v11->v12:
- Based on PeterZ's version of the qspinlock patch
(https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/6/15/63).
- Incorporated many of the review comments from Konrad Wilk and
Paolo Bonzini.
- The pvqspinlock code is largely from my previous version with
PeterZ's way of going from queue tail to head and his idea of
using callee saved calls to KVM and XEN codes.
v10->v11:
- Use a simple test-and-set unfair lock to simplify the code,
but performance may suffer a bit for large guest with many CPUs.
- Take out Raghavendra KT's test results as the unfair lock changes
may render some of his results invalid.
- Add PV support without increasing the size of the core queue node
structure.
- Other minor changes to address some of the feedback comments.
v9->v10:
- Make some minor changes to qspinlock.c to accommodate review feedback.
- Change author to PeterZ for 2 of the patches.
- Include Raghavendra KT's test results in patch 18.
v8->v9:
- Integrate PeterZ's version of the queue spinlock patch with some
modification:
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
- Break the more complex patches into smaller ones to ease review effort.
- Fix a racing condition in the PV qspinlock code.
v7->v8:
- Remove one unneeded atomic operation from the slowpath, thus
improving performance.
- Simplify some of the codes and add more comments.
- Test for X86_FEATURE_HYPERVISOR CPU feature bit to enable/disable
unfair lock.
- Reduce unfair lock slowpath lock stealing frequency depending
on its distance from the queue head.
- Add performance data for IvyBridge-EX CPU.
v6->v7:
- Remove an atomic operation from the 2-task contending code
- Shorten the names of some macros
- Make the queue waiter to attempt to steal lock when unfair lock is
enabled.
- Remove lock holder kick from the PV code and fix a race condition
- Run the unfair lock & PV code on overcommitted KVM guests to collect
performance data.
v5->v6:
- Change the optimized 2-task contending code to make it fairer at the
expense of a bit of performance.
- Add a patch to support unfair queue spinlock for Xen.
- Modify the PV qspinlock code to follow what was done in the PV
ticketlock.
- Add performance data for the unfair lock as well as the PV
support code.
v4->v5:
- Move the optimized 2-task contending code to the generic file to
enable more architectures to use it without code duplication.
- Address some of the style-related comments by PeterZ.
- Allow the use of unfair queue spinlock in a real para-virtualized
execution environment.
- Add para-virtualization support to the qspinlock code by ensuring
that the lock holder and queue head stay alive as much as possible.
v3->v4:
- Remove debugging code and fix a configuration error
- Simplify the qspinlock structure and streamline the code to make it
perform a bit better
- Add an x86 version of asm/qspinlock.h for holding x86 specific
optimization.
- Add an optimized x86 code path for 2 contending tasks to improve
low contention performance.
v2->v3:
- Simplify the code by using numerous mode only without an unfair option.
- Use the latest smp_load_acquire()/smp_store_release() barriers.
- Move the queue spinlock code to kernel/locking.
- Make the use of queue spinlock the default for x86-64 without user
configuration.
- Additional performance tuning.
v1->v2:
- Add some more comments to document what the code does.
- Add a numerous CPU mode to support >= 16K CPUs
- Add a configuration option to allow lock stealing which can further
improve performance in many cases.
- Enable wakeup of queue head CPU at unlock time for non-numerous
CPU mode.
This patch set has 3 different sections:
1) Patches 1-6: Introduces a queue-based spinlock implementation that
can replace the default ticket spinlock without increasing the
size of the spinlock data structure. As a result, critical kernel
data structures that embed spinlock won't increase in size and
break data alignments.
2) Patch 7: Enables the use of unfair lock in a virtual guest. This
can resolve some of the locking related performance issues due to
the fact that the next CPU to get the lock may have been scheduled
out for a period of time.
3) Patches 8-11: Enable qspinlock para-virtualization support by
halting the waiting CPUs after spinning for a certain amount of
time. The unlock code will detect the a sleeping waiter and wake it
up. This is essentially the same logic as the PV ticketlock code.
The queue spinlock has slightly better performance than the ticket
spinlock in uncontended case. Its performance can be much better
with moderate to heavy contention. This patch has the potential of
improving the performance of all the workloads that have moderate to
heavy spinlock contention.
The queue spinlock is especially suitable for NUMA machines with
at least 2 sockets. Though even at the 2-socket level, there can
be significant speedup depending on the workload. I got report that
the queue spinlock patch can improve the performance of an I/O and
interrupt intensive stress test with a lot of spinlock contention on
a 2-socket system by up to 20%.
The purpose of this patch set is not to solve any particular spinlock
contention problems. Those need to be solved by refactoring the code
to make more efficient use of the lock or finer granularity ones. The
main purpose is to make the lock contention problems more tolerable
until someone can spend the time and effort to fix them.
Peter Zijlstra (3):
qspinlock: Add pending bit
qspinlock: Optimize for smaller NR_CPUS
qspinlock: Revert to test-and-set on hypervisors
Waiman Long (8):
qspinlock: A simple generic 4-byte queue spinlock
qspinlock, x86: Enable x86-64 to use queue spinlock
qspinlock: Extract out code snippets for the next patch
qspinlock: Use a simple write to grab the lock
qspinlock, x86: Rename paravirt_ticketlocks_enabled
pvqspinlock, x86: Add para-virtualization support
pvqspinlock, x86: Enable PV qspinlock for KVM
pvqspinlock, x86: Enable PV qspinlock for XEN
arch/x86/Kconfig | 1 +
arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h | 20 ++
arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h | 20 ++
arch/x86/include/asm/pvqspinlock.h | 403 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h | 77 ++++++
arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h | 9 +-
arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock_types.h | 4 +
arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c | 140 ++++++++++-
arch/x86/kernel/paravirt-spinlocks.c | 10 +-
arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c | 151 ++++++++++-
include/asm-generic/qspinlock.h | 125 +++++++++
include/asm-generic/qspinlock_types.h | 79 ++++++
kernel/Kconfig.locks | 7 +
kernel/locking/Makefile | 1 +
kernel/locking/mcs_spinlock.h | 1 +
kernel/locking/qspinlock.c | 476 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
16 files changed, 1512 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 arch/x86/include/asm/pvqspinlock.h
create mode 100644 arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h
create mode 100644 include/asm-generic/qspinlock.h
create mode 100644 include/asm-generic/qspinlock_types.h
create mode 100644 kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
This patch introduces a new generic queue spinlock implementation that
can serve as an alternative to the default ticket spinlock. Compared
with the ticket spinlock, this queue spinlock should be almost as fair
as the ticket spinlock. It has about the same speed in single-thread
and it can be much faster in high contention situations especially when
the spinlock is embedded within the data structure to be protected.
Only in light to moderate contention where the average queue depth
is around 1-3 will this queue spinlock be potentially a bit slower
due to the higher slowpath overhead.
This queue spinlock is especially suit to NUMA machines with a large
number of cores as the chance of spinlock contention is much higher
in those machines. The cost of contention is also higher because of
slower inter-node memory traffic.
Due to the fact that spinlocks are acquired with preemption disabled,
the process will not be migrated to another CPU while it is trying
to get a spinlock. Ignoring interrupt handling, a CPU can only be
contending in one spinlock at any one time. Counting soft IRQ, hard
IRQ and NMI, a CPU can only have a maximum of 4 concurrent lock waiting
activities. By allocating a set of per-cpu queue nodes and used them
to form a waiting queue, we can encode the queue node address into a
much smaller 24-bit size (including CPU number and queue node index)
leaving one byte for the lock.
Please note that the queue node is only needed when waiting for the
lock. Once the lock is acquired, the queue node can be released to
be used later.
Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
---
include/asm-generic/qspinlock.h | 118 +++++++++++++++++++
include/asm-generic/qspinlock_types.h | 58 +++++++++
kernel/Kconfig.locks | 7 +
kernel/locking/Makefile | 1 +
kernel/locking/mcs_spinlock.h | 1 +
kernel/locking/qspinlock.c | 207 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
6 files changed, 392 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 include/asm-generic/qspinlock.h
create mode 100644 include/asm-generic/qspinlock_types.h
create mode 100644 kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/qspinlock.h b/include/asm-generic/qspinlock.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e8a7ae8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/asm-generic/qspinlock.h
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+/*
+ * Queue spinlock
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * (C) Copyright 2013-2014 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
+ *
+ * Authors: Waiman Long <[email protected]>
+ */
+#ifndef __ASM_GENERIC_QSPINLOCK_H
+#define __ASM_GENERIC_QSPINLOCK_H
+
+#include <asm-generic/qspinlock_types.h>
+
+/**
+ * queue_spin_is_locked - is the spinlock locked?
+ * @lock: Pointer to queue spinlock structure
+ * Return: 1 if it is locked, 0 otherwise
+ */
+static __always_inline int queue_spin_is_locked(struct qspinlock *lock)
+{
+ return atomic_read(&lock->val);
+}
+
+/**
+ * queue_spin_value_unlocked - is the spinlock structure unlocked?
+ * @lock: queue spinlock structure
+ * Return: 1 if it is unlocked, 0 otherwise
+ *
+ * N.B. Whenever there are tasks waiting for the lock, it is considered
+ * locked wrt the lockref code to avoid lock stealing by the lockref
+ * code and change things underneath the lock. This also allows some
+ * optimizations to be applied without conflict with lockref.
+ */
+static __always_inline int queue_spin_value_unlocked(struct qspinlock lock)
+{
+ return !atomic_read(&lock.val);
+}
+
+/**
+ * queue_spin_is_contended - check if the lock is contended
+ * @lock : Pointer to queue spinlock structure
+ * Return: 1 if lock contended, 0 otherwise
+ */
+static __always_inline int queue_spin_is_contended(struct qspinlock *lock)
+{
+ return atomic_read(&lock->val) & ~_Q_LOCKED_MASK;
+}
+/**
+ * queue_spin_trylock - try to acquire the queue spinlock
+ * @lock : Pointer to queue spinlock structure
+ * Return: 1 if lock acquired, 0 if failed
+ */
+static __always_inline int queue_spin_trylock(struct qspinlock *lock)
+{
+ if (!atomic_read(&lock->val) &&
+ (atomic_cmpxchg(&lock->val, 0, _Q_LOCKED_VAL) == 0))
+ return 1;
+ return 0;
+}
+
+extern void queue_spin_lock_slowpath(struct qspinlock *lock, u32 val);
+
+/**
+ * queue_spin_lock - acquire a queue spinlock
+ * @lock: Pointer to queue spinlock structure
+ */
+static __always_inline void queue_spin_lock(struct qspinlock *lock)
+{
+ u32 val;
+
+ val = atomic_cmpxchg(&lock->val, 0, _Q_LOCKED_VAL);
+ if (likely(val == 0))
+ return;
+ queue_spin_lock_slowpath(lock, val);
+}
+
+#ifndef queue_spin_unlock
+/**
+ * queue_spin_unlock - release a queue spinlock
+ * @lock : Pointer to queue spinlock structure
+ */
+static __always_inline void queue_spin_unlock(struct qspinlock *lock)
+{
+ /*
+ * smp_mb__before_atomic() in order to guarantee release semantics
+ */
+ smp_mb__before_atomic_dec();
+ atomic_sub(_Q_LOCKED_VAL, &lock->val);
+}
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * Initializier
+ */
+#define __ARCH_SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED { ATOMIC_INIT(0) }
+
+/*
+ * Remapping spinlock architecture specific functions to the corresponding
+ * queue spinlock functions.
+ */
+#define arch_spin_is_locked(l) queue_spin_is_locked(l)
+#define arch_spin_is_contended(l) queue_spin_is_contended(l)
+#define arch_spin_value_unlocked(l) queue_spin_value_unlocked(l)
+#define arch_spin_lock(l) queue_spin_lock(l)
+#define arch_spin_trylock(l) queue_spin_trylock(l)
+#define arch_spin_unlock(l) queue_spin_unlock(l)
+#define arch_spin_lock_flags(l, f) queue_spin_lock(l)
+
+#endif /* __ASM_GENERIC_QSPINLOCK_H */
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/qspinlock_types.h b/include/asm-generic/qspinlock_types.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..67a2110
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/asm-generic/qspinlock_types.h
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*
+ * Queue spinlock
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * (C) Copyright 2013-2014 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
+ *
+ * Authors: Waiman Long <[email protected]>
+ */
+#ifndef __ASM_GENERIC_QSPINLOCK_TYPES_H
+#define __ASM_GENERIC_QSPINLOCK_TYPES_H
+
+/*
+ * Including atomic.h with PARAVIRT on will cause compilation errors because
+ * of recursive header file incluson via paravirt_types.h. So don't include
+ * it if PARAVIRT is on.
+ */
+#ifndef CONFIG_PARAVIRT
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/atomic.h>
+#endif
+
+typedef struct qspinlock {
+ atomic_t val;
+} arch_spinlock_t;
+
+/*
+ * Bitfields in the atomic value:
+ *
+ * 0- 7: locked byte
+ * 8- 9: tail index
+ * 10-31: tail cpu (+1)
+ */
+#define _Q_SET_MASK(type) (((1U << _Q_ ## type ## _BITS) - 1)\
+ << _Q_ ## type ## _OFFSET)
+#define _Q_LOCKED_OFFSET 0
+#define _Q_LOCKED_BITS 8
+#define _Q_LOCKED_MASK _Q_SET_MASK(LOCKED)
+
+#define _Q_TAIL_IDX_OFFSET (_Q_LOCKED_OFFSET + _Q_LOCKED_BITS)
+#define _Q_TAIL_IDX_BITS 2
+#define _Q_TAIL_IDX_MASK _Q_SET_MASK(TAIL_IDX)
+
+#define _Q_TAIL_CPU_OFFSET (_Q_TAIL_IDX_OFFSET + _Q_TAIL_IDX_BITS)
+#define _Q_TAIL_CPU_BITS (32 - _Q_TAIL_CPU_OFFSET)
+#define _Q_TAIL_CPU_MASK _Q_SET_MASK(TAIL_CPU)
+
+#define _Q_LOCKED_VAL (1U << _Q_LOCKED_OFFSET)
+
+#endif /* __ASM_GENERIC_QSPINLOCK_TYPES_H */
diff --git a/kernel/Kconfig.locks b/kernel/Kconfig.locks
index 76768ee..9215fab 100644
--- a/kernel/Kconfig.locks
+++ b/kernel/Kconfig.locks
@@ -231,6 +231,13 @@ config RWSEM_SPIN_ON_OWNER
def_bool y
depends on SMP && RWSEM_XCHGADD_ALGORITHM && ARCH_SUPPORTS_ATOMIC_RMW
+config ARCH_USE_QUEUE_SPINLOCK
+ bool
+
+config QUEUE_SPINLOCK
+ def_bool y if ARCH_USE_QUEUE_SPINLOCK
+ depends on SMP && !PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS
+
config ARCH_USE_QUEUE_RWLOCK
bool
diff --git a/kernel/locking/Makefile b/kernel/locking/Makefile
index 8541bfd..f550f0e 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/locking/Makefile
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ endif
obj-$(CONFIG_SMP) += spinlock.o
obj-$(CONFIG_SMP) += lglock.o
obj-$(CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING) += spinlock.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_QUEUE_SPINLOCK) += qspinlock.o
obj-$(CONFIG_RT_MUTEXES) += rtmutex.o
obj-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_RT_MUTEXES) += rtmutex-debug.o
obj-$(CONFIG_RT_MUTEX_TESTER) += rtmutex-tester.o
diff --git a/kernel/locking/mcs_spinlock.h b/kernel/locking/mcs_spinlock.h
index 4d60986..9f7d055 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/mcs_spinlock.h
+++ b/kernel/locking/mcs_spinlock.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
struct mcs_spinlock {
struct mcs_spinlock *next;
int locked; /* 1 if lock acquired */
+ int count; /* nesting count, see qspinlock.c */
};
#ifndef arch_mcs_spin_lock_contended
diff --git a/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c b/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c114076
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
@@ -0,0 +1,207 @@
+/*
+ * Queue spinlock
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * (C) Copyright 2013-2014 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
+ *
+ * Authors: Waiman Long <[email protected]>
+ * Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
+ */
+#include <linux/smp.h>
+#include <linux/bug.h>
+#include <linux/cpumask.h>
+#include <linux/percpu.h>
+#include <linux/hardirq.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <asm/qspinlock.h>
+
+/*
+ * The basic principle of a queue-based spinlock can best be understood
+ * by studying a classic queue-based spinlock implementation called the
+ * MCS lock. The paper below provides a good description for this kind
+ * of lock.
+ *
+ * http://www.cise.ufl.edu/tr/DOC/REP-1992-71.pdf
+ *
+ * This queue spinlock implementation is based on the MCS lock, however to make
+ * it fit the 4 bytes we assume spinlock_t to be, and preserve its existing
+ * API, we must modify it somehow.
+ *
+ * In particular; where the traditional MCS lock consists of a tail pointer
+ * (8 bytes) and needs the next pointer (another 8 bytes) of its own node to
+ * unlock the next pending (next->locked), we compress both these: {tail,
+ * next->locked} into a single u32 value.
+ *
+ * Since a spinlock disables recursion of its own context and there is a limit
+ * to the contexts that can nest; namely: task, softirq, hardirq, nmi. As there
+ * are at most 4 nesting levels, it can be encoded by a 2-bit number. Now
+ * we can encode the tail by combining the 2-bit nesting level with the cpu
+ * number. With one byte for the lock value and 3 bytes for the tail, only a
+ * 32-bit word is now needed. Even though we only need 1 bit for the lock,
+ * we extend it to a full byte to achieve better performance for architectures
+ * that support atomic byte write.
+ *
+ * We also change the first spinner to spin on the lock bit instead of its
+ * node; whereby avoiding the need to carry a node from lock to unlock, and
+ * preserving existing lock API. This also makes the unlock code simpler and
+ * faster.
+ */
+
+#include "mcs_spinlock.h"
+
+/*
+ * Per-CPU queue node structures; we can never have more than 4 nested
+ * contexts: task, softirq, hardirq, nmi.
+ *
+ * Exactly fits one 64-byte cacheline on a 64-bit architecture.
+ */
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU_ALIGNED(struct mcs_spinlock, mcs_nodes[4]);
+
+/*
+ * We must be able to distinguish between no-tail and the tail at 0:0,
+ * therefore increment the cpu number by one.
