Re: [PATCH 4/4] task_work: use TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL if available

Thomas Gleixner
2020-10-14T09:24:42Z

On Thu, Oct 08 2020 at 09:27, Jens Axboe wrote:
> +/*
> + * TWA_SIGNAL signaling - use TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL, if available, as it's faster
> + * than TIF_SIGPENDING as there's no dependency on ->sighand. The latter is
> + * shared for threads, and can cause contention on sighand->lock. Even for
> + * the non-threaded case TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL is more efficient, as no locking
> + * or IRQ disabling is involved for notification (or running) purposes.
> + */
> +static void task_work_notify_signal(struct task_struct *task)
> +{
> +#ifdef TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL
> + set_notify_signal(task);
> +#else
> + unsigned long flags;
> +
> + /*
> + * Only grab the sighand lock if we don't already have some
> + * task_work pending. This pairs with the smp_store_mb()
> + * in get_signal(), see comment there.
> + */
> + if (!(READ_ONCE(task->jobctl) & JOBCTL_TASK_WORK) &&
> + lock_task_sighand(task, &flags)) {
> + task->jobctl |= JOBCTL_TASK_WORK;
> + signal_wake_up(task, 0);
> + unlock_task_sighand(task, &flags);
> + }
> +#endif

Same #ifdeffery comment as before.

Thanks,

tglx