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Raghavendra K T

2012-Apr-19 20:12 UTC

[PATCH RFC V7 0/12] Paravirtualized ticketlocks

From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge at citrix.com>

This series replaces the existing paravirtualized spinlock mechanism
with a paravirtualized ticketlock mechanism. (targeted for 3.5 window)

Changes in V7:
 - Reabsed patches to 3.4-rc3
 - Added jumplabel split patch (originally from Andrew Jones rebased to
    3.4-rc3
 - jumplabel changes from Ingo and Jason taken and now using static_key_*
    instead of static_branch.
 - using UNINLINE_SPIN_UNLOCK (which was splitted as per suggestion from Linus)
 - This patch series is rebased on debugfs patch (that sould be already in
    Xen/linux-next https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/3/23/51)

Ticket locks have an inherent problem in a virtualized case, because
the vCPUs are scheduled rather than running concurrently (ignoring
gang scheduled vCPUs).  This can result in catastrophic performance
collapses when the vCPU scheduler doesn't schedule the correct
"next"
vCPU, and ends up scheduling a vCPU which burns its entire timeslice
spinning.  (Note that this is not the same problem as lock-holder
preemption, which this series also addresses; that's also a problem,
but not catastrophic).

(See Thomas Friebel's talk "Prevent Guests from Spinning Around"
http://www.xen.org/files/xensummitboston08/LHP.pdf for more details.)

Currently we deal with this by having PV spinlocks, which adds a layer
of indirection in front of all the spinlock functions, and defining a
completely new implementation for Xen (and for other pvops users, but
there are none at present).

PV ticketlocks keeps the existing ticketlock implemenentation
(fastpath) as-is, but adds a couple of pvops for the slow paths:

- If a CPU has been waiting for a spinlock for SPIN_THRESHOLD
  iterations, then call out to the __ticket_lock_spinning() pvop,
  which allows a backend to block the vCPU rather than spinning.  This
  pvop can set the lock into "slowpath state".

- When releasing a lock, if it is in "slowpath state", the call
  __ticket_unlock_kick() to kick the next vCPU in line awake.  If the
  lock is no longer in contention, it also clears the slowpath flag.

The "slowpath state" is stored in the LSB of the within the lock tail
ticket.  This has the effect of reducing the max number of CPUs by
half (so, a "small ticket" can deal with 128 CPUs, and "large
ticket"
32768).

This series provides a Xen implementation, KVM implementation will be
posted in next 2-3 days.

Overall, it results in a large reduction in code, it makes the native
and virtualized cases closer, and it removes a layer of indirection
around all the spinlock functions.

The fast path (taking an uncontended lock which isn't in
"slowpath"
state) is optimal, identical to the non-paravirtualized case.

The inner part of ticket lock code becomes:
	inc = xadd(&lock->tickets, inc);
	inc.tail &= ~TICKET_SLOWPATH_FLAG;

	if (likely(inc.head == inc.tail))
		goto out;
	for (;;) {
		unsigned count = SPIN_THRESHOLD;
		do {
			if (ACCESS_ONCE(lock->tickets.head) == inc.tail)
				goto out;
			cpu_relax();
		} while (--count);
		__ticket_lock_spinning(lock, inc.tail);
	}
out:	barrier();
which results in:
	push   %rbp
	mov    %rsp,%rbp

	mov    $0x200,%eax
	lock xadd %ax,(%rdi)
	movzbl %ah,%edx
	cmp    %al,%dl
	jne    1f	# Slowpath if lock in contention

	pop    %rbp
	retq   

	### SLOWPATH START
1:	and    $-2,%edx
	movzbl %dl,%esi

2:	mov    $0x800,%eax
	jmp    4f

3:	pause  
	sub    $0x1,%eax
	je     5f

4:	movzbl (%rdi),%ecx
	cmp    %cl,%dl
	jne    3b

	pop    %rbp
	retq   

5:	callq  *__ticket_lock_spinning
	jmp    2b
	### SLOWPATH END

with CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS=n, the code has changed slightly, where
the fastpath case is straight through (taking the lock without
contention), and the spin loop is out of line:

	push   %rbp
	mov    %rsp,%rbp

	mov    $0x100,%eax
	lock xadd %ax,(%rdi)
	movzbl %ah,%edx
	cmp    %al,%dl
	jne    1f

	pop    %rbp
	retq   

	### SLOWPATH START
1:	pause  
	movzbl (%rdi),%eax
	cmp    %dl,%al
	jne    1b

	pop    %rbp
	retq   
	### SLOWPATH END

The unlock code is complicated by the need to both add to the lock's
"head" and fetch the slowpath flag from "tail".  This
version of the
patch uses a locked add to do this, followed by a test to see if the
slowflag is set.  The lock prefix acts as a full memory barrier, so we
can be sure that other CPUs will have seen the unlock before we read
the flag (without the barrier the read could be fetched from the
store queue before it hits memory, which could result in a deadlock).

This is is all unnecessary complication if you're not using PV ticket
locks, it also uses the jump-label machinery to use the standard
"add"-based unlock in the non-PV case.

	if (TICKET_SLOWPATH_FLAG &&
	     static_key_false(&paravirt_ticketlocks_enabled))) {
		arch_spinlock_t prev;
		prev = *lock;
		add_smp(&lock->tickets.head, TICKET_LOCK_INC);

		/* add_smp() is a full mb() */
		if (unlikely(lock->tickets.tail & TICKET_SLOWPATH_FLAG))
			__ticket_unlock_slowpath(lock, prev);
	} else
		__add(&lock->tickets.head, TICKET_LOCK_INC, UNLOCK_LOCK_PREFIX);
which generates:
	push   %rbp
	mov    %rsp,%rbp

	nop5	# replaced by 5-byte jmp 2f when PV enabled

	# non-PV unlock
	addb   $0x2,(%rdi)

1:	pop    %rbp
	retq   

### PV unlock ###
2:	movzwl (%rdi),%esi	# Fetch prev

	lock addb $0x2,(%rdi)	# Do unlock

	testb  $0x1,0x1(%rdi)	# Test flag
	je     1b		# Finished if not set

### Slow path ###
	add    $2,%sil		# Add "head" in old lock state
	mov    %esi,%edx
	and    $0xfe,%dh	# clear slowflag for comparison
	movzbl %dh,%eax
	cmp    %dl,%al		# If head == tail (uncontended)
	je     4f		# clear slowpath flag

	# Kick next CPU waiting for lock
3:	movzbl %sil,%esi
	callq  *pv_lock_ops.kick

	pop    %rbp
	retq   

	# Lock no longer contended - clear slowflag
4:	mov    %esi,%eax
	lock cmpxchg %dx,(%rdi)	# cmpxchg to clear flag
	cmp    %si,%ax
	jne    3b		# If clear failed, then kick

	pop    %rbp
	retq   

So when not using PV ticketlocks, the unlock sequence just has a
5-byte nop added to it, and the PV case is reasonable straightforward
aside from requiring a "lock add".

TODO: 1) remove CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCK ?
      2) experiments on further optimization possibilities. (discussed in V6)

Results:
======various form of results based on V6 of the patch series are posted in
following links
 https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/3/21/161
 https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/3/21/198

 kvm results:
 https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/3/23/50
 https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/4/5/73

Thoughts? Comments? Suggestions?

Jeremy Fitzhardinge (9):
  x86/spinlock: replace pv spinlocks with pv ticketlocks
  x86/ticketlock: collapse a layer of functions
  xen: defer spinlock setup until boot CPU setup
  xen/pvticketlock: Xen implementation for PV ticket locks
  xen/pvticketlocks: add xen_nopvspin parameter to disable xen pv
    ticketlocks
  x86/pvticketlock: use callee-save for lock_spinning
  x86/pvticketlock: when paravirtualizing ticket locks, increment by 2
  x86/ticketlock: add slowpath logic
  xen/pvticketlock: allow interrupts to be enabled while blocking

Raghavendra K T (1):
  x86/ticketlock: don't inline _spin_unlock when using paravirt
    spinlocks

Andrew Jones (1):
  split out rate limiting from jump_label.h

Stefano Stabellini (1):
 xen: enable PV ticketlocks on HVM Xen
---

V6 : https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/3/21/161

Changes in V6 posting: (Raghavendra K T)
 - Rebased to linux-3.3-rc6.
 - used function+enum in place of macro (better type checking) 
 - use cmpxchg while resetting zero status for possible race
	[suggested by Dave Hansen for KVM patches ]
 
 arch/x86/Kconfig                      |    1 +
 arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h       |   32 +---
 arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h |   10 +-
 arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h       |  128 ++++++++----
 arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock_types.h |   16 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/paravirt-spinlocks.c  |   18 +--
 arch/x86/xen/smp.c                    |    3 +-
 arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c               |  383 +++++++++++----------------------
 include/linux/jump_label.h            |   26 +---
 include/linux/jump_label_ratelimit.h  |   34 +++
 include/linux/perf_event.h            |    1 +
 kernel/jump_label.c                   |    1 +
 12 files changed, 279 insertions(+), 374 deletions(-)

Raghavendra K T

2012-Apr-19 20:12 UTC

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[PATCH RFC V7 1/12] x86/spinlock: replace pv spinlocks with pv ticketlocks

From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge at citrix.com>

Rather than outright replacing the entire spinlock implementation in
order to paravirtualize it, keep the ticket lock implementation but add
a couple of pvops hooks on the slow patch (long spin on lock, unlocking
a contended lock).

Ticket locks have a number of nice properties, but they also have some
surprising behaviours in virtual environments.  They enforce a strict
FIFO ordering on cpus trying to take a lock; however, if the hypervisor
scheduler does not schedule the cpus in the correct order, the system can
waste a huge amount of time spinning until the next cpu can take the lock.

(See Thomas Friebel's talk "Prevent Guests from Spinning Around"
http://www.xen.org/files/xensummitboston08/LHP.pdf for more details.)

To address this, we add two hooks:
 - __ticket_spin_lock which is called after the cpu has been
   spinning on the lock for a significant number of iterations but has
   failed to take the lock (presumably because the cpu holding the lock
   has been descheduled).  The lock_spinning pvop is expected to block
   the cpu until it has been kicked by the current lock holder.
 - __ticket_spin_unlock, which on releasing a contended lock
   (there are more cpus with tail tickets), it looks to see if the next
   cpu is blocked and wakes it if so.