+ */
+
+static inline u32 encode_tail(int cpu, int idx)
+{
+ u32 tail;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK
+ BUG_ON(idx > 3);
+#endif
+ tail = (cpu + 1) << _Q_TAIL_CPU_OFFSET;
+ tail |= idx << _Q_TAIL_IDX_OFFSET; /* assume < 4 */
+
+ return tail;
+}
+
+static inline struct mcs_spinlock *decode_tail(u32 tail)
+{
+ int cpu = (tail >> _Q_TAIL_CPU_OFFSET) - 1;
+ int idx = (tail & _Q_TAIL_IDX_MASK) >> _Q_TAIL_IDX_OFFSET;
+
+ return per_cpu_ptr(&mcs_nodes[idx], cpu);
+}
+
+/**
+ * queue_spin_lock_slowpath - acquire the queue spinlock
+ * @lock: Pointer to queue spinlock structure
+ * @val: Current value of the queue spinlock 32-bit word
+ *
+ * (queue tail, lock value)
+ *
+ * fast : slow : unlock
+ * : :
+ * uncontended (0,0) --:--> (0,1) --------------------------------:--> (*,0)
+ * : | ^--------. / :
+ * : v \ | :
+ * uncontended : (n,x) --+--> (n,0) | :
+ * queue : | ^--' | :
+ * : v | :
+ * contended : (*,x) --+--> (*,0) -----> (*,1) ---' :
+ * queue : ^--' :
+ *
+ */
+void queue_spin_lock_slowpath(struct qspinlock *lock, u32 val)
+{
+ struct mcs_spinlock *prev, *next, *node;
+ u32 new, old, tail;
+ int idx;
+
+ BUILD_BUG_ON(CONFIG_NR_CPUS >= (1U << _Q_TAIL_CPU_BITS));
+
+ node = this_cpu_ptr(&mcs_nodes[0]);
+ idx = node->count++;
+ tail = encode_tail(smp_processor_id(), idx);
+
+ node += idx;
+ node->locked = 0;
+ node->next = NULL;
+
+ /*
+ * trylock || xchg(lock, node)
+ *
+ * 0,0 -> 0,1 ; no tail, not locked -> no tail, locked.
+ * p,x -> n,x ; tail was p -> tail is n; preserving locked.
+ */
+ for (;;) {
+ new = _Q_LOCKED_VAL;
+ if (val)
+ new = tail | (val & _Q_LOCKED_MASK);
+
+ old = atomic_cmpxchg(&lock->val, val, new);
+ if (old == val)
+ break;
+
+ val = old;
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * we won the trylock; forget about queueing.
+ */
+ if (new == _Q_LOCKED_VAL)
+ goto release;
+
+ /*
+ * if there was a previous node; link it and wait until reaching the
+ * head of the waitqueue.
+ */
+ if (old & ~_Q_LOCKED_MASK) {
+ prev = decode_tail(old);
+ ACCESS_ONCE(prev->next) = node;
+
+ arch_mcs_spin_lock_contended(&node->locked);
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * we're at the head of the waitqueue, wait for the owner to go away.
+ *
+ * *,x -> *,0
+ */
+ while ((val = atomic_read(&lock->val)) & _Q_LOCKED_MASK)
+ cpu_relax();
+
+ /*
+ * claim the lock:
+ *
+ * n,0 -> 0,1 : lock, uncontended
+ * *,0 -> *,1 : lock, contended
+ */
+ for (;;) {
+ new = _Q_LOCKED_VAL;
+ if (val != tail)
+ new |= val;
+
+ old = atomic_cmpxchg(&lock->val, val, new);
+ if (old == val)
+ break;
+
+ val = old;
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * contended path; wait for next, release.
+ */
+ if (new != _Q_LOCKED_VAL) {
+ while (!(next = ACCESS_ONCE(node->next)))
+ cpu_relax();
+
+ arch_mcs_spin_unlock_contended(&next->locked);
+ }
+
+release:
+ /*
+ * release the node
+ */
+ this_cpu_dec(mcs_nodes[0].count);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(queue_spin_lock_slowpath);
--
1.7.1
This patch makes the necessary changes at the x86 architecture
specific layer to enable the use of queue spinlock for x86-64. As
x86-32 machines are typically not multi-socket. The benefit of queue
spinlock may not be apparent. So queue spinlock is not enabled.
Currently, there is some incompatibilities between the para-virtualized
spinlock code (which hard-codes the use of ticket spinlock) and the
queue spinlock. Therefore, the use of queue spinlock is disabled when
the para-virtualized spinlock is enabled.
The arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h header file includes some x86
specific optimization which will make the queue spinlock code perform
better than the generic implementation.
Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
---
arch/x86/Kconfig | 1 +
arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h | 5 +++++
arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock_types.h | 4 ++++
4 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index fad4aa6..da42708 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ config X86
select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA if X86_64
select CLONE_BACKWARDS if X86_32
select ARCH_USE_BUILTIN_BSWAP
+ select ARCH_USE_QUEUE_SPINLOCK
select ARCH_USE_QUEUE_RWLOCK
select OLD_SIGSUSPEND3 if X86_32 || IA32_EMULATION
select OLD_SIGACTION if X86_32
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a6a8762
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#ifndef _ASM_X86_QSPINLOCK_H
+#define _ASM_X86_QSPINLOCK_H
+
+#include <asm-generic/qspinlock_types.h>
+
+#ifndef CONFIG_X86_PPRO_FENCE
+
+#define queue_spin_unlock queue_spin_unlock
+/**
+ * queue_spin_unlock - release a queue spinlock
+ * @lock : Pointer to queue spinlock structure
+ *
+ * An effective smp_store_release() on the least-significant byte.
+ */
+static inline void queue_spin_unlock(struct qspinlock *lock)
+{
+ barrier();
+ ACCESS_ONCE(*(u8 *)lock) = 0;
+}
+
+#endif /* !CONFIG_X86_PPRO_FENCE */
+
+#include <asm-generic/qspinlock.h>
+
+#endif /* _ASM_X86_QSPINLOCK_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h
index 9295016..5899483 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@
extern struct static_key paravirt_ticketlocks_enabled;
static __always_inline bool static_key_false(struct static_key *key);
+#ifdef CONFIG_QUEUE_SPINLOCK
+#include <asm/qspinlock.h>
+#else
+
#ifdef CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS
static inline void __ticket_enter_slowpath(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
@@ -180,6 +184,7 @@ static __always_inline void arch_spin_lock_flags(arch_spinlock_t *lock,
{
arch_spin_lock(lock);
}
+#endif /* CONFIG_QUEUE_SPINLOCK */
static inline void arch_spin_unlock_wait(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
{
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock_types.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock_types.h
index 5f9d757..5d654a1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock_types.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock_types.h
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ typedef u32 __ticketpair_t;
#define TICKET_SHIFT (sizeof(__ticket_t) * 8)
+#ifdef CONFIG_QUEUE_SPINLOCK
+#include <asm-generic/qspinlock_types.h>
+#else
typedef struct arch_spinlock {
union {
__ticketpair_t head_tail;
@@ -33,6 +36,7 @@ typedef struct arch_spinlock {
} arch_spinlock_t;
#define __ARCH_SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED { { 0 } }
+#endif /* CONFIG_QUEUE_SPINLOCK */
#include <asm-generic/qrwlock_types.h>
--
1.7.1
From: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
When we allow for a max NR_CPUS < 2^14 we can optimize the pending
wait-acquire and the xchg_tail() operations.
By growing the pending bit to a byte, we reduce the tail to 16bit.
This means we can use xchg16 for the tail part and do away with all
the repeated compxchg() operations.
This in turn allows us to unconditionally acquire; the locked state
as observed by the wait loops cannot change. And because both locked
and pending are now a full byte we can use simple stores for the
state transition, obviating one atomic operation entirely.
This optimization is needed to make the qspinlock achieve performance
parity with ticket spinlock at light load.
All this is horribly broken on Alpha pre EV56 (and any other arch that
cannot do single-copy atomic byte stores).
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <[email protected]>
---
include/asm-generic/qspinlock_types.h | 13 ++++++
kernel/locking/qspinlock.c | 71 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
2 files changed, 83 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/qspinlock_types.h b/include/asm-generic/qspinlock_types.h
index 88d647c..01b46df 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/qspinlock_types.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/qspinlock_types.h
@@ -35,6 +35,14 @@ typedef struct qspinlock {
/*
* Bitfields in the atomic value:
*
+ * When NR_CPUS < 16K
+ * 0- 7: locked byte
+ * 8: pending
+ * 9-15: not used
+ * 16-17: tail index
+ * 18-31: tail cpu (+1)
+ *
+ * When NR_CPUS >= 16K
* 0- 7: locked byte
* 8: pending
* 9-10: tail index
@@ -47,7 +55,11 @@ typedef struct qspinlock {
#define _Q_LOCKED_MASK _Q_SET_MASK(LOCKED)
#define _Q_PENDING_OFFSET (_Q_LOCKED_OFFSET + _Q_LOCKED_BITS)
+#if CONFIG_NR_CPUS < (1U << 14)
+#define _Q_PENDING_BITS 8
+#else
#define _Q_PENDING_BITS 1
+#endif
#define _Q_PENDING_MASK _Q_SET_MASK(PENDING)
#define _Q_TAIL_IDX_OFFSET (_Q_PENDING_OFFSET + _Q_PENDING_BITS)
@@ -58,6 +70,7 @@ typedef struct qspinlock {
#define _Q_TAIL_CPU_BITS (32 - _Q_TAIL_CPU_OFFSET)
#define _Q_TAIL_CPU_MASK _Q_SET_MASK(TAIL_CPU)
+#define _Q_TAIL_OFFSET _Q_TAIL_IDX_OFFSET
#define _Q_TAIL_MASK (_Q_TAIL_IDX_MASK | _Q_TAIL_CPU_MASK)
#define _Q_LOCKED_VAL (1U << _Q_LOCKED_OFFSET)
diff --git a/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c b/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
index 48bd2ad..7c127b4 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
#include <linux/percpu.h>
#include <linux/hardirq.h>
#include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <asm/byteorder.h>
#include <asm/qspinlock.h>
/*
@@ -54,6 +55,10 @@
* node; whereby avoiding the need to carry a node from lock to unlock, and
* preserving existing lock API. This also makes the unlock code simpler and
* faster.
+ *
+ * N.B. The current implementation only supports architectures that allow
+ * atomic operations on smaller 8-bit and 16-bit data types.
+ *
*/
#include "mcs_spinlock.h"
@@ -94,6 +99,64 @@ static inline struct mcs_spinlock *decode_tail(u32 tail)
#define _Q_LOCKED_PENDING_MASK (_Q_LOCKED_MASK | _Q_PENDING_MASK)
+/*
+ * By using the whole 2nd least significant byte for the pending bit, we
+ * can allow better optimization of the lock acquisition for the pending
+ * bit holder.
+ */
+#if _Q_PENDING_BITS == 8
+
+struct __qspinlock {
+ union {
+ atomic_t val;
+ struct {
+#ifdef __LITTLE_ENDIAN
+ u16 locked_pending;
+ u16 tail;
+#else
+ u16 tail;
+ u16 locked_pending;
+#endif
+ };
+ };
+};
+
+/**
+ * clear_pending_set_locked - take ownership and clear the pending bit.
+ * @lock: Pointer to queue spinlock structure
+ * @val : Current value of the queue spinlock 32-bit word
+ *
+ * *,1,0 -> *,0,1
+ *
+ * Lock stealing is not allowed if this function is used.
+ */
+static __always_inline void
+clear_pending_set_locked(struct qspinlock *lock, u32 val)
+{
+ struct __qspinlock *l = (void *)lock;
+
+ ACCESS_ONCE(l->locked_pending) = _Q_LOCKED_VAL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * xchg_tail - Put in the new queue tail code word & retrieve previous one
+ * @lock : Pointer to queue spinlock structure
+ * @tail : The new queue tail code word
+ * Return: The previous queue tail code word
+ *
+ * xchg(lock, tail)
+ *
+ * p,*,* -> n,*,* ; prev = xchg(lock, node)
+ */
+static __always_inline u32 xchg_tail(struct qspinlock *lock, u32 tail)
+{
+ struct __qspinlock *l = (void *)lock;
+
+ return (u32)xchg(&l->tail, tail >> _Q_TAIL_OFFSET) << _Q_TAIL_OFFSET;
+}
+
+#else /* _Q_PENDING_BITS == 8 */
+
/**
* clear_pending_set_locked - take ownership and clear the pending bit.
* @lock: Pointer to queue spinlock structure
@@ -141,6 +204,7 @@ static __always_inline u32 xchg_tail(struct qspinlock *lock, u32 tail)
}
return old;
}
+#endif /* _Q_PENDING_BITS == 8 */
/**
* queue_spin_lock_slowpath - acquire the queue spinlock
@@ -215,8 +279,13 @@ void queue_spin_lock_slowpath(struct qspinlock *lock, u32 val)
* we're pending, wait for the owner to go away.
*
* *,1,1 -> *,1,0
+ *
+ * this wait loop must be a load-acquire such that we match the
+ * store-release that clears the locked bit and create lock
+ * sequentiality; this is because not all clear_pending_set_locked()
+ * implementations imply full barriers.
*/
- while ((val = atomic_read(&lock->val)) & _Q_LOCKED_MASK)
+ while ((val = smp_load_acquire(&lock->val.counter)) & _Q_LOCKED_MASK)
cpu_relax();
/*
--
1.7.1
Currently, atomic_cmpxchg() is used to get the lock. However, this
is not really necessary if there is more than one task in the queue
and the queue head don't need to reset the tail code. For that case,
a simple write to set the lock bit is enough as the queue head will
be the only one eligible to get the lock as long as it checks that
both the lock and pending bits are not set. The current pending bit
waiting code will ensure that the bit will not be set as soon as the
tail code in the lock is set.
With that change, the are some slight improvement in the performance
of the queue spinlock in the 5M loop micro-benchmark run on a 4-socket
Westere-EX machine as shown in the tables below.
[Standalone/Embedded - same node]
# of tasks Before patch After patch %Change
---------- ----------- ---------- -------
3 2324/2321 2248/2265 -3%/-2%
4 2890/2896 2819/2831 -2%/-2%
5 3611/3595 3522/3512 -2%/-2%
6 4281/4276 4173/4160 -3%/-3%
7 5018/5001 4875/4861 -3%/-3%
8 5759/5750 5563/5568 -3%/-3%
[Standalone/Embedded - different nodes]
# of tasks Before patch After patch %Change
---------- ----------- ---------- -------
3 12242/12237 12087/12093 -1%/-1%
4 10688/10696 10507/10521 -2%/-2%
It was also found that this change produced a much bigger performance
improvement in the newer IvyBridge-EX chip and was essentially to close
the performance gap between the ticket spinlock and queue spinlock.
The disk workload of the AIM7 benchmark was run on a 4-socket
Westmere-EX machine with both ext4 and xfs RAM disks at 3000 users
on a 3.14 based kernel. The results of the test runs were:
AIM7 XFS Disk Test
kernel JPM Real Time Sys Time Usr Time
----- --- --------- -------- --------
ticketlock 5678233 3.17 96.61 5.81
qspinlock 5750799 3.13 94.83 5.97
AIM7 EXT4 Disk Test
kernel JPM Real Time Sys Time Usr Time
----- --- --------- -------- --------
ticketlock 1114551 16.15 509.72 7.11
qspinlock 2184466 8.24 232.99 6.01
The ext4 filesystem run had a much higher spinlock contention than
the xfs filesystem run.
The "ebizzy -m" test was also run with the following results:
kernel records/s Real Time Sys Time Usr Time
----- --------- --------- -------- --------
ticketlock 2075 10.00 216.35 3.49
qspinlock 3023 10.00 198.20 4.80
Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
---
kernel/locking/qspinlock.c | 59 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
1 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c b/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
index 7c127b4..fb0e988 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
@@ -103,24 +103,33 @@ static inline struct mcs_spinlock *decode_tail(u32 tail)
* By using the whole 2nd least significant byte for the pending bit, we
* can allow better optimization of the lock acquisition for the pending
* bit holder.
+ *
+ * This internal structure is also used by the set_locked function which
+ * is not restricted to _Q_PENDING_BITS == 8.
*/
-#if _Q_PENDING_BITS == 8
-
struct __qspinlock {
union {
atomic_t val;
- struct {
#ifdef __LITTLE_ENDIAN
+ u8 locked;
+ struct {
u16 locked_pending;
u16 tail;
+ };
#else
+ struct {
u16 tail;
u16 locked_pending;
-#endif
};
+ struct {
+ u8 reserved[3];
+ u8 locked;
+ };
+#endif
};
};
+#if _Q_PENDING_BITS == 8
/**
* clear_pending_set_locked - take ownership and clear the pending bit.
* @lock: Pointer to queue spinlock structure
@@ -207,6 +216,19 @@ static __always_inline u32 xchg_tail(struct qspinlock *lock, u32 tail)
#endif /* _Q_PENDING_BITS == 8 */
/**
+ * set_locked - Set the lock bit and own the lock
+ * @lock: Pointer to queue spinlock structure
+ *
+ * *,*,0 -> *,0,1
+ */
+static __always_inline void set_locked(struct qspinlock *lock)
+{
+ struct __qspinlock *l = (void *)lock;
+
+ ACCESS_ONCE(l->locked) = _Q_LOCKED_VAL;
+}
+
+/**
* queue_spin_lock_slowpath - acquire the queue spinlock
* @lock: Pointer to queue spinlock structure
* @val: Current value of the queue spinlock 32-bit word
@@ -339,10 +361,13 @@ queue:
/*
* we're at the head of the waitqueue, wait for the owner & pending to
* go away.
+ * Load-acquired is used here because the set_locked()
+ * function below may not be a full memory barrier.
*
* *,x,y -> *,0,0
*/
- while ((val = atomic_read(&lock->val)) & _Q_LOCKED_PENDING_MASK)
+ while ((val = smp_load_acquire(&lock->val.counter)) &
+ _Q_LOCKED_PENDING_MASK)
cpu_relax();
/*
@@ -350,15 +375,19 @@ queue:
*
* n,0,0 -> 0,0,1 : lock, uncontended
* *,0,0 -> *,0,1 : lock, contended
+ *
+ * If the queue head is the only one in the queue (lock value == tail),
+ * clear the tail code and grab the lock. Otherwise, we only need
+ * to grab the lock.
*/
for (;;) {
- new = _Q_LOCKED_VAL;
- if (val != tail)
- new |= val;
-
- old = atomic_cmpxchg(&lock->val, val, new);
- if (old == val)
+ if (val != tail) {
+ set_locked(lock);
break;
+ }
+ old = atomic_cmpxchg(&lock->val, val, _Q_LOCKED_VAL);
+ if (old == val)
+ goto release; /* No contention */
val = old;
}
@@ -366,12 +395,10 @@ queue:
/*
* contended path; wait for next, release.
*/
- if (new != _Q_LOCKED_VAL) {
- while (!(next = ACCESS_ONCE(node->next)))
- cpu_relax();
+ while (!(next = ACCESS_ONCE(node->next)))
+ cpu_relax();
- arch_mcs_spin_unlock_contended(&next->locked);
- }
+ arch_mcs_spin_unlock_contended(&next->locked);
release:
/*
--
1.7.1
This patch renames the paravirt_ticketlocks_enabled static key to a
more generic paravirt_spinlocks_enabled name.
Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h | 4 ++--
arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c | 2 +-
arch/x86/kernel/paravirt-spinlocks.c | 4 ++--
arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c | 2 +-
4 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h
index 5899483..928751e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
/* How long a lock should spin before we consider blocking */
#define SPIN_THRESHOLD (1 << 15)
-extern struct static_key paravirt_ticketlocks_enabled;
+extern struct static_key paravirt_spinlocks_enabled;
static __always_inline bool static_key_false(struct static_key *key);
#ifdef CONFIG_QUEUE_SPINLOCK
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ static inline void __ticket_unlock_slowpath(arch_spinlock_t *lock,
static __always_inline void arch_spin_unlock(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
{
if (TICKET_SLOWPATH_FLAG &&
- static_key_false(¶virt_ticketlocks_enabled)) {
+ static_key_false(¶virt_spinlocks_enabled)) {
arch_spinlock_t prev;
prev = *lock;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
index 3dd8e2c..bc11fb5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
@@ -819,7 +819,7 @@ static __init int kvm_spinlock_init_jump(void)
if (!kvm_para_has_feature(KVM_FEATURE_PV_UNHALT))
return 0;
- static_key_slow_inc(¶virt_ticketlocks_enabled);
+ static_key_slow_inc(¶virt_spinlocks_enabled);
printk(KERN_INFO "KVM setup paravirtual spinlock\n");
return 0;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt-spinlocks.c b/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt-spinlocks.c
index bbb6c73..e434f24 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt-spinlocks.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt-spinlocks.c
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ struct pv_lock_ops pv_lock_ops = {
};
EXPORT_SYMBOL(pv_lock_ops);
-struct static_key paravirt_ticketlocks_enabled = STATIC_KEY_INIT_FALSE;
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(paravirt_ticketlocks_enabled);
+struct static_key paravirt_spinlocks_enabled = STATIC_KEY_INIT_FALSE;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(paravirt_spinlocks_enabled);
diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c b/arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c
index 0ba5f3b..d1b6a32 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ static __init int xen_init_spinlocks_jump(void)
if (!xen_domain())
return 0;
- static_key_slow_inc(¶virt_ticketlocks_enabled);
+ static_key_slow_inc(¶virt_spinlocks_enabled);
return 0;
}
early_initcall(xen_init_spinlocks_jump);
--
1.7.1
This patch adds para-virtualization support to the queue spinlock
code base with minimal impact to the native case. There are some
minor code changes in the generic qspinlock.c file which should be
usable in other architectures. The other code changes are specific
to x86 processors and so are all put under the arch/x86 directory.
On the lock side, there are a couple of jump labels and 2 paravirt
callee saved calls that defaults to NOPs and some registered move
instructions. So the performance impact should be minimal.
Since enabling paravirt spinlock will disable unlock function inlining,
a jump label can be added to the unlock function without adding patch
sites all over the kernel.
The actual paravirt code comes in 5 parts;
- init_node; this initializes the extra data members required for PV
state. PV state data is kept 1 cacheline ahead of the regular data.
- link_and_wait_node; this replaces the regular MCS queuing code. CPU
halting can happen if the wait is too long.
- wait_head; this waits until the lock is avialable and the CPU will
be halted if the wait is too long.
- wait_check; this is called after acquiring the lock to see if the
next queue head CPU is halted. If this is the case, the lock bit is
changed to indicate the queue head will have to be kicked on unlock.
- queue_unlock; this routine has a jump label to check if paravirt
is enabled. If yes, it has to do an atomic cmpxchg to clear the lock
bit or call the slowpath function to kick the queue head cpu.
Tracking the head is done in two parts, firstly the pv_wait_head will
store its cpu number in whichever node is pointed to by the tail part
of the lock word. Secondly, pv_link_and_wait_node() will propagate the
existing head from the old to the new tail node.
Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <[email protected]>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h | 20 ++
arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h | 20 ++
arch/x86/include/asm/pvqspinlock.h | 403 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h | 44 ++++-
arch/x86/kernel/paravirt-spinlocks.c | 6 +
kernel/locking/qspinlock.c | 72 ++++++-
6 files changed, 558 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 arch/x86/include/asm/pvqspinlock.h
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h
index cd6e161..3b041db 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h
@@ -712,6 +712,25 @@ static inline void __set_fixmap(unsigned /* enum fixed_addresses */ idx,
#if defined(CONFIG_SMP) && defined(CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS)
+#ifdef CONFIG_QUEUE_SPINLOCK
+
+static __always_inline void pv_kick_cpu(int cpu)
+{
+ PVOP_VCALLEE1(pv_lock_ops.kick_cpu, cpu);
+}
+
+static __always_inline void
+pv_lockwait(u8 *lockbyte)
+{
+ PVOP_VCALLEE1(pv_lock_ops.lockwait, lockbyte);
+}
+
+static __always_inline void pv_lockstat(enum pv_lock_stats type)
+{
+ PVOP_VCALLEE1(pv_lock_ops.lockstat, type);
+}
+
+#else
static __always_inline void __ticket_lock_spinning(struct arch_spinlock *lock,
__ticket_t ticket)
{
@@ -723,6 +742,7 @@ static __always_inline void __ticket_unlock_kick(struct arch_spinlock *lock,
{
PVOP_VCALL2(pv_lock_ops.unlock_kick, lock, ticket);
}
+#endif
#endif
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h
index 7549b8b..49e4b76 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h
@@ -326,6 +326,9 @@ struct pv_mmu_ops {
phys_addr_t phys, pgprot_t flags);
};
+struct mcs_spinlock;
+struct qspinlock;
+
struct arch_spinlock;
#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
#include <asm/spinlock_types.h>
@@ -333,9 +336,26 @@ struct arch_spinlock;
typedef u16 __ticket_t;
#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_QUEUE_SPINLOCK
+enum pv_lock_stats {
+ PV_HALT_QHEAD, /* Queue head halting */
+ PV_HALT_QNODE, /* Other queue node halting */
+ PV_HALT_ABORT, /* Halting aborted */
+ PV_WAKE_KICKED, /* Wakeup by kicking */
+ PV_WAKE_SPURIOUS, /* Spurious wakeup */
+ PV_KICK_NOHALT /* Kick but CPU not halted */
+};
+#endif
+
struct pv_lock_ops {
+#ifdef CONFIG_QUEUE_SPINLOCK
+ struct paravirt_callee_save kick_cpu;
+ struct paravirt_callee_save lockstat;
+ struct paravirt_callee_save lockwait;
+#else
struct paravirt_callee_save lock_spinning;
void (*unlock_kick)(struct arch_spinlock *lock, __ticket_t ticket);
+#endif
};
/* This contains all the paravirt structures: we get a convenient
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pvqspinlock.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pvqspinlock.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d424252
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pvqspinlock.h
@@ -0,0 +1,403 @@
+#ifndef _ASM_X86_PVQSPINLOCK_H
+#define _ASM_X86_PVQSPINLOCK_H
+
+/*
+ * Queue Spinlock Para-Virtualization (PV) Support
+ *
+ * The PV support code for queue spinlock is roughly the same as that
+ * of the ticket spinlock. Each CPU waiting for the lock will spin until it
+ * reaches a threshold. When that happens, it will put itself to a halt state
+ * so that the hypervisor can reuse the CPU cycles in some other guests as
+ * well as returning other hold-up CPUs faster.
+ *
+ * Auxillary fields in the pv_qnode structure are used to hold information
+ * relevant to the PV support so that it won't impact on the behavior and
+ * performance of the bare metal code.
+ *
+ * There are 2 places where races can happen:
+ * 1) Halting of the queue head CPU (in pv_wait_head) and the CPU
+ * kicking by the lock holder in the unlock path (in pv_kick_node).
+ * 2) Halting of the queue node CPU (in pv_link_and_wait_node) and the
+ * the status check by the previous queue head (in pv_wait_check).
+ *
+ * See the comments on those functions to see how the races are being
+ * addressed.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Spin thresholds for queue spinlock
+ */
+#define QSPIN_THRESHOLD SPIN_THRESHOLD
+#define MAYHALT_THRESHOLD 0x10
+
+/*
+ * CPU state flags
+ */
+#define PV_CPU_ACTIVE 1 /* This CPU is active */
+#define PV_CPU_KICKED 2 /* This CPU is being kicked */
+#define PV_CPU_HALTED -1 /* This CPU is halted */
+
+/*
+ * Special head node pointer value
+ */
+#define PV_INVALID_HEAD NULL
+
+/*
+ * Additional fields to be added to the queue node structure
+ *
+ * The size of the mcs_spinlock structure is 16 bytes for x64 and 12 bytes
+ * for i386. Four of those structures are defined per CPU. To add more fields
+ * without increasing the size of the mcs_spinlock structure, we overlay those
+ * additional data fields at an additional mcs_spinlock size bucket at exactly
+ * 3 units away. As a result, we need to double the number of mcs_spinlock
+ * buckets. The mcs_spinlock structure will be casted to the pv_qnode
+ * internally.
+ *
+ * +------------+------------+------------+------------+
+ * | MCS Node 0 | MCS Node 1 | MCS Node 2 | MCS Node 3 |
+ * +------------+------------+------------+------------+
+ * | PV Node 0 | PV Node 1 | PV Node 2 | PV Node 3 |
+ * +------------+------------+------------+------------+
+ */
+struct pv_qnode {
+ struct mcs_spinlock mcs; /* MCS node */
+ struct mcs_spinlock __res[3]; /* 3 reserved MCS nodes */
+ s8 cpustate; /* CPU status flag */
+ s8 mayhalt; /* May be halted soon */
+ int mycpu; /* CPU number of this node */
+ struct mcs_spinlock *head; /* Queue head node pointer */
+};
+
+/**
+ * pv_init_node - initialize fields in struct pv_qnode
+ * @node: pointer to struct mcs_spinlock
+ * @cpu : current CPU number
+ */
+static inline void pv_init_node(struct mcs_spinlock *node)
+{
+ struct pv_qnode *pn = (struct pv_qnode *)node;
+
+ BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct pv_qnode) > 5*sizeof(struct mcs_spinlock));
+
+ if (!pv_enabled())
+ return;
+
+ pn->cpustate = PV_CPU_ACTIVE;
+ pn->mayhalt = false;
+ pn->mycpu = smp_processor_id();
+ pn->head = PV_INVALID_HEAD;
+}
+
+/**
+ * pv_decode_tail - initialize fields in struct pv_qnode
+ * @tail: the tail code (lock value)
+ * Return: a pointer to the tail pv_qnode structure
+ */
+static inline struct pv_qnode *pv_decode_tail(u32 tail)
+{
+ return (struct pv_qnode *)decode_tail(tail);
+}
+
+/**
+ * pv_set_head_in_tail - set head node pointer in tail node
+ * @lock: pointer to the qspinlock structure
+ * @head: pointer to queue head mcs_spinlock structure
+ */
+static inline void
+pv_set_head_in_tail(struct qspinlock *lock, struct mcs_spinlock *head)
+{
+ struct pv_qnode *tn, *new_tn; /* Tail nodes */
+
+ /*
+ * The writing is repeated in case the queue tail changes.
+ */
+ new_tn = pv_decode_tail(atomic_read(&lock->val));
+ do {
+ tn = new_tn;
+ while (tn->head == PV_INVALID_HEAD)
+ cpu_relax();
+ tn->head = head;
+ new_tn = pv_decode_tail(atomic_read(&lock->val));
+ } while (tn != new_tn);
+}
+
+/**
+ * pv_link_and_wait_node - perform para-virtualization checks for queue member
+ * @old : the old lock value
+ * @node : pointer to the mcs_spinlock structure
+ * Return: true if PV spinlock is enabled, false otherwise.
+ */
+static inline bool pv_link_and_wait_node(u32 old, struct mcs_spinlock *node)
+{
+ struct pv_qnode *ppn, *pn = (struct pv_qnode *)node;
+ unsigned int count;
+
+ if (!pv_enabled())
+ return false;
+
+ if (!(old & _Q_TAIL_MASK)) {
+ node->locked = true; /* At queue head now */
+ goto ret;
+ }
+
+ ppn = pv_decode_tail(old);
+ ACCESS_ONCE(ppn->mcs.next) = node;
+
+ /*
+ * It is possible that this node will become the queue head while
+ * waiting for the head value of the previous node to be set.
+ */
+ while (ppn->head == PV_INVALID_HEAD) {
+ if (node->locked)
+ goto ret;
+ cpu_relax();
+ }
+ pn->head = ppn->head;
+
+ for (;;) {
+ count = QSPIN_THRESHOLD;
+
+ while (count--) {
+ if (smp_load_acquire(&node->locked))
+ goto ret;
+ if (count == MAYHALT_THRESHOLD) {
+ pn->mayhalt = true;
+ /*
+ * Make sure that the mayhalt flag is visible
+ * to others.
+ */
+ smp_mb();
+ }
+ cpu_relax();
+ }
+ /*
+ * Halt oneself after QSPIN_THRESHOLD spins
+ */
+ ACCESS_ONCE(pn->cpustate) = PV_CPU_HALTED;
+
+ /*
+ * One way to avoid the racing between pv_wait_check()
+ * and pv_link_and_wait_node() is to use memory barrier or
+ * atomic instruction to synchronize between the two competing
+ * threads. However, that will slow down the queue spinlock
+ * slowpath. One way to eliminate this overhead for normal
+ * cases is to use another flag (mayhalt) to indicate that
+ * racing condition may happen. This flag is set when the
+ * loop count is getting close to the halting threshold.
+ *
+ * When that happens, a 2 variables (cpustate & node->locked
+ * handshake is used to make sure that pv_wait_check() won't
+ * miss setting the _Q_LOCKED_SLOWPATH when the CPU is about
+ * to be halted.
+ *
+ * pv_wait_check pv_link_and_wait_node
+ * ------------- ---------------------
+ * [1] node->locked = true [3] cpustate = PV_CPU_HALTED
+ * smp_mb() smp_mb()
+ * [2] if (cpustate [4] if (node->locked)
+ * == PV_CPU_HALTED)
+ *
+ * Sequence:
+ * *,1,*,4,* - halt is aborted as the node->locked flag is set,
+ * _Q_LOCKED_SLOWPATH may or may not be set
+ * 3,4,1,2 - the CPU is halt and _Q_LOCKED_SLOWPATH is set
+ */
+ smp_mb();
+ if (!ACCESS_ONCE(node->locked)) {
+ /*
+ * Halt the CPU only if it is not the queue head
+ */
+ pv_lockwait(NULL);
+ pv_lockstat((pn->cpustate == PV_CPU_KICKED)
+ ? PV_WAKE_KICKED : PV_WAKE_SPURIOUS);
+ }
+ ACCESS_ONCE(pn->cpustate) = PV_CPU_ACTIVE;
+ pn->mayhalt = false;
+
+ if (smp_load_acquire(&node->locked))
+ break;
+ }
+ret:
+ pn->head = node;
+ return true;
+}
+
+/**
+ * pv_wait_head - para-virtualization waiting loop for the queue head
+ * @lock : pointer to the qspinlock structure
+ * @node : pointer to the mcs_spinlock structure
+ * Return: the current lock value
+ *
+ * This function will halt itself if lock is still not available after
+ * QSPIN_THRESHOLD iterations.
+ */
+static inline int
+pv_wait_head(struct qspinlock *lock, struct mcs_spinlock *node)
+{
+ struct pv_qnode *pn = (struct pv_qnode *)node;
+
+ if (!pv_enabled())
+ return smp_load_acquire(&lock->val.counter);
+
+ for (;;) {
+ unsigned int count;
+ s8 oldstate;
+ int val;
+
+reset:
+ count = QSPIN_THRESHOLD;
+ ACCESS_ONCE(pn->cpustate) = PV_CPU_ACTIVE;
+
+ while (count--) {
+ val = smp_load_acquire(&lock->val.counter);
+ if (!(val & _Q_LOCKED_PENDING_MASK))
+ return val;
+ if (pn->cpustate == PV_CPU_KICKED)
+ /*
+ * Reset count and flag
+ */
+ goto reset;
+ cpu_relax();
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * Write the head CPU number into the queue tail node before
+ * halting.
+ */
+ pv_set_head_in_tail(lock, node);
+
+ /*
+ * Set the lock byte to _Q_LOCKED_SLOWPATH before
+ * trying to halt itself. It is possible that the
+ * lock byte had been set to _Q_LOCKED_SLOWPATH
+ * already (spurious wakeup of queue head after a halt
+ * or opportunistic setting in pv_wait_check()).
+ * In this case, just proceeds to sleeping.
+ *
+ * queue head lock holder
+ * ---------- -----------
+ * cpustate = PV_CPU_HALTED
+ * [1] cmpxchg(_Q_LOCKED_VAL [2] cmpxchg(_Q_LOCKED_VAL => 0)
+ * => _Q_LOCKED_SLOWPATH) if (cmpxchg fails &&
+ * if (cmpxchg succeeds) cpustate == PV_CPU_HALTED)
+ * halt() kick()
+ *
+ * Sequence:
+ * 1,2 - slowpath flag set, queue head halted & lock holder
+ * will call slowpath
+ * 2,1 - queue head cmpxchg fails, halt is aborted
+ *
+ * If the queue head CPU is woken up by a spurious interrupt
+ * at the same time as the lock holder check the cpustate,
+ * it is possible that the lock holder will try to kick
+ * the queue head CPU which isn't halted.
+ */
+ oldstate = cmpxchg(&pn->cpustate, PV_CPU_ACTIVE, PV_CPU_HALTED);
+ if (oldstate == PV_CPU_KICKED)
+ continue; /* Reset count & flag */
+
+ val = cmpxchg((u8 *)lock,
+ _Q_LOCKED_VAL, _Q_LOCKED_SLOWPATH);
+ if (val) {
+ pv_lockwait((u8 *)lock);
+ pv_lockstat((pn->cpustate == PV_CPU_KICKED)
+ ? PV_WAKE_KICKED : PV_WAKE_SPURIOUS);
+ } else {
+ /*
+ * The lock is free and no halting is needed
+ */
+ ACCESS_ONCE(pn->cpustate) = PV_CPU_ACTIVE;
+ return smp_load_acquire(&lock->val.counter);
+ }
+ }
+ /* Unreachable */
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * pv_wait_check - check if the CPU has been halted & set _Q_LOCKED_SLOWPATH
+ * @lock: pointer to the qspinlock structure
+ * @node: pointer to the mcs_spinlock structure of lock holder
+ * @next: pointer to the mcs_spinlock structure of new queue head
+ *
+ * The current CPU should have gotten the lock before calling this function.
+ */
+static inline void pv_wait_check(struct qspinlock *lock,
+ struct mcs_spinlock *node, struct mcs_spinlock *next)
+{
+ struct pv_qnode *pnxt = (struct pv_qnode *)next;
+ struct pv_qnode *pcur = (struct pv_qnode *)node;
+
+ if (!pv_enabled())
+ return;
+ /*
+ * Clear the locked and head values of lock holder
+ */
+ pcur->mcs.locked = false;
+ pcur->head = PV_INVALID_HEAD;
+
+ /*
+ * Halt state checking will only be done if the mayhalt flag is set
+ * to avoid the overhead of the memory barrier in normal cases.
