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ipc/sem.c: alternatives to preempt_disable()
authorManfred Spraul <manfred@colorfullife.com>
Fri, 12 Oct 2012 04:23:04 +0000 (15:23 +1100)
committerStephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Mon, 22 Oct 2012 04:01:11 +0000 (15:01 +1100)
commit522158b5c9875d789aa6d39c95e0d0d0c5833b91
tree49f168f8a1a4777fe1ef272984a03332e1b2c3ca
parenta2c57b6aa47d152a3da3b12a38f2d6968142c9d4
ipc/sem.c: alternatives to preempt_disable()

ipc/sem.c uses a custom wakeup scheme that relies on preempt_disable().
On -RT, this causes increased latencies and debug warnings.

The patch adds two additional schemes:
- one built around a completion - could be better for -RT kernels
- one built around a spinlock - unfortunately it's broken
- and the current one

My preferred solution would be the spinlock implementation: RT would use
premptible spinlocks, mainline normal spinlocks.  Thus both get the
optimal implementation without any special code in ipc/sem.c.
Unfortunately, I don't see how it could be fixed.

Signed-off-by: Manfred Spraul <manfred@colorfullife.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
ipc/sem.c