When compiled with CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS disabled, a set of stub
functions causes all the extra code to go away.

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge at citrix.com>
Reviewed-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk at oracle.com>
Tested-by: Attilio Rao <attilio.rao at citrix.com> 
Signed-off-by: Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h       |   32 ++++----------------
 arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h |   10 ++----
 arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h       |   53 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock_types.h |    4 --
 arch/x86/kernel/paravirt-spinlocks.c  |   15 +--------
 arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c               |    8 ++++-
 6 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 61 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h
index aa0f913..4bcd146 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h
@@ -751,36 +751,16 @@ static inline void __set_fixmap(unsigned /* enum
fixed_addresses */ idx,
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_SMP) && defined(CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS)
 
-static inline int arch_spin_is_locked(struct arch_spinlock *lock)
+static __always_inline void __ticket_lock_spinning(struct arch_spinlock *lock,
+							__ticket_t ticket)
 {
-	return PVOP_CALL1(int, pv_lock_ops.spin_is_locked, lock);
+	PVOP_VCALL2(pv_lock_ops.lock_spinning, lock, ticket);
 }
 
-static inline int arch_spin_is_contended(struct arch_spinlock *lock)
+static __always_inline void ____ticket_unlock_kick(struct arch_spinlock *lock,
+							__ticket_t ticket)
 {
-	return PVOP_CALL1(int, pv_lock_ops.spin_is_contended, lock);
-}
-#define arch_spin_is_contended	arch_spin_is_contended
-
-static __always_inline void arch_spin_lock(struct arch_spinlock *lock)
-{
-	PVOP_VCALL1(pv_lock_ops.spin_lock, lock);
-}
-
-static __always_inline void arch_spin_lock_flags(struct arch_spinlock *lock,
-						  unsigned long flags)
-{
-	PVOP_VCALL2(pv_lock_ops.spin_lock_flags, lock, flags);
-}
-
-static __always_inline int arch_spin_trylock(struct arch_spinlock *lock)
-{
-	return PVOP_CALL1(int, pv_lock_ops.spin_trylock, lock);
-}
-
-static __always_inline void arch_spin_unlock(struct arch_spinlock *lock)
-{
-	PVOP_VCALL1(pv_lock_ops.spin_unlock, lock);
+	PVOP_VCALL2(pv_lock_ops.unlock_kick, lock, ticket);
 }
 
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h
b/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h
index 8e8b9a4..005e24d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h
@@ -327,13 +327,11 @@ struct pv_mmu_ops {
 };
 
 struct arch_spinlock;
+#include <asm/spinlock_types.h>
+
 struct pv_lock_ops {
-	int (*spin_is_locked)(struct arch_spinlock *lock);
-	int (*spin_is_contended)(struct arch_spinlock *lock);
-	void (*spin_lock)(struct arch_spinlock *lock);
-	void (*spin_lock_flags)(struct arch_spinlock *lock, unsigned long flags);
-	int (*spin_trylock)(struct arch_spinlock *lock);
-	void (*spin_unlock)(struct arch_spinlock *lock);
+	void (*lock_spinning)(struct arch_spinlock *lock, __ticket_t ticket);
+	void (*unlock_kick)(struct arch_spinlock *lock, __ticket_t ticket);
 };
 
 /* This contains all the paravirt structures: we get a convenient
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h
index 76bfa2c..3e47608 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h
@@ -37,6 +37,35 @@
 # define UNLOCK_LOCK_PREFIX
 #endif
 
+/* How long a lock should spin before we consider blocking */
+#define SPIN_THRESHOLD	(1 << 11)
+
+#ifndef CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS
+
+static __always_inline void __ticket_lock_spinning(struct arch_spinlock *lock,
+							__ticket_t ticket)
+{
+}
+
+static __always_inline void ____ticket_unlock_kick(struct arch_spinlock *lock,
+							 __ticket_t ticket)
+{
+}
+
+#endif	/* CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS */
+
+
+/*
+ * If a spinlock has someone waiting on it, then kick the appropriate
+ * waiting cpu.
+ */
+static __always_inline void __ticket_unlock_kick(struct arch_spinlock *lock,
+							__ticket_t next)
+{
+	if (unlikely(lock->tickets.tail != next))
+		____ticket_unlock_kick(lock, next);
+}
+
 /*
  * Ticket locks are conceptually two parts, one indicating the current head of
  * the queue, and the other indicating the current tail. The lock is acquired
@@ -50,19 +79,24 @@
  * in the high part, because a wide xadd increment of the low part would carry
  * up and contaminate the high part.
  */
-static __always_inline void __ticket_spin_lock(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
+static __always_inline void __ticket_spin_lock(struct arch_spinlock *lock)
 {
 	register struct __raw_tickets inc = { .tail = 1 };
 
 	inc = xadd(&lock->tickets, inc);
 
 	for (;;) {
-		if (inc.head == inc.tail)
-			break;
-		cpu_relax();
-		inc.head = ACCESS_ONCE(lock->tickets.head);
+		unsigned count = SPIN_THRESHOLD;
+
+		do {
+			if (inc.head == inc.tail)
+				goto out;
+			cpu_relax();
+			inc.head = ACCESS_ONCE(lock->tickets.head);
+		} while (--count);
+		__ticket_lock_spinning(lock, inc.tail);
 	}
-	barrier();		/* make sure nothing creeps before the lock is taken */
+out:	barrier();	/* make sure nothing creeps before the lock is taken */
 }
 
 static __always_inline int __ticket_spin_trylock(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
@@ -81,7 +115,10 @@ static __always_inline int
__ticket_spin_trylock(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
 
 static __always_inline void __ticket_spin_unlock(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
 {
+	__ticket_t next = lock->tickets.head + 1;
+
 	__add(&lock->tickets.head, 1, UNLOCK_LOCK_PREFIX);
+	__ticket_unlock_kick(lock, next);
 }
 
 static inline int __ticket_spin_is_locked(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
@@ -98,8 +135,6 @@ static inline int __ticket_spin_is_contended(arch_spinlock_t
*lock)
 	return (__ticket_t)(tmp.tail - tmp.head) > 1;
 }
 
-#ifndef CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS
-
 static inline int arch_spin_is_locked(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
 {
 	return __ticket_spin_is_locked(lock);
@@ -132,8 +167,6 @@ static __always_inline void
arch_spin_lock_flags(arch_spinlock_t *lock,
 	arch_spin_lock(lock);
 }
 
-#endif	/* CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS */
-
 static inline void arch_spin_unlock_wait(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
 {
 	while (arch_spin_is_locked(lock))
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock_types.h
b/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock_types.h
index ad0ad07..83fd3c7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock_types.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock_types.h
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef _ASM_X86_SPINLOCK_TYPES_H
 #define _ASM_X86_SPINLOCK_TYPES_H
 
-#ifndef __LINUX_SPINLOCK_TYPES_H
-# error "please don't include this file directly"
-#endif
-
 #include <linux/types.h>
 
 #if (CONFIG_NR_CPUS < 256)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt-spinlocks.c
b/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt-spinlocks.c
index 676b8c7..c2e010e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt-spinlocks.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt-spinlocks.c
@@ -7,21 +7,10 @@
 
 #include <asm/paravirt.h>
 
-static inline void
-default_spin_lock_flags(arch_spinlock_t *lock, unsigned long flags)
-{
-	arch_spin_lock(lock);
-}
-
 struct pv_lock_ops pv_lock_ops = {
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-	.spin_is_locked = __ticket_spin_is_locked,
-	.spin_is_contended = __ticket_spin_is_contended,
-
-	.spin_lock = __ticket_spin_lock,
-	.spin_lock_flags = default_spin_lock_flags,
-	.spin_trylock = __ticket_spin_trylock,
-	.spin_unlock = __ticket_spin_unlock,
+	.lock_spinning = paravirt_nop,
+	.unlock_kick = paravirt_nop,
 #endif
 };
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(pv_lock_ops);
diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c b/arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c
index 00461a4..f1f4540 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c
@@ -138,6 +138,9 @@ struct xen_spinlock {
 	xen_spinners_t spinners;	/* count of waiting cpus */
 };
 
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, lock_kicker_irq) = -1;
+
+#if 0
 static int xen_spin_is_locked(struct arch_spinlock *lock)
 {
 	struct xen_spinlock *xl = (struct xen_spinlock *)lock;
@@ -165,7 +168,6 @@ static int xen_spin_trylock(struct arch_spinlock *lock)
 	return old == 0;
 }
 
-static DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, lock_kicker_irq) = -1;
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct xen_spinlock *, lock_spinners);
 
 /*
@@ -353,6 +355,7 @@ static void xen_spin_unlock(struct arch_spinlock *lock)
 	if (unlikely(xl->spinners))
 		xen_spin_unlock_slow(xl);
 }
+#endif
 
 static irqreturn_t dummy_handler(int irq, void *dev_id)
 {
@@ -389,13 +392,14 @@ void xen_uninit_lock_cpu(int cpu)
 void __init xen_init_spinlocks(void)
 {
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct xen_spinlock) > sizeof(arch_spinlock_t));
-
+#if 0
 	pv_lock_ops.spin_is_locked = xen_spin_is_locked;
 	pv_lock_ops.spin_is_contended = xen_spin_is_contended;
 	pv_lock_ops.spin_lock = xen_spin_lock;
 	pv_lock_ops.spin_lock_flags = xen_spin_lock_flags;
 	pv_lock_ops.spin_trylock = xen_spin_trylock;
 	pv_lock_ops.spin_unlock = xen_spin_unlock;
+#endif
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_XEN_DEBUG_FS

Raghavendra K T

2012-Apr-19 20:12 UTC

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[PATCH RFC V7 2/12] x86/ticketlock: don't inline _spin_unlock when using paravirt spinlocks

From: Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt at linux.vnet.ibm.com> 

The code size expands somewhat, and its better to just call
a function rather than inline it.

Thanks Jeremy for original version of ARCH_NOINLINE_SPIN_UNLOCK config patch, 
which is simplified.

Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds at linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 arch/x86/Kconfig |    1 +
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 1d14cc6..35eb2e4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -597,6 +597,7 @@ config PARAVIRT
 config PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS
 	bool "Paravirtualization layer for spinlocks"
 	depends on PARAVIRT && SMP && EXPERIMENTAL
+	select UNINLINE_SPIN_UNLOCK
 	---help---
 	  Paravirtualized spinlocks allow a pvops backend to replace the
 	  spinlock implementation with something virtualization-friendly

Raghavendra K T

2012-Apr-19 20:13 UTC

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[PATCH RFC V7 3/12] x86/ticketlock: collapse a layer of functions

From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge at citrix.com>

Now that the paravirtualization layer doesn't exist at the spinlock
level any more, we can collapse the __ticket_ functions into the arch_
functions.

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge at citrix.com>
Tested-by: Attilio Rao <attilio.rao at citrix.com> 
Signed-off-by: Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h |   35 +++++------------------------------
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h
index 3e47608..ee4bbd4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ static __always_inline void __ticket_unlock_kick(struct
arch_spinlock *lock,
  * in the high part, because a wide xadd increment of the low part would carry
  * up and contaminate the high part.
  */
-static __always_inline void __ticket_spin_lock(struct arch_spinlock *lock)
+static __always_inline void arch_spin_lock(struct arch_spinlock *lock)
 {
 	register struct __raw_tickets inc = { .tail = 1 };
 
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ static __always_inline void __ticket_spin_lock(struct
arch_spinlock *lock)
 out:	barrier();	/* make sure nothing creeps before the lock is taken */
 }
 
-static __always_inline int __ticket_spin_trylock(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
+static __always_inline int arch_spin_trylock(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
 {
 	arch_spinlock_t old, new;
 
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ static __always_inline int
__ticket_spin_trylock(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
 	return cmpxchg(&lock->head_tail, old.head_tail, new.head_tail) ==
old.head_tail;
 }
 
-static __always_inline void __ticket_spin_unlock(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
+static __always_inline void arch_spin_unlock(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
 {
 	__ticket_t next = lock->tickets.head + 1;
 
@@ -121,46 +121,21 @@ static __always_inline void
__ticket_spin_unlock(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
 	__ticket_unlock_kick(lock, next);
 }
 
-static inline int __ticket_spin_is_locked(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
+static inline int arch_spin_is_locked(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
 {
 	struct __raw_tickets tmp = ACCESS_ONCE(lock->tickets);
 
 	return tmp.tail != tmp.head;
 }
 
-static inline int __ticket_spin_is_contended(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
+static inline int arch_spin_is_contended(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
 {
 	struct __raw_tickets tmp = ACCESS_ONCE(lock->tickets);
 
 	return (__ticket_t)(tmp.tail - tmp.head) > 1;
 }
-
-static inline int arch_spin_is_locked(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
-{
-	return __ticket_spin_is_locked(lock);
-}
-
-static inline int arch_spin_is_contended(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
-{
-	return __ticket_spin_is_contended(lock);
-}
 #define arch_spin_is_contended	arch_spin_is_contended
 
-static __always_inline void arch_spin_lock(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
-{
-	__ticket_spin_lock(lock);
-}
-
-static __always_inline int arch_spin_trylock(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
-{
-	return __ticket_spin_trylock(lock);
-}
-
-static __always_inline void arch_spin_unlock(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
-{
-	__ticket_spin_unlock(lock);
-}
-
 static __always_inline void arch_spin_lock_flags(arch_spinlock_t *lock,
 						  unsigned long flags)
 {

Raghavendra K T

2012-Apr-19 20:13 UTC

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[PATCH RFC V7 4/12] xen: defer spinlock setup until boot CPU setup

From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge at citrix.com>

There's no need to do it at very early init, and doing it there
makes it impossible to use the jump_label machinery.

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge at citrix.com>
Reviewed-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk at oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 arch/x86/xen/smp.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/smp.c b/arch/x86/xen/smp.c
index 5fac691..9ac931b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/smp.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/smp.c
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ static void __init xen_smp_prepare_boot_cpu(void)
 
 	xen_filter_cpu_maps();
 	xen_setup_vcpu_info_placement();
+	xen_init_spinlocks();
 }
 
 static void __init xen_smp_prepare_cpus(unsigned int max_cpus)
@@ -536,7 +537,6 @@ void __init xen_smp_init(void)
 {
 	smp_ops = xen_smp_ops;
 	xen_fill_possible_map();
-	xen_init_spinlocks();
 }
 
 static void __init xen_hvm_smp_prepare_cpus(unsigned int max_cpus)

Raghavendra K T

2012-Apr-19 20:14 UTC

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[PATCH RFC V7 5/12] xen/pvticketlock: Xen implementation for PV ticket locks

From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge at citrix.com>

Replace the old Xen implementation of PV spinlocks with and implementation
of xen_lock_spinning and xen_unlock_kick.

xen_lock_spinning simply registers the cpu in its entry in lock_waiting,
adds itself to the waiting_cpus set, and blocks on an event channel
until the channel becomes pending.

xen_unlock_kick searches the cpus in waiting_cpus looking for the one
which next wants this lock with the next ticket, if any.  If found,
it kicks it by making its event channel pending, which wakes it up.

We need to make sure interrupts are disabled while we're relying on the
contents of the per-cpu lock_waiting values, otherwise an interrupt
handler could come in, try to take some other lock, block, and overwrite
our values.

Raghu: use function + enum instead of macro, cmpxchg for zero status reset

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge at citrix.com>
Reviewed-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk at oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c |  344 +++++++++++------------------------------------
 1 files changed, 77 insertions(+), 267 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c b/arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c
index f1f4540..982e64b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c
@@ -16,45 +16,46 @@
 #include "xen-ops.h"
 #include "debugfs.h"
 
+enum xen_contention_stat {
+	TAKEN_SLOW,
+	TAKEN_SLOW_PICKUP,
+	TAKEN_SLOW_SPURIOUS,
+	RELEASED_SLOW,
+	RELEASED_SLOW_KICKED,
+	NR_CONTENTION_STATS
+};
+
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_XEN_DEBUG_FS
 static struct xen_spinlock_stats
 {
-	u64 taken;
-	u32 taken_slow;
-	u32 taken_slow_nested;
-	u32 taken_slow_pickup;
-	u32 taken_slow_spurious;
-	u32 taken_slow_irqenable;
-
-	u64 released;
-	u32 released_slow;
-	u32 released_slow_kicked;
+	u32 contention_stats[NR_CONTENTION_STATS];
 
 #define HISTO_BUCKETS	30
-	u32 histo_spin_total[HISTO_BUCKETS+1];
-	u32 histo_spin_spinning[HISTO_BUCKETS+1];
 	u32 histo_spin_blocked[HISTO_BUCKETS+1];
 
-	u64 time_total;
-	u64 time_spinning;
 	u64 time_blocked;
 } spinlock_stats;
 
 static u8 zero_stats;
 
-static unsigned lock_timeout = 1 << 10;
-#define TIMEOUT lock_timeout
-
 static inline void check_zero(void)
 {
-	if (unlikely(zero_stats)) {
-		memset(&spinlock_stats, 0, sizeof(spinlock_stats));
-		zero_stats = 0;
+	u8 ret;
+	u8 old = ACCESS_ONCE(zero_stats);
+	if (unlikely(old)) {
+		ret = cmpxchg(&zero_stats, old, 0);
+		/* This ensures only one fellow resets the stat */
+		if (ret == old)
+			memset(&spinlock_stats, 0, sizeof(spinlock_stats));
 	}
 }
 
-#define ADD_STATS(elem, val)			\
-	do { check_zero(); spinlock_stats.elem += (val); } while(0)
+static inline void add_stats(enum xen_contention_stat var, u32 val)
+{
+	check_zero();
+	spinlock_stats.contention_stats[var] += val;
+}
 
 static inline u64 spin_time_start(void)
 {
@@ -73,22 +74,6 @@ static void __spin_time_accum(u64 delta, u32 *array)
 		array[HISTO_BUCKETS]++;
 }
 
-static inline void spin_time_accum_spinning(u64 start)
-{
-	u32 delta = xen_clocksource_read() - start;
-
-	__spin_time_accum(delta, spinlock_stats.histo_spin_spinning);
-	spinlock_stats.time_spinning += delta;
-}
-
-static inline void spin_time_accum_total(u64 start)
-{
-	u32 delta = xen_clocksource_read() - start;
-
-	__spin_time_accum(delta, spinlock_stats.histo_spin_total);
-	spinlock_stats.time_total += delta;
-}
-
 static inline void spin_time_accum_blocked(u64 start)
 {
 	u32 delta = xen_clocksource_read() - start;
@@ -98,19 +83,15 @@ static inline void spin_time_accum_blocked(u64 start)
 }
 #else  /* !CONFIG_XEN_DEBUG_FS */
 #define TIMEOUT			(1 << 10)
-#define ADD_STATS(elem, val)	do { (void)(val); } while(0)
+static inline void add_stats(enum xen_contention_stat var, u32 val)
+{
+}
 
 static inline u64 spin_time_start(void)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static inline void spin_time_accum_total(u64 start)
-{
-}
-static inline void spin_time_accum_spinning(u64 start)
-{
-}
 static inline void spin_time_accum_blocked(u64 start)
 {
 }
@@ -133,230 +114,83 @@ typedef u16 xen_spinners_t;
 	asm(LOCK_PREFIX " decw %0" : "+m" ((xl)->spinners) : :
"memory");
 #endif
 
-struct xen_spinlock {
-	unsigned char lock;		/* 0 -> free; 1 -> locked */
-	xen_spinners_t spinners;	/* count of waiting cpus */
+struct xen_lock_waiting {
+	struct arch_spinlock *lock;
+	__ticket_t want;
 };
 
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, lock_kicker_irq) = -1;
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct xen_lock_waiting, lock_waiting);
+static cpumask_t waiting_cpus;
 
