sched: add sched_class->needs_post_schedule() member
We currently run class->post_schedule() outside of the rq->lock, which
means that we need to test for the need to post_schedule outside of
the lock to avoid a forced reacquistion. This is currently not a problem
as we only look at rq->rt.overloaded. However, we want to enhance this
going forward to look at more state to reduce the need to post_schedule to
a bare minimum set. Therefore, we introduce a new member-func called
needs_post_schedule() which tests for the post_schedule condtion without
actually performing the work. Therefore it is safe to call this
function before the rq->lock is released, because we are guaranteed not
to drop the lock at an intermediate point (such as what post_schedule()
may do).
We will use this later in the series
[ rostedt: removed paranoid BUG_ON ]
Signed-off-by: Gregory Haskins <ghaskins@novell.com>
diff --git a/kernel/sched_rt.c b/kernel/sched_rt.c
index 8d33843..b0b6ea4 100644
--- a/kernel/sched_rt.c
+++ b/kernel/sched_rt.c
@@ -1290,20 +1290,23 @@
pull_rt_task(rq);
}
+/*
+ * assumes rq->lock is held
+ */
+static int needs_post_schedule_rt(struct rq *rq)
+{
+ return rq->rt.overloaded ? 1 : 0;
+}
+
static void post_schedule_rt(struct rq *rq)
{
/*
- * If we have more than one rt_task queued, then
- * see if we can push the other rt_tasks off to other CPUS.
- * Note we may release the rq lock, and since
- * the lock was owned by prev, we need to release it
- * first via finish_lock_switch and then reaquire it here.
+ * This is only called if needs_post_schedule_rt() indicates that
+ * we need to push tasks away
*/
- if (unlikely(rq->rt.overloaded)) {
- spin_lock_irq(&rq->lock);
- push_rt_tasks(rq);
- spin_unlock_irq(&rq->lock);
- }
+ spin_lock_irq(&rq->lock);
+ push_rt_tasks(rq);
+ spin_unlock_irq(&rq->lock);
}
/*
@@ -1557,6 +1560,7 @@
.rq_online = rq_online_rt,
.rq_offline = rq_offline_rt,
.pre_schedule = pre_schedule_rt,
+ .needs_post_schedule = needs_post_schedule_rt,
.post_schedule = post_schedule_rt,
.task_wake_up = task_wake_up_rt,
.switched_from = switched_from_rt,
