From b5242e98c1cb834feb1e84026f09a4796b49eb4d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Metcalf Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2015 16:55:42 -0700 Subject: smpboot: allow excluding cpus from the smpboot threads This patch series allows the watchdog to run by default only on the housekeeping cores when nohz_full is in effect; this seems to be a good compromise short of turning it off completely (since the nohz_full cores can't tolerate a watchdog). To provide customizability, we add /proc/sys/kernel/watchdog_cpumask so that the set of cores running the watchdog can be tuned to different values after bootup. To implement this customizability, we add a new smpboot_update_cpumask_percpu_thread() API to the smpboot_thread subsystem that lets us park or unpark "unwanted" threads. And now that threads can be parked for long periods of time, we tweak the /proc//stat and /proc//status code so parked threads aren't reported as running, which is otherwise confusing. This patch (of 3): This change allows some cores to be excluded from running the smp_hotplug_thread tasks. The following commit to update kernel/watchdog.c to use this functionality is the motivating example, and more information on the motivation is provided there. A new smp_hotplug_thread field is introduced, "cpumask", which is cpumask field managed by the smpboot subsystem that indicates whether or not the given smp_hotplug_thread should run on that core; the cpumask is checked when deciding whether to unpark the thread. To limit the cpumask to less than cpu_possible, you must call smpboot_update_cpumask_percpu_thread() after registering. Signed-off-by: Chris Metcalf Cc: Don Zickus Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Ulrich Obergfell Cc: Thomas Gleixner Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- kernel/smpboot.c | 59 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 58 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'kernel/smpboot.c') diff --git a/kernel/smpboot.c b/kernel/smpboot.c index c697f73d82d6..5e46c2a75d59 100644 --- a/kernel/smpboot.c +++ b/kernel/smpboot.c @@ -232,7 +232,8 @@ void smpboot_unpark_threads(unsigned int cpu) mutex_lock(&smpboot_threads_lock); list_for_each_entry(cur, &hotplug_threads, list) - smpboot_unpark_thread(cur, cpu); + if (cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, cur->cpumask)) + smpboot_unpark_thread(cur, cpu); mutex_unlock(&smpboot_threads_lock); } @@ -258,6 +259,15 @@ static void smpboot_destroy_threads(struct smp_hotplug_thread *ht) { unsigned int cpu; + /* Unpark any threads that were voluntarily parked. */ + for_each_cpu_not(cpu, ht->cpumask) { + if (cpu_online(cpu)) { + struct task_struct *tsk = *per_cpu_ptr(ht->store, cpu); + if (tsk) + kthread_unpark(tsk); + } + } + /* We need to destroy also the parked threads of offline cpus */ for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) { struct task_struct *tsk = *per_cpu_ptr(ht->store, cpu); @@ -281,6 +291,10 @@ int smpboot_register_percpu_thread(struct smp_hotplug_thread *plug_thread) unsigned int cpu; int ret = 0; + if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&plug_thread->cpumask, GFP_KERNEL)) + return -ENOMEM; + cpumask_copy(plug_thread->cpumask, cpu_possible_mask); + get_online_cpus(); mutex_lock(&smpboot_threads_lock); for_each_online_cpu(cpu) { @@ -313,9 +327,52 @@ void smpboot_unregister_percpu_thread(struct smp_hotplug_thread *plug_thread) smpboot_destroy_threads(plug_thread); mutex_unlock(&smpboot_threads_lock); put_online_cpus(); + free_cpumask_var(plug_thread->cpumask); } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(smpboot_unregister_percpu_thread); +/** + * smpboot_update_cpumask_percpu_thread - Adjust which per_cpu hotplug threads stay parked + * @plug_thread: Hotplug thread descriptor + * @new: Revised mask to use + * + * The cpumask field in the smp_hotplug_thread must not be updated directly + * by the client, but only by calling this function. + */ +int smpboot_update_cpumask_percpu_thread(struct smp_hotplug_thread *plug_thread, + const struct cpumask *new) +{ + struct cpumask *old = plug_thread->cpumask; + cpumask_var_t tmp; + unsigned int cpu; + + if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&tmp, GFP_KERNEL)) + return -ENOMEM; + + get_online_cpus(); + mutex_lock(&smpboot_threads_lock); + + /* Park threads that were exclusively enabled on the old mask. */ + cpumask_andnot(tmp, old, new); + for_each_cpu_and(cpu, tmp, cpu_online_mask) + smpboot_park_thread(plug_thread, cpu); + + /* Unpark threads that are exclusively enabled on the new mask. */ + cpumask_andnot(tmp, new, old); + for_each_cpu_and(cpu, tmp, cpu_online_mask) + smpboot_unpark_thread(plug_thread, cpu); + + cpumask_copy(old, new); + + mutex_unlock(&smpboot_threads_lock); + put_online_cpus(); + + free_cpumask_var(tmp); + + return 0; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(smpboot_update_cpumask_percpu_thread); + static DEFINE_PER_CPU(atomic_t, cpu_hotplug_state) = ATOMIC_INIT(CPU_POST_DEAD); /* -- cgit v1.2.3