+ * It is highly unlikely that the actual writing to the node->locked
+ * flag will be more than 0x10 iterations later than the reading of
+ * the mayhalt flag so that it misses seeing the PV_CPU_HALTED state
+ * which causes lost wakeup.
+ */
+ if (!ACCESS_ONCE(pnxt->mayhalt))
+ return;
+
+ /*
+ * A memory barrier is used here to make sure that the setting
+ * of node->locked flag prior to this function call is visible
+ * to others before checking the cpustate flag.
+ */
+ smp_mb();
+ if (pnxt->cpustate != PV_CPU_HALTED)
+ return;
+
+ ACCESS_ONCE(*(u8 *)lock) = _Q_LOCKED_SLOWPATH;
+ pv_set_head_in_tail(lock, next);
+}
+
+/**
+ * pv_kick_node - kick up the CPU of the given node
+ * @node : pointer to struct mcs_spinlock of the node to be kicked
+ */
+static inline void pv_kick_node(struct mcs_spinlock *node)
+{
+ struct pv_qnode *pn = (struct pv_qnode *)node;
+ s8 oldstate;
+
+ if (!pn)
+ return;
+
+ oldstate = xchg(&pn->cpustate, PV_CPU_KICKED);
+ /*
+ * Kick the CPU only if the state was set to PV_CPU_HALTED
+ */
+ if (oldstate != PV_CPU_HALTED)
+ pv_lockstat(PV_KICK_NOHALT);
+ else
+ pv_kick_cpu(pn->mycpu);
+}
+
+/*
+ * pv_get_qhead - get node pointer of queue head
+ * @lock : pointer to the qspinlock structure
+ * Return: pointer to mcs_spinlock structure of queue head
+ */
+static inline struct mcs_spinlock *pv_get_qhead(struct qspinlock *lock)
+{
+ struct pv_qnode *pn = pv_decode_tail(atomic_read(&lock->val));
+
+ while (pn->head == PV_INVALID_HEAD)
+ cpu_relax();
+
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!pn->head->locked))
+ return NULL;
+
+ return pn->head;
+}
+
+#endif /* _ASM_X86_PVQSPINLOCK_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h
index 05a77fe..e267943 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h
@@ -5,21 +5,59 @@
#include <asm-generic/qspinlock_types.h>
#ifndef CONFIG_X86_PPRO_FENCE
+static __always_inline void native_spin_unlock(struct qspinlock *lock)
+{
+ barrier();
+ ACCESS_ONCE(*(u8 *)lock) = 0;
+}
+#else
+static __always_inline void native_spin_unlock(struct qspinlock *lock)
+{
+ atomic_dec(&lock->val);
+}
+#endif /* !CONFIG_X86_PPRO_FENCE */
#define queue_spin_unlock queue_spin_unlock
+#ifdef CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS
+/*
+ * The lock byte can have a value of _Q_LOCKED_SLOWPATH to indicate
+ * that it needs to go through the slowpath to do the unlocking.
+ */
+#define _Q_LOCKED_SLOWPATH (_Q_LOCKED_VAL | 2)
+
+extern void queue_spin_unlock_slowpath(struct qspinlock *lock);
+
/**
* queue_spin_unlock - release a queue spinlock
* @lock : Pointer to queue spinlock structure
*
* An effective smp_store_release() on the least-significant byte.
+ *
+ * Inlining of the unlock function is disabled when CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS
+ * is defined. So _raw_spin_unlock() will be the only call site that will
+ * have to be patched.
*/
static inline void queue_spin_unlock(struct qspinlock *lock)
{
barrier();
- ACCESS_ONCE(*(u8 *)lock) = 0;
-}
+ if (!static_key_false(¶virt_spinlocks_enabled)) {
+ native_spin_unlock(lock);
+ return;
+ }
-#endif /* !CONFIG_X86_PPRO_FENCE */
+ /*
+ * Need to atomically clear the lock byte to avoid racing with
+ * queue head waiter trying to set _QLOCK_LOCKED_SLOWPATH.
+ */
+ if (unlikely(cmpxchg((u8 *)lock, _Q_LOCKED_VAL, 0) != _Q_LOCKED_VAL))
+ queue_spin_unlock_slowpath(lock);
+}
+#else
+static inline void queue_spin_unlock(struct qspinlock *lock)
+{
+ native_spin_unlock(lock);
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS */
#define virt_queue_spin_lock virt_queue_spin_lock
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt-spinlocks.c b/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt-spinlocks.c
index e434f24..c8a675c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt-spinlocks.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt-spinlocks.c
@@ -10,9 +10,15 @@
struct pv_lock_ops pv_lock_ops = {
#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+#ifdef CONFIG_QUEUE_SPINLOCK
+ .kick_cpu = __PV_IS_CALLEE_SAVE(paravirt_nop),
+ .lockstat = __PV_IS_CALLEE_SAVE(paravirt_nop),
+ .lockwait = __PV_IS_CALLEE_SAVE(paravirt_nop),
+#else
.lock_spinning = __PV_IS_CALLEE_SAVE(paravirt_nop),
.unlock_kick = paravirt_nop,
#endif
+#endif
};
EXPORT_SYMBOL(pv_lock_ops);
diff --git a/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c b/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
index 1c1926a..1662dbd 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
@@ -63,13 +63,33 @@
#include "mcs_spinlock.h"
+#ifdef CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS
+
+#define MAX_NODES 8
+
+static inline bool pv_enabled(void)
+{
+ return static_key_false(¶virt_spinlocks_enabled);
+}
+#else /* !PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS */
+
+#define MAX_NODES 4
+
+static inline bool pv_enabled(void)
+{
+ return false;
+}
+#endif /* PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS */
+
/*
* Per-CPU queue node structures; we can never have more than 4 nested
* contexts: task, softirq, hardirq, nmi.
*
* Exactly fits one 64-byte cacheline on a 64-bit architecture.
+ *
+ * PV doubles the storage and uses the second cacheline for PV state.
*/
-static DEFINE_PER_CPU_ALIGNED(struct mcs_spinlock, mcs_nodes[4]);
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU_ALIGNED(struct mcs_spinlock, mcs_nodes[MAX_NODES]);
/*
* We must be able to distinguish between no-tail and the tail at 0:0,
@@ -228,6 +248,43 @@ static __always_inline void set_locked(struct qspinlock *lock)
ACCESS_ONCE(l->locked) = _Q_LOCKED_VAL;
}
+#ifdef CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS
+
+#include <asm/pvqspinlock.h>
+
+/**
+ * queue_spin_unlock_slowpath - kick up the CPU of the queue head
+ * @lock : Pointer to queue spinlock structure
+ *
+ * The lock is released after finding the queue head to avoid racing
+ * condition between the queue head and the lock holder.
+ */
+void queue_spin_unlock_slowpath(struct qspinlock *lock)
+{
+ struct mcs_spinlock *node = pv_get_qhead(lock);
+
+ /*
+ * Found the queue head, now release the lock before waking it up
+ */
+ native_spin_unlock(lock);
+ pv_kick_node(node);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(queue_spin_unlock_slowpath);
+
+#else
+
+static inline void pv_init_node(struct mcs_spinlock *node) { }
+static inline void pv_wait_check(struct qspinlock *lock,
+ struct mcs_spinlock *node,
+ struct mcs_spinlock *next) { }
+static inline bool pv_link_and_wait_node(u32 old, struct mcs_spinlock *node)
+ { return false; }
+static inline int pv_wait_head(struct qspinlock *lock,
+ struct mcs_spinlock *node)
+ { return smp_load_acquire(&lock->val.counter); }
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS */
+
/**
* queue_spin_lock_slowpath - acquire the queue spinlock
* @lock: Pointer to queue spinlock structure
@@ -257,6 +314,9 @@ void queue_spin_lock_slowpath(struct qspinlock *lock, u32 val)
BUILD_BUG_ON(CONFIG_NR_CPUS >= (1U << _Q_TAIL_CPU_BITS));
+ if (pv_enabled())
+ goto queue;
+
if (virt_queue_spin_lock(lock))
return;
@@ -333,6 +393,7 @@ queue:
node += idx;
node->locked = 0;
node->next = NULL;
+ pv_init_node(node);
/*
* We touched a (possibly) cold cacheline in the per-cpu queue node;
@@ -354,7 +415,7 @@ queue:
* if there was a previous node; link it and wait until reaching the
* head of the waitqueue.
*/
- if (old & _Q_TAIL_MASK) {
+ if (!pv_link_and_wait_node(old, node) && (old & _Q_TAIL_MASK)) {
prev = decode_tail(old);
ACCESS_ONCE(prev->next) = node;
@@ -369,9 +430,11 @@ queue:
*
* *,x,y -> *,0,0
*/
- while ((val = smp_load_acquire(&lock->val.counter)) &
- _Q_LOCKED_PENDING_MASK)
+ val = pv_wait_head(lock, node);
+ while (val & _Q_LOCKED_PENDING_MASK) {
cpu_relax();
+ val = smp_load_acquire(&lock->val.counter);
+ }
/*
* claim the lock:
@@ -402,6 +465,7 @@ queue:
cpu_relax();
arch_mcs_spin_unlock_contended(&next->locked);
+ pv_wait_check(lock, node, next);
release:
/*
--
1.7.1
This patch adds the necessary KVM specific code to allow KVM to
support the CPU halting and kicking operations needed by the queue
spinlock PV code.
Two KVM guests of 20 CPU cores (2 nodes) were created for performance
testing in one of the following three configurations:
1) Only 1 VM is active
2) Both VMs are active and they share the same 20 physical CPUs
(200% overcommit)
The tests run included the disk workload of the AIM7 benchmark on
both ext4 and xfs RAM disks at 3000 users on a 3.17 based kernel. The
"ebizzy -m" test and futextest was was also run and its performance
data were recorded. With two VMs running, the "idle=poll" kernel
option was added to simulate a busy guest. If PV qspinlock is not
enabled, unfairlock will be used automically in a guest.
AIM7 XFS Disk Test (no overcommit)
kernel JPM Real Time Sys Time Usr Time
----- --- --------- -------- --------
PV ticketlock 2542373 7.08 98.95 5.44
PV qspinlock 2549575 7.06 98.63 5.40
unfairlock 2616279 6.91 97.05 5.42
AIM7 XFS Disk Test (200% overcommit)
kernel JPM Real Time Sys Time Usr Time
----- --- --------- -------- --------
PV ticketlock 644468 27.93 415.22 6.33
PV qspinlock 645624 27.88 419.84 0.39
unfairlock 695518 25.88 377.40 4.09
AIM7 EXT4 Disk Test (no overcommit)
kernel JPM Real Time Sys Time Usr Time
----- --- --------- -------- --------
PV ticketlock 1995565 9.02 103.67 5.76
PV qspinlock 2011173 8.95 102.15 5.40
unfairlock 2066590 8.71 98.13 5.46
AIM7 EXT4 Disk Test (200% overcommit)
kernel JPM Real Time Sys Time Usr Time
----- --- --------- -------- --------
PV ticketlock 478341 37.63 495.81 30.78
PV qspinlock 474058 37.97 475.74 30.95
unfairlock 560224 32.13 398.43 26.27
For the AIM7 disk workload, both PV ticketlock and qspinlock have
about the same performance. The unfairlock performs slightly better
than the PV lock.
EBIZZY-m Test (no overcommit)
kernel Rec/s Real Time Sys Time Usr Time
----- ----- --------- -------- --------
PV ticketlock 3255 10.00 60.65 3.62
PV qspinlock 3318 10.00 54.27 3.60
unfairlock 2833 10.00 26.66 3.09
EBIZZY-m Test (200% overcommit)
kernel Rec/s Real Time Sys Time Usr Time
----- ----- --------- -------- --------
PV ticketlock 841 10.00 71.03 2.37
PV qspinlock 834 10.00 68.27 2.39
unfairlock 865 10.00 27.08 1.51
futextest (no overcommit)
kernel kops/s
----- ------
PV ticketlock 11523
PV qspinlock 12328
unfairlock 9478
futextest (200% overcommit)
kernel kops/s
----- ------
PV ticketlock 7276
PV qspinlock 7095
unfairlock 5614
The ebizzy and futextest have much higher spinlock contention than
the AIM7 disk workload. In this case, the unfairlock performs worse
than both the PV ticketlock and qspinlock. The performance of the 2
PV locks are comparable.
Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <[email protected]>
---
arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c | 138 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
kernel/Kconfig.locks | 2 +-
2 files changed, 138 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
index bc11fb5..9fb9015 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ arch_initcall(activate_jump_labels);
#ifdef CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS
/* Kick a cpu by its apicid. Used to wake up a halted vcpu */
-static void kvm_kick_cpu(int cpu)
+void kvm_kick_cpu(int cpu)
{
int apicid;
unsigned long flags = 0;
@@ -568,7 +568,9 @@ static void kvm_kick_cpu(int cpu)
apicid = per_cpu(x86_cpu_to_apicid, cpu);
kvm_hypercall2(KVM_HC_KICK_CPU, flags, apicid);
}
+PV_CALLEE_SAVE_REGS_THUNK(kvm_kick_cpu);
+#ifndef CONFIG_QUEUE_SPINLOCK
enum kvm_contention_stat {
TAKEN_SLOW,
TAKEN_SLOW_PICKUP,
@@ -796,6 +798,132 @@ static void kvm_unlock_kick(struct arch_spinlock *lock, __ticket_t ticket)
}
}
}
+#else /* !CONFIG_QUEUE_SPINLOCK */
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_DEBUG_FS
+static struct dentry *d_spin_debug;
+static struct dentry *d_kvm_debug;
+static u32 kick_nohlt_stats; /* Kick but not halt count */
+static u32 halt_qhead_stats; /* Queue head halting count */
+static u32 halt_qnode_stats; /* Queue node halting count */
+static u32 halt_abort_stats; /* Halting abort count */
+static u32 wake_kick_stats; /* Wakeup by kicking count */
+static u32 wake_spur_stats; /* Spurious wakeup count */
+static u64 time_blocked; /* Total blocking time */
+
+static int __init kvm_spinlock_debugfs(void)
+{
+ d_kvm_debug = debugfs_create_dir("kvm-guest", NULL);
+ if (!d_kvm_debug) {
+ printk(KERN_WARNING
+ "Could not create 'kvm' debugfs directory\n");
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ }
+ d_spin_debug = debugfs_create_dir("spinlocks", d_kvm_debug);
+
+ debugfs_create_u32("kick_nohlt_stats",
+ 0644, d_spin_debug, &kick_nohlt_stats);
+ debugfs_create_u32("halt_qhead_stats",
+ 0644, d_spin_debug, &halt_qhead_stats);
+ debugfs_create_u32("halt_qnode_stats",
+ 0644, d_spin_debug, &halt_qnode_stats);
+ debugfs_create_u32("halt_abort_stats",
+ 0644, d_spin_debug, &halt_abort_stats);
+ debugfs_create_u32("wake_kick_stats",
+ 0644, d_spin_debug, &wake_kick_stats);
+ debugfs_create_u32("wake_spur_stats",
+ 0644, d_spin_debug, &wake_spur_stats);
+ debugfs_create_u64("time_blocked",
+ 0644, d_spin_debug, &time_blocked);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static inline void kvm_halt_stats(enum pv_lock_stats type)
+{
+ if (type == PV_HALT_QHEAD)
+ add_smp(&halt_qhead_stats, 1);
+ else if (type == PV_HALT_QNODE)
+ add_smp(&halt_qnode_stats, 1);
+ else /* type == PV_HALT_ABORT */
+ add_smp(&halt_abort_stats, 1);
+}
+
+void kvm_lock_stats(enum pv_lock_stats type)
+{
+ if (type == PV_WAKE_KICKED)
+ add_smp(&wake_kick_stats, 1);
+ else if (type == PV_WAKE_SPURIOUS)
+ add_smp(&wake_spur_stats, 1);
+ else /* type == PV_KICK_NOHALT */
+ add_smp(&kick_nohlt_stats, 1);
+}
+PV_CALLEE_SAVE_REGS_THUNK(kvm_lock_stats);
+
+static inline u64 spin_time_start(void)
+{
+ return sched_clock();
+}
+
+static inline void spin_time_accum_blocked(u64 start)
+{
+ u64 delta;
+
+ delta = sched_clock() - start;
+ add_smp(&time_blocked, delta);
+}
+
+fs_initcall(kvm_spinlock_debugfs);
+
+#else /* CONFIG_KVM_DEBUG_FS */
+static inline void kvm_halt_stats(enum pv_lock_stats type)
+{
+}
+
+static inline u64 spin_time_start(void)
+{
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static inline void spin_time_accum_blocked(u64 start)
+{
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_KVM_DEBUG_FS */
+
+/*
+ * Halt the current CPU & release it back to the host
+ */
+void kvm_halt_cpu(u8 *lockbyte)
+{
+ unsigned long flags;
+ u64 start;
+
+ if (in_nmi())
+ return;
+
+ /*
+ * Make sure an interrupt handler can't upset things in a
+ * partially setup state.
+ */
+ local_irq_save(flags);
+ /*
+ * Don't halt if the lock byte is defined and is free
+ */
+ if (lockbyte && !ACCESS_ONCE(*lockbyte)) {
+ kvm_halt_stats(PV_HALT_ABORT);
+ goto out;
+ }
+ start = spin_time_start();
+ kvm_halt_stats(lockbyte ? PV_HALT_QHEAD : PV_HALT_QNODE);
+ if (arch_irqs_disabled_flags(flags))
+ halt();
+ else
+ safe_halt();
+ spin_time_accum_blocked(start);
+out:
+ local_irq_restore(flags);
+}
+PV_CALLEE_SAVE_REGS_THUNK(kvm_halt_cpu);
+#endif /* !CONFIG_QUEUE_SPINLOCK */
/*
* Setup pv_lock_ops to exploit KVM_FEATURE_PV_UNHALT if present.
@@ -808,8 +936,16 @@ void __init kvm_spinlock_init(void)
if (!kvm_para_has_feature(KVM_FEATURE_PV_UNHALT))
return;
+#ifdef CONFIG_QUEUE_SPINLOCK
+ pv_lock_ops.kick_cpu = PV_CALLEE_SAVE(kvm_kick_cpu);
+ pv_lock_ops.lockwait = PV_CALLEE_SAVE(kvm_halt_cpu);
+#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_DEBUG_FS
+ pv_lock_ops.lockstat = PV_CALLEE_SAVE(kvm_lock_stats);
+#endif
+#else
pv_lock_ops.lock_spinning = PV_CALLEE_SAVE(kvm_lock_spinning);
pv_lock_ops.unlock_kick = kvm_unlock_kick;
+#endif
}
static __init int kvm_spinlock_init_jump(void)
diff --git a/kernel/Kconfig.locks b/kernel/Kconfig.locks
index 9215fab..57301de 100644
--- a/kernel/Kconfig.locks
+++ b/kernel/Kconfig.locks
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ config ARCH_USE_QUEUE_SPINLOCK
config QUEUE_SPINLOCK
def_bool y if ARCH_USE_QUEUE_SPINLOCK
- depends on SMP && !PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS
+ depends on SMP && (!PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS || !XEN)
config ARCH_USE_QUEUE_RWLOCK
bool
--
1.7.1
This patch adds the necessary XEN specific code to allow XEN to
support the CPU halting and kicking operations needed by the queue
spinlock PV code.
Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <[email protected]>
---
arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c | 149 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
kernel/Kconfig.locks | 2 +-
2 files changed, 145 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c b/arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c
index d1b6a32..8edc197 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@
#include "xen-ops.h"
#include "debugfs.h"
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, lock_kicker_irq) = -1;
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(char *, irq_name);
+static bool xen_pvspin = true;
+
+#ifndef CONFIG_QUEUE_SPINLOCK
+
enum xen_contention_stat {
TAKEN_SLOW,
TAKEN_SLOW_PICKUP,
@@ -100,12 +106,9 @@ struct xen_lock_waiting {
__ticket_t want;
};
-static DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, lock_kicker_irq) = -1;
-static DEFINE_PER_CPU(char *, irq_name);
static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct xen_lock_waiting, lock_waiting);
static cpumask_t waiting_cpus;
-static bool xen_pvspin = true;
__visible void xen_lock_spinning(struct arch_spinlock *lock, __ticket_t want)
{
int irq = __this_cpu_read(lock_kicker_irq);
@@ -213,6 +216,118 @@ static void xen_unlock_kick(struct arch_spinlock *lock, __ticket_t next)
}
}
+#else /* CONFIG_QUEUE_SPINLOCK */
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_XEN_DEBUG_FS
+static u32 kick_nohlt_stats; /* Kick but not halt count */
+static u32 halt_qhead_stats; /* Queue head halting count */
+static u32 halt_qnode_stats; /* Queue node halting count */
+static u32 halt_abort_stats; /* Halting abort count */
+static u32 wake_kick_stats; /* Wakeup by kicking count */
+static u32 wake_spur_stats; /* Spurious wakeup count */
+static u64 time_blocked; /* Total blocking time */
+
+static inline void xen_halt_stats(enum pv_lock_stats type)
+{
+ if (type == PV_HALT_QHEAD)
+ add_smp(&halt_qhead_stats, 1);
+ else if (type == PV_HALT_QNODE)
+ add_smp(&halt_qnode_stats, 1);
+ else /* type == PV_HALT_ABORT */
+ add_smp(&halt_abort_stats, 1);
+}
+
+void xen_lock_stats(enum pv_lock_stats type)
+{
+ if (type == PV_WAKE_KICKED)
+ add_smp(&wake_kick_stats, 1);
+ else if (type == PV_WAKE_SPURIOUS)
+ add_smp(&wake_spur_stats, 1);
+ else /* type == PV_KICK_NOHALT */
+ add_smp(&kick_nohlt_stats, 1);
+}
+PV_CALLEE_SAVE_REGS_THUNK(xen_lock_stats);
+
+static inline u64 spin_time_start(void)
+{
+ return sched_clock();
+}
+
+static inline void spin_time_accum_blocked(u64 start)
+{
+ u64 delta;
+
+ delta = sched_clock() - start;
+ add_smp(&time_blocked, delta);
+}
+#else /* CONFIG_XEN_DEBUG_FS */
+static inline void xen_halt_stats(enum pv_lock_stats type)
+{
+}
+
+static inline u64 spin_time_start(void)
+{
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static inline void spin_time_accum_blocked(u64 start)
+{
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_XEN_DEBUG_FS */
+
+void xen_kick_cpu(int cpu)
+{
+ xen_send_IPI_one(cpu, XEN_SPIN_UNLOCK_VECTOR);
+}
+PV_CALLEE_SAVE_REGS_THUNK(xen_kick_cpu);
+
+/*
+ * Halt the current CPU & release it back to the host
+ */
+void xen_halt_cpu(u8 *lockbyte)
+{
+ int irq = __this_cpu_read(lock_kicker_irq);
+ unsigned long flags;
+ u64 start;
+
+ /* If kicker interrupts not initialized yet, just spin */
+ if (irq == -1)
+ return;
+
+ /*
+ * Make sure an interrupt handler can't upset things in a
+ * partially setup state.
+ */
+ local_irq_save(flags);
+ start = spin_time_start();
+
+ xen_halt_stats(lockbyte ? PV_HALT_QHEAD : PV_HALT_QNODE);
+ /* clear pending */
+ xen_clear_irq_pending(irq);
+
+ /* Allow interrupts while blocked */
+ local_irq_restore(flags);
+ /*
+ * Don't halt if the lock is now available
+ */
+ if (lockbyte && !ACCESS_ONCE(*lockbyte)) {
+ xen_halt_stats(PV_HALT_ABORT);
+ return;
+ }
+ /*
+ * If an interrupt happens here, it will leave the wakeup irq
+ * pending, which will cause xen_poll_irq() to return
+ * immediately.
+ */
+
+ /* Block until irq becomes pending (or perhaps a spurious wakeup) */
+ xen_poll_irq(irq);
+ spin_time_accum_blocked(start);
+}
+PV_CALLEE_SAVE_REGS_THUNK(xen_halt_cpu);
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_QUEUE_SPINLOCK */
+
static irqreturn_t dummy_handler(int irq, void *dev_id)
{
BUG();
@@ -258,7 +373,6 @@ void xen_uninit_lock_cpu(int cpu)
per_cpu(irq_name, cpu) = NULL;
}
-
/*
* Our init of PV spinlocks is split in two init functions due to us
* using paravirt patching and jump labels patching and having to do
@@ -275,8 +389,17 @@ void __init xen_init_spinlocks(void)
return;
}
printk(KERN_DEBUG "xen: PV spinlocks enabled\n");
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_QUEUE_SPINLOCK
+ pv_lock_ops.kick_cpu = PV_CALLEE_SAVE(xen_kick_cpu);
+ pv_lock_ops.lockwait = PV_CALLEE_SAVE(xen_halt_cpu);
+#ifdef CONFIG_XEN_DEBUG_FS
+ pv_lock_ops.lockstat = PV_CALLEE_SAVE(xen_lock_stats);
+#endif
+#else
pv_lock_ops.lock_spinning = PV_CALLEE_SAVE(xen_lock_spinning);
pv_lock_ops.unlock_kick = xen_unlock_kick;
+#endif
}
/*
@@ -321,6 +444,7 @@ static int __init xen_spinlock_debugfs(void)
d_spin_debug = debugfs_create_dir("spinlocks", d_xen);
+#ifndef CONFIG_QUEUE_SPINLOCK
debugfs_create_u8("zero_stats", 0644, d_spin_debug, &zero_stats);
debugfs_create_u32("taken_slow", 0444, d_spin_debug,
@@ -340,7 +464,22 @@ static int __init xen_spinlock_debugfs(void)
debugfs_create_u32_array("histo_blocked", 0444, d_spin_debug,
spinlock_stats.histo_spin_blocked, HISTO_BUCKETS + 1);
-
+#else /* CONFIG_QUEUE_SPINLOCK */
+ debugfs_create_u32("kick_nohlt_stats",
+ 0644, d_spin_debug, &kick_nohlt_stats);
+ debugfs_create_u32("halt_qhead_stats",
+ 0644, d_spin_debug, &halt_qhead_stats);
+ debugfs_create_u32("halt_qnode_stats",
+ 0644, d_spin_debug, &halt_qnode_stats);
+ debugfs_create_u32("halt_abort_stats",
+ 0644, d_spin_debug, &halt_abort_stats);
+ debugfs_create_u32("wake_kick_stats",
+ 0644, d_spin_debug, &wake_kick_stats);
+ debugfs_create_u32("wake_spur_stats",
+ 0644, d_spin_debug, &wake_spur_stats);
+ debugfs_create_u64("time_blocked",
+ 0644, d_spin_debug, &time_blocked);
+#endif /* CONFIG_QUEUE_SPINLOCK */
return 0;
}
fs_initcall(xen_spinlock_debugfs);
diff --git a/kernel/Kconfig.locks b/kernel/Kconfig.locks
index 57301de..1e66280 100644
--- a/kernel/Kconfig.locks
+++ b/kernel/Kconfig.locks
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ config ARCH_USE_QUEUE_SPINLOCK
config QUEUE_SPINLOCK
def_bool y if ARCH_USE_QUEUE_SPINLOCK
- depends on SMP && (!PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS || !XEN)
+ depends on SMP
config ARCH_USE_QUEUE_RWLOCK
bool
--
1.7.1
From: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
When we detect a hypervisor (!paravirt, see qspinlock paravirt support
patches), revert to a simple test-and-set lock to avoid the horrors
of queue preemption.
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <[email protected]>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h | 14 ++++++++++++++
include/asm-generic/qspinlock.h | 7 +++++++
kernel/locking/qspinlock.c | 3 +++
3 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h
index a6a8762..05a77fe 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
#ifndef _ASM_X86_QSPINLOCK_H
#define _ASM_X86_QSPINLOCK_H
+#include <asm/cpufeature.h>
#include <asm-generic/qspinlock_types.h>
#ifndef CONFIG_X86_PPRO_FENCE
@@ -20,6 +21,19 @@ static inline void queue_spin_unlock(struct qspinlock *lock)
#endif /* !CONFIG_X86_PPRO_FENCE */
+#define virt_queue_spin_lock virt_queue_spin_lock
+
+static inline bool virt_queue_spin_lock(struct qspinlock *lock)
+{
+ if (!static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_HYPERVISOR))
+ return false;
+
+ while (atomic_cmpxchg(&lock->val, 0, _Q_LOCKED_VAL) != 0)
+ cpu_relax();
+
+ return true;
+}
+
#include <asm-generic/qspinlock.h>
#endif /* _ASM_X86_QSPINLOCK_H */
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/qspinlock.h b/include/asm-generic/qspinlock.h
index e8a7ae8..a53a7bb 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/qspinlock.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/qspinlock.h
@@ -98,6 +98,13 @@ static __always_inline void queue_spin_unlock(struct qspinlock *lock)
}
#endif
+#ifndef virt_queue_spin_lock
+static __always_inline bool virt_queue_spin_lock(struct qspinlock *lock)
+{
+ return false;
+}
+#endif
+
/*
* Initializier
*/
diff --git a/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c b/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
index fb0e988..1c1926a 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
@@ -257,6 +257,9 @@ void queue_spin_lock_slowpath(struct qspinlock *lock, u32 val)
BUILD_BUG_ON(CONFIG_NR_CPUS >= (1U << _Q_TAIL_CPU_BITS));
+ if (virt_queue_spin_lock(lock))
+ return;
+
/*
* wait for in-progress pending->locked hand-overs
*
--
1.7.1
This is a preparatory patch that extracts out the following 2 code
snippets to prepare for the next performance optimization patch.
1) the logic for the exchange of new and previous tail code words
into a new xchg_tail() function.
2) the logic for clearing the pending bit and setting the locked bit
into a new clear_pending_set_locked() function.
This patch also simplifies the trylock operation before queuing by
calling queue_spin_trylock() directly.
Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
---
include/asm-generic/qspinlock_types.h | 2 +
kernel/locking/qspinlock.c | 91 +++++++++++++++++++++-----------
2 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/qspinlock_types.h b/include/asm-generic/qspinlock_types.h
index 4196694..88d647c 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/qspinlock_types.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/qspinlock_types.h
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ typedef struct qspinlock {
#define _Q_TAIL_CPU_BITS (32 - _Q_TAIL_CPU_OFFSET)
#define _Q_TAIL_CPU_MASK _Q_SET_MASK(TAIL_CPU)
+#define _Q_TAIL_MASK (_Q_TAIL_IDX_MASK | _Q_TAIL_CPU_MASK)
+
#define _Q_LOCKED_VAL (1U << _Q_LOCKED_OFFSET)
#define _Q_PENDING_VAL (1U << _Q_PENDING_OFFSET)
diff --git a/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c b/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
index 226b11d..48bd2ad 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
@@ -95,6 +95,54 @@ static inline struct mcs_spinlock *decode_tail(u32 tail)
#define _Q_LOCKED_PENDING_MASK (_Q_LOCKED_MASK | _Q_PENDING_MASK)
/**
+ * clear_pending_set_locked - take ownership and clear the pending bit.
+ * @lock: Pointer to queue spinlock structure
+ * @val : Current value of the queue spinlock 32-bit word
+ *
+ * *,1,0 -> *,0,1
+ */
+static __always_inline void
+clear_pending_set_locked(struct qspinlock *lock, u32 val)
+{
+ u32 new, old;
+
+ for (;;) {
+ new = (val & ~_Q_PENDING_MASK) | _Q_LOCKED_VAL;
+
+ old = atomic_cmpxchg(&lock->val, val, new);
+ if (old == val)
+ break;
+
+ val = old;
+ }
+}
+
+/**
+ * xchg_tail - Put in the new queue tail code word & retrieve previous one
+ * @lock : Pointer to queue spinlock structure
+ * @tail : The new queue tail code word
+ * Return: The previous queue tail code word
+ *
+ * xchg(lock, tail)
+ *
+ * p,*,* -> n,*,* ; prev = xchg(lock, node)
+ */
+static __always_inline u32 xchg_tail(struct qspinlock *lock, u32 tail)
+{
+ u32 old, new, val = atomic_read(&lock->val);
+
+ for (;;) {
+ new = (val & _Q_LOCKED_PENDING_MASK) | tail;
+ old = atomic_cmpxchg(&lock->val, val, new);
+ if (old == val)
+ break;
+
+ val = old;
+ }
+ return old;
+}
+
+/**
* queue_spin_lock_slowpath - acquire the queue spinlock
* @lock: Pointer to queue spinlock structure
* @val: Current value of the queue spinlock 32-bit word
@@ -176,15 +224,7 @@ void queue_spin_lock_slowpath(struct qspinlock *lock, u32 val)
*
* *,1,0 -> *,0,1
*/
- for (;;) {
- new = (val & ~_Q_PENDING_MASK) | _Q_LOCKED_VAL;
-
- old = atomic_cmpxchg(&lock->val, val, new);
- if (old == val)
- break;
-
- val = old;
- }
+ clear_pending_set_locked(lock, val);
return;
/*
@@ -201,37 +241,26 @@ queue:
node->next = NULL;
/*
- * We have already touched the queueing cacheline; don't bother with
- * pending stuff.
- *
- * trylock || xchg(lock, node)
- *
- * 0,0,0 -> 0,0,1 ; no tail, not locked -> no tail, locked.
- * p,y,x -> n,y,x ; tail was p -> tail is n; preserving locked.
+ * We touched a (possibly) cold cacheline in the per-cpu queue node;
+ * attempt the trylock once more in the hope someone let go while we
+ * weren't watching.
*/
- for (;;) {
- new = _Q_LOCKED_VAL;
- if (val)
- new = tail | (val & _Q_LOCKED_PENDING_MASK);
-
- old = atomic_cmpxchg(&lock->val, val, new);
- if (old == val)
- break;
-
- val = old;
- }
+ if (queue_spin_trylock(lock))
+ goto release;
/*
- * we won the trylock; forget about queueing.
+ * We have already touched the queueing cacheline; don't bother with
+ * pending stuff.
+ *
+ * p,*,* -> n,*,*
*/
- if (new == _Q_LOCKED_VAL)
- goto release;
+ old = xchg_tail(lock, tail);
/*
* if there was a previous node; link it and wait until reaching the
* head of the waitqueue.
*/
- if (old & ~_Q_LOCKED_PENDING_MASK) {
+ if (old & _Q_TAIL_MASK) {
prev = decode_tail(old);
ACCESS_ONCE(prev->next) = node;
--
1.7.1
From: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
Because the qspinlock needs to touch a second cacheline (the per-cpu
mcs_nodes[]); add a pending bit and allow a single in-word spinner
before we punt to the second cacheline.
It is possible so observe the pending bit without the locked bit when
the last owner has just released but the pending owner has not yet
taken ownership.
In this case we would normally queue -- because the pending bit is
already taken. However, in this case the pending bit is guaranteed
to be released 'soon', therefore wait for it and avoid queueing.
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <[email protected]>
---
include/asm-generic/qspinlock_types.h | 12 +++-
kernel/locking/qspinlock.c | 119 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
2 files changed, 107 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/qspinlock_types.h b/include/asm-generic/qspinlock_types.h
index 67a2110..4196694 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/qspinlock_types.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/qspinlock_types.h
@@ -36,8 +36,9 @@ typedef struct qspinlock {
* Bitfields in the atomic value:
*
* 0- 7: locked byte
- * 8- 9: tail index
- * 10-31: tail cpu (+1)
+ * 8: pending
+ * 9-10: tail index
+ * 11-31: tail cpu (+1)
*/
#define _Q_SET_MASK(type) (((1U << _Q_ ## type ## _BITS) - 1)\
<< _Q_ ## type ## _OFFSET)
@@ -45,7 +46,11 @@ typedef struct qspinlock {
#define _Q_LOCKED_BITS 8
#define _Q_LOCKED_MASK _Q_SET_MASK(LOCKED)
-#define _Q_TAIL_IDX_OFFSET (_Q_LOCKED_OFFSET + _Q_LOCKED_BITS)
+#define _Q_PENDING_OFFSET (_Q_LOCKED_OFFSET + _Q_LOCKED_BITS)
+#define _Q_PENDING_BITS 1
+#define _Q_PENDING_MASK _Q_SET_MASK(PENDING)
+
+#define _Q_TAIL_IDX_OFFSET (_Q_PENDING_OFFSET + _Q_PENDING_BITS)
#define _Q_TAIL_IDX_BITS 2
#define _Q_TAIL_IDX_MASK _Q_SET_MASK(TAIL_IDX)
@@ -54,5 +59,6 @@ typedef struct qspinlock {
#define _Q_TAIL_CPU_MASK _Q_SET_MASK(TAIL_CPU)
#define _Q_LOCKED_VAL (1U << _Q_LOCKED_OFFSET)
+#define _Q_PENDING_VAL (1U << _Q_PENDING_OFFSET)
#endif /* __ASM_GENERIC_QSPINLOCK_TYPES_H */
diff --git a/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c b/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
index c114076..226b11d 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
@@ -92,24 +92,28 @@ static inline struct mcs_spinlock *decode_tail(u32 tail)
return per_cpu_ptr(&mcs_nodes[idx], cpu);
}
+#define _Q_LOCKED_PENDING_MASK (_Q_LOCKED_MASK | _Q_PENDING_MASK)
+
/**
* queue_spin_lock_slowpath - acquire the queue spinlock
* @lock: Pointer to queue spinlock structure
* @val: Current value of the queue spinlock 32-bit word
*
- * (queue tail, lock value)
- *
- * fast : slow : unlock
- * : :
- * uncontended (0,0) --:--> (0,1) --------------------------------:--> (*,0)
- * : | ^--------. / :
- * : v \ | :
- * uncontended : (n,x) --+--> (n,0) | :
- * queue : | ^--' | :
- * : v | :
- * contended : (*,x) --+--> (*,0) -----> (*,1) ---' :
- * queue : ^--' :
+ * (queue tail, pending bit, lock value)
*
+ * fast : slow : unlock
+ * : :
+ * uncontended (0,0,0) -:--> (0,0,1) ------------------------------:--> (*,*,0)
+ * : | ^--------.------. / :
+ * : v \ \ | :
+ * pending : (0,1,1) +--> (0,1,0) \ | :
+ * : | ^--' | | :
+ * : v | | :
+ * uncontended : (n,x,y) +--> (n,0,0) --' | :
+ * queue : | ^--' | :
+ * : v | :
+ * contended : (*,x,y) +--> (*,0,0) ---> (*,0,1) -' :
+ * queue : ^--' :
*/
void queue_spin_lock_slowpath(struct qspinlock *lock, u32 val)
{
@@ -119,6 +123,75 @@ void queue_spin_lock_slowpath(struct qspinlock *lock, u32 val)
BUILD_BUG_ON(CONFIG_NR_CPUS >= (1U << _Q_TAIL_CPU_BITS));
+ /*
+ * wait for in-progress pending->locked hand-overs
+ *
+ * 0,1,0 -> 0,0,1
+ */
+ if (val == _Q_PENDING_VAL) {
+ while ((val = atomic_read(&lock->val)) == _Q_PENDING_VAL)
+ cpu_relax();
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * trylock || pending
+ *
+ * 0,0,0 -> 0,0,1 ; trylock
+ * 0,0,1 -> 0,1,1 ; pending
+ */
+ for (;;) {
+ /*
+ * If we observe any contention; queue.
