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author | Mandeep Singh Baines <msb@google.com> | 2009-02-06 15:37:47 -0800 |
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committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-02-09 11:03:49 +0100 |
commit | 17406b82d621930cca8ccc1272cdac9a7dae8e40 (patch) | |
tree | 224c8b0b7c78a5467175fe10e116bdc6b73495ea /kernel | |
parent | 94be52dc075a32af4aa73d7e10f68734d62d6af2 (diff) | |
download | op-kernel-dev-17406b82d621930cca8ccc1272cdac9a7dae8e40.zip op-kernel-dev-17406b82d621930cca8ccc1272cdac9a7dae8e40.tar.gz |
softlockup: remove timestamp checking from hung_task
Impact: saves sizeof(long) bytes per task_struct
By guaranteeing that sysctl_hung_task_timeout_secs have elapsed between
tasklist scans we can avoid using timestamps.
Signed-off-by: Mandeep Singh Baines <msb@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r-- | kernel/fork.c | 8 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | kernel/hung_task.c | 48 |
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 44 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c index fb94442..bf582f7 100644 --- a/kernel/fork.c +++ b/kernel/fork.c @@ -639,6 +639,9 @@ static int copy_mm(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct * tsk) tsk->min_flt = tsk->maj_flt = 0; tsk->nvcsw = tsk->nivcsw = 0; +#ifdef CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK + tsk->last_switch_count = tsk->nvcsw + tsk->nivcsw; +#endif tsk->mm = NULL; tsk->active_mm = NULL; @@ -1041,11 +1044,6 @@ static struct task_struct *copy_process(unsigned long clone_flags, p->default_timer_slack_ns = current->timer_slack_ns; -#ifdef CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK - p->last_switch_count = 0; - p->last_switch_timestamp = 0; -#endif - task_io_accounting_init(&p->ioac); acct_clear_integrals(p); diff --git a/kernel/hung_task.c b/kernel/hung_task.c index 3951a80..0c924de 100644 --- a/kernel/hung_task.c +++ b/kernel/hung_task.c @@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ unsigned long __read_mostly sysctl_hung_task_check_count = PID_MAX_LIMIT; * Zero means infinite timeout - no checking done: */ unsigned long __read_mostly sysctl_hung_task_timeout_secs = 120; -static unsigned long __read_mostly hung_task_poll_jiffies; unsigned long __read_mostly sysctl_hung_task_warnings = 10; @@ -69,33 +68,17 @@ static struct notifier_block panic_block = { .notifier_call = hung_task_panic, }; -/* - * Returns seconds, approximately. We don't need nanosecond - * resolution, and we don't need to waste time with a big divide when - * 2^30ns == 1.074s. - */ -static unsigned long get_timestamp(void) -{ - int this_cpu = raw_smp_processor_id(); - - return cpu_clock(this_cpu) >> 30LL; /* 2^30 ~= 10^9 */ -} - -static void check_hung_task(struct task_struct *t, unsigned long now, - unsigned long timeout) +static void check_hung_task(struct task_struct *t, unsigned long timeout) { unsigned long switch_count = t->nvcsw + t->nivcsw; if (t->flags & PF_FROZEN) return; - if (switch_count != t->last_switch_count || !t->last_switch_timestamp) { + if (switch_count != t->last_switch_count) { t->last_switch_count = switch_count; - t->last_switch_timestamp = now; return; } - if ((long)(now - t->last_switch_timestamp) < timeout) - return; if (!sysctl_hung_task_warnings) return; sysctl_hung_task_warnings--; @@ -111,7 +94,6 @@ static void check_hung_task(struct task_struct *t, unsigned long now, sched_show_task(t); __debug_show_held_locks(t); - t->last_switch_timestamp = now; touch_nmi_watchdog(); if (sysctl_hung_task_panic) @@ -145,7 +127,6 @@ static void check_hung_uninterruptible_tasks(unsigned long timeout) { int max_count = sysctl_hung_task_check_count; int batch_count = HUNG_TASK_BATCHING; - unsigned long now = get_timestamp(); struct task_struct *g, *t; /* @@ -168,19 +149,16 @@ static void check_hung_uninterruptible_tasks(unsigned long timeout) } /* use "==" to skip the TASK_KILLABLE tasks waiting on NFS */ if (t->state == TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE) - check_hung_task(t, now, timeout); + check_hung_task(t, timeout); } while_each_thread(g, t); unlock: rcu_read_unlock(); } -static void update_poll_jiffies(void) +static unsigned long timeout_jiffies(unsigned long timeout) { /* timeout of 0 will disable the watchdog */ - if (sysctl_hung_task_timeout_secs == 0) - hung_task_poll_jiffies = MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT; - else - hung_task_poll_jiffies = sysctl_hung_task_timeout_secs * HZ / 2; + return timeout ? timeout * HZ : MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT; } /* @@ -197,8 +175,6 @@ int proc_dohung_task_timeout_secs(struct ctl_table *table, int write, if (ret || !write) goto out; - update_poll_jiffies(); - wake_up_process(watchdog_task); out: @@ -211,20 +187,14 @@ int proc_dohung_task_timeout_secs(struct ctl_table *table, int write, static int watchdog(void *dummy) { set_user_nice(current, 0); - update_poll_jiffies(); for ( ; ; ) { - unsigned long timeout; + unsigned long timeout = sysctl_hung_task_timeout_secs; - while (schedule_timeout_interruptible(hung_task_poll_jiffies)); + while (schedule_timeout_interruptible(timeout_jiffies(timeout))) + timeout = sysctl_hung_task_timeout_secs; - /* - * Need to cache timeout here to avoid timeout being set - * to 0 via sysctl while inside check_hung_*_tasks(). - */ - timeout = sysctl_hung_task_timeout_secs; - if (timeout) - check_hung_uninterruptible_tasks(timeout); + check_hung_uninterruptible_tasks(timeout); } return 0; |