[PATCH 12/17] powerpc/qspinlock: add ability to prod new queue head CPU

[Jordan Niethe]

On Thu, 2022-07-28 at 16:31 +1000, Nicholas Piggin wrote:
[resend as utf-8, not utf-7]
> After the head of the queue acquires the lock, it releases the
> next waiter in the queue to become the new head. Add an option
> to prod the new head if its vCPU was preempted. This may only
> have an effect if queue waiters are yielding.
> 
> Disable this option by default for now, i.e., no logical change.
> ---
>  arch/powerpc/lib/qspinlock.c | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/qspinlock.c b/arch/powerpc/lib/qspinlock.c
> index 28c85a2d5635..3b10e31bcf0a 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/lib/qspinlock.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/qspinlock.c
> @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
>  struct qnode {
>  	struct qnode	*next;
>  	struct qspinlock *lock;
> +	int		cpu;
>  	int		yield_cpu;
>  	u8		locked; /* 1 if lock acquired */
>  };
> @@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ static bool pv_yield_owner __read_mostly = true;
>  static bool pv_yield_allow_steal __read_mostly = false;
>  static bool pv_yield_prev __read_mostly = true;
>  static bool pv_yield_propagate_owner __read_mostly = true;
> +static bool pv_prod_head __read_mostly = false;
>  
>  static DEFINE_PER_CPU_ALIGNED(struct qnodes, qnodes);
>  
> @@ -392,6 +394,7 @@ static __always_inline void queued_spin_lock_mcs_queue(struct qspinlock *lock, b
>  	node = &qnodesp->nodes[idx];
>  	node->next = NULL;
>  	node->lock = lock;
> +	node->cpu = smp_processor_id();

I suppose this could be used in some other places too.

For example change:
	yield_to_prev(lock, node, prev, paravirt);

In yield_to_prev() it could then access the prev->cpu.

>  	node->yield_cpu = -1;
>  	node->locked = 0;
>  
> @@ -483,7 +486,14 @@ static __always_inline void queued_spin_lock_mcs_queue(struct qspinlock *lock, b
>  	 * this store to locked. The corresponding barrier is the smp_rmb()
>  	 * acquire barrier for mcs lock, above.
>  	 */
> -	WRITE_ONCE(next->locked, 1);
> +	if (paravirt && pv_prod_head) {
> +		int next_cpu = next->cpu;
> +		WRITE_ONCE(next->locked, 1);
> +		if (vcpu_is_preempted(next_cpu))
> +			prod_cpu(next_cpu);
> +	} else {
> +		WRITE_ONCE(next->locked, 1);
> +	}
>  
>  release:
>  	qnodesp->count--; /* release the node */
> @@ -622,6 +632,22 @@ static int pv_yield_propagate_owner_get(void *data, u64 *val)
>  
>  DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE(fops_pv_yield_propagate_owner, pv_yield_propagate_owner_get, pv_yield_propagate_owner_set, "%llu\n");
>  
> +static int pv_prod_head_set(void *data, u64 val)
> +{
> +	pv_prod_head = !!val;
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static int pv_prod_head_get(void *data, u64 *val)
> +{
> +	*val = pv_prod_head;
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE(fops_pv_prod_head, pv_prod_head_get, pv_prod_head_set, "%llu\n");
> +
>  static __init int spinlock_debugfs_init(void)
>  {
>  	debugfs_create_file("qspl_steal_spins", 0600, arch_debugfs_dir, NULL, &fops_steal_spins);
> @@ -631,6 +657,7 @@ static __init int spinlock_debugfs_init(void)
>  		debugfs_create_file("qspl_pv_yield_allow_steal", 0600, arch_debugfs_dir, NULL, &fops_pv_yield_allow_steal);
>  		debugfs_create_file("qspl_pv_yield_prev", 0600, arch_debugfs_dir, NULL, &fops_pv_yield_prev);
>  		debugfs_create_file("qspl_pv_yield_propagate_owner", 0600, arch_debugfs_dir, NULL, &fops_pv_yield_propagate_owner);
> +		debugfs_create_file("qspl_pv_prod_head", 0600, arch_debugfs_dir, NULL, &fops_pv_prod_head);
>  	}
>  
>  	return 0;