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authorBjoern B. Brandenburg <bbb@cs.unc.edu>2011-07-28 01:15:58 -0400
committerBjoern B. Brandenburg <bbb@cs.unc.edu>2011-11-24 15:21:08 -0500
commit5bd89a34d89f252619d83fef3c9325e24311389e (patch)
tree0860be1b38ce94b09f8715e47a130f4da1827408 /litmus/sched_plugin.c
parent81b8eb2ae452c241df9b3a1fb2116fa4d5adcb75 (diff)
Litmus core: simplify np-section protocolwip-2011.2-bbb
User a 32-bit word for all non-preemptive section flags. Set the "please yield soon" flag atomically when accessing it on remotely-scheduled tasks.
Diffstat (limited to 'litmus/sched_plugin.c')
-rw-r--r--litmus/sched_plugin.c23
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/litmus/sched_plugin.c b/litmus/sched_plugin.c
index d54886df1f57..00a1900d6457 100644
--- a/litmus/sched_plugin.c
+++ b/litmus/sched_plugin.c
@@ -35,29 +35,18 @@ void preempt_if_preemptable(struct task_struct* t, int cpu)
35 /* local CPU case */ 35 /* local CPU case */
36 /* check if we need to poke userspace */ 36 /* check if we need to poke userspace */
37 if (is_user_np(t)) 37 if (is_user_np(t))
38 /* yes, poke it */ 38 /* Yes, poke it. This doesn't have to be atomic since
39 * the task is definitely not executing. */
39 request_exit_np(t); 40 request_exit_np(t);
40 else if (!is_kernel_np(t)) 41 else if (!is_kernel_np(t))
41 /* only if we are allowed to preempt the 42 /* only if we are allowed to preempt the
42 * currently-executing task */ 43 * currently-executing task */
43 reschedule = 1; 44 reschedule = 1;
44 } else { 45 } else {
45 /* remote CPU case */ 46 /* Remote CPU case. Only notify if it's not a kernel
46 if (is_user_np(t)) { 47 * NP section and if we didn't set the userspace
47 /* need to notify user space of delayed 48 * flag. */
48 * preemption */ 49 reschedule = !(is_kernel_np(t) || request_exit_np_atomic(t));
49
50 /* to avoid a race, set the flag, then test
51 * again */
52 request_exit_np(t);
53 /* make sure it got written */
54 mb();
55 }
56 /* Only send an ipi if remote task might have raced our
57 * request, i.e., send an IPI to make sure in case it
58 * exited its critical section.
59 */
60 reschedule = !is_np(t) && !is_kernel_np(t);
61 } 50 }
62 } 51 }
63 if (likely(reschedule)) 52 if (likely(reschedule))