linux/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt-spinlocks.c

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/*
* Split spinlock implementation out into its own file, so it can be
* compiled in a FTRACE-compatible way.
*/
#include <linux/spinlock.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
x86, ticketlock: Add slowpath logic Maintain a flag in the LSB of the ticket lock tail which indicates whether anyone is in the lock slowpath and may need kicking when the current holder unlocks. The flags are set when the first locker enters the slowpath, and cleared when unlocking to an empty queue (ie, no contention). In the specific implementation of lock_spinning(), make sure to set the slowpath flags on the lock just before blocking. We must do this before the last-chance pickup test to prevent a deadlock with the unlocker: Unlocker Locker test for lock pickup -> fail unlock test slowpath -> false set slowpath flags block Whereas this works in any ordering: Unlocker Locker set slowpath flags test for lock pickup -> fail block unlock test slowpath -> true, kick If the unlocker finds that the lock has the slowpath flag set but it is actually uncontended (ie, head == tail, so nobody is waiting), then it clears the slowpath flag. The unlock code uses a locked add to update the head counter. This also acts as a full memory barrier so that its safe to subsequently read back the slowflag state, knowing that the updated lock is visible to the other CPUs. If it were an unlocked add, then the flag read may just be forwarded from the store buffer before it was visible to the other CPUs, which could result in a deadlock. Unfortunately this means we need to do a locked instruction when unlocking with PV ticketlocks. However, if PV ticketlocks are not enabled, then the old non-locked "add" is the only unlocking code. Note: this code relies on gcc making sure that unlikely() code is out of line of the fastpath, which only happens when OPTIMIZE_SIZE=n. If it doesn't the generated code isn't too bad, but its definitely suboptimal. Thanks to Srivatsa Vaddagiri for providing a bugfix to the original version of this change, which has been folded in. Thanks to Stephan Diestelhorst for commenting on some code which relied on an inaccurate reading of the x86 memory ordering rules. Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1376058122-8248-11-git-send-email-raghavendra.kt@linux.vnet.ibm.com Signed-off-by: Srivatsa Vaddagiri <vatsa@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> Cc: Stephan Diestelhorst <stephan.diestelhorst@amd.com> Signed-off-by: Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
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#include <linux/jump_label.h>
#include <asm/paravirt.h>
struct pv_lock_ops pv_lock_ops = {
#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
.lock_spinning = __PV_IS_CALLEE_SAVE(paravirt_nop),
x86, spinlock: Replace pv spinlocks with pv ticketlocks Rather than outright replacing the entire spinlock implementation in order to paravirtualize it, keep the ticket lock implementation but add a couple of pvops hooks on the slow patch (long spin on lock, unlocking a contended lock). Ticket locks have a number of nice properties, but they also have some surprising behaviours in virtual environments. They enforce a strict FIFO ordering on cpus trying to take a lock; however, if the hypervisor scheduler does not schedule the cpus in the correct order, the system can waste a huge amount of time spinning until the next cpu can take the lock. (See Thomas Friebel's talk "Prevent Guests from Spinning Around" http://www.xen.org/files/xensummitboston08/LHP.pdf for more details.) To address this, we add two hooks: - __ticket_spin_lock which is called after the cpu has been spinning on the lock for a significant number of iterations but has failed to take the lock (presumably because the cpu holding the lock has been descheduled). The lock_spinning pvop is expected to block the cpu until it has been kicked by the current lock holder. - __ticket_spin_unlock, which on releasing a contended lock (there are more cpus with tail tickets), it looks to see if the next cpu is blocked and wakes it if so. When compiled with CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS disabled, a set of stub functions causes all the extra code to go away. Results: ======= setup: 32 core machine with 32 vcpu KVM guest (HT off) with 8GB RAM base = 3.11-rc patched = base + pvspinlock V12 +-----------------+----------------+--------+ dbench (Throughput in MB/sec. Higher is better) +-----------------+----------------+--------+ | base (stdev %)|patched(stdev%) | %gain | +-----------------+----------------+--------+ | 15035.3 (0.3) |15150.0 (0.6) | 0.8 | | 1470.0 (2.2) | 1713.7 (1.9) | 16.6 | | 848.6 (4.3) | 967.8 (4.3) | 14.0 | | 652.9 (3.5) | 685.3 (3.7) | 5.0 | +-----------------+----------------+--------+ pvspinlock shows benefits for overcommit ratio > 1 for PLE enabled cases, and undercommits results are flat Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1376058122-8248-2-git-send-email-raghavendra.kt@linux.vnet.ibm.com Reviewed-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> Tested-by: Attilio Rao <attilio.rao@citrix.com> [ Raghavendra: Changed SPIN_THRESHOLD, fixed redefinition of arch_spinlock_t] Signed-off-by: Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
2013-08-09 14:21:49 +00:00
.unlock_kick = paravirt_nop,
#endif
};
EXPORT_SYMBOL(pv_lock_ops);
x86, ticketlock: Add slowpath logic Maintain a flag in the LSB of the ticket lock tail which indicates whether anyone is in the lock slowpath and may need kicking when the current holder unlocks. The flags are set when the first locker enters the slowpath, and cleared when unlocking to an empty queue (ie, no contention). In the specific implementation of lock_spinning(), make sure to set the slowpath flags on the lock just before blocking. We must do this before the last-chance pickup test to prevent a deadlock with the unlocker: Unlocker Locker test for lock pickup -> fail unlock test slowpath -> false set slowpath flags block Whereas this works in any ordering: Unlocker Locker set slowpath flags test for lock pickup -> fail block unlock test slowpath -> true, kick If the unlocker finds that the lock has the slowpath flag set but it is actually uncontended (ie, head == tail, so nobody is waiting), then it clears the slowpath flag. The unlock code uses a locked add to update the head counter. This also acts as a full memory barrier so that its safe to subsequently read back the slowflag state, knowing that the updated lock is visible to the other CPUs. If it were an unlocked add, then the flag read may just be forwarded from the store buffer before it was visible to the other CPUs, which could result in a deadlock. Unfortunately this means we need to do a locked instruction when unlocking with PV ticketlocks. However, if PV ticketlocks are not enabled, then the old non-locked "add" is the only unlocking code. Note: this code relies on gcc making sure that unlikely() code is out of line of the fastpath, which only happens when OPTIMIZE_SIZE=n. If it doesn't the generated code isn't too bad, but its definitely suboptimal. Thanks to Srivatsa Vaddagiri for providing a bugfix to the original version of this change, which has been folded in. Thanks to Stephan Diestelhorst for commenting on some code which relied on an inaccurate reading of the x86 memory ordering rules. Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1376058122-8248-11-git-send-email-raghavendra.kt@linux.vnet.ibm.com Signed-off-by: Srivatsa Vaddagiri <vatsa@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> Cc: Stephan Diestelhorst <stephan.diestelhorst@amd.com> Signed-off-by: Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
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struct static_key paravirt_ticketlocks_enabled = STATIC_KEY_INIT_FALSE;
EXPORT_SYMBOL(paravirt_ticketlocks_enabled);