-#if 0
-static int xen_spin_is_locked(struct arch_spinlock *lock)
+static void xen_lock_spinning(struct arch_spinlock *lock, __ticket_t want)
 {
-	struct xen_spinlock *xl = (struct xen_spinlock *)lock;
-
-	return xl->lock != 0;
-}
-
-static int xen_spin_is_contended(struct arch_spinlock *lock)
-{
-	struct xen_spinlock *xl = (struct xen_spinlock *)lock;
-
-	/* Not strictly true; this is only the count of contended
-	   lock-takers entering the slow path. */
-	return xl->spinners != 0;
-}
-
-static int xen_spin_trylock(struct arch_spinlock *lock)
-{
-	struct xen_spinlock *xl = (struct xen_spinlock *)lock;
-	u8 old = 1;
-
-	asm("xchgb %b0,%1"
-	    : "+q" (old), "+m" (xl->lock) : :
"memory");
-
-	return old == 0;
-}
-
-static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct xen_spinlock *, lock_spinners);
-
-/*
- * Mark a cpu as interested in a lock.  Returns the CPU's previous
- * lock of interest, in case we got preempted by an interrupt.
- */
-static inline struct xen_spinlock *spinning_lock(struct xen_spinlock *xl)
-{
-	struct xen_spinlock *prev;
-
-	prev = __this_cpu_read(lock_spinners);
-	__this_cpu_write(lock_spinners, xl);
-
-	wmb();			/* set lock of interest before count */
-
-	inc_spinners(xl);
-
-	return prev;
-}
-
-/*
- * Mark a cpu as no longer interested in a lock.  Restores previous
- * lock of interest (NULL for none).
- */
-static inline void unspinning_lock(struct xen_spinlock *xl, struct xen_spinlock
*prev)
-{
-	dec_spinners(xl);
-	wmb();			/* decrement count before restoring lock */
-	__this_cpu_write(lock_spinners, prev);
-}
-
-static noinline int xen_spin_lock_slow(struct arch_spinlock *lock, bool
irq_enable)
-{
-	struct xen_spinlock *xl = (struct xen_spinlock *)lock;
-	struct xen_spinlock *prev;
 	int irq = __this_cpu_read(lock_kicker_irq);
-	int ret;
+	struct xen_lock_waiting *w = &__get_cpu_var(lock_waiting);
+	int cpu = smp_processor_id();
 	u64 start;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
 	/* If kicker interrupts not initialized yet, just spin */
 	if (irq == -1)
-		return 0;
+		return;
 
 	start = spin_time_start();
 
-	/* announce we're spinning */
-	prev = spinning_lock(xl);
-
-	ADD_STATS(taken_slow, 1);
-	ADD_STATS(taken_slow_nested, prev != NULL);
-
-	do {
-		unsigned long flags;
-
-		/* clear pending */
-		xen_clear_irq_pending(irq);
-
-		/* check again make sure it didn't become free while
-		   we weren't looking  */
-		ret = xen_spin_trylock(lock);
-		if (ret) {
-			ADD_STATS(taken_slow_pickup, 1);
-
-			/*
-			 * If we interrupted another spinlock while it
-			 * was blocking, make sure it doesn't block
-			 * without rechecking the lock.
-			 */
-			if (prev != NULL)
-				xen_set_irq_pending(irq);
-			goto out;
-		}
+	/*
+	 * Make sure an interrupt handler can't upset things in a
+	 * partially setup state.
+	 */
+	local_irq_save(flags);
 
-		flags = arch_local_save_flags();
-		if (irq_enable) {
-			ADD_STATS(taken_slow_irqenable, 1);
-			raw_local_irq_enable();
-		}
+	w->want = want;
+	smp_wmb();
+	w->lock = lock;
 
-		/*
-		 * Block until irq becomes pending.  If we're
-		 * interrupted at this point (after the trylock but
-		 * before entering the block), then the nested lock
-		 * handler guarantees that the irq will be left
-		 * pending if there's any chance the lock became free;
-		 * xen_poll_irq() returns immediately if the irq is
-		 * pending.
-		 */
-		xen_poll_irq(irq);
+	/* This uses set_bit, which atomic and therefore a barrier */
+	cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, &waiting_cpus);
+	add_stats(TAKEN_SLOW, 1);
 
-		raw_local_irq_restore(flags);
+	/* clear pending */
+	xen_clear_irq_pending(irq);
 
-		ADD_STATS(taken_slow_spurious, !xen_test_irq_pending(irq));
-	} while (!xen_test_irq_pending(irq)); /* check for spurious wakeups */
+	/* Only check lock once pending cleared */
+	barrier();
 
+	/* check again make sure it didn't become free while
+	   we weren't looking  */
+	if (ACCESS_ONCE(lock->tickets.head) == want) {
+		add_stats(TAKEN_SLOW_PICKUP, 1);
+		goto out;
+	}
+	/* Block until irq becomes pending (or perhaps a spurious wakeup) */
+	xen_poll_irq(irq);
+	add_stats(TAKEN_SLOW_SPURIOUS, !xen_test_irq_pending(irq));
 	kstat_incr_irqs_this_cpu(irq, irq_to_desc(irq));
-
 out:
-	unspinning_lock(xl, prev);
+	cpumask_clear_cpu(cpu, &waiting_cpus);
+	w->lock = NULL;
+	local_irq_restore(flags);
 	spin_time_accum_blocked(start);
-
-	return ret;
 }
 
-static inline void __xen_spin_lock(struct arch_spinlock *lock, bool irq_enable)
-{
-	struct xen_spinlock *xl = (struct xen_spinlock *)lock;
-	unsigned timeout;
-	u8 oldval;
-	u64 start_spin;
-
-	ADD_STATS(taken, 1);
-
-	start_spin = spin_time_start();
-
-	do {
-		u64 start_spin_fast = spin_time_start();
-
-		timeout = TIMEOUT;
-
-		asm("1: xchgb %1,%0\n"
-		    "   testb %1,%1\n"
-		    "   jz 3f\n"
-		    "2: rep;nop\n"
-		    "   cmpb $0,%0\n"
-		    "   je 1b\n"
-		    "   dec %2\n"
-		    "   jnz 2b\n"
-		    "3:\n"
-		    : "+m" (xl->lock), "=q" (oldval), "+r"
(timeout)
-		    : "1" (1)
-		    : "memory");
-
-		spin_time_accum_spinning(start_spin_fast);
-
-	} while (unlikely(oldval != 0 &&
-			  (TIMEOUT == ~0 || !xen_spin_lock_slow(lock, irq_enable))));
-
-	spin_time_accum_total(start_spin);
-}
-
-static void xen_spin_lock(struct arch_spinlock *lock)
-{
-	__xen_spin_lock(lock, false);
-}
-
-static void xen_spin_lock_flags(struct arch_spinlock *lock, unsigned long
flags)
-{
-	__xen_spin_lock(lock, !raw_irqs_disabled_flags(flags));
-}
-
-static noinline void xen_spin_unlock_slow(struct xen_spinlock *xl)
+static void xen_unlock_kick(struct arch_spinlock *lock, __ticket_t next)
 {
 	int cpu;
 
-	ADD_STATS(released_slow, 1);
+	add_stats(RELEASED_SLOW, 1);
 
-	for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
-		/* XXX should mix up next cpu selection */
-		if (per_cpu(lock_spinners, cpu) == xl) {
-			ADD_STATS(released_slow_kicked, 1);
+	for_each_cpu(cpu, &waiting_cpus) {
+		const struct xen_lock_waiting *w = &per_cpu(lock_waiting, cpu);
+
+		if (w->lock == lock && w->want == next) {
+			add_stats(RELEASED_SLOW_KICKED, 1);
 			xen_send_IPI_one(cpu, XEN_SPIN_UNLOCK_VECTOR);
 			break;
 		}
 	}
 }
 
-static void xen_spin_unlock(struct arch_spinlock *lock)
-{
-	struct xen_spinlock *xl = (struct xen_spinlock *)lock;
-
-	ADD_STATS(released, 1);
-
-	smp_wmb();		/* make sure no writes get moved after unlock */
-	xl->lock = 0;		/* release lock */
-
-	/*
-	 * Make sure unlock happens before checking for waiting
-	 * spinners.  We need a strong barrier to enforce the
-	 * write-read ordering to different memory locations, as the
-	 * CPU makes no implied guarantees about their ordering.
-	 */
-	mb();
-
-	if (unlikely(xl->spinners))
-		xen_spin_unlock_slow(xl);
-}
-#endif
-
 static irqreturn_t dummy_handler(int irq, void *dev_id)
 {
 	BUG();
@@ -391,15 +225,8 @@ void xen_uninit_lock_cpu(int cpu)
 
 void __init xen_init_spinlocks(void)
 {
-	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct xen_spinlock) > sizeof(arch_spinlock_t));
-#if 0
-	pv_lock_ops.spin_is_locked = xen_spin_is_locked;
-	pv_lock_ops.spin_is_contended = xen_spin_is_contended;
-	pv_lock_ops.spin_lock = xen_spin_lock;
-	pv_lock_ops.spin_lock_flags = xen_spin_lock_flags;
-	pv_lock_ops.spin_trylock = xen_spin_trylock;
-	pv_lock_ops.spin_unlock = xen_spin_unlock;
-#endif
+	pv_lock_ops.lock_spinning = xen_lock_spinning;
+	pv_lock_ops.unlock_kick = xen_unlock_kick;
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_XEN_DEBUG_FS
@@ -417,42 +244,25 @@ static int __init xen_spinlock_debugfs(void)
 
 	debugfs_create_u8("zero_stats", 0644, d_spin_debug,
&zero_stats);
 
-	debugfs_create_u32("timeout", 0644, d_spin_debug,
&lock_timeout);
-
-	debugfs_create_u64("taken", 0444, d_spin_debug,
&spinlock_stats.taken);
 	debugfs_create_u32("taken_slow", 0444, d_spin_debug,
-			   &spinlock_stats.taken_slow);
-	debugfs_create_u32("taken_slow_nested", 0444, d_spin_debug,
-			   &spinlock_stats.taken_slow_nested);
+			   &spinlock_stats.contention_stats[TAKEN_SLOW]);
 	debugfs_create_u32("taken_slow_pickup", 0444, d_spin_debug,
-			   &spinlock_stats.taken_slow_pickup);
+			   &spinlock_stats.contention_stats[TAKEN_SLOW_PICKUP]);
 	debugfs_create_u32("taken_slow_spurious", 0444, d_spin_debug,
-			   &spinlock_stats.taken_slow_spurious);
-	debugfs_create_u32("taken_slow_irqenable", 0444, d_spin_debug,
-			   &spinlock_stats.taken_slow_irqenable);
+			   &spinlock_stats.contention_stats[TAKEN_SLOW_SPURIOUS]);
 
