From: John Stultz <jstultz@google.com>
To: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com>,
Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@arm.com>,
"Connor O'Brien" <connoro@google.com>,
John Stultz <jstultz@google.com>,
Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@nvidia.com>,
Qais Yousef <qyousef@layalina.io>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>,
Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com>,
Valentin Schneider <vschneid@redhat.com>,
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Ben Segall <bsegall@google.com>,
Zimuzo Ezeozue <zezeozue@google.com>,
Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>, Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>,
Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>,
"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>,
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Xuewen Yan <xuewen.yan94@gmail.com>,
K Prateek Nayak <kprateek.nayak@amd.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>,
Suleiman Souhlal <suleiman@google.com>,
kuyo chang <kuyo.chang@mediatek.com>, hupu <hupu.gm@gmail.com>,
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Subject: [PATCH v28 6/8] sched: Add blocked_donor link to task for smarter mutex handoffs
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2026 23:06:47 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260422230659.903191-7-jstultz@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260422230659.903191-1-jstultz@google.com>
From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Add link to the task this task is proxying for, and use it so
the mutex owner can do an intelligent hand-off of the mutex to
the task that the owner is running on behalf.
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Connor O'Brien <connoro@google.com>
[jstultz: This patch was split out from larger proxy patch]
Signed-off-by: John Stultz <jstultz@google.com>
---
v5:
* Split out from larger proxy patch
v6:
* Moved proxied value from earlier patch to this one where it
is actually used
* Rework logic to check sched_proxy_exec() instead of using ifdefs
* Moved comment change to this patch where it makes sense
v7:
* Use more descriptive term then "us" in comments, as suggested
by Metin Kaya.
* Minor typo fixup from Metin Kaya
* Reworked proxied variable to prev_not_proxied to simplify usage
v8:
* Use helper for donor blocked_on_state transition
v9:
* Re-add mutex lock handoff in the unlock path, but only when we
have a blocked donor
* Slight reword of commit message suggested by Metin
v18:
* Add task_init initialization for blocked_donor, suggested by
Suleiman
v23:
* Reworks for PROXY_WAKING approach suggested by PeterZ
v25:
* Simplified some logic now we don't have proxy_tag_curr()
v28:
* Remove sched_proxy_exec() conditionalized blocked_lock usage
as it was hitting llvm's "'blocked_lock' is not held on every
path through here [-Wthread-safety-analysis]" errors.
Cc: Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@nvidia.com>
Cc: Qais Yousef <qyousef@layalina.io>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com>
Cc: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>
Cc: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com>
Cc: Valentin Schneider <vschneid@redhat.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Ben Segall <bsegall@google.com>
Cc: Zimuzo Ezeozue <zezeozue@google.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Cc: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>
Cc: Metin Kaya <Metin.Kaya@arm.com>
Cc: Xuewen Yan <xuewen.yan94@gmail.com>
Cc: K Prateek Nayak <kprateek.nayak@amd.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>
Cc: Suleiman Souhlal <suleiman@google.com>
Cc: kuyo chang <kuyo.chang@mediatek.com>
Cc: hupu <hupu.gm@gmail.com>
Cc: kernel-team@android.com
Fixup for llvm 'blocked_lock' is not held on every path through here [-Wthread-safety-analysis]
Clang is fussy so lets not do conditional locking
---
include/linux/sched.h | 1 +
init/init_task.c | 1 +
kernel/fork.c | 1 +
kernel/locking/mutex.c | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
kernel/sched/core.c | 14 +++++++++++++-
5 files changed, 56 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 5b68a1c9eedcf..65791d7359553 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1239,6 +1239,7 @@ struct task_struct {
#endif
struct mutex *blocked_on; /* lock we're blocked on */
+ struct task_struct *blocked_donor; /* task that is boosting this task */
raw_spinlock_t blocked_lock;
#ifdef CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK_BLOCKER
diff --git a/init/init_task.c b/init/init_task.c
index b5f48ebdc2b6e..41c19670c8f6b 100644
--- a/init/init_task.c
+++ b/init/init_task.c
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ struct task_struct init_task __aligned(L1_CACHE_BYTES) = {
.mems_allowed_seq = SEQCNT_SPINLOCK_ZERO(init_task.mems_allowed_seq,
&init_task.alloc_lock),
#endif
+ .blocked_donor = NULL,
#ifdef CONFIG_RT_MUTEXES
.pi_waiters = RB_ROOT_CACHED,
.pi_top_task = NULL,
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index f1ad69c6dc2d4..c1d65b86729d6 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -2216,6 +2216,7 @@ __latent_entropy struct task_struct *copy_process(
lockdep_init_task(p);
p->blocked_on = NULL; /* not blocked yet */
+ p->blocked_donor = NULL; /* nobody is boosting p yet */
#ifdef CONFIG_BCACHE
p->sequential_io = 0;
diff --git a/kernel/locking/mutex.c b/kernel/locking/mutex.c
index 6e6699d9fcba6..333f33d33ef06 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/mutex.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/mutex.c
@@ -976,7 +976,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ww_mutex_lock_interruptible);
static noinline void __sched __mutex_unlock_slowpath(struct mutex *lock, unsigned long ip)
__releases(lock)
{
- struct task_struct *next = NULL;
+ struct task_struct *donor, *next = NULL;
struct mutex_waiter *waiter;
DEFINE_WAKE_Q(wake_q);
unsigned long owner;
@@ -997,6 +997,12 @@ static noinline void __sched __mutex_unlock_slowpath(struct mutex *lock, unsigne
MUTEX_WARN_ON(__owner_task(owner) != current);
MUTEX_WARN_ON(owner & MUTEX_FLAG_PICKUP);
+ if (sched_proxy_exec() && current->blocked_donor) {
+ /* force handoff if we have a blocked_donor */
+ owner = MUTEX_FLAG_HANDOFF;
+ break;
+ }
+
if (owner & MUTEX_FLAG_HANDOFF)
break;
@@ -1009,19 +1015,50 @@ static noinline void __sched __mutex_unlock_slowpath(struct mutex *lock, unsigne
}
raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&lock->wait_lock, flags);
+ raw_spin_lock(¤t->blocked_lock);
debug_mutex_unlock(lock);
+
+ if (sched_proxy_exec()) {
+ /*
+ * If we have a task boosting current, and that task was boosting
+ * current through this lock, hand the lock to that task, as that
+ * is the highest waiter, as selected by the scheduling function.
