Re: Kernel broken on processors without performance counters

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Wed, Jul 08, 2015 at 05:36:43PM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> >> In what universe is "static_key_false" a reasonable name for a
> >> function that returns true if a static key is true?

> I think the current naming is almost maximally bad.  The naming would
> be less critical if it were typesafe, though.

How about something like so on top? It will allow us to slowly migrate
existing and new users over to the hopefully saner interface?

---
 include/linux/jump_label.h | 67 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 kernel/sched/core.c        | 18 ++++++-------
 2 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/jump_label.h b/include/linux/jump_label.h
index f4de473f226b..98ed3c2ec78d 100644
--- a/include/linux/jump_label.h
+++ b/include/linux/jump_label.h
@@ -213,6 +213,71 @@ static inline bool static_key_enabled(struct static_key *key)
 	return static_key_count(key) > 0;
 }
 
-#endif	/* _LINUX_JUMP_LABEL_H */
+static inline void static_key_enable(struct static_key *key)
+{
+	int count = static_key_count(key);
+
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(count < 0 || count > 1);
+
+	if (!count)
+		static_key_slow_inc(key);
+}
+
+static inline void static_key_disable(struct static_key *key)
+{
+	int count = static_key_count(key);
+
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(count < 0 || count > 1);
+
+	if (count)
+		static_key_slow_dec(key);
+}
+
+/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+/*
+ * likely -- default enabled, puts the branch body in-line
+ */
+
+struct static_likely_key {
+	struct static_key key;
+};
+
+#define STATIC_LIKELY_KEY_INIT	(struct static_likely_key){ .key = STATIC_KEY_INIT_TRUE, }
+
+static inline bool static_likely_branch(struct static_likely_key *key)
+{
+	return static_key_true(&key->key);
+}
+
+/*
+ * unlikely -- default disabled, puts the branch body out-of-line
+ */
+
+struct static_unlikely_key {
+	struct static_key key;
+};
+
+#define STATIC_UNLIKELY_KEY_INIT (struct static_unlikely_key){ .key = STATIC_KEY_INIT_FALSE, }
+
+static inline bool static_unlikely_branch(struct static_unlikely_key *key)
+{
+	return static_key_false(&key->key);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Advanced usage; refcount, branch is enabled when: count != 0
+ */
+
+#define static_branch_inc(_k)	static_key_slow_inc(&(_k)->key)
+#define static_branch_dec(_k)	static_key_slow_dec(&(_k)->key)
+
+/*
+ * Normal usage; boolean enable/disable.
+ */
+
+#define static_branch_enable(_k)	static_key_enable(&(_k)->key)
+#define static_branch_disable(_k)	static_key_disable(&(_k)->key)
 
 #endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
+#endif	/* _LINUX_JUMP_LABEL_H */
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 78b4bad10081..22ba92297375 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -164,14 +164,12 @@ struct static_key sched_feat_keys[__SCHED_FEAT_NR] = {
 
 static void sched_feat_disable(int i)
 {
-	if (static_key_enabled(&sched_feat_keys[i]))
-		static_key_slow_dec(&sched_feat_keys[i]);
+	static_key_enable(&sched_feat_keys[i]);
 }
 
 static void sched_feat_enable(int i)
 {
-	if (!static_key_enabled(&sched_feat_keys[i]))
-		static_key_slow_inc(&sched_feat_keys[i]);
+	static_key_disable(&sched_feat_keys[i]);
 }
 #else
 static void sched_feat_disable(int i) { };
@@ -2318,17 +2316,17 @@ void wake_up_new_task(struct task_struct *p)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_NOTIFIERS
 
-static struct static_key preempt_notifier_key = STATIC_KEY_INIT_FALSE;
+static struct static_unlikely_key preempt_notifier_key = STATIC_UNLIKELY_KEY_INIT;
 
 void preempt_notifier_inc(void)
 {
-	static_key_slow_inc(&preempt_notifier_key);
+	static_branch_inc(&preempt_notifier_key);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(preempt_notifier_inc);
 
 void preempt_notifier_dec(void)
 {
-	static_key_slow_dec(&preempt_notifier_key);
+	static_branch_dec(&preempt_notifier_key);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(preempt_notifier_dec);
 
@@ -2338,7 +2336,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(preempt_notifier_dec);
  */
 void preempt_notifier_register(struct preempt_notifier *notifier)
 {
-	if (!static_key_false(&preempt_notifier_key))
+	if (!static_unlikely_branch(&preempt_notifier_key))
 		WARN(1, "registering preempt_notifier while notifiers disabled\n");
 
 	hlist_add_head(&notifier->link, &current->preempt_notifiers);
@@ -2367,7 +2365,7 @@ static void __fire_sched_in_preempt_notifiers(struct task_struct *curr)
 
 static __always_inline void fire_sched_in_preempt_notifiers(struct task_struct *curr)
 {
-	if (static_key_false(&preempt_notifier_key))
+	if (static_unlikely_branch(&preempt_notifier_key))
 		__fire_sched_in_preempt_notifiers(curr);
 }
 
@@ -2385,7 +2383,7 @@ static __always_inline void
 fire_sched_out_preempt_notifiers(struct task_struct *curr,
 				 struct task_struct *next)
 {
-	if (static_key_false(&preempt_notifier_key))
+	if (static_unlikely_branch(&preempt_notifier_key))
 		__fire_sched_out_preempt_notifiers(curr, next);
 }
 
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