+ */
+ if (val & ~_Q_LOCKED_MASK)
+ goto queue;
+
+ new = _Q_LOCKED_VAL;
+ if (val == new)
+ new |= _Q_PENDING_VAL;
+
+ old = atomic_cmpxchg(&lock->val, val, new);
+ if (old == val)
+ break;
+
+ val = old;
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * we won the trylock
+ */
+ if (new == _Q_LOCKED_VAL)
+ return;
+
+ /*
+ * we're pending, wait for the owner to go away.
+ *
+ * *,1,1 -> *,1,0
+ */
+ while ((val = atomic_read(&lock->val)) & _Q_LOCKED_MASK)
+ cpu_relax();
+
+ /*
+ * take ownership and clear the pending bit.
+ *
+ * *,1,0 -> *,0,1
+ */
+ for (;;) {
+ new = (val & ~_Q_PENDING_MASK) | _Q_LOCKED_VAL;
+
+ old = atomic_cmpxchg(&lock->val, val, new);
+ if (old == val)
+ break;
+
+ val = old;
+ }
+ return;
+
+ /*
+ * End of pending bit optimistic spinning and beginning of MCS
+ * queuing.
+ */
+queue:
node = this_cpu_ptr(&mcs_nodes[0]);
idx = node->count++;
tail = encode_tail(smp_processor_id(), idx);
@@ -128,15 +201,18 @@ void queue_spin_lock_slowpath(struct qspinlock *lock, u32 val)
node->next = NULL;
/*
+ * We have already touched the queueing cacheline; don't bother with
+ * pending stuff.
+ *
* trylock || xchg(lock, node)
*
- * 0,0 -> 0,1 ; no tail, not locked -> no tail, locked.
- * p,x -> n,x ; tail was p -> tail is n; preserving locked.
+ * 0,0,0 -> 0,0,1 ; no tail, not locked -> no tail, locked.
+ * p,y,x -> n,y,x ; tail was p -> tail is n; preserving locked.
*/
for (;;) {
new = _Q_LOCKED_VAL;
if (val)
- new = tail | (val & _Q_LOCKED_MASK);
+ new = tail | (val & _Q_LOCKED_PENDING_MASK);
old = atomic_cmpxchg(&lock->val, val, new);
if (old == val)
@@ -155,7 +231,7 @@ void queue_spin_lock_slowpath(struct qspinlock *lock, u32 val)
* if there was a previous node; link it and wait until reaching the
* head of the waitqueue.
*/
- if (old & ~_Q_LOCKED_MASK) {
+ if (old & ~_Q_LOCKED_PENDING_MASK) {
prev = decode_tail(old);
ACCESS_ONCE(prev->next) = node;
@@ -163,18 +239,19 @@ void queue_spin_lock_slowpath(struct qspinlock *lock, u32 val)
}
/*
- * we're at the head of the waitqueue, wait for the owner to go away.
+ * we're at the head of the waitqueue, wait for the owner & pending to
+ * go away.
*
- * *,x -> *,0
+ * *,x,y -> *,0,0
*/
- while ((val = atomic_read(&lock->val)) & _Q_LOCKED_MASK)
+ while ((val = atomic_read(&lock->val)) & _Q_LOCKED_PENDING_MASK)
cpu_relax();
/*
* claim the lock:
*
- * n,0 -> 0,1 : lock, uncontended
- * *,0 -> *,1 : lock, contended
+ * n,0,0 -> 0,0,1 : lock, uncontended
+ * *,0,0 -> *,0,1 : lock, contended
*/
for (;;) {
new = _Q_LOCKED_VAL;
--
1.7.1
On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 02:10:38PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
> +static inline void pv_init_node(struct mcs_spinlock *node)
> +{
> + struct pv_qnode *pn = (struct pv_qnode *)node;
> +
> + BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct pv_qnode) > 5*sizeof(struct mcs_spinlock));
> +
> + if (!pv_enabled())
> + return;
> +
> + pn->cpustate = PV_CPU_ACTIVE;
> + pn->mayhalt = false;
> + pn->mycpu = smp_processor_id();
> + pn->head = PV_INVALID_HEAD;
> +}
> @@ -333,6 +393,7 @@ queue:
> node += idx;
> node->locked = 0;
> node->next = NULL;
> + pv_init_node(node);
>
> /*
> * We touched a (possibly) cold cacheline in the per-cpu queue node;
So even if !pv_enabled() the compiler will still have to emit the code
for that inline, which will generate additional register pressure,
icache pressure and lovely stuff like that.
The patch I had used pv-ops for these things that would turn into NOPs
in the regular case and callee-saved function calls for the PV case.
That still does not entirely eliminate cost, but does reduce it
significant. Please consider using that.
On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 02:10:38PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
> Since enabling paravirt spinlock will disable unlock function inlining,
> a jump label can be added to the unlock function without adding patch
> sites all over the kernel.
But you don't have to. My patches allowed for the inline to remain,
again reducing the overhead of enabling PV spinlocks while running on a
real machine.
Look at:
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
In particular this hunk:
Index: linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt_patch_64.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt_patch_64.c
+++ linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt_patch_64.c
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ DEF_NATIVE(pv_cpu_ops, swapgs, "swapgs")
DEF_NATIVE(, mov32, "mov %edi, %eax");
DEF_NATIVE(, mov64, "mov %rdi, %rax");
+#if defined(CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS) && defined(CONFIG_QUEUE_SPINLOCK)
+DEF_NATIVE(pv_lock_ops, queue_unlock, "movb $0, (%rdi)");
+#endif
+
unsigned paravirt_patch_ident_32(void *insnbuf, unsigned len)
{
return paravirt_patch_insns(insnbuf, len,
@@ -61,6 +65,9 @@ unsigned native_patch(u8 type, u16 clobb
PATCH_SITE(pv_cpu_ops, clts);
PATCH_SITE(pv_mmu_ops, flush_tlb_single);
PATCH_SITE(pv_cpu_ops, wbinvd);
+#if defined(CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS) && defined(CONFIG_QUEUE_SPINLOCK)
+ PATCH_SITE(pv_lock_ops, queue_unlock);
+#endif
patch_site:
ret = paravirt_patch_insns(ibuf, len, start, end);
That makes sure to overwrite the callee-saved call to the
pv_lock_ops::queue_unlock with the immediate asm "movb $0, (%rdi)".
Therefore you can retain the inlined unlock with hardly (there might be
some NOP padding) any overhead at all. On PV it reverts to a callee
saved function call.
On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 02:10:29PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
> v11->v12:
> - Based on PeterZ's version of the qspinlock patch
> (https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/6/15/63).
> - Incorporated many of the review comments from Konrad Wilk and
> Paolo Bonzini.
> - The pvqspinlock code is largely from my previous version with
> PeterZ's way of going from queue tail to head and his idea of
> using callee saved calls to KVM and XEN codes.
Thanks for taking the time to refresh this.. I would prefer you use a
little more of the PV techniques I outlined in my latest PV patch to
further reduce the overhead of PV enabled kernels on real hardware.
This is an important use case, because distro kernels will have to
enable PV support while their majority of installations will be on
physical hardware.
Other than that I see no reason not to move this forward.
On 10/24/2014 04:47 AM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 02:10:38PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
>> +static inline void pv_init_node(struct mcs_spinlock *node)
>> +{
>> + struct pv_qnode *pn = (struct pv_qnode *)node;
>> +
>> + BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct pv_qnode)> 5*sizeof(struct mcs_spinlock));
>> +
>> + if (!pv_enabled())
>> + return;
>> +
>> + pn->cpustate = PV_CPU_ACTIVE;
>> + pn->mayhalt = false;
>> + pn->mycpu = smp_processor_id();
>> + pn->head = PV_INVALID_HEAD;
>> +}
>
>> @@ -333,6 +393,7 @@ queue:
>> node += idx;
>> node->locked = 0;
>> node->next = NULL;
>> + pv_init_node(node);
>>
>> /*
>> * We touched a (possibly) cold cacheline in the per-cpu queue node;
>
> So even if !pv_enabled() the compiler will still have to emit the code
> for that inline, which will generate additional register pressure,
> icache pressure and lovely stuff like that.
>
> The patch I had used pv-ops for these things that would turn into NOPs
> in the regular case and callee-saved function calls for the PV case.
>
> That still does not entirely eliminate cost, but does reduce it
> significant. Please consider using that.
The additional register pressure may just cause a few more register
moves which should be negligible in the overall performance . The
additional icache pressure, however, may have some impact on
performance. I was trying to balance the performance of the pv and
non-pv versions so that we won't penalize the pv code too much for a bit
more performance in the non-pv code. Doing it your way will add a lot of
function call and register saving/restoring to the pv code.
Another alternative that I can think of is to generate 2 versions of the
slowpath code - one pv and one non-pv out of the same source code. The
non-pv code will call into the pv code once if pv is enabled. In this
way, it won't increase the icache and register pressure of the non-pv
code. However, this may make the source code a bit harder to read.
Please let me know your thought on this alternate approach.
-Longman
On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 04:53:27PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
> The additional register pressure may just cause a few more register moves
> which should be negligible in the overall performance . The additional
> icache pressure, however, may have some impact on performance. I was trying
> to balance the performance of the pv and non-pv versions so that we won't
> penalize the pv code too much for a bit more performance in the non-pv code.
> Doing it your way will add a lot of function call and register
> saving/restoring to the pv code.
If people care about performance they should not be using virt crap :-)
I only really care about bare metal.
On Sat, 2014-10-25 at 00:04 +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 04:53:27PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
> > The additional register pressure may just cause a few more register moves
> > which should be negligible in the overall performance . The additional
> > icache pressure, however, may have some impact on performance. I was trying
> > to balance the performance of the pv and non-pv versions so that we won't
> > penalize the pv code too much for a bit more performance in the non-pv code.
> > Doing it your way will add a lot of function call and register
> > saving/restoring to the pv code.
>
> If people care about performance they should not be using virt crap :-)
I tried some benching recently.. where did they hide the fastpaths? :)
-Mike
On 10/24/2014 06:04 PM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 04:53:27PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
>> The additional register pressure may just cause a few more register moves
>> which should be negligible in the overall performance . The additional
>> icache pressure, however, may have some impact on performance. I was trying
>> to balance the performance of the pv and non-pv versions so that we won't
>> penalize the pv code too much for a bit more performance in the non-pv code.
>> Doing it your way will add a lot of function call and register
>> saving/restoring to the pv code.
> If people care about performance they should not be using virt crap :-)
>
> I only really care about bare metal.
Yes, I am aware of that. However, the whole point of doing PV spinlock
is to improve performance in a virtual guest.
Anyway, I had done some measurements. In my test system, the
queue_spin_lock_slowpath() function has a text size of about 400 bytes
without PV, but 1120 bytes with PV. I made some changes to create
separate versions of PV and non-PV slowpath functions as shown by the
diff below. The text size is now about 430 bytes for the non-PV version
and 925 bytes for the PV version. The overall object size increases by a
bit more than 200 bytes, but the icache footprint should be reduced no
matter which version is used.
-Longman
----------------------------------------
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pvqspinlock.h
b/arch/x86/include/asm/pvqspinlo
index d424252..241bf30 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pvqspinlock.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pvqspinlock.h
@@ -79,9 +79,6 @@ static inline void pv_init_node(struct mcs_spinlock *node)
BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct pv_qnode) > 5*sizeof(struct
mcs_spinlock));
- if (!pv_enabled())
- return;
-
pn->cpustate = PV_CPU_ACTIVE;
pn->mayhalt = false;
pn->mycpu = smp_processor_id();
@@ -132,9 +129,6 @@ static inline bool pv_link_and_wait_node(u32 old,
struct mcs
struct pv_qnode *ppn, *pn = (struct pv_qnode *)node;
unsigned int count;
- if (!pv_enabled())
- return false;
-
if (!(old & _Q_TAIL_MASK)) {
node->locked = true; /* At queue head now */
goto ret;
@@ -236,9 +230,6 @@ pv_wait_head(struct qspinlock *lock, struct
mcs_spinlock *no
{
struct pv_qnode *pn = (struct pv_qnode *)node;
- if (!pv_enabled())
- return smp_load_acquire(&lock->val.counter);
-
for (;;) {
unsigned int count;
s8 oldstate;
@@ -328,8 +319,6 @@ static inline void pv_wait_check(struct qspinlock *lock,
struct pv_qnode *pnxt = (struct pv_qnode *)next;
struct pv_qnode *pcur = (struct pv_qnode *)node;
- if (!pv_enabled())
- return;
/*
* Clear the locked and head values of lock holder
*/
diff --git a/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c b/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
index 1662dbd..05aea57 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
* Authors: Waiman Long <[email protected]>
* Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
*/
+#ifndef _GEN_PV_LOCK_SLOWPATH
#include <linux/smp.h>
#include <linux/bug.h>
#include <linux/cpumask.h>
@@ -271,19 +272,37 @@ void queue_spin_unlock_slowpath(struct qspinlock
*lock)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(queue_spin_unlock_slowpath);
-#else
+static void pv_queue_spin_lock_slowpath(struct qspinlock *lock, u32 val);
+
+#else /* CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS */
+
+static inline void pv_queue_spin_lock_slowpath(struct qspinlock *lock,
u32 val)
+ { }
-static inline void pv_init_node(struct mcs_spinlock *node) { }
-static inline void pv_wait_check(struct qspinlock *lock,
- struct mcs_spinlock *node,
- struct mcs_spinlock *next) { }
-static inline bool pv_link_and_wait_node(u32 old, struct mcs_spinlock
*node)
+#endif /* CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS */
+
+/*
+ * Dummy PV functions for bare-metal slowpath code
+ */
+static inline void nopv_init_node(struct mcs_spinlock *node) { }
+static inline void nopv_wait_check(struct qspinlock *lock,
+ struct mcs_spinlock *node,
+ struct mcs_spinlock *next) { }
+static inline bool nopv_link_and_wait_node(u32 old, struct mcs_spinlock
*node)
{ return false; }
-static inline int pv_wait_head(struct qspinlock *lock,
+static inline int nopv_wait_head(struct qspinlock *lock,
struct mcs_spinlock *node)
{ return smp_load_acquire(&lock->val.counter); }
+static inline bool return_true(void) { return true; }
+static inline bool return_false(void) { return false; }
-#endif /* CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS */
+#define pv_init_node nopv_init_node
+#define pv_wait_check nopv_wait_check
+#define pv_link_and_wait_node nopv_link_and_wait_node
+#define pv_wait_head nopv_wait_head
+#define in_pv_code return_false
+
+#endif /* _GEN_PV_LOCK_SLOWPATH */
/**
* queue_spin_lock_slowpath - acquire the queue spinlock
@@ -306,7 +325,11 @@ static inline int pv_wait_head(struct qspinlock *lock,
* contended : (*,x,y) +--> (*,0,0) ---> (*,0,1) -' :
* queue : ^--' :
*/
+#ifdef _GEN_PV_LOCK_SLOWPATH
+static void pv_queue_spin_lock_slowpath(struct qspinlock *lock, u32 val)
+#else
void queue_spin_lock_slowpath(struct qspinlock *lock, u32 val)
+#endif
{
struct mcs_spinlock *prev, *next, *node;
u32 new, old, tail;
@@ -314,7 +337,12 @@ void queue_spin_lock_slowpath(struct qspinlock
*lock, u32 v
BUILD_BUG_ON(CONFIG_NR_CPUS >= (1U << _Q_TAIL_CPU_BITS));
- if (pv_enabled())
+ if (pv_enabled()) {
+ pv_queue_spin_lock_slowpath(lock, val);
+ return;
+ }
+
+ if (in_pv_code())
goto queue;
if (virt_queue_spin_lock(lock))
@@ -474,3 +502,23 @@ release:
this_cpu_dec(mcs_nodes[0].count);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(queue_spin_lock_slowpath);
+
+#if !defined(_GEN_PV_LOCK_SLOWPATH) && defined(CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS)
+/*
+ * Generate the PV version of the queue_spin_lock_slowpath function
+ */
+#undef pv_init_node
+#undef pv_wait_check
+#undef pv_link_and_wait_node
+#undef pv_wait_head
+#undef EXPORT_SYMBOL
+#undef in_pv_code
+
+#define _GEN_PV_LOCK_SLOWPATH
+#define EXPORT_SYMBOL(x)
+#define in_pv_code return_true
+#define pv_enabled return_false
+
+#include "qspinlock.c"
+
+#endif
On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 01:15:53PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
> On 10/24/2014 06:04 PM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> >On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 04:53:27PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
> >>The additional register pressure may just cause a few more register moves
> >>which should be negligible in the overall performance . The additional
> >>icache pressure, however, may have some impact on performance. I was trying
> >>to balance the performance of the pv and non-pv versions so that we won't
> >>penalize the pv code too much for a bit more performance in the non-pv code.
> >>Doing it your way will add a lot of function call and register
> >>saving/restoring to the pv code.
