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...PV_CPU_KICKED 3 /* This CPU is being kicked */ +#define PV_CPU_HALTED -1 /* This CPU is halted */ + +/* + * Additional fields to be added to the qnode structure + */ +#if CONFIG_NR_CPUS >= (1 << 16) +#define _cpuid_t u32 +#else +#define _cpuid_t u16 +#endif + +struct qnode; + +struct pv_qvars { + s16 cpustate; /* CPU status flag */ + _cpuid_t nxtcpu_p1; /* CPU number of next node + 1 */ + _cpuid_t mycpu; /* CPU number of this node */ + struct qnode *prev; /* Pointer to previous node */ +}; + +/** + * pv_init_vars - initialize fields in struct pv_qvars + * @pv : poin...

...v.nxtcpu_p1 + +/* + * Additional fields to be added to the qnode structure + * + * Try to cram the PV fields into a 32 bits so that it won't increase the + * qnode size in x86-64. + */ +#if CONFIG_NR_CPUS >= (1 << 16) +#define _cpuid_t u32 +#else +#define _cpuid_t u16 +#endif + +struct pv_qvars { + u8 active; /* Set if CPU active */ + u8 prehead; /* Set if next to queue head */ + _cpuid_t nxtcpu_p1; /* CPU number of next node + 1 */ +}; + +/** + * pv_init_vars - initialize fields in struct pv_qvars + * @pv: pointer to struct pv_qvars + */ +static __always_inline void pv_init_vars(stru...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

N.B. Sorry for the duplicate. This patch series were resent as the original one was rejected by the vger.kernel.org list server due to long header. There is no change in content. 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

N.B. Sorry for the duplicate. This patch series were resent as the original one was rejected by the vger.kernel.org list server due to long header. There is no change in content. 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

v8->v9: - Integrate PeterZ's version of the queue spinlock patch with some modification: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20140310154236.038181843 at infradead.org - 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

v8->v9: - Integrate PeterZ's version of the queue spinlock patch with some modification: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20140310154236.038181843 at infradead.org - 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

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/20140310154236.038181843 at infradead.org - Break the more complex

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/20140310154236.038181843 at infradead.org - Break the more complex

On Fri, May 09, 2014 at 09:08:56PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote: > On 05/08/2014 03:04 PM, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > >On Wed, May 07, 2014 at 11:01:36AM -0400, Waiman Long wrote: > >> /* > >>+ * To have additional features for better virtualization support, it is > >>+ * necessary to store additional data in the queue node structure. So > >>+ * a new queue

On Fri, May 09, 2014 at 09:08:56PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote: > On 05/08/2014 03:04 PM, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > >On Wed, May 07, 2014 at 11:01:36AM -0400, Waiman Long wrote: > >> /* > >>+ * To have additional features for better virtualization support, it is > >>+ * necessary to store additional data in the queue node structure. So > >>+ * a new queue