &flags);
+ if (timer_pending(timer)) {
+ list_del(&timer->entry);
+ __set_base(timer, base, 0);
+ ret = 1;
+ }
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&base->lock, flags);
- goto repeat;
}
- list_del(&timer->entry);
- __set_base(timer, base, 0);
- spin_unlock_irqrestore(&base->lock, flags);
- return 1;
+ return ret;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(del_timer);
@@ -382,15 +381,11 @@ int del_timer_sync(struct timer_list *ti
check_timer(timer);
do {
- base = timer_base(timer);
- spin_lock_irqsave(&base->lock, flags);
+ base = lock_timer(timer, &flags);
if (base->running_timer == timer)
goto unlock;
- if (timer_base(timer) != base)
- goto unlock;
-
ret = 0;
if (timer_pending(timer)) {
list_del(&timer->entry);
@@ -1362,14 +1357,8 @@ static void __devinit migrate_timers(int
new_base = &get_cpu_var(tvec_bases);
local_irq_disable();
- /* Prevent deadlocks via ordering by old_base < new_base. */
- if (old_base < new_base) {
- spin_lock(&new_base->lock);
- spin_lock(&old_base->lock);
- } else {
- spin_lock(&old_base->lock);
- spin_lock(&new_base->lock);
- }
+ spin_lock(&new_base->lock);
+ spin_lock(&old_base->lock);
if (old_base->running_timer)
BUG();
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