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-rw-r--r--kernel/locking/qspinlock.c5
-rw-r--r--kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h46
-rw-r--r--kernel/locking/qspinlock_stat.h3
3 files changed, 50 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c b/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
index 2ea42999d2d8..393d1874b9e0 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
@@ -248,7 +248,8 @@ static __always_inline void set_locked(struct qspinlock *lock)
*/
static __always_inline void __pv_init_node(struct mcs_spinlock *node) { }
-static __always_inline void __pv_wait_node(struct mcs_spinlock *node) { }
+static __always_inline void __pv_wait_node(struct mcs_spinlock *node,
+ struct mcs_spinlock *prev) { }
static __always_inline void __pv_kick_node(struct qspinlock *lock,
struct mcs_spinlock *node) { }
static __always_inline u32 __pv_wait_head_or_lock(struct qspinlock *lock,
@@ -407,7 +408,7 @@ queue:
prev = decode_tail(old);
WRITE_ONCE(prev->next, node);
- pv_wait_node(node);
+ pv_wait_node(node, prev);
arch_mcs_spin_lock_contended(&node->locked);
/*
diff --git a/kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h b/kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h
index ace60a451b4f..87bb235c3448 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h
+++ b/kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h
@@ -23,6 +23,20 @@
#define _Q_SLOW_VAL (3U << _Q_LOCKED_OFFSET)
/*
+ * Queue Node Adaptive Spinning
+ *
+ * A queue node vCPU will stop spinning if the vCPU in the previous node is
+ * not running. The one lock stealing attempt allowed at slowpath entry
+ * mitigates the slight slowdown for non-overcommitted guest with this
+ * aggressive wait-early mechanism.
+ *
+ * The status of the previous node will be checked at fixed interval
+ * controlled by PV_PREV_CHECK_MASK. This is to ensure that we won't
+ * pound on the cacheline of the previous node too heavily.
+ */
+#define PV_PREV_CHECK_MASK 0xff
+
+/*
* Queue node uses: vcpu_running & vcpu_halted.
* Queue head uses: vcpu_running & vcpu_hashed.
*/
@@ -235,6 +249,20 @@ static struct pv_node *pv_unhash(struct qspinlock *lock)
}
/*
+ * Return true if when it is time to check the previous node which is not
+ * in a running state.
+ */
+static inline bool
+pv_wait_early(struct pv_node *prev, int loop)
+{
+
+ if ((loop & PV_PREV_CHECK_MASK) != 0)
+ return false;
+
+ return READ_ONCE(prev->state) != vcpu_running;
+}
+
+/*
* Initialize the PV part of the mcs_spinlock node.
*/
static void pv_init_node(struct mcs_spinlock *node)
@@ -252,17 +280,23 @@ static void pv_init_node(struct mcs_spinlock *node)
* pv_kick_node() is used to set _Q_SLOW_VAL and fill in hash table on its
* behalf.
*/
-static void pv_wait_node(struct mcs_spinlock *node)
+static void pv_wait_node(struct mcs_spinlock *node, struct mcs_spinlock *prev)
{
struct pv_node *pn = (struct pv_node *)node;
+ struct pv_node *pp = (struct pv_node *)prev;
int waitcnt = 0;
int loop;
+ bool wait_early;
/* waitcnt processing will be compiled out if !QUEUED_LOCK_STAT */
for (;; waitcnt++) {
- for (loop = SPIN_THRESHOLD; loop; loop--) {
+ for (wait_early = false, loop = SPIN_THRESHOLD; loop; loop--) {
if (READ_ONCE(node->locked))
return;
+ if (pv_wait_early(pp, loop)) {
+ wait_early = true;
+ break;
+ }
cpu_relax();
}
@@ -280,6 +314,7 @@ static void pv_wait_node(struct mcs_spinlock *node)
if (!READ_ONCE(node->locked)) {
qstat_inc(qstat_pv_wait_node, true);
qstat_inc(qstat_pv_wait_again, waitcnt);
+ qstat_inc(qstat_pv_wait_early, wait_early);
pv_wait(&pn->state, vcpu_halted);
}
@@ -365,6 +400,12 @@ pv_wait_head_or_lock(struct qspinlock *lock, struct mcs_spinlock *node)
for (;; waitcnt++) {
/*
+ * Set correct vCPU state to be used by queue node wait-early
+ * mechanism.
+ */
+ WRITE_ONCE(pn->state, vcpu_running);
+
+ /*
* Set the pending bit in the active lock spinning loop to
* disable lock stealing before attempting to acquire the lock.
*/
@@ -402,6 +443,7 @@ pv_wait_head_or_lock(struct qspinlock *lock, struct mcs_spinlock *node)
goto gotlock;
}
}
+ WRITE_ONCE(pn->state, vcpu_halted);
qstat_inc(qstat_pv_wait_head, true);
qstat_inc(qstat_pv_wait_again, waitcnt);
pv_wait(&l->locked, _Q_SLOW_VAL);
diff --git a/kernel/locking/qspinlock_stat.h b/kernel/locking/qspinlock_stat.h
index 94d4533fe984..640dcecdd1df 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/qspinlock_stat.h
+++ b/kernel/locking/qspinlock_stat.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
* pv_lock_stealing - # of lock stealing operations
* pv_spurious_wakeup - # of spurious wakeups
* pv_wait_again - # of vCPU wait's that happened after a vCPU kick
+ * pv_wait_early - # of early vCPU wait's
* pv_wait_head - # of vCPU wait's at the queue head
* pv_wait_node - # of vCPU wait's at a non-head queue node
*
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ enum qlock_stats {
qstat_pv_lock_stealing,
qstat_pv_spurious_wakeup,
qstat_pv_wait_again,
+ qstat_pv_wait_early,
qstat_pv_wait_head,
qstat_pv_wait_node,
qstat_num, /* Total number of statistical counters */
@@ -70,6 +72,7 @@ static const char * const qstat_names[qstat_num + 1] = {
[qstat_pv_latency_wake] = "pv_latency_wake",
[qstat_pv_lock_stealing] = "pv_lock_stealing",
[qstat_pv_wait_again] = "pv_wait_again",
+ [qstat_pv_wait_early] = "pv_wait_early",
[qstat_pv_wait_head] = "pv_wait_head",
[qstat_pv_wait_node] = "pv_wait_node",
[qstat_reset_cnts] = "reset_counters",