syscall return values should be cleared. The system calls
getcontext() and swapcontext() want to return 0 on success
but these contexts can be switched to at a later time so
the return values need to be cleared in the saved register
sets. Other callers of get_mcontext() would normally want
the context without clearing the return values.
Remove the i386-specific context saving from the KSE code.
get_mcontext() is not i386-specific any more.
Fix a bad pointer in the alpha get_mcontext() code. The
context was being bcopy()'d from &td->tf_frame, but tf_frame
is itself a pointer, so the thread was being copied instead.
Spotted by jake.
Glanced at by: jake
Reviewed by: bde (months ago)
their prototypes.
- Remove sched_lock locking from kse_purge() as all callers already lock
the sched_lock before calling it.
- Hold the proc lock slightly longer to protect P_SHOULDSTOP().
o KMF_NOUPCALL
Ask kse_release to