> >If people care about performance they should not be using virt crap :-)
> >
> >I only really care about bare metal.
>
> Yes, I am aware of that. However, the whole point of doing PV spinlock is to
> improve performance in a virtual guest.
Anything that avoids the lock holder preemption nonsense is a _massive_
win for them, a few function calls should not even register on that
scale.
> +#ifdef _GEN_PV_LOCK_SLOWPATH
> +static void pv_queue_spin_lock_slowpath(struct qspinlock *lock, u32 val)
> +#else
> void queue_spin_lock_slowpath(struct qspinlock *lock, u32 val)
> +#endif
If you have two functions you might as well use the PV stuff to patch in
the right function call at the usage sites and avoid:
> + if (pv_enabled()) {
> + pv_queue_spin_lock_slowpath(lock, val);
> + return;
> + }
this alltogether.
> this_cpu_dec(mcs_nodes[0].count);
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(queue_spin_lock_slowpath);
> +
> +#if !defined(_GEN_PV_LOCK_SLOWPATH) && defined(CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS)
> +/*
> + * Generate the PV version of the queue_spin_lock_slowpath function
> + */
> +#undef pv_init_node
> +#undef pv_wait_check
> +#undef pv_link_and_wait_node
> +#undef pv_wait_head
> +#undef EXPORT_SYMBOL
> +#undef in_pv_code
> +
> +#define _GEN_PV_LOCK_SLOWPATH
> +#define EXPORT_SYMBOL(x)
> +#define in_pv_code return_true
> +#define pv_enabled return_false
> +
> +#include "qspinlock.c"
> +
> +#endif
That's properly disgusting :-) But a lot better than actually
duplicating everything I suppose.
On 10/24/2014 04:54 AM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 02:10:38PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
>
>> Since enabling paravirt spinlock will disable unlock function inlining,
>> a jump label can be added to the unlock function without adding patch
>> sites all over the kernel.
> But you don't have to. My patches allowed for the inline to remain,
> again reducing the overhead of enabling PV spinlocks while running on a
> real machine.
>
> Look at:
>
> http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
>
> In particular this hunk:
>
> Index: linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt_patch_64.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.orig/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt_patch_64.c
> +++ linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt_patch_64.c
> @@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ DEF_NATIVE(pv_cpu_ops, swapgs, "swapgs")
> DEF_NATIVE(, mov32, "mov %edi, %eax");
> DEF_NATIVE(, mov64, "mov %rdi, %rax");
>
> +#if defined(CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS)&& defined(CONFIG_QUEUE_SPINLOCK)
> +DEF_NATIVE(pv_lock_ops, queue_unlock, "movb $0, (%rdi)");
> +#endif
> +
> unsigned paravirt_patch_ident_32(void *insnbuf, unsigned len)
> {
> return paravirt_patch_insns(insnbuf, len,
> @@ -61,6 +65,9 @@ unsigned native_patch(u8 type, u16 clobb
> PATCH_SITE(pv_cpu_ops, clts);
> PATCH_SITE(pv_mmu_ops, flush_tlb_single);
> PATCH_SITE(pv_cpu_ops, wbinvd);
> +#if defined(CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS)&& defined(CONFIG_QUEUE_SPINLOCK)
> + PATCH_SITE(pv_lock_ops, queue_unlock);
> +#endif
>
> patch_site:
> ret = paravirt_patch_insns(ibuf, len, start, end);
>
>
> That makes sure to overwrite the callee-saved call to the
> pv_lock_ops::queue_unlock with the immediate asm "movb $0, (%rdi)".
>
>
> Therefore you can retain the inlined unlock with hardly (there might be
> some NOP padding) any overhead at all. On PV it reverts to a callee
> saved function call.
My concern is that spin_unlock() can be called in many places, including
loadable kernel modules. Can the paravirt_patch_ident_32() function able
to patch all of them in reasonable time? How about a kernel module
loaded later at run time?
So I think we may still need to disable unlock function inlining even if
we used your way kernel site patching.
Regards,
Longman
On 10/24/2014 04:57 AM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 02:10:29PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
>> v11->v12:
>> - Based on PeterZ's version of the qspinlock patch
>> (https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/6/15/63).
>> - Incorporated many of the review comments from Konrad Wilk and
>> Paolo Bonzini.
>> - The pvqspinlock code is largely from my previous version with
>> PeterZ's way of going from queue tail to head and his idea of
>> using callee saved calls to KVM and XEN codes.
> Thanks for taking the time to refresh this.. I would prefer you use a
> little more of the PV techniques I outlined in my latest PV patch to
> further reduce the overhead of PV enabled kernels on real hardware.
>
> This is an important use case, because distro kernels will have to
> enable PV support while their majority of installations will be on
> physical hardware.
>
> Other than that I see no reason not to move this forward.
Thanks for reviewing the patch and agree to move forward. Currently, I
am thinking of separating out a PV and non-PV versions of the lock
slowpath functions as shown in my previous mail. That should also
minimize the performance impact on bare metal even more than what can be
done with the PV techniques used in your patch while not penalizing PV
performance.
As for the unlock function, if the site patching function can handle all
the possible call sites of spin_unlock() without disabling function
inlining, I will be glad to use your way of handing unlock function.
Otherwise, I will prefer my current approach as it is simpler and more
easy to understand as well as similar to what has been done in the pv
ticket spinlock code.
-Longman
On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 01:38:20PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
> On 10/24/2014 04:54 AM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> >On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 02:10:38PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
> >
> >>Since enabling paravirt spinlock will disable unlock function inlining,
> >>a jump label can be added to the unlock function without adding patch
> >>sites all over the kernel.
> >But you don't have to. My patches allowed for the inline to remain,
> >again reducing the overhead of enabling PV spinlocks while running on a
> >real machine.
> >
> >Look at:
> >
> > http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
> >
> >In particular this hunk:
> >
> >Index: linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt_patch_64.c
> >===================================================================
> >--- linux-2.6.orig/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt_patch_64.c
> >+++ linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt_patch_64.c
> >@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ DEF_NATIVE(pv_cpu_ops, swapgs, "swapgs")
> > DEF_NATIVE(, mov32, "mov %edi, %eax");
> > DEF_NATIVE(, mov64, "mov %rdi, %rax");
> >
> >+#if defined(CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS)&& defined(CONFIG_QUEUE_SPINLOCK)
> >+DEF_NATIVE(pv_lock_ops, queue_unlock, "movb $0, (%rdi)");
> >+#endif
> >+
> > unsigned paravirt_patch_ident_32(void *insnbuf, unsigned len)
> > {
> > return paravirt_patch_insns(insnbuf, len,
> >@@ -61,6 +65,9 @@ unsigned native_patch(u8 type, u16 clobb
> > PATCH_SITE(pv_cpu_ops, clts);
> > PATCH_SITE(pv_mmu_ops, flush_tlb_single);
> > PATCH_SITE(pv_cpu_ops, wbinvd);
> >+#if defined(CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS)&& defined(CONFIG_QUEUE_SPINLOCK)
> >+ PATCH_SITE(pv_lock_ops, queue_unlock);
> >+#endif
> >
> > patch_site:
> > ret = paravirt_patch_insns(ibuf, len, start, end);
> >
> >
> >That makes sure to overwrite the callee-saved call to the
> >pv_lock_ops::queue_unlock with the immediate asm "movb $0, (%rdi)".
> >
> >
> >Therefore you can retain the inlined unlock with hardly (there might be
> >some NOP padding) any overhead at all. On PV it reverts to a callee
> >saved function call.
>
> My concern is that spin_unlock() can be called in many places, including
> loadable kernel modules. Can the paravirt_patch_ident_32() function able to
> patch all of them in reasonable time? How about a kernel module loaded later
> at run time?
It has too. When the modules are loaded the .paravirt symbols are exposed
and the module loader patches that.
And during bootup time (before modules are loaded) it also patches everything
- when it only runs on one CPU.
>
> So I think we may still need to disable unlock function inlining even if we
> used your way kernel site patching.
No need. Inline should (And is) working just fine.
>
> Regards,
> Longman
On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 01:38:20PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
> On 10/24/2014 04:54 AM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> >On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 02:10:38PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
> >
> >>Since enabling paravirt spinlock will disable unlock function inlining,
> >>a jump label can be added to the unlock function without adding patch
> >>sites all over the kernel.
> >But you don't have to. My patches allowed for the inline to remain,
> >again reducing the overhead of enabling PV spinlocks while running on a
> >real machine.
> >
> >Look at:
> >
> > http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
> >
> >In particular this hunk:
> >
> >Index: linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt_patch_64.c
> >===================================================================
> >--- linux-2.6.orig/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt_patch_64.c
> >+++ linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt_patch_64.c
> >@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ DEF_NATIVE(pv_cpu_ops, swapgs, "swapgs")
> > DEF_NATIVE(, mov32, "mov %edi, %eax");
> > DEF_NATIVE(, mov64, "mov %rdi, %rax");
> >
> >+#if defined(CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS)&& defined(CONFIG_QUEUE_SPINLOCK)
> >+DEF_NATIVE(pv_lock_ops, queue_unlock, "movb $0, (%rdi)");
> >+#endif
> >+
> > unsigned paravirt_patch_ident_32(void *insnbuf, unsigned len)
> > {
> > return paravirt_patch_insns(insnbuf, len,
> >@@ -61,6 +65,9 @@ unsigned native_patch(u8 type, u16 clobb
> > PATCH_SITE(pv_cpu_ops, clts);
> > PATCH_SITE(pv_mmu_ops, flush_tlb_single);
> > PATCH_SITE(pv_cpu_ops, wbinvd);
> >+#if defined(CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS)&& defined(CONFIG_QUEUE_SPINLOCK)
> >+ PATCH_SITE(pv_lock_ops, queue_unlock);
> >+#endif
> >
> > patch_site:
> > ret = paravirt_patch_insns(ibuf, len, start, end);
> >
> >
> >That makes sure to overwrite the callee-saved call to the
> >pv_lock_ops::queue_unlock with the immediate asm "movb $0, (%rdi)".
> >
> >
> >Therefore you can retain the inlined unlock with hardly (there might be
> >some NOP padding) any overhead at all. On PV it reverts to a callee
> >saved function call.
>
> My concern is that spin_unlock() can be called in many places, including
> loadable kernel modules. Can the paravirt_patch_ident_32() function able to
> patch all of them in reasonable time? How about a kernel module loaded later
> at run time?
modules should be fine, see arch/x86/kernel/module.c:module_finalize()
-> apply_paravirt().
Also note that the 'default' text is an indirect call into the paravirt
ops table which routes to the 'right' function, so even if the text
patching would be 'late' calls would 'work' as expected, just slower.
On 10/27/2014 01:27 PM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 01:15:53PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
>> On 10/24/2014 06:04 PM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
>>> On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 04:53:27PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
>>>> The additional register pressure may just cause a few more register moves
>>>> which should be negligible in the overall performance . The additional
>>>> icache pressure, however, may have some impact on performance. I was trying
>>>> to balance the performance of the pv and non-pv versions so that we won't
>>>> penalize the pv code too much for a bit more performance in the non-pv code.
>>>> Doing it your way will add a lot of function call and register
>>>> saving/restoring to the pv code.
>>> If people care about performance they should not be using virt crap :-)
>>>
>>> I only really care about bare metal.
>> Yes, I am aware of that. However, the whole point of doing PV spinlock is to
>> improve performance in a virtual guest.
> Anything that avoids the lock holder preemption nonsense is a _massive_
> win for them, a few function calls should not even register on that
> scale.
I would say all the PV stuffs are mostly useful for a over-committed
guest where a single CPU is shared in more than one guest. When the
guests are not overcommitted, the PV code seldom get triggered. In those
cases, the overhead of the extra function call and register
saving/restoring will show up.
>> +#ifdef _GEN_PV_LOCK_SLOWPATH
>> +static void pv_queue_spin_lock_slowpath(struct qspinlock *lock, u32 val)
>> +#else
>> void queue_spin_lock_slowpath(struct qspinlock *lock, u32 val)
>> +#endif
> If you have two functions you might as well use the PV stuff to patch in
> the right function call at the usage sites and avoid:
>
>> + if (pv_enabled()) {
>> + pv_queue_spin_lock_slowpath(lock, val);
>> + return;
>> + }
> this alltogether.
Good point! I will do some investigation on how to do this kind of
function address patching and eliminate the extra function call overhead.
>> this_cpu_dec(mcs_nodes[0].count);
>> }
>> EXPORT_SYMBOL(queue_spin_lock_slowpath);
>> +
>> +#if !defined(_GEN_PV_LOCK_SLOWPATH)&& defined(CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS)
>> +/*
>> + * Generate the PV version of the queue_spin_lock_slowpath function
>> + */
>> +#undef pv_init_node
>> +#undef pv_wait_check
>> +#undef pv_link_and_wait_node
>> +#undef pv_wait_head
>> +#undef EXPORT_SYMBOL
>> +#undef in_pv_code
>> +
>> +#define _GEN_PV_LOCK_SLOWPATH
>> +#define EXPORT_SYMBOL(x)
>> +#define in_pv_code return_true
>> +#define pv_enabled return_false
>> +
>> +#include "qspinlock.c"
>> +
>> +#endif
> That's properly disgusting :-) But a lot better than actually
> duplicating everything I suppose.
I know you don't like this kind of preprocessor trick, but this is the
easiest way that I can think of to generate two separate functions from
the same source code.
-Longman
On 10/27/2014 02:02 PM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 01:38:20PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
>> On 10/24/2014 04:54 AM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
>>> On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 02:10:38PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
>>>
>>>> Since enabling paravirt spinlock will disable unlock function inlining,
>>>> a jump label can be added to the unlock function without adding patch
>>>> sites all over the kernel.
>>> But you don't have to. My patches allowed for the inline to remain,
>>> again reducing the overhead of enabling PV spinlocks while running on a
>>> real machine.
>>>
>>> Look at:
>>>
>>> http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
>>>
>>> In particular this hunk:
>>>
>>> Index: linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt_patch_64.c
>>> ===================================================================
>>> --- linux-2.6.orig/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt_patch_64.c
>>> +++ linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt_patch_64.c
>>> @@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ DEF_NATIVE(pv_cpu_ops, swapgs, "swapgs")
>>> DEF_NATIVE(, mov32, "mov %edi, %eax");
>>> DEF_NATIVE(, mov64, "mov %rdi, %rax");
>>>
>>> +#if defined(CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS)&& defined(CONFIG_QUEUE_SPINLOCK)
>>> +DEF_NATIVE(pv_lock_ops, queue_unlock, "movb $0, (%rdi)");
>>> +#endif
>>> +
>>> unsigned paravirt_patch_ident_32(void *insnbuf, unsigned len)
>>> {
>>> return paravirt_patch_insns(insnbuf, len,
>>> @@ -61,6 +65,9 @@ unsigned native_patch(u8 type, u16 clobb
>>> PATCH_SITE(pv_cpu_ops, clts);
>>> PATCH_SITE(pv_mmu_ops, flush_tlb_single);
>>> PATCH_SITE(pv_cpu_ops, wbinvd);
>>> +#if defined(CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS)&& defined(CONFIG_QUEUE_SPINLOCK)
>>> + PATCH_SITE(pv_lock_ops, queue_unlock);
>>> +#endif
>>>
>>> patch_site:
>>> ret = paravirt_patch_insns(ibuf, len, start, end);
>>>
>>>
>>> That makes sure to overwrite the callee-saved call to the
>>> pv_lock_ops::queue_unlock with the immediate asm "movb $0, (%rdi)".
>>>
>>>
>>> Therefore you can retain the inlined unlock with hardly (there might be
>>> some NOP padding) any overhead at all. On PV it reverts to a callee
>>> saved function call.
>> My concern is that spin_unlock() can be called in many places, including
>> loadable kernel modules. Can the paravirt_patch_ident_32() function able to
>> patch all of them in reasonable time? How about a kernel module loaded later
>> at run time?
> It has too. When the modules are loaded the .paravirt symbols are exposed
> and the module loader patches that.
>
> And during bootup time (before modules are loaded) it also patches everything
> - when it only runs on one CPU.
>> So I think we may still need to disable unlock function inlining even if we
>> used your way kernel site patching.
> No need. Inline should (And is) working just fine.
>> Regards,
>> Longman
Thanks for letting me know about the paravirt patching capability
available in the kernel. In this case, I would say we should use Peter's
way of doing unlock without disabling unlock function inlining. That
will further reduce the performance difference of kernels with and
without PV.
Cheer,
Longman
On 10/27/2014 02:04 PM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 01:38:20PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
>> On 10/24/2014 04:54 AM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
>>> On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 02:10:38PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
>>>
>>>> Since enabling paravirt spinlock will disable unlock function inlining,
>>>> a jump label can be added to the unlock function without adding patch
>>>> sites all over the kernel.
>>> But you don't have to. My patches allowed for the inline to remain,
>>> again reducing the overhead of enabling PV spinlocks while running on a
>>> real machine.
>>>
>>> Look at:
>>>
>>> http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
>>>
>>> In particular this hunk:
>>>
>>> Index: linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt_patch_64.c
>>> ===================================================================
>>> --- linux-2.6.orig/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt_patch_64.c
>>> +++ linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt_patch_64.c
>>> @@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ DEF_NATIVE(pv_cpu_ops, swapgs, "swapgs")
>>> DEF_NATIVE(, mov32, "mov %edi, %eax");
>>> DEF_NATIVE(, mov64, "mov %rdi, %rax");
>>>
>>> +#if defined(CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS)&& defined(CONFIG_QUEUE_SPINLOCK)
>>> +DEF_NATIVE(pv_lock_ops, queue_unlock, "movb $0, (%rdi)");
>>> +#endif
>>> +
>>> unsigned paravirt_patch_ident_32(void *insnbuf, unsigned len)
>>> {
>>> return paravirt_patch_insns(insnbuf, len,
>>> @@ -61,6 +65,9 @@ unsigned native_patch(u8 type, u16 clobb
>>> PATCH_SITE(pv_cpu_ops, clts);
>>> PATCH_SITE(pv_mmu_ops, flush_tlb_single);
>>> PATCH_SITE(pv_cpu_ops, wbinvd);
>>> +#if defined(CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS)&& defined(CONFIG_QUEUE_SPINLOCK)
>>> + PATCH_SITE(pv_lock_ops, queue_unlock);
>>> +#endif
>>>
>>> patch_site:
>>> ret = paravirt_patch_insns(ibuf, len, start, end);
>>>
>>>
>>> That makes sure to overwrite the callee-saved call to the
>>> pv_lock_ops::queue_unlock with the immediate asm "movb $0, (%rdi)".
>>>
>>>
>>> Therefore you can retain the inlined unlock with hardly (there might be
>>> some NOP padding) any overhead at all. On PV it reverts to a callee
>>> saved function call.
