From 03a285f58064b8e0af08383e082e383753d9c33e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Jackson Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2006 01:02:04 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] cpuset: skip rcu check if task is in root cpuset For systems that aren't using cpusets, but have them CONFIG_CPUSET enabled in their kernel (eventually this may be most distribution kernels), this patch removes even the minimal rcu_read_lock() from the memory page allocation path. Actually, it removes that rcu call for any task that is in the root cpuset (top_cpuset), which on systems not actively using cpusets, is all tasks. We don't need the rcu check for tasks in the top_cpuset, because the top_cpuset is statically allocated, so at no risk of being freed out from underneath us. Signed-off-by: Paul Jackson Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- kernel/cpuset.c | 13 +++++++++---- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'kernel/cpuset.c') diff --git a/kernel/cpuset.c b/kernel/cpuset.c index 681a5d5..e04c2da 100644 --- a/kernel/cpuset.c +++ b/kernel/cpuset.c @@ -647,10 +647,15 @@ void cpuset_update_task_memory_state() struct task_struct *tsk = current; struct cpuset *cs; - rcu_read_lock(); - cs = rcu_dereference(tsk->cpuset); - my_cpusets_mem_gen = cs->mems_generation; - rcu_read_unlock(); + if (tsk->cpuset == &top_cpuset) { + /* Don't need rcu for top_cpuset. It's never freed. */ + my_cpusets_mem_gen = top_cpuset.mems_generation; + } else { + rcu_read_lock(); + cs = rcu_dereference(tsk->cpuset); + my_cpusets_mem_gen = cs->mems_generation; + rcu_read_unlock(); + } if (my_cpusets_mem_gen != tsk->cpuset_mems_generation) { down(&callback_sem); -- cgit v1.1