From: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
To: David Stevens <stevensd@google.com>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
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Subject: Re: [RFC 08/10] Set PF_RECLAIMABLE_STACK in various places
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2026 09:27:31 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <apaagy0KJRPVtwHM@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260827232948.2520558-9-stevensd@google.com>
On Thu, Aug 27, 2026 at 04:29:46PM -0700, David Stevens wrote:
> Annotate various blocking locations with the PF_RECLAIMABLE_STACK.
>
> Signed-off-by: David Stevens <stevensd@google.com>
> ---
> drivers/android/binder/thread.rs | 14 +++++++++++++
> fs/eventpoll.c | 3 +++
> fs/pipe.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++---------
> fs/select.c | 3 +++
> kernel/futex/waitwake.c | 3 +++
> kernel/signal.c | 36 +++++++++++++++++++-------------
> kernel/time/hrtimer.c | 3 +++
> rust/kernel/task.rs | 16 ++++++++++++++
> 8 files changed, 82 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/android/binder/thread.rs b/drivers/android/binder/thread.rs
> index bc0ef8927905..be62f7fd43ca 100644
> --- a/drivers/android/binder/thread.rs
> +++ b/drivers/android/binder/thread.rs
> @@ -538,13 +538,21 @@ fn get_work_local(self: &Arc<Self>, wait: bool) -> Result<Option<DLArc<dyn Deliv
>
> // Loop waiting only on the local queue (i.e., not registering with the process queue).
> let mut inner = self.inner.lock();
> + // SAFETY: Only accessed locally in this function
> + let current = unsafe { Task::current() };
You can invoke kernel::current!() instead to avoid unsafe here.
> loop {
> if let Some(work) = inner.pop_work() {
> return Ok(Some(work));
> }
>
> inner.looper_flags |= LOOPER_WAITING;
> +
> + current.set_flag_bits(bindings::PF_RECLAIMABLE_STACK);
> +
> let signal_pending = self.work_condvar.wait_interruptible_freezable(&mut inner);
> +
> + current.clear_flag_bits(bindings::PF_RECLAIMABLE_STACK);
It would be nicer to define a guard type like you did in C so that this
is less "manual".
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/task.rs b/rust/kernel/task.rs
> index 38273f4eedb5..6168f058343a 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/task.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/task.rs
> @@ -344,6 +344,22 @@ pub fn group_leader(&self) -> &Task {
> // only be used while `current` is still valid, thus still running.
> unsafe { &*ptr.cast() }
> }
> +
> + /// Sets the given task flag bits on the current task.
> + #[inline]
> + pub fn set_flag_bits(&self, set: u32) {
> + // SAFETY: The `flags` field of `current` is not modified from other threads, so
> + // the non-atomic update isn't a race.
> + unsafe { (*self.as_ptr()).flags |= set }
> + }
> +
> + /// Clears the given task flag bits on the current task.
> + #[inline]
> + pub fn clear_flag_bits(&self, clear: u32) {
> + // SAFETY: The `flags` field of `current` is not modified from other threads, so
> + // the non-atomic update isn't a race.
> + unsafe { (*self.as_ptr()).flags &= !clear }
> + }
It looks like the indentation here is a bit off. Please try invoking
'make rustfmt' to reformat this code.
Alice
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-01 9:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 49+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-27 23:29 [RFC 00/10] Reclaimable kernel stacks David Stevens
2026-08-27 23:29 ` [RFC 01/10] Add !MEMCG memcg_list_lru_alloc implementation David Stevens
2026-08-27 23:29 ` [RFC 02/10] mm/vmalloc: Skip vmallocinfo NUMA stats for VM_SPARSE David Stevens
2026-08-27 23:29 ` [RFC 03/10] fork: refactor vmap stack alloc/free into helpers David Stevens
2026-08-27 23:29 ` [RFC 04/10] mm: vmalloc: support creating aligned vm areas David Stevens
2026-08-27 23:29 ` [RFC 05/10] fork: allocate reclaimable stacks with VM_SPARSE David Stevens
2026-08-27 23:29 ` [RFC 06/10] Reclaim memory from blocked kernel stacks David Stevens
2026-08-28 11:54 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-08-28 12:01 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-08-28 12:04 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-08-29 0:18 ` David Stevens
2026-08-29 8:39 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-08-29 8:43 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-08-31 17:44 ` David Stevens
2026-08-28 12:41 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-08-28 12:57 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-08-28 23:33 ` David Stevens
2026-08-28 13:36 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2026-08-28 13:59 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-08-28 14:25 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-08-28 15:58 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2026-08-28 15:10 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2026-08-28 19:08 ` Steven Rostedt
2026-08-28 19:13 ` Steven Rostedt
2026-08-28 19:17 ` Steven Rostedt
2026-08-31 6:55 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2026-08-31 7:07 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-08-31 15:13 ` Steven Rostedt
2026-09-01 12:32 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-09-01 12:01 ` Will Deacon
2026-08-28 20:50 ` David Stevens
2026-08-29 8:49 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-08-29 14:49 ` Matthew Wilcox
2026-08-31 7:14 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-08-31 7:36 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2026-08-28 21:17 ` David Stevens
2026-08-31 8:08 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2026-08-27 23:29 ` [RFC 07/10] Reclaim stacks via a shrinker David Stevens
2026-08-27 23:29 ` [RFC 08/10] Set PF_RECLAIMABLE_STACK in various places David Stevens
2026-08-28 6:33 ` K Prateek Nayak
2026-09-01 9:27 ` Alice Ryhl [this message]
2026-08-27 23:29 ` [RFC 09/10] x86: Enable reclaimable stacks David Stevens
2026-08-27 23:29 ` [RFC 10/10] arm64: " David Stevens
2026-08-28 12:47 ` [RFC 00/10] Reclaimable kernel stacks Peter Zijlstra
2026-08-28 14:33 ` Steven Rostedt
2026-08-28 14:35 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-08-28 14:45 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-08-28 16:10 ` Steven Rostedt
2026-08-28 17:58 ` David Stevens
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