>> My concern is that spin_unlock() can be called in many places, including
>> loadable kernel modules. Can the paravirt_patch_ident_32() function able to
>> patch all of them in reasonable time? How about a kernel module loaded later
>> at run time?
> modules should be fine, see arch/x86/kernel/module.c:module_finalize()
> -> apply_paravirt().
>
> Also note that the 'default' text is an indirect call into the paravirt
> ops table which routes to the 'right' function, so even if the text
> patching would be 'late' calls would 'work' as expected, just slower.
Thanks for letting me know about that. I have this concern because your
patch didn't change the current configuration of disabling unlock
inlining when paravirt_spinlock is enabled. With that, I think it is
worthwhile to reduce the performance delta between the PV and non-PV
kernel on bare metal.
-Longman
On 10/27/2014 05:22 PM, Waiman Long wrote:
> On 10/27/2014 02:04 PM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
>> On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 01:38:20PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
>>> On 10/24/2014 04:54 AM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
>>>> On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 02:10:38PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Since enabling paravirt spinlock will disable unlock function
>>>>> inlining,
>>>>> a jump label can be added to the unlock function without adding patch
>>>>> sites all over the kernel.
>>>> But you don't have to. My patches allowed for the inline to remain,
>>>> again reducing the overhead of enabling PV spinlocks while running
>>>> on a
>>>> real machine.
>>>>
>>>> Look at:
>>>>
>>>> http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
>>>>
>>>> In particular this hunk:
>>>>
>>>> Index: linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt_patch_64.c
>>>> ===================================================================
>>>> --- linux-2.6.orig/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt_patch_64.c
>>>> +++ linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt_patch_64.c
>>>> @@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ DEF_NATIVE(pv_cpu_ops, swapgs, "swapgs")
>>>> DEF_NATIVE(, mov32, "mov %edi, %eax");
>>>> DEF_NATIVE(, mov64, "mov %rdi, %rax");
>>>>
>>>> +#if defined(CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS)&&
>>>> defined(CONFIG_QUEUE_SPINLOCK)
>>>> +DEF_NATIVE(pv_lock_ops, queue_unlock, "movb $0, (%rdi)");
>>>> +#endif
>>>> +
>>>> unsigned paravirt_patch_ident_32(void *insnbuf, unsigned len)
>>>> {
>>>> return paravirt_patch_insns(insnbuf, len,
>>>> @@ -61,6 +65,9 @@ unsigned native_patch(u8 type, u16 clobb
>>>> PATCH_SITE(pv_cpu_ops, clts);
>>>> PATCH_SITE(pv_mmu_ops, flush_tlb_single);
>>>> PATCH_SITE(pv_cpu_ops, wbinvd);
>>>> +#if defined(CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS)&&
>>>> defined(CONFIG_QUEUE_SPINLOCK)
>>>> + PATCH_SITE(pv_lock_ops, queue_unlock);
>>>> +#endif
>>>>
>>>> patch_site:
>>>> ret = paravirt_patch_insns(ibuf, len, start, end);
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> That makes sure to overwrite the callee-saved call to the
>>>> pv_lock_ops::queue_unlock with the immediate asm "movb $0, (%rdi)".
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Therefore you can retain the inlined unlock with hardly (there
>>>> might be
>>>> some NOP padding) any overhead at all. On PV it reverts to a callee
>>>> saved function call.
>>> My concern is that spin_unlock() can be called in many places,
>>> including
>>> loadable kernel modules. Can the paravirt_patch_ident_32() function
>>> able to
>>> patch all of them in reasonable time? How about a kernel module
>>> loaded later
>>> at run time?
>> modules should be fine, see arch/x86/kernel/module.c:module_finalize()
>> -> apply_paravirt().
>>
>> Also note that the 'default' text is an indirect call into the paravirt
>> ops table which routes to the 'right' function, so even if the text
>> patching would be 'late' calls would 'work' as expected, just slower.
>
> Thanks for letting me know about that. I have this concern because
> your patch didn't change the current configuration of disabling unlock
> inlining when paravirt_spinlock is enabled. With that, I think it is
> worthwhile to reduce the performance delta between the PV and non-PV
> kernel on bare metal.
I am sorry that the unlock call sites patching code doesn't work in a
virtual guest. Your pvqspinlock patch did an unconditional patching even
in a virtual guest. I added check for the paravirt_spinlocks_enabled,
but it turned out that some spin_unlock() seemed to be called before
paravirt_spinlocks_enabled is set. As a result, some call sites were
still patched resulting in missed wake up's and system hang.
At this point, I am going to leave out that change from my patch set
until we can figure out a better way of doing that.
-Longman
On 10/29/2014 03:05 PM, Waiman Long wrote:
> On 10/27/2014 05:22 PM, Waiman Long wrote:
>> On 10/27/2014 02:04 PM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
>>> On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 01:38:20PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
>>>> On 10/24/2014 04:54 AM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 02:10:38PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Since enabling paravirt spinlock will disable unlock function
>>>>>> inlining,
>>>>>> a jump label can be added to the unlock function without adding
>>>>>> patch
>>>>>> sites all over the kernel.
>>>>> But you don't have to. My patches allowed for the inline to remain,
>>>>> again reducing the overhead of enabling PV spinlocks while running
>>>>> on a
>>>>> real machine.
>>>>>
>>>>> Look at:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
>>>>>
>>>>> In particular this hunk:
>>>>>
>>>>> Index: linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt_patch_64.c
>>>>> ===================================================================
>>>>> --- linux-2.6.orig/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt_patch_64.c
>>>>> +++ linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt_patch_64.c
>>>>> @@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ DEF_NATIVE(pv_cpu_ops, swapgs, "swapgs")
>>>>> DEF_NATIVE(, mov32, "mov %edi, %eax");
>>>>> DEF_NATIVE(, mov64, "mov %rdi, %rax");
>>>>>
>>>>> +#if defined(CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS)&&
>>>>> defined(CONFIG_QUEUE_SPINLOCK)
>>>>> +DEF_NATIVE(pv_lock_ops, queue_unlock, "movb $0, (%rdi)");
>>>>> +#endif
>>>>> +
>>>>> unsigned paravirt_patch_ident_32(void *insnbuf, unsigned len)
>>>>> {
>>>>> return paravirt_patch_insns(insnbuf, len,
>>>>> @@ -61,6 +65,9 @@ unsigned native_patch(u8 type, u16 clobb
>>>>> PATCH_SITE(pv_cpu_ops, clts);
>>>>> PATCH_SITE(pv_mmu_ops, flush_tlb_single);
>>>>> PATCH_SITE(pv_cpu_ops, wbinvd);
>>>>> +#if defined(CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS)&&
>>>>> defined(CONFIG_QUEUE_SPINLOCK)
>>>>> + PATCH_SITE(pv_lock_ops, queue_unlock);
>>>>> +#endif
>>>>>
>>>>> patch_site:
>>>>> ret = paravirt_patch_insns(ibuf, len, start, end);
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> That makes sure to overwrite the callee-saved call to the
>>>>> pv_lock_ops::queue_unlock with the immediate asm "movb $0, (%rdi)".
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Therefore you can retain the inlined unlock with hardly (there
>>>>> might be
>>>>> some NOP padding) any overhead at all. On PV it reverts to a callee
>>>>> saved function call.
>>>> My concern is that spin_unlock() can be called in many places,
>>>> including
>>>> loadable kernel modules. Can the paravirt_patch_ident_32() function
>>>> able to
>>>> patch all of them in reasonable time? How about a kernel module
>>>> loaded later
>>>> at run time?
>>> modules should be fine, see arch/x86/kernel/module.c:module_finalize()
>>> -> apply_paravirt().
>>>
>>> Also note that the 'default' text is an indirect call into the paravirt
>>> ops table which routes to the 'right' function, so even if the text
>>> patching would be 'late' calls would 'work' as expected, just slower.
>>
>> Thanks for letting me know about that. I have this concern because
>> your patch didn't change the current configuration of disabling
>> unlock inlining when paravirt_spinlock is enabled. With that, I think
>> it is worthwhile to reduce the performance delta between the PV and
>> non-PV kernel on bare metal.
>
> I am sorry that the unlock call sites patching code doesn't work in a
> virtual guest. Your pvqspinlock patch did an unconditional patching
> even in a virtual guest. I added check for the
> paravirt_spinlocks_enabled, but it turned out that some spin_unlock()
> seemed to be called before paravirt_spinlocks_enabled is set. As a
> result, some call sites were still patched resulting in missed wake
> up's and system hang.
>
> At this point, I am going to leave out that change from my patch set
> until we can figure out a better way of doing that.
>
Below was a partial kernel log with the unlock call site patch code in a
KVM guest:
[ 0.438006] native_patch: patch out pv_queue_unlock!
[ 0.438565] native_patch: patch out pv_queue_unlock!
[ 0.439006] native_patch: patch out pv_queue_unlock!
[ 0.439638] native_patch: patch out pv_queue_unlock!
[ 0.440052] native_patch: patch out pv_queue_unlock!
[ 0.441006] native_patch: patch out pv_queue_unlock!
[ 0.441566] native_patch: patch out pv_queue_unlock!
[ 0.442035] ftrace: allocating 24168 entries in 95 pages
[ 0.451208] Switched APIC routing to physical flat.
[ 0.453202] ..TIMER: vector=0x30 apic1=0 pin1=2 apic2=-1 pin2=-1
[ 0.454002] smpboot: CPU0: Intel QEMU Virtual CPU version 1.5.3 (fam:
06, model: 06, stepping: 03)
[ 0.456000] Performance Events: Broken PMU hardware detected, using
software events only.
[ 0.456003] Failed to access perfctr msr (MSR c1 is 0)
[ 0.457151] KVM setup paravirtual spinlock
[ 0.460039] NMI watchdog: disabled (cpu0): hardware events not enabled
It could be seen that some unlock call sites were patched before the KVM
setup code set the paravirt_spinlocks_enabled flag.
-Longman
On 10/27/2014 02:02 PM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 01:38:20PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
>>
>> My concern is that spin_unlock() can be called in many places, including
>> loadable kernel modules. Can the paravirt_patch_ident_32() function able to
>> patch all of them in reasonable time? How about a kernel module loaded later
>> at run time?
> It has too. When the modules are loaded the .paravirt symbols are exposed
> and the module loader patches that.
>
> And during bootup time (before modules are loaded) it also patches everything
> - when it only runs on one CPU.
>
I have been changing the patching code to patch the unlock call sites
and it seems to be working now. However, when I manually inserted a
kernel module using insmod and run the code in the newly inserted
module, I got memory access violation as follows:
BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at (null)
IP: [< (null)>] (null)
PGD 18d62f3067 PUD 18d476f067 PMD 0
Oops: 0010 [#1] SMP
Modules linked in: locktest(OE) ebtable_nat ebtables xt_CHECKSUM
iptable_mangle bridge autofs4 8021q garp stp llc ipt_REJECT
nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 iptable_filter ip_tables ip6t_REJECT
nf_conntrack_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv6 xt_state nf_conntrack ip6table_filter
ip6_tables ipv6 vhost_net macvtap macvlan vhost tun uinput ppdev
parport_pc parport sg microcode pcspkr virtio_balloon
snd_hda_codec_generic virtio_console snd_hda_intel snd_hda_controller
snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep snd_seq snd_seq_device snd_pcm snd_timer snd
soundcore virtio_net i2c_piix4 i2c_core ext4(E) jbd2(E) mbcache(E)
floppy(E) virtio_blk(E) sr_mod(E) cdrom(E) virtio_pci(E) virtio_ring(E)
virtio(E) pata_acpi(E) ata_generic(E) ata_piix(E) dm_mirror(E)
dm_region_hash(E) dm_log(E) dm_mod(E) [last unloaded: speedstep_lib]
CPU: 1 PID: 3907 Comm: run-locktest Tainted: G W OE
3.17.0-pvqlock #3
Hardware name: Red Hat KVM, BIOS Bochs 01/01/2011
task: ffff8818cc5baf90 ti: ffff8818b7094000 task.ti: ffff8818b7094000
RIP: 0010:[<0000000000000000>] [< (null)>] (null)
RSP: 0018:ffff8818b7097db0 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 00000000004c4b40 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff8818d3f052c0
RBP: ffff8818b7097dd8 R08: 0000000080522014 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000001000 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: 0000000000000001
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: ffff8818b7097ea0
FS: 00007fb828ece700(0000) GS:ffff88193ec20000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b
CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 00000018cc7e9000 CR4: 00000000000006e0
Stack:
ffffffffa06ff395 ffff8818d465e000 ffffffff8164bec0 0000000000000001
0000000000000050 ffff8818b7097e18 ffffffffa06ff785 ffff8818b7097e38
0000000000000246 0000000054755e3a 0000000039f8ba72 ffff8818c174f000
Call Trace:
[<ffffffffa06ff395>] ? test_spinlock+0x65/0x90 [locktest]
[<ffffffffa06ff785>] etime_show+0xd5/0x120 [locktest]
[<ffffffff812a2dc6>] kobj_attr_show+0x16/0x20
[<ffffffff8121a7fa>] sysfs_kf_seq_show+0xca/0x1b0
[<ffffffff81218a13>] kernfs_seq_show+0x23/0x30
[<ffffffff811c82db>] seq_read+0xbb/0x400
[<ffffffff812197e5>] kernfs_fop_read+0x35/0x40
[<ffffffff811a4223>] vfs_read+0xa3/0x110
[<ffffffff811a47e6>] SyS_read+0x56/0xd0
[<ffffffff810f3e16>] ? __audit_syscall_exit+0x216/0x2c0
[<ffffffff815b3ca9>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
Code: Bad RIP value.
RSP <ffff8818b7097db0>
CR2: 0000000000000000
---[ end trace 69d0e259c9ec632f ]---
It seems like call site patching isn't properly done or the kernel
module that I built was missing some critical information necessary for
the proper linking. Anyway, I will include the unlock call patching code
as a separate patch as it seems there may be problem under certain
circumstance.
BTW, the kernel panic problem that your team reported had been fixed.
The fix will be in the next version of the patch.
-Longman
On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 07:33:58PM -0500, Waiman Long wrote:
> On 10/27/2014 02:02 PM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> >On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 01:38:20PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
> >>
> >>My concern is that spin_unlock() can be called in many places, including
> >>loadable kernel modules. Can the paravirt_patch_ident_32() function able to
> >>patch all of them in reasonable time? How about a kernel module loaded later
> >>at run time?
> >It has too. When the modules are loaded the .paravirt symbols are exposed
> >and the module loader patches that.
> >
> >And during bootup time (before modules are loaded) it also patches everything
> >- when it only runs on one CPU.
> >
>
> I have been changing the patching code to patch the unlock call sites and it
> seems to be working now. However, when I manually inserted a kernel module
> using insmod and run the code in the newly inserted module, I got memory
> access violation as follows:
>
> BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at (null)
> IP: [< (null)>] (null)
> PGD 18d62f3067 PUD 18d476f067 PMD 0
> Oops: 0010 [#1] SMP
> Modules linked in: locktest(OE) ebtable_nat ebtables xt_CHECKSUM
> iptable_mangle bridge autofs4 8021q garp stp llc ipt_REJECT
> nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 iptable_filter ip_tables ip6t_REJECT
> nf_conntrack_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv6 xt_state nf_conntrack ip6table_filter
> ip6_tables ipv6 vhost_net macvtap macvlan vhost tun uinput ppdev parport_pc
> parport sg microcode pcspkr virtio_balloon snd_hda_codec_generic
> virtio_console snd_hda_intel snd_hda_controller snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep
> snd_seq snd_seq_device snd_pcm snd_timer snd soundcore virtio_net i2c_piix4
> i2c_core ext4(E) jbd2(E) mbcache(E) floppy(E) virtio_blk(E) sr_mod(E)
> cdrom(E) virtio_pci(E) virtio_ring(E) virtio(E) pata_acpi(E) ata_generic(E)
> ata_piix(E) dm_mirror(E) dm_region_hash(E) dm_log(E) dm_mod(E) [last
> unloaded: speedstep_lib]
> CPU: 1 PID: 3907 Comm: run-locktest Tainted: G W OE 3.17.0-pvqlock
> #3
> Hardware name: Red Hat KVM, BIOS Bochs 01/01/2011
> task: ffff8818cc5baf90 ti: ffff8818b7094000 task.ti: ffff8818b7094000
> RIP: 0010:[<0000000000000000>] [< (null)>] (null)
> RSP: 0018:ffff8818b7097db0 EFLAGS: 00010246
> RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 00000000004c4b40 RCX: 0000000000000000
> RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff8818d3f052c0
> RBP: ffff8818b7097dd8 R08: 0000000080522014 R09: 0000000000000000
> R10: 0000000000001000 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: 0000000000000001
> R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: ffff8818b7097ea0
> FS: 00007fb828ece700(0000) GS:ffff88193ec20000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
> CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b
> CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 00000018cc7e9000 CR4: 00000000000006e0
> Stack:
> ffffffffa06ff395 ffff8818d465e000 ffffffff8164bec0 0000000000000001
> 0000000000000050 ffff8818b7097e18 ffffffffa06ff785 ffff8818b7097e38
> 0000000000000246 0000000054755e3a 0000000039f8ba72 ffff8818c174f000
> Call Trace:
> [<ffffffffa06ff395>] ? test_spinlock+0x65/0x90 [locktest]
> [<ffffffffa06ff785>] etime_show+0xd5/0x120 [locktest]
> [<ffffffff812a2dc6>] kobj_attr_show+0x16/0x20
> [<ffffffff8121a7fa>] sysfs_kf_seq_show+0xca/0x1b0
> [<ffffffff81218a13>] kernfs_seq_show+0x23/0x30
> [<ffffffff811c82db>] seq_read+0xbb/0x400
> [<ffffffff812197e5>] kernfs_fop_read+0x35/0x40
> [<ffffffff811a4223>] vfs_read+0xa3/0x110
> [<ffffffff811a47e6>] SyS_read+0x56/0xd0
> [<ffffffff810f3e16>] ? __audit_syscall_exit+0x216/0x2c0
> [<ffffffff815b3ca9>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
> Code: Bad RIP value.
> RSP <ffff8818b7097db0>
> CR2: 0000000000000000
> ---[ end trace 69d0e259c9ec632f ]---
>
> It seems like call site patching isn't properly done or the kernel module
> that I built was missing some critical information necessary for the proper
Did the readelf give you the paravirt note section?
> linking. Anyway, I will include the unlock call patching code as a separate
> patch as it seems there may be problem under certain circumstance.
one way to troubleshoot those is to enable the paravirt patching code to
actually print where it is patching the code. That way when you load the
module you can confirm it has done its job.
Then you can verify that the address where the code is called:
ffffffffa06ff395
is indeed patched. You might as well also do a hexdump in the module loading
to confim that the patching had been done correctly.
>
> BTW, the kernel panic problem that your team reported had been fixed. The
> fix will be in the next version of the patch.
>
> -Longman