kernel_optimize_test/include/linux/smpboot.h
Chris Metcalf b5242e98c1 smpboot: allow excluding cpus from the smpboot threads
This patch series allows the watchdog to run by default only on the
housekeeping cores when nohz_full is in effect; this seems to be a good
compromise short of turning it off completely (since the nohz_full cores
can't tolerate a watchdog).

To provide customizability, we add /proc/sys/kernel/watchdog_cpumask so
that the set of cores running the watchdog can be tuned to different
values after bootup.

To implement this customizability, we add a new
smpboot_update_cpumask_percpu_thread() API to the smpboot_thread
subsystem that lets us park or unpark "unwanted" threads.

And now that threads can be parked for long periods of time, we tweak the
/proc/<pid>/stat and /proc/<pid>/status code so parked threads aren't
reported as running, which is otherwise confusing.

This patch (of 3):

This change allows some cores to be excluded from running the
smp_hotplug_thread tasks.  The following commit to update
kernel/watchdog.c to use this functionality is the motivating example, and
more information on the motivation is provided there.

A new smp_hotplug_thread field is introduced, "cpumask", which is cpumask
field managed by the smpboot subsystem that indicates whether or not the
given smp_hotplug_thread should run on that core; the cpumask is checked
when deciding whether to unpark the thread.

To limit the cpumask to less than cpu_possible, you must call
smpboot_update_cpumask_percpu_thread() after registering.

Signed-off-by: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@ezchip.com>
Cc: Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Ulrich Obergfell <uobergfe@redhat.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2015-06-24 17:49:40 -07:00

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#ifndef _LINUX_SMPBOOT_H
#define _LINUX_SMPBOOT_H
#include <linux/types.h>
struct task_struct;
/* Cookie handed to the thread_fn*/
struct smpboot_thread_data;
/**
* struct smp_hotplug_thread - CPU hotplug related thread descriptor
* @store: Pointer to per cpu storage for the task pointers
* @list: List head for core management
* @thread_should_run: Check whether the thread should run or not. Called with
* preemption disabled.
* @thread_fn: The associated thread function
* @create: Optional setup function, called when the thread gets
* created (Not called from the thread context)
* @setup: Optional setup function, called when the thread gets
* operational the first time
* @cleanup: Optional cleanup function, called when the thread
* should stop (module exit)
* @park: Optional park function, called when the thread is
* parked (cpu offline)
* @unpark: Optional unpark function, called when the thread is
* unparked (cpu online)
* @pre_unpark: Optional unpark function, called before the thread is
* unparked (cpu online). This is not guaranteed to be
* called on the target cpu of the thread. Careful!
* @cpumask: Internal state. To update which threads are unparked,
* call smpboot_update_cpumask_percpu_thread().
* @selfparking: Thread is not parked by the park function.
* @thread_comm: The base name of the thread
*/
struct smp_hotplug_thread {
struct task_struct __percpu **store;
struct list_head list;
int (*thread_should_run)(unsigned int cpu);
void (*thread_fn)(unsigned int cpu);
void (*create)(unsigned int cpu);
void (*setup)(unsigned int cpu);
void (*cleanup)(unsigned int cpu, bool online);
void (*park)(unsigned int cpu);
void (*unpark)(unsigned int cpu);
void (*pre_unpark)(unsigned int cpu);
cpumask_var_t cpumask;
bool selfparking;
const char *thread_comm;
};
int smpboot_register_percpu_thread(struct smp_hotplug_thread *plug_thread);
void smpboot_unregister_percpu_thread(struct smp_hotplug_thread *plug_thread);
int smpboot_update_cpumask_percpu_thread(struct smp_hotplug_thread *plug_thread,
const struct cpumask *);
#endif