[RFC,10/13] glibc: sched_getcpu(): use rseq cpu_id TLS on Linux (v5)

Message ID 20191220213650.11281-11-mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com
State Superseded
Headers

Commit Message

Mathieu Desnoyers Dec. 20, 2019, 9:36 p.m. UTC
  When available, use the cpu_id field from __rseq_abi on Linux to
implement sched_getcpu(). Fall-back on the vgetcpu vDSO if unavailable.

Benchmarks:

x86-64: Intel E5-2630 v3@2.40GHz, 16-core, hyperthreading

glibc sched_getcpu():                     13.7 ns (baseline)
glibc sched_getcpu() using rseq:           2.5 ns (speedup:  5.5x)
inline load cpuid from __rseq_abi TLS:     0.8 ns (speedup: 17.1x)

Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
CC: Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com>
CC: Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>
CC: Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com>
CC: Szabolcs Nagy <szabolcs.nagy@arm.com>
CC: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
CC: Ben Maurer <bmaurer@fb.com>
CC: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
CC: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
CC: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
CC: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
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CC: libc-alpha@sourceware.org
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---
Changes since v1:
- rseq is only used if both __NR_rseq and RSEQ_SIG are defined.

Changes since v2:
- remove duplicated __rseq_abi extern declaration.

Changes since v3:
- update ChangeLog.

Changes since v4:
- Use atomic_load_relaxed to load the __rseq_abi.cpu_id field, a
  consequence of the fact that __rseq_abi is not volatile anymore.
- Include atomic.h which provides atomic_load_relaxed.
---
 ChangeLog.old/ChangeLog.19             |  5 +++++
 sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sched_getcpu.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
  

Patch

diff --git a/ChangeLog.old/ChangeLog.19 b/ChangeLog.old/ChangeLog.19
index 9d6496c747..07c6aff585 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.old/ChangeLog.19
+++ b/ChangeLog.old/ChangeLog.19
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ 
+2019-12-17  Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
+
+	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sched_getcpu.c: use rseq cpu_id TLS on
+	Linux.
+
 2019-12-17  Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
 
 	* NEWS: Add Restartable Sequences feature description.
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sched_getcpu.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sched_getcpu.c
index 65dd9fdda7..6f24c1db99 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sched_getcpu.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sched_getcpu.c
@@ -18,14 +18,15 @@ 
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <sched.h>
 #include <sysdep.h>
+#include <atomic.h>
 
 #ifdef HAVE_GETCPU_VSYSCALL
 # define HAVE_VSYSCALL
 #endif
 #include <sysdep-vdso.h>
 
-int
-sched_getcpu (void)
+static int
+vsyscall_sched_getcpu (void)
 {
 #ifdef __NR_getcpu
   unsigned int cpu;
@@ -37,3 +38,23 @@  sched_getcpu (void)
   return -1;
 #endif
 }
+
+#ifdef __NR_rseq
+#include <sys/rseq.h>
+#endif
+
+#if defined __NR_rseq && defined RSEQ_SIG
+int
+sched_getcpu (void)
+{
+  int cpu_id = atomic_load_relaxed (&__rseq_abi.cpu_id);
+
+  return cpu_id >= 0 ? cpu_id : vsyscall_sched_getcpu ();
+}
+#else
+int
+sched_getcpu (void)
+{
+  return vsyscall_sched_getcpu ();
+}
+#endif