+ */
+ donor = current->blocked_donor;
+ if (donor) {
+ struct mutex *next_lock;
+
+ raw_spin_lock_nested(&donor->blocked_lock, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
+ next_lock = __get_task_blocked_on(donor);
+ if (next_lock == lock) {
+ next = donor;
+ __set_task_blocked_on_waking(donor, next_lock);
+ wake_q_add(&wake_q, donor);
+ current->blocked_donor = NULL;
+ }
+ raw_spin_unlock(&donor->blocked_lock);
+ }
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * Failing that, pick first on the wait list.
+ */
waiter = lock->first_waiter;
- if (waiter) {
+ if (!next && waiter) {
next = waiter->task;
+ raw_spin_lock_nested(&next->blocked_lock, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
debug_mutex_wake_waiter(lock, waiter);
- set_task_blocked_on_waking(next, lock);
+ __set_task_blocked_on_waking(next, lock);
+ raw_spin_unlock(&next->blocked_lock);
wake_q_add(&wake_q, next);
+
}
if (owner & MUTEX_FLAG_HANDOFF)
__mutex_handoff(lock, next);
+ raw_spin_unlock(¤t->blocked_lock);
raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore_wake(&lock->wait_lock, flags, &wake_q);
}
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 17797e1f76f25..edd418dde1e47 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -6809,7 +6809,17 @@ static void proxy_migrate_task(struct rq *rq, struct rq_flags *rf,
* Find runnable lock owner to proxy for mutex blocked donor
*
* Follow the blocked-on relation:
- * task->blocked_on -> mutex->owner -> task...
+ *
+ * ,-> task
+ * | | blocked-on
+ * | v
+ * blocked_donor | mutex
+ * | | owner
+ * | v
+ * `-- task
+ *
+ * and set the blocked_donor relation, this latter is used by the mutex
+ * code to find which (blocked) task to hand-off to.
*
* Lock order:
*
@@ -6949,6 +6959,7 @@ find_proxy_task(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *donor, struct rq_flags *rf)
* rq, therefore holding @rq->lock is sufficient to
* guarantee its existence, as per ttwu_remote().
*/
+ owner->blocked_donor = p;
}
WARN_ON_ONCE(owner && !owner->on_rq);
return owner;
@@ -7105,6 +7116,7 @@ static void __sched notrace __schedule(int sched_mode)
clear_task_blocked_on(prev, NULL);
rq_set_donor(rq, next);
+ next->blocked_donor = NULL;
if (unlikely(next->blocked_on)) {
next = find_proxy_task(rq, next, &rf);
if (!next) {
--
2.54.0.rc2.533.g4f5dca5207-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-22 23:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-22 23:06 [PATCH v28 0/8] Optimized Donor Migration for Proxy Execution John Stultz
2026-04-22 23:06 ` [PATCH v28 1/8] sched: Rework pick_next_task() and prev_balance() to avoid stale prev references John Stultz
2026-04-22 23:06 ` [PATCH v28 2/8] sched: deadline: Add some helper variables to cleanup deadline logic John Stultz
2026-04-22 23:06 ` [PATCH v28 3/8] sched: deadline: Add dl_rq->curr pointer to address issues with Proxy Exec John Stultz
2026-04-22 23:06 ` [PATCH v28 4/8] sched: Rework block_task so it can be directly called John Stultz
2026-04-22 23:06 ` [PATCH v28 5/8] sched: Have try_to_wake_up() handle return-migration for PROXY_WAKING case John Stultz
2026-04-22 23:06 ` John Stultz [this message]
2026-04-22 23:06 ` [PATCH v28 7/8] sched: Break out core of attach_tasks() helper into sched.h John Stultz
2026-04-22 23:06 ` [PATCH v28 8/8] sched: Migrate whole chain in proxy_migrate_task() John Stultz
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