-	debugfs_create_u64("released", 0444, d_spin_debug,
&spinlock_stats.released);
 	debugfs_create_u32("released_slow", 0444, d_spin_debug,
-			   &spinlock_stats.released_slow);
+			   &spinlock_stats.contention_stats[RELEASED_SLOW]);
 	debugfs_create_u32("released_slow_kicked", 0444, d_spin_debug,
-			   &spinlock_stats.released_slow_kicked);
+			   &spinlock_stats.contention_stats[RELEASED_SLOW_KICKED]);
 
-	debugfs_create_u64("time_spinning", 0444, d_spin_debug,
-			   &spinlock_stats.time_spinning);
 	debugfs_create_u64("time_blocked", 0444, d_spin_debug,
 			   &spinlock_stats.time_blocked);
-	debugfs_create_u64("time_total", 0444, d_spin_debug,
-			   &spinlock_stats.time_total);
 
-	debugfs_create_u32_array("histo_total", 0444, d_spin_debug,
-				     spinlock_stats.histo_spin_total, HISTO_BUCKETS + 1);
-	debugfs_create_u32_array("histo_spinning", 0444, d_spin_debug,
-				     spinlock_stats.histo_spin_spinning, HISTO_BUCKETS + 1);
 	debugfs_create_u32_array("histo_blocked", 0444, d_spin_debug,
 				     spinlock_stats.histo_spin_blocked, HISTO_BUCKETS + 1);
 
 	return 0;
 }
 fs_initcall(xen_spinlock_debugfs);
-
 #endif	/* CONFIG_XEN_DEBUG_FS */

Raghavendra K T

2012-Apr-19 20:14 UTC

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[PATCH RFC V7 6/12] xen/pvticketlocks: add xen_nopvspin parameter to disable xen pv ticketlocks

From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge at citrix.com>

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge at citrix.com>
Reviewed-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk at oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c |   14 ++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c b/arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c
index 982e64b..c9bf890 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c
@@ -223,12 +223,26 @@ void xen_uninit_lock_cpu(int cpu)
 	unbind_from_irqhandler(per_cpu(lock_kicker_irq, cpu), NULL);
 }
 
+static bool xen_pvspin __initdata = true;
+
 void __init xen_init_spinlocks(void)
 {
+	if (!xen_pvspin) {
+		printk(KERN_DEBUG "xen: PV spinlocks disabled\n");
+		return;
+	}
+
 	pv_lock_ops.lock_spinning = xen_lock_spinning;
 	pv_lock_ops.unlock_kick = xen_unlock_kick;
 }
 
+static __init int xen_parse_nopvspin(char *arg)
+{
+	xen_pvspin = false;
+	return 0;
+}
+early_param("xen_nopvspin", xen_parse_nopvspin);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_XEN_DEBUG_FS
 
 static struct dentry *d_spin_debug;

Raghavendra K T

2012-Apr-19 20:15 UTC

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[PATCH RFC V7 7/12] x86/pvticketlock: use callee-save for lock_spinning

From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge at citrix.com>

Although the lock_spinning calls in the spinlock code are on the
uncommon path, their presence can cause the compiler to generate many
more register save/restores in the function pre/postamble, which is in
the fast path.  To avoid this, convert it to using the pvops callee-save
calling convention, which defers all the save/restores until the actual
function is called, keeping the fastpath clean.

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge at citrix.com>
Reviewed-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk at oracle.com>
Tested-by: Attilio Rao <attilio.rao at citrix.com> 
Signed-off-by: Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h       |    2 +-
 arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h |    2 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/paravirt-spinlocks.c  |    2 +-
 arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c               |    3 ++-
 4 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h
index 4bcd146..9769096 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h
@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ static inline void __set_fixmap(unsigned /* enum
fixed_addresses */ idx,
 static __always_inline void __ticket_lock_spinning(struct arch_spinlock *lock,
 							__ticket_t ticket)
 {
-	PVOP_VCALL2(pv_lock_ops.lock_spinning, lock, ticket);
+	PVOP_VCALLEE2(pv_lock_ops.lock_spinning, lock, ticket);
 }
 
 static __always_inline void ____ticket_unlock_kick(struct arch_spinlock *lock,
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h
b/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h
index 005e24d..5e0c138 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ struct arch_spinlock;
 #include <asm/spinlock_types.h>
 
 struct pv_lock_ops {
-	void (*lock_spinning)(struct arch_spinlock *lock, __ticket_t ticket);
+	struct paravirt_callee_save lock_spinning;
 	void (*unlock_kick)(struct arch_spinlock *lock, __ticket_t ticket);
 };
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt-spinlocks.c
b/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt-spinlocks.c
index c2e010e..4251c1d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt-spinlocks.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt-spinlocks.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 struct pv_lock_ops pv_lock_ops = {
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-	.lock_spinning = paravirt_nop,
+	.lock_spinning = __PV_IS_CALLEE_SAVE(paravirt_nop),
 	.unlock_kick = paravirt_nop,
 #endif
 };
diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c b/arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c
index c9bf890..b0cdde1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ out:
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 	spin_time_accum_blocked(start);
 }
+PV_CALLEE_SAVE_REGS_THUNK(xen_lock_spinning);
 
 static void xen_unlock_kick(struct arch_spinlock *lock, __ticket_t next)
 {
@@ -232,7 +233,7 @@ void __init xen_init_spinlocks(void)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	pv_lock_ops.lock_spinning = xen_lock_spinning;
+	pv_lock_ops.lock_spinning = PV_CALLEE_SAVE(xen_lock_spinning);
 	pv_lock_ops.unlock_kick = xen_unlock_kick;
 }

Raghavendra K T

2012-Apr-19 20:15 UTC

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[PATCH RFC V7 8/12] x86/pvticketlock: when paravirtualizing ticket locks, increment by 2

From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge at citrix.com>

Increment ticket head/tails by 2 rather than 1 to leave the LSB free
to store a "is in slowpath state" bit.  This halves the number
of possible CPUs for a given ticket size, but this shouldn't matter
in practice - kernels built for 32k+ CPU systems are probably
specially built for the hardware rather than a generic distro
kernel.

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge at citrix.com>
Tested-by: Attilio Rao <attilio.rao at citrix.com> 
Signed-off-by: Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h       |   10 +++++-----
 arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock_types.h |   10 +++++++++-
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h
index ee4bbd4..60b7e83 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ static __always_inline void __ticket_unlock_kick(struct
arch_spinlock *lock,
  */
 static __always_inline void arch_spin_lock(struct arch_spinlock *lock)
 {
-	register struct __raw_tickets inc = { .tail = 1 };
+	register struct __raw_tickets inc = { .tail = TICKET_LOCK_INC };
 
 	inc = xadd(&lock->tickets, inc);
 
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ static __always_inline int arch_spin_trylock(arch_spinlock_t
*lock)
 	if (old.tickets.head != old.tickets.tail)
 		return 0;
 
-	new.head_tail = old.head_tail + (1 << TICKET_SHIFT);
+	new.head_tail = old.head_tail + (TICKET_LOCK_INC << TICKET_SHIFT);
 
 	/* cmpxchg is a full barrier, so nothing can move before it */
 	return cmpxchg(&lock->head_tail, old.head_tail, new.head_tail) ==
old.head_tail;
@@ -115,9 +115,9 @@ static __always_inline int arch_spin_trylock(arch_spinlock_t
*lock)
 
 static __always_inline void arch_spin_unlock(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
 {
-	__ticket_t next = lock->tickets.head + 1;
+	__ticket_t next = lock->tickets.head + TICKET_LOCK_INC;
 
-	__add(&lock->tickets.head, 1, UNLOCK_LOCK_PREFIX);
+	__add(&lock->tickets.head, TICKET_LOCK_INC, UNLOCK_LOCK_PREFIX);
 	__ticket_unlock_kick(lock, next);
 }
 
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ static inline int arch_spin_is_contended(arch_spinlock_t
*lock)
 {
 	struct __raw_tickets tmp = ACCESS_ONCE(lock->tickets);
 
-	return (__ticket_t)(tmp.tail - tmp.head) > 1;
+	return (__ticket_t)(tmp.tail - tmp.head) > TICKET_LOCK_INC;
 }
 #define arch_spin_is_contended	arch_spin_is_contended
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock_types.h
b/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock_types.h
index 83fd3c7..e96fcbd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock_types.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock_types.h
@@ -3,7 +3,13 @@
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
 
-#if (CONFIG_NR_CPUS < 256)
+#ifdef CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS
+#define __TICKET_LOCK_INC	2
+#else
+#define __TICKET_LOCK_INC	1
+#endif
+
+#if (CONFIG_NR_CPUS < (256 / __TICKET_LOCK_INC))
 typedef u8  __ticket_t;
 typedef u16 __ticketpair_t;
 #else
@@ -11,6 +17,8 @@ typedef u16 __ticket_t;
 typedef u32 __ticketpair_t;
 #endif
 
+#define TICKET_LOCK_INC	((__ticket_t)__TICKET_LOCK_INC)
+
 #define TICKET_SHIFT	(sizeof(__ticket_t) * 8)
 
 typedef struct arch_spinlock {

Raghavendra K T

2012-Apr-19 20:15 UTC

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[PATCH RFC V7 9/12] split out rate limiting from jump_label.h

