From: Shrikanth Hegde Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2024 00:53:05 +0530 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] powerpc: Add preempt lazy support Origin: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/projects/rt/6.12/older/patches-6.12.8-rt8.tar.xz Define preempt lazy bit for Powerpc. Use bit 9 which is free and within 16 bit range of NEED_RESCHED, so compiler can issue single andi. Since Powerpc doesn't use the generic entry/exit, add lazy check at exit to user. CONFIG_PREEMPTION is defined for lazy/full/rt so use it for return to kernel. Ran a few benchmarks and db workload on Power10. Performance is close to preempt=none/voluntary. Since Powerpc systems can have large core count and large memory, preempt lazy is going to be helpful in avoiding soft lockup issues. Reviewed-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior Reviewed-by: Ankur Arora Signed-off-by: Shrikanth Hegde Signed-off-by: Madhavan Srinivasan Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20241116192306.88217-2-sshegde@linux.ibm.com Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior --- arch/powerpc/Kconfig | 1 + arch/powerpc/include/asm/thread_info.h | 9 ++++++--- arch/powerpc/kernel/interrupt.c | 4 ++-- 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) --- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig +++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig @@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ config PPC select ARCH_HAS_NON_OVERLAPPING_ADDRESS_SPACE select ARCH_HAS_PHYS_TO_DMA select ARCH_HAS_PMEM_API + select ARCH_HAS_PREEMPT_LAZY select ARCH_HAS_PTE_DEVMAP if PPC_BOOK3S_64 select ARCH_HAS_PTE_SPECIAL select ARCH_HAS_SCALED_CPUTIME if VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_NATIVE && PPC_BOOK3S_64 --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/thread_info.h +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/thread_info.h @@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ void arch_setup_new_exec(void); #define TIF_PATCH_PENDING 6 /* pending live patching update */ #define TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT 7 /* syscall auditing active */ #define TIF_SINGLESTEP 8 /* singlestepping active */ +#define TIF_NEED_RESCHED_LAZY 9 /* Scheduler driven lazy preemption */ #define TIF_SECCOMP 10 /* secure computing */ #define TIF_RESTOREALL 11 /* Restore all regs (implies NOERROR) */ #define TIF_NOERROR 12 /* Force successful syscall return */ @@ -122,6 +123,7 @@ void arch_setup_new_exec(void); #define _TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE (1<msr & MSR_EE)); again: - if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT)) { + if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPTION)) { /* Return to preemptible kernel context */ if (unlikely(read_thread_flags() & _TIF_NEED_RESCHED)) { if (preempt_count() == 0)