[Xen-devel] [PATCH v3] xen/sched: rework and rename vcpu_force_reschedule()

[Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>]

vcpu_force_reschedule() is only used for modifying the periodic timer
of a vcpu. Forcing a vcpu to give up the physical cpu for that purpose
is kind of brutal.

So instead of doing the reschedule dance just operate on the timer
directly. By protecting periodic timer modifications against concurrent
timer activation via a per-vcpu lock it is even no longer required to
bother the target vcpu at all for updating its timer.

Even with the additional lock there is not more serialization involved
compared to the current solution, as today's de-scheduling the vcpu is
requiring to take the schedule lock, which has a much higher contention
probability than the new lock.

Rename the function to vcpu_set_periodic_timer() as this now reflects
the functionality.

Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Dario Faggioli <dfaggioli@xxxxxxxx>
---
- Carved out from my core scheduling series
- Reworked to avoid deadlock when 2 vcpus are trying to modify each
  others periodic timers, leading to address all comments by Jan
  Beulich.
V2:
- test periodic_period again in vcpu_periodic_timer_work() when lock
  obtained (Jan Beulich)
V3:
- extended commit message
---
 xen/arch/x86/pv/shim.c  |  4 +---
 xen/common/domain.c     |  6 ++----
 xen/common/schedule.c   | 53 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
 xen/include/xen/sched.h |  3 ++-
 4 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)

diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/pv/shim.c b/xen/arch/x86/pv/shim.c
index 324ca27f93..5edbcd9ac5 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/pv/shim.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/pv/shim.c
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ int pv_shim_shutdown(uint8_t reason)
         unmap_vcpu_info(v);
 
         /* Reset the periodic timer to the default value. */
-        v->periodic_period = MILLISECS(10);
+        vcpu_set_periodic_timer(v, MILLISECS(10));
         /* Stop the singleshot timer. */
         stop_timer(&v->singleshot_timer);
 
@@ -419,8 +419,6 @@ int pv_shim_shutdown(uint8_t reason)
 
         if ( v != current )
             vcpu_unpause_by_systemcontroller(v);
-        else
-            vcpu_force_reschedule(v);
     }
 
     return 0;
diff --git a/xen/common/domain.c b/xen/common/domain.c
index 732b6054f3..d103fcb2da 100644
--- a/xen/common/domain.c
+++ b/xen/common/domain.c
@@ -1508,15 +1508,13 @@ long do_vcpu_op(int cmd, unsigned int vcpuid, 
XEN_GUEST_HANDLE_PARAM(void) arg)
         if ( set.period_ns > STIME_DELTA_MAX )
             return -EINVAL;
 
-        v->periodic_period = set.period_ns;
-        vcpu_force_reschedule(v);
+        vcpu_set_periodic_timer(v, set.period_ns);
 
         break;
     }
 
     case VCPUOP_stop_periodic_timer:
-        v->periodic_period = 0;
-        vcpu_force_reschedule(v);
+        vcpu_set_periodic_timer(v, 0);
         break;
 
     case VCPUOP_set_singleshot_timer:
diff --git a/xen/common/schedule.c b/xen/common/schedule.c
index 3fdfa59ef3..13c17fe944 100644
--- a/xen/common/schedule.c
+++ b/xen/common/schedule.c
@@ -312,6 +312,7 @@ int sched_init_vcpu(struct vcpu *v, unsigned int processor)
     v->processor = processor;
 
     /* Initialise the per-vcpu timers. */
+    spin_lock_init(&v->periodic_timer_lock);
     init_timer(&v->periodic_timer, vcpu_periodic_timer_fn,
                v, v->processor);
     init_timer(&v->singleshot_timer, vcpu_singleshot_timer_fn,
@@ -724,24 +725,6 @@ static void vcpu_migrate_finish(struct vcpu *v)
     vcpu_wake(v);
 }
 
-/*
- * Force a VCPU through a deschedule/reschedule path.
- * For example, using this when setting the periodic timer period means that
- * most periodic-timer state need only be touched from within the scheduler
- * which can thus be done without need for synchronisation.
- */
-void vcpu_force_reschedule(struct vcpu *v)
-{
-    spinlock_t *lock = vcpu_schedule_lock_irq(v);
-
-    if ( v->is_running )
-        vcpu_migrate_start(v);
-
-    vcpu_schedule_unlock_irq(lock, v);
-
-    vcpu_migrate_finish(v);
-}
-
 void restore_vcpu_affinity(struct domain *d)
 {
     unsigned int cpu = smp_processor_id();
@@ -1458,14 +1441,11 @@ long sched_adjust_global(struct xen_sysctl_scheduler_op 
*op)
     return rc;
 }
 
-static void vcpu_periodic_timer_work(struct vcpu *v)
+static void vcpu_periodic_timer_work_locked(struct vcpu *v)
 {
     s_time_t now;
     s_time_t periodic_next_event;
 
-    if ( v->periodic_period == 0 )
-        return;
-
     now = NOW();
     periodic_next_event = v->periodic_last_event + v->periodic_period;
 
@@ -1476,10 +1456,37 @@ static void vcpu_periodic_timer_work(struct vcpu *v)
         periodic_next_event = now + v->periodic_period;
     }
 
-    migrate_timer(&v->periodic_timer, smp_processor_id());
+    migrate_timer(&v->periodic_timer, v->processor);
     set_timer(&v->periodic_timer, periodic_next_event);
 }
 
+static void vcpu_periodic_timer_work(struct vcpu *v)
+{
+    if ( v->periodic_period == 0 )
+        return;
+
+    spin_lock(&v->periodic_timer_lock);
+    if ( v->periodic_period )
+        vcpu_periodic_timer_work_locked(v);
+    spin_unlock(&v->periodic_timer_lock);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Set the periodic timer of a vcpu.
+ */
+void vcpu_set_periodic_timer(struct vcpu *v, s_time_t value)
+{
+    spin_lock(&v->periodic_timer_lock);
+
+    stop_timer(&v->periodic_timer);
+
+    v->periodic_period = value;
+    if ( value )
+        vcpu_periodic_timer_work_locked(v);
+
+    spin_unlock(&v->periodic_timer_lock);
+}
+
 /*
  * The main function
  * - deschedule the current domain (scheduler independent).
diff --git a/xen/include/xen/sched.h b/xen/include/xen/sched.h
index a6896221f9..6f2ee4c2ea 100644
--- a/xen/include/xen/sched.h
+++ b/xen/include/xen/sched.h
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ struct vcpu
 
     struct vcpu     *next_in_list;
 
+    spinlock_t       periodic_timer_lock;
     s_time_t         periodic_period;
     s_time_t         periodic_last_event;
     struct timer     periodic_timer;
@@ -864,7 +865,7 @@ struct scheduler *scheduler_get_default(void);
 struct scheduler *scheduler_alloc(unsigned int sched_id, int *perr);
 void scheduler_free(struct scheduler *sched);
 int schedule_cpu_switch(unsigned int cpu, struct cpupool *c);
-void vcpu_force_reschedule(struct vcpu *v);
+void vcpu_set_periodic_timer(struct vcpu *v, s_time_t value);
 int cpu_disable_scheduler(unsigned int cpu);
 /* We need it in dom0_setup_vcpu */
 void sched_set_affinity(struct vcpu *v, const cpumask_t *hard,
-- 
2.16.4


_______________________________________________
Xen-devel mailing list
Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
https://lists.xenproject.org/mailman/listinfo/xen-devel