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| Thomas Gleixner <tglx-AT-linutronix.de> |
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| [patch V2 00/12] rseq: Implement time slice extension mechanism |
| Date: |
| Wed, 22 Oct 2025 14:57:28 +0200 |
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| <20251022110646.839870156@linutronix.de> |
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| Peter Zilstra <peterz-AT-infradead.org>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz-AT-infradead.org>, Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers-AT-efficios.com>, "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck-AT-kernel.org>, Boqun Feng <boqun.feng-AT-gmail.com>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet-AT-lwn.net>, Prakash Sangappa <prakash.sangappa-AT-oracle.com>, Madadi Vineeth Reddy <vineethr-AT-linux.ibm.com>, K Prateek Nayak <kprateek.nayak-AT-amd.com>, Steven Rostedt <rostedt-AT-goodmis.org>, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy-AT-linutronix.de>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd-AT-arndb.de>, linux-arch-AT-vger.kernel.org |
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This is a follow up on the V1 version:
https://lore.kernel.org/20250908225709.144709889@linutron...
Time slice extensions are an attempt to provide opportunistic priority
ceiling without the overhead of an actual priority ceiling protocol, but
also without the guarantees such a protocol provides.
The intent is to avoid situations where a user space thread is interrupted
in a critical section and scheduled out, while holding a resource on which
the preempting thread or other threads in the system might block on. That
obviously prevents those threads from making progress in the worst case for
at least a full time slice. Especially in the context of user space
spinlocks, which are a patently bad idea to begin with, but that's also
true for other mechanisms.
This series uses the existing RSEQ user memory to implement it.
Changes vs. V1:
- Rebase on the newest RSEQ and uaccess changes
- Use seperate bytes for request and grant and lift the atomic operation
requirement for user space - Mathieu
- Kconfig indentation, fix typos and expressions - Randy
- Provide an extra stub for the !RSEQ case - Prateek
- Use the proper name in sys_ni.c and add comment - Prateek
- Return 1 from __setup() - Prateek
The uaccess and RSEQ modifications on which this series is based can be
found here:
https://lore.kernel.org/20251022104005.907410538@linutron...
and in git:
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tglx/devel.git rseq/cid
For your convenience all of it is also available as a conglomerate from
git:
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tglx/devel.git rseq/slice
Thanks,
tglx
---
Peter Zilstra (1):
sched: Provide and use set_need_resched_current()
Thomas Gleixner (11):
rseq: Add fields and constants for time slice extension
rseq: Provide static branch for time slice extensions
rseq: Add statistics for time slice extensions
rseq: Add prctl() to enable time slice extensions
rseq: Implement sys_rseq_slice_yield()
rseq: Implement syscall entry work for time slice extensions
rseq: Implement time slice extension enforcement timer
rseq: Reset slice extension when scheduled
rseq: Implement rseq_grant_slice_extension()
entry: Hook up rseq time slice extension
selftests/rseq: Implement time slice extension test
Documentation/userspace-api/index.rst | 1
Documentation/userspace-api/rseq.rst | 118 ++++++++++
arch/alpha/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl | 1
arch/arm/tools/syscall.tbl | 1
arch/arm64/tools/syscall_32.tbl | 1
arch/m68k/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl | 1
arch/microblaze/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl | 1
arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_n32.tbl | 1
arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_n64.tbl | 1
arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_o32.tbl | 1
arch/parisc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl | 1
arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl | 1
arch/s390/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl | 1
arch/s390/mm/pfault.c | 3
arch/sh/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl | 1
arch/sparc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl | 1
arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl | 1
arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl | 1
arch/xtensa/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl | 1
include/linux/entry-common.h | 2
include/linux/rseq.h | 11 +
include/linux/rseq_entry.h | 190 ++++++++++++++++-
include/linux/rseq_types.h | 28 ++
include/linux/sched.h | 7
include/linux/syscalls.h | 1
include/linux/thread_info.h | 16 -
include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h | 5
include/uapi/linux/prctl.h | 10
include/uapi/linux/rseq.h | 38 +++
init/Kconfig | 12 +
kernel/entry/common.c | 14 +
kernel/entry/syscall-common.c | 11 -
kernel/rcu/tiny.c | 8
kernel/rcu/tree.c | 14 -
kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h | 3
kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h | 9
kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h | 3
kernel/rseq.c | 304 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
kernel/sys.c | 6
kernel/sys_ni.c | 1
scripts/syscall.tbl | 1
tools/testing/selftests/rseq/.gitignore | 1
tools/testing/selftests/rseq/Makefile | 5
tools/testing/selftests/rseq/rseq-abi.h | 27 ++
tools/testing/selftests/rseq/slice_test.c | 198 ++++++++++++++++++
45 files changed, 1011 insertions(+), 52 deletions(-)