[RFC][PATCH 13/18] sched: Drop rq->lock from sched_exec()

[Peter Zijlstra]

Since we can now call select_task_rq() and set_task_cpu() with only
p->pi_lock held, and sched_exec() load-balancing has always been
optimistic, drop all rq->lock usage.

Oleg also noted that need_migrate_task() will always be true for
current, so don't bother calling that at all.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/sched.c |   15 +++++----------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6/kernel/sched.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/kernel/sched.c
+++ linux-2.6/kernel/sched.c
@@ -3412,27 +3412,22 @@ void sched_exec(void)
 {
 	struct task_struct *p = current;
 	unsigned long flags;
-	struct rq *rq;
 	int dest_cpu;
 
-	rq = task_rq_lock(p, &flags);
+	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&p->pi_lock, flags);
 	dest_cpu = p->sched_class->select_task_rq(p, SD_BALANCE_EXEC, 0);
 	if (dest_cpu == smp_processor_id())
 		goto unlock;
 
-	/*
-	 * select_task_rq() can race against ->cpus_allowed
-	 */
-	if (cpumask_test_cpu(dest_cpu, &p->cpus_allowed) &&
-	    likely(cpu_active(dest_cpu)) && need_migrate_task(p)) {
+	if (likely(cpu_active(dest_cpu))) {
 		struct migration_arg arg = { p, dest_cpu };
 
-		task_rq_unlock(rq, &flags);
-		stop_one_cpu(cpu_of(rq), migration_cpu_stop, &arg);
+		raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&p->pi_lock, flags);
+		stop_one_cpu(task_cpu(p), migration_cpu_stop, &arg);
 		return;
 	}
 unlock:
-	task_rq_unlock(rq, &flags);
+	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&p->pi_lock, flags);
 }
 
 #endif


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