From: Andrew Jones <drjones at redhat.com>

Commit b202952075f62603bea9bfb6ebc6b0420db11949 introduced rate limiting
for jump label disabling. The changes were made in the jump label code
in order to be more widely available and to keep things tidier. This is
all fine, except now jump_label.h includes linux/workqueue.h, which
makes it impossible to include jump_label.h from anything that
workqueue.h needs. For example, it's now impossible to include
jump_label.h from asm/spinlock.h, which is done in proposed
pv-ticketlock patches. This patch splits out the rate limiting related
changes from jump_label.h into a new file, jump_label_ratelimit.h, to
resolve the issue.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Jones <drjones at redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 include/linux/jump_label.h           |   26 +-------------------------
 include/linux/jump_label_ratelimit.h |   34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 include/linux/perf_event.h           |    1 +
 kernel/jump_label.c                  |    1 +
 4 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/jump_label.h b/include/linux/jump_label.h
index c513a40..8195227 100644
--- a/include/linux/jump_label.h
+++ b/include/linux/jump_label.h
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
-#include <linux/workqueue.h>
 
 #if defined(CC_HAVE_ASM_GOTO) && defined(CONFIG_JUMP_LABEL)
 
@@ -62,12 +61,6 @@ struct static_key {
 #endif
 };
 
-struct static_key_deferred {
-	struct static_key key;
-	unsigned long timeout;
-	struct delayed_work work;
-};
-
 # include <asm/jump_label.h>
 # define HAVE_JUMP_LABEL
 #endif	/* CC_HAVE_ASM_GOTO && CONFIG_JUMP_LABEL */
@@ -126,10 +119,7 @@ extern void arch_jump_label_transform_static(struct
jump_entry *entry,
 extern int jump_label_text_reserved(void *start, void *end);
 extern void static_key_slow_inc(struct static_key *key);
 extern void static_key_slow_dec(struct static_key *key);
-extern void static_key_slow_dec_deferred(struct static_key_deferred *key);
 extern void jump_label_apply_nops(struct module *mod);
-extern void
-jump_label_rate_limit(struct static_key_deferred *key, unsigned long rl);
 
 #define STATIC_KEY_INIT_TRUE ((struct static_key) \
 	{ .enabled = ATOMIC_INIT(1), .entries = (void *)1 })
@@ -148,10 +138,6 @@ static __always_inline void jump_label_init(void)
 {
 }
 
-struct static_key_deferred {
-	struct static_key  key;
-};
-
 static __always_inline bool static_key_false(struct static_key *key)
 {
 	if (unlikely(atomic_read(&key->enabled)) > 0)
@@ -184,11 +170,6 @@ static inline void static_key_slow_dec(struct static_key
*key)
 	atomic_dec(&key->enabled);
 }
 
-static inline void static_key_slow_dec_deferred(struct static_key_deferred
*key)
-{
-	static_key_slow_dec(&key->key);
-}
-
 static inline int jump_label_text_reserved(void *start, void *end)
 {
 	return 0;
@@ -202,12 +183,6 @@ static inline int jump_label_apply_nops(struct module *mod)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static inline void
-jump_label_rate_limit(struct static_key_deferred *key,
-		unsigned long rl)
-{
-}
-
 #define STATIC_KEY_INIT_TRUE ((struct static_key) \
 		{ .enabled = ATOMIC_INIT(1) })
 #define STATIC_KEY_INIT_FALSE ((struct static_key) \
@@ -218,6 +193,7 @@ jump_label_rate_limit(struct static_key_deferred *key,
 #define STATIC_KEY_INIT STATIC_KEY_INIT_FALSE
 #define jump_label_enabled static_key_enabled
 
+static inline int atomic_read(const atomic_t *v);
 static inline bool static_key_enabled(struct static_key *key)
 {
 	return (atomic_read(&key->enabled) > 0);
diff --git a/include/linux/jump_label_ratelimit.h
b/include/linux/jump_label_ratelimit.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1137883
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/jump_label_ratelimit.h
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#ifndef _LINUX_JUMP_LABEL_RATELIMIT_H
+#define _LINUX_JUMP_LABEL_RATELIMIT_H
+
+#include <linux/jump_label.h>
+#include <linux/workqueue.h>
+
+#if defined(CC_HAVE_ASM_GOTO) && defined(CONFIG_JUMP_LABEL)
+struct static_key_deferred {
+	struct static_key key;
+	unsigned long timeout;
+	struct delayed_work work;
+};
+#endif
+
+#ifdef HAVE_JUMP_LABEL
+extern void static_key_slow_dec_deferred(struct static_key_deferred *key);
+extern void
+jump_label_rate_limit(struct static_key_deferred *key, unsigned long rl);
+
+#else	/* !HAVE_JUMP_LABEL */
+struct static_key_deferred {
+	struct static_key  key;
+};
+static inline void static_key_slow_dec_deferred(struct static_key_deferred
*key)
+{
+	static_key_slow_dec(&key->key);
+}
+static inline void
+jump_label_rate_limit(struct static_key_deferred *key,
+		unsigned long rl)
+{
+}
+#endif	/* HAVE_JUMP_LABEL */
+#endif	/* _LINUX_JUMP_LABEL_RATELIMIT_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index ddbb6a9..a0e6118 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -605,6 +605,7 @@ struct perf_guest_info_callbacks {
 #include <linux/cpu.h>
 #include <linux/irq_work.h>
 #include <linux/static_key.h>
+#include <linux/jump_label_ratelimit.h>
 #include <linux/atomic.h>
 #include <linux/sysfs.h>
 #include <asm/local.h>
diff --git a/kernel/jump_label.c b/kernel/jump_label.c
index 4304919..e17f8d6 100644
--- a/kernel/jump_label.c
+++ b/kernel/jump_label.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <linux/sort.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
 #include <linux/static_key.h>
+#include <linux/jump_label_ratelimit.h>
 
 #ifdef HAVE_JUMP_LABEL

Raghavendra K T

2012-Apr-19 20:16 UTC

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[PATCH RFC V7 10/12] x86/ticketlock: add slowpath logic

From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge at citrix.com>

Maintain a flag in the LSB of the ticket lock tail which indicates
whether anyone is in the lock slowpath and may need kicking when
the current holder unlocks.  The flags are set when the first locker
enters the slowpath, and cleared when unlocking to an empty queue (ie,
no contention).

In the specific implementation of lock_spinning(), make sure to set
the slowpath flags on the lock just before blocking.  We must do
this before the last-chance pickup test to prevent a deadlock
with the unlocker:

Unlocker			Locker
				test for lock pickup
					-> fail
unlock
test slowpath
	-> false
				set slowpath flags
				block

Whereas this works in any ordering:

Unlocker			Locker
				set slowpath flags
				test for lock pickup
					-> fail
				block
unlock
test slowpath
	-> true, kick

If the unlocker finds that the lock has the slowpath flag set but it is
actually uncontended (ie, head == tail, so nobody is waiting), then it
clears the slowpath flag.

The unlock code uses a locked add to update the head counter.  This also
acts as a full memory barrier so that its safe to subsequently
read back the slowflag state, knowing that the updated lock is visible
to the other CPUs.  If it were an unlocked add, then the flag read may
just be forwarded from the store buffer before it was visible to the other
CPUs, which could result in a deadlock.

Unfortunately this means we need to do a locked instruction when
unlocking with PV ticketlocks.  However, if PV ticketlocks are not
enabled, then the old non-locked "add" is the only unlocking code.

Note: this code relies on gcc making sure that unlikely() code is out of
line of the fastpath, which only happens when OPTIMIZE_SIZE=n.  If it
doesn't the generated code isn't too bad, but its definitely suboptimal.

Thanks to Srivatsa Vaddagiri for providing a bugfix to the original
version of this change, which has been folded in.
Thanks to Stephan Diestelhorst for commenting on some code which relied
on an inaccurate reading of the x86 memory ordering rules.

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge at citrix.com>
Signed-off-by: Srivatsa Vaddagiri <vatsa at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk at oracle.com>
Cc: Stephan Diestelhorst <stephan.diestelhorst at amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h       |    2 +-
 arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h       |   86 +++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock_types.h |    2 +
 arch/x86/kernel/paravirt-spinlocks.c  |    3 +
 arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c               |    6 ++
 5 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h
index 9769096..af49670 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ static __always_inline void __ticket_lock_spinning(struct
arch_spinlock *lock,
 	PVOP_VCALLEE2(pv_lock_ops.lock_spinning, lock, ticket);
 }
 
-static __always_inline void ____ticket_unlock_kick(struct arch_spinlock *lock,
+static __always_inline void __ticket_unlock_kick(struct arch_spinlock *lock,
 							__ticket_t ticket)
 {
 	PVOP_VCALL2(pv_lock_ops.unlock_kick, lock, ticket);
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h
index 60b7e83..e6881fd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 #ifndef _ASM_X86_SPINLOCK_H
 #define _ASM_X86_SPINLOCK_H
 
+#include <linux/jump_label.h>
 #include <linux/atomic.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
 #include <asm/processor.h>
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
 #include <asm/paravirt.h>
+#include <asm/bitops.h>
+
 /*
  * Your basic SMP spinlocks, allowing only a single CPU anywhere
  *
@@ -40,32 +43,28 @@
 /* How long a lock should spin before we consider blocking */
 #define SPIN_THRESHOLD	(1 << 11)
 
-#ifndef CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS
+extern struct static_key paravirt_ticketlocks_enabled;
+static __always_inline bool static_key_false(struct static_key *key);
 
-static __always_inline void __ticket_lock_spinning(struct arch_spinlock *lock,
-							__ticket_t ticket)
+#ifdef CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS
+
+static inline void __ticket_enter_slowpath(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
 {
+	set_bit(0, (volatile unsigned long *)&lock->tickets.tail);
 }
 
-static __always_inline void ____ticket_unlock_kick(struct arch_spinlock *lock,
-							 __ticket_t ticket)
+#else  /* !CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS */
+static __always_inline void __ticket_lock_spinning(arch_spinlock_t *lock,
+							__ticket_t ticket)
 {
 }
-
-#endif	/* CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS */
-
-
-/*
- * If a spinlock has someone waiting on it, then kick the appropriate
- * waiting cpu.
- */
-static __always_inline void __ticket_unlock_kick(struct arch_spinlock *lock,
-							__ticket_t next)
+static inline void __ticket_unlock_kick(arch_spinlock_t *lock,
+							__ticket_t ticket)
 {
-	if (unlikely(lock->tickets.tail != next))
-		____ticket_unlock_kick(lock, next);
 }
 
