rcu: Simplify priority boosting by putting rt_mutex in rcu_node

RCU priority boosting currently checks for boosting via a pointer in
task_struct.  However, this is not needed: As Oleg noted, if the
rt_mutex is placed in the rcu_node instead of on the booster's stack,
the boostee can simply check it see if it owns the lock.  This commit
makes this change, shrinking task_struct by one pointer and the kernel
by thirteen lines.

Suggested-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
This commit is contained in:
Paul E. McKenney
2014-06-12 13:30:25 -07:00
parent 48bd8e9b82
commit abaa93d9e1
4 changed files with 15 additions and 28 deletions

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@@ -177,6 +177,9 @@ struct rcu_node {
/* to carry out the boosting is fully */
/* released with no future boostee accesses */
/* before that rt_mutex is re-initialized. */
struct rt_mutex boost_mtx;
/* Used only for the priority-boosting */
/* side effect, not as a lock. */
unsigned long boost_time;
/* When to start boosting (jiffies). */
struct task_struct *boost_kthread_task;