The use of wake_q_add() and wake_up_q() functions help to do task wakeup
without holding lock can help to reduce lock hold time. They should be
available to kernel modules as well.
A new wake_q_empty() inline function is also added.
Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <long...@redhat.com>
---
include/linux/sched/wake_q.h | 5 +++++
kernel/sched/core.c | 2 ++
2 files changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/linux/sched/wake_q.h b/include/linux/sched/wake_q.h
index 10b19a1..b1895a7 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched/wake_q.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/wake_q.h
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ static inline void wake_q_init(struct wake_q_head *head)
head->lastp = &head->first;
}
+static inline bool wake_q_empty(struct wake_q_head *head)
+{
+ return head->first == WAKE_Q_TAIL;
+}
+
extern void wake_q_add(struct wake_q_head *head,
struct task_struct *task);
extern void wake_up_q(struct wake_q_head *head);
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 63a6462..4b3c8e5 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -456,6 +456,7 @@ void wake_q_add(struct wake_q_head *head, struct
task_struct *task)
*head->lastp = node;
head->lastp = &node->next;
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wake_q_add);
void wake_up_q(struct wake_q_head *head)
{
@@ -478,6 +479,7 @@ void wake_up_q(struct wake_q_head *head)
put_task_struct(task);
}
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wake_up_q);
/*
* resched_curr - mark rq's current task 'to be rescheduled now'.
--
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