+#endif /* CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS */
+
 /*
  * Ticket locks are conceptually two parts, one indicating the current head of
  * the queue, and the other indicating the current tail. The lock is acquired
@@ -79,20 +78,22 @@ static __always_inline void __ticket_unlock_kick(struct
arch_spinlock *lock,
  * in the high part, because a wide xadd increment of the low part would carry
  * up and contaminate the high part.
  */
-static __always_inline void arch_spin_lock(struct arch_spinlock *lock)
+static __always_inline void arch_spin_lock(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
 {
 	register struct __raw_tickets inc = { .tail = TICKET_LOCK_INC };
 
 	inc = xadd(&lock->tickets, inc);
+	if (likely(inc.head == inc.tail))
+		goto out;
 
+	inc.tail &= ~TICKET_SLOWPATH_FLAG;
 	for (;;) {
 		unsigned count = SPIN_THRESHOLD;
 
 		do {
-			if (inc.head == inc.tail)
+			if (ACCESS_ONCE(lock->tickets.head) == inc.tail)
 				goto out;
 			cpu_relax();
-			inc.head = ACCESS_ONCE(lock->tickets.head);
 		} while (--count);
 		__ticket_lock_spinning(lock, inc.tail);
 	}
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ static __always_inline int arch_spin_trylock(arch_spinlock_t
*lock)
 	arch_spinlock_t old, new;
 
 	old.tickets = ACCESS_ONCE(lock->tickets);
-	if (old.tickets.head != old.tickets.tail)
+	if (old.tickets.head != (old.tickets.tail & ~TICKET_SLOWPATH_FLAG))
 		return 0;
 
 	new.head_tail = old.head_tail + (TICKET_LOCK_INC << TICKET_SHIFT);
@@ -113,12 +114,49 @@ static __always_inline int
arch_spin_trylock(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
 	return cmpxchg(&lock->head_tail, old.head_tail, new.head_tail) ==
old.head_tail;
 }
 
+static inline void __ticket_unlock_slowpath(arch_spinlock_t *lock,
+					    arch_spinlock_t old)
+{
+	arch_spinlock_t new;
+
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(((__ticket_t)NR_CPUS) != NR_CPUS);
+
+	/* Perform the unlock on the "before" copy */
+	old.tickets.head += TICKET_LOCK_INC;
+
+	/* Clear the slowpath flag */
+	new.head_tail = old.head_tail & ~(TICKET_SLOWPATH_FLAG <<
TICKET_SHIFT);
+
+	/*
+	 * If the lock is uncontended, clear the flag - use cmpxchg in
+	 * case it changes behind our back though.
+	 */
+	if (new.tickets.head != new.tickets.tail ||
+	    cmpxchg(&lock->head_tail, old.head_tail,
+					new.head_tail) != old.head_tail) {
+		/*
+		 * Lock still has someone queued for it, so wake up an
+		 * appropriate waiter.
+		 */
+		__ticket_unlock_kick(lock, old.tickets.head);
+	}
+}
+
 static __always_inline void arch_spin_unlock(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
 {
-	__ticket_t next = lock->tickets.head + TICKET_LOCK_INC;
+	if (TICKET_SLOWPATH_FLAG &&
+	    static_key_false(&paravirt_ticketlocks_enabled)) {
+		arch_spinlock_t prev;
+
+		prev = *lock;
+		add_smp(&lock->tickets.head, TICKET_LOCK_INC);
+
+		/* add_smp() is a full mb() */
 
-	__add(&lock->tickets.head, TICKET_LOCK_INC, UNLOCK_LOCK_PREFIX);
-	__ticket_unlock_kick(lock, next);
+		if (unlikely(lock->tickets.tail & TICKET_SLOWPATH_FLAG))
+			__ticket_unlock_slowpath(lock, prev);
+	} else
+		__add(&lock->tickets.head, TICKET_LOCK_INC, UNLOCK_LOCK_PREFIX);
 }
 
 static inline int arch_spin_is_locked(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock_types.h
b/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock_types.h
index e96fcbd..4f1bea1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock_types.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock_types.h
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS
 #define __TICKET_LOCK_INC	2
+#define TICKET_SLOWPATH_FLAG	((__ticket_t)1)
 #else
 #define __TICKET_LOCK_INC	1
+#define TICKET_SLOWPATH_FLAG	((__ticket_t)0)
 #endif
 
 #if (CONFIG_NR_CPUS < (256 / __TICKET_LOCK_INC))
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt-spinlocks.c
b/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt-spinlocks.c
index 4251c1d..bbb6c73 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt-spinlocks.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt-spinlocks.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  */
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/jump_label.h>
 
 #include <asm/paravirt.h>
 
@@ -15,3 +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);
diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c b/arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c
index b0cdde1..e2f312f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c
@@ -157,6 +157,10 @@ static void xen_lock_spinning(struct arch_spinlock *lock,
__ticket_t want)
 	/* Only check lock once pending cleared */
 	barrier();
 
+	/* Mark entry to slowpath before doing the pickup test to make
+	   sure we don't deadlock with an unlocker. */
+	__ticket_enter_slowpath(lock);
+
 	/* check again make sure it didn't become free while
 	   we weren't looking  */
 	if (ACCESS_ONCE(lock->tickets.head) == want) {
@@ -233,6 +237,8 @@ void __init xen_init_spinlocks(void)
 		return;
 	}
 
+	static_key_slow_inc(&paravirt_ticketlocks_enabled);
+
 	pv_lock_ops.lock_spinning = PV_CALLEE_SAVE(xen_lock_spinning);
 	pv_lock_ops.unlock_kick = xen_unlock_kick;
 }

Raghavendra K T

2012-Apr-19 20:16 UTC

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[PATCH RFC V7 11/12] xen/pvticketlock: allow interrupts to be enabled while blocking

From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge at citrix.com>

If interrupts were enabled when taking the spinlock, we can leave them
enabled while blocking to get the lock.

If we can enable interrupts while waiting for the lock to become
available, and we take an interrupt before entering the poll,
and the handler takes a spinlock which ends up going into
the slow state (invalidating the per-cpu "lock" and "want"
values),
then when the interrupt handler returns the event channel will
remain pending so the poll will return immediately, causing it to
return out to the main spinlock loop.

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge at citrix.com>
Reviewed-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk at oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c |   46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 1 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c b/arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c
index e2f312f..d2ab57a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c
@@ -142,7 +142,20 @@ static void xen_lock_spinning(struct arch_spinlock *lock,
__ticket_t want)
 	 * partially setup state.
 	 */
 	local_irq_save(flags);
-
+	/*
+	 * We don't really care if we're overwriting some other
+	 * (lock,want) pair, as that would mean that we're currently
+	 * in an interrupt context, and the outer context had
+	 * interrupts enabled.  That has already kicked the VCPU out
+	 * of xen_poll_irq(), so it will just return spuriously and
+	 * retry with newly setup (lock,want).
+	 *
+	 * The ordering protocol on this is that the "lock" pointer
+	 * may only be set non-NULL if the "want" ticket is correct.
+	 * If we're updating "want", we must first clear
"lock".
+	 */
+	w->lock = NULL;
+	smp_wmb();
 	w->want = want;
 	smp_wmb();
 	w->lock = lock;
@@ -157,24 +170,43 @@ static void xen_lock_spinning(struct arch_spinlock *lock,
__ticket_t want)
 	/* Only check lock once pending cleared */
 	barrier();
 
-	/* Mark entry to slowpath before doing the pickup test to make
-	   sure we don't deadlock with an unlocker. */
+	/*
+	 * Mark entry to slowpath before doing the pickup test to make
+	 * sure we don't deadlock with an unlocker.
+	 */
 	__ticket_enter_slowpath(lock);
 
-	/* check again make sure it didn't become free while
-	   we weren't looking  */
+	/*
+	 * check again make sure it didn't become free while
+	 * we weren't looking
+	 */
 	if (ACCESS_ONCE(lock->tickets.head) == want) {
 		add_stats(TAKEN_SLOW_PICKUP, 1);
 		goto out;
 	}
+
+	/* Allow interrupts while blocked */
+	local_irq_restore(flags);
+
+	/*
+	 * 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);
 	add_stats(TAKEN_SLOW_SPURIOUS, !xen_test_irq_pending(irq));
+
+	local_irq_save(flags);
+
 	kstat_incr_irqs_this_cpu(irq, irq_to_desc(irq));
 out:
 	cpumask_clear_cpu(cpu, &waiting_cpus);
 	w->lock = NULL;
+
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
+
 	spin_time_accum_blocked(start);
 }
 PV_CALLEE_SAVE_REGS_THUNK(xen_lock_spinning);
@@ -188,7 +220,9 @@ static void xen_unlock_kick(struct arch_spinlock *lock,
__ticket_t next)
 	for_each_cpu(cpu, &waiting_cpus) {
 		const struct xen_lock_waiting *w = &per_cpu(lock_waiting, cpu);
 
-		if (w->lock == lock && w->want == next) {
+		/* Make sure we read lock before want */
+		if (ACCESS_ONCE(w->lock) == lock &&
+		    ACCESS_ONCE(w->want) == next) {
 			add_stats(RELEASED_SLOW_KICKED, 1);
 			xen_send_IPI_one(cpu, XEN_SPIN_UNLOCK_VECTOR);
 			break;

Raghavendra K T

2012-Apr-19 20:17 UTC

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[PATCH RFC V7 12/12] xen: enable PV ticketlocks on HVM Xen

From: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini at eu.citrix.com>

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge at citrix.com>
Reviewed-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk at oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 arch/x86/xen/smp.c |    1 +
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/smp.c b/arch/x86/xen/smp.c
index 9ac931b..2192f76 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/smp.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/smp.c
@@ -574,4 +574,5 @@ void __init xen_hvm_smp_init(void)
 	smp_ops.cpu_die = xen_hvm_cpu_die;
 	smp_ops.send_call_func_ipi = xen_smp_send_call_function_ipi;
 	smp_ops.send_call_func_single_ipi = xen_smp_send_call_function_single_ipi;
+	xen_init_spinlocks();
 }

Ian Campbell

2012-May-01 12:50 UTC

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[Xen-devel] [PATCH RFC V7 0/12] Paravirtualized ticketlocks

On Thu, 2012-04-19 at 21:12 +0100, Raghavendra K T
wrote:> From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge at citrix.com>
> 
> This series replaces the existing paravirtualized spinlock mechanism
> with a paravirtualized ticketlock mechanism. (targeted for 3.5 window)
Which tree is this series going through, tip.git I guess?

I don't see it there.

Ian.
> 
> Changes in V7:
>  - Reabsed patches to 3.4-rc3
>  - Added jumplabel split patch (originally from Andrew Jones rebased to
>     3.4-rc3
>  - jumplabel changes from Ingo and Jason taken and now using static_key_*
>     instead of static_branch.
>  - using UNINLINE_SPIN_UNLOCK (which was splitted as per suggestion from
Linus)
>  - This patch series is rebased on debugfs patch (that sould be already in
>     Xen/linux-next https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/3/23/51)
> 
> Ticket locks have an inherent problem in a virtualized case, because
> the vCPUs are scheduled rather than running concurrently (ignoring
> gang scheduled vCPUs).  This can result in catastrophic performance
> collapses when the vCPU scheduler doesn't schedule the correct
"next"
> vCPU, and ends up scheduling a vCPU which burns its entire timeslice
> spinning.  (Note that this is not the same problem as lock-holder
> preemption, which this series also addresses; that's also a problem,
> but not catastrophic).
> 
> (See Thomas Friebel's talk "Prevent Guests from Spinning
Around"
> http://www.xen.org/files/xensummitboston08/LHP.pdf for more details.)
> 
> Currently we deal with this by having PV spinlocks, which adds a layer
> of indirection in front of all the spinlock functions, and defining a
> completely new implementation for Xen (and for other pvops users, but
> there are none at present).
> 
> PV ticketlocks keeps the existing ticketlock implemenentation
> (fastpath) as-is, but adds a couple of pvops for the slow paths:
> 
> - If a CPU has been waiting for a spinlock for SPIN_THRESHOLD
>   iterations, then call out to the __ticket_lock_spinning() pvop,
>   which allows a backend to block the vCPU rather than spinning.  This
>   pvop can set the lock into "slowpath state".
> 
> - When releasing a lock, if it is in "slowpath state", the call
>   __ticket_unlock_kick() to kick the next vCPU in line awake.  If the
>   lock is no longer in contention, it also clears the slowpath flag.
> 
> The "slowpath state" is stored in the LSB of the within the lock
tail
> ticket.  This has the effect of reducing the max number of CPUs by
> half (so, a "small ticket" can deal with 128 CPUs, and
"large ticket"
> 32768).
> 
> This series provides a Xen implementation, KVM implementation will be
> posted in next 2-3 days.
> 
> Overall, it results in a large reduction in code, it makes the native
> and virtualized cases closer, and it removes a layer of indirection
> around all the spinlock functions.
> 
> The fast path (taking an uncontended lock which isn't in
"slowpath"
> state) is optimal, identical to the non-paravirtualized case.
> 
> The inner part of ticket lock code becomes:
>         inc = xadd(&lock->tickets, inc);
>         inc.tail &= ~TICKET_SLOWPATH_FLAG;
> 
>         if (likely(inc.head == inc.tail))
>                 goto out;
>         for (;;) {
>                 unsigned count = SPIN_THRESHOLD;
>                 do {
>                         if (ACCESS_ONCE(lock->tickets.head) == inc.tail)
>                                 goto out;
>                         cpu_relax();
>                 } while (--count);
>                 __ticket_lock_spinning(lock, inc.tail);
>         }
> out:    barrier();
> which results in:
>         push   %rbp
>         mov    %rsp,%rbp
> 
>         mov    $0x200,%eax
>         lock xadd %ax,(%rdi)
>         movzbl %ah,%edx
>         cmp    %al,%dl
>         jne    1f       # Slowpath if lock in contention
> 
>         pop    %rbp
>         retq
> 
>         ### SLOWPATH START
> 1:      and    $-2,%edx
>         movzbl %dl,%esi
> 
> 2:      mov    $0x800,%eax
>         jmp    4f
> 
> 3:      pause
>         sub    $0x1,%eax
>         je     5f
> 
> 4:      movzbl (%rdi),%ecx
>         cmp    %cl,%dl
>         jne    3b
> 
>         pop    %rbp
>         retq
> 
> 5:      callq  *__ticket_lock_spinning
>         jmp    2b
>         ### SLOWPATH END
> 
> with CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS=n, the code has changed slightly, where
> the fastpath case is straight through (taking the lock without
> contention), and the spin loop is out of line:
> 
>         push   %rbp
>         mov    %rsp,%rbp
> 
>         mov    $0x100,%eax
>         lock xadd %ax,(%rdi)
>         movzbl %ah,%edx
>         cmp    %al,%dl
>         jne    1f
> 
>         pop    %rbp
>         retq
> 
>         ### SLOWPATH START
> 1:      pause
>         movzbl (%rdi),%eax
>         cmp    %dl,%al
>         jne    1b
> 
>         pop    %rbp
>         retq
>         ### SLOWPATH END
> 
> The unlock code is complicated by the need to both add to the lock's
> "head" and fetch the slowpath flag from "tail".  This
version of the
> patch uses a locked add to do this, followed by a test to see if the
> slowflag is set.  The lock prefix acts as a full memory barrier, so we
> can be sure that other CPUs will have seen the unlock before we read
> the flag (without the barrier the read could be fetched from the
> store queue before it hits memory, which could result in a deadlock).
> 
> This is is all unnecessary complication if you're not using PV ticket
> locks, it also uses the jump-label machinery to use the standard
> "add"-based unlock in the non-PV case.
> 
>         if (TICKET_SLOWPATH_FLAG &&
>              static_key_false(&paravirt_ticketlocks_enabled))) {
>                 arch_spinlock_t prev;
>                 prev = *lock;
>                 add_smp(&lock->tickets.head, TICKET_LOCK_INC);
> 
>                 /* add_smp() is a full mb() */
>                 if (unlikely(lock->tickets.tail &
TICKET_SLOWPATH_FLAG))
>                         __ticket_unlock_slowpath(lock, prev);
>         } else
>                 __add(&lock->tickets.head, TICKET_LOCK_INC,
UNLOCK_LOCK_PREFIX);
> which generates:
>         push   %rbp
>         mov    %rsp,%rbp
> 
>         nop5    # replaced by 5-byte jmp 2f when PV enabled
> 
>         # non-PV unlock
>         addb   $0x2,(%rdi)
> 
> 1:      pop    %rbp
>         retq
> 
> ### PV unlock ###
> 2:      movzwl (%rdi),%esi      # Fetch prev
> 
>         lock addb $0x2,(%rdi)   # Do unlock
> 
>         testb  $0x1,0x1(%rdi)   # Test flag
>         je     1b               # Finished if not set
> 
> ### Slow path ###
>         add    $2,%sil          # Add "head" in old lock state
>         mov    %esi,%edx
>         and    $0xfe,%dh        # clear slowflag for comparison
>         movzbl %dh,%eax
>         cmp    %dl,%al          # If head == tail (uncontended)
>         je     4f               # clear slowpath flag
> 
>         # Kick next CPU waiting for lock
> 3:      movzbl %sil,%esi
>         callq  *pv_lock_ops.kick
> 
>         pop    %rbp
>         retq
> 
>         # Lock no longer contended - clear slowflag
> 4:      mov    %esi,%eax
>         lock cmpxchg %dx,(%rdi) # cmpxchg to clear flag
>         cmp    %si,%ax
>         jne    3b               # If clear failed, then kick
> 
>         pop    %rbp
>         retq
> 
> So when not using PV ticketlocks, the unlock sequence just has a
> 5-byte nop added to it, and the PV case is reasonable straightforward
> aside from requiring a "lock add".
> 
> TODO: 1) remove CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCK ?
>       2) experiments on further optimization possibilities. (discussed in
V6)
> 
> Results:
> ======> various form of results based on V6 of the patch series are
posted in following links
>  https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/3/21/161
>  https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/3/21/198
> 
>  kvm results:
>  https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/3/23/50
>  https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/4/5/73
> 
> Thoughts? Comments? Suggestions?
> 
> Jeremy Fitzhardinge (9):
>   x86/spinlock: replace pv spinlocks with pv ticketlocks
>   x86/ticketlock: collapse a layer of functions
>   xen: defer spinlock setup until boot CPU setup
>   xen/pvticketlock: Xen implementation for PV ticket locks
>   xen/pvticketlocks: add xen_nopvspin parameter to disable xen pv
>     ticketlocks
>   x86/pvticketlock: use callee-save for lock_spinning
>   x86/pvticketlock: when paravirtualizing ticket locks, increment by 2
>   x86/ticketlock: add slowpath logic
>   xen/pvticketlock: allow interrupts to be enabled while blocking
> 
> Raghavendra K T (1):
>   x86/ticketlock: don't inline _spin_unlock when using paravirt
>     spinlocks
> 
> Andrew Jones (1):
>   split out rate limiting from jump_label.h
> 
> Stefano Stabellini (1):
>  xen: enable PV ticketlocks on HVM Xen
> ---
> 
> V6 : https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/3/21/161
> 
> Changes in V6 posting: (Raghavendra K T)
>  - Rebased to linux-3.3-rc6.
>  - used function+enum in place of macro (better type checking)
>  - use cmpxchg while resetting zero status for possible race
>         [suggested by Dave Hansen for KVM patches ]
> 
>  arch/x86/Kconfig                      |    1 +
>  arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h       |   32 +---
>  arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h |   10 +-
>  arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h       |  128 ++++++++----
>  arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock_types.h |   16 +-
>  arch/x86/kernel/paravirt-spinlocks.c  |   18 +--
>  arch/x86/xen/smp.c                    |    3 +-
>  arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c               |  383
+++++++++++----------------------
>  include/linux/jump_label.h            |   26 +---
>  include/linux/jump_label_ratelimit.h  |   34 +++
>  include/linux/perf_event.h            |    1 +
>  kernel/jump_label.c                   |    1 +
>  12 files changed, 279 insertions(+), 374 deletions(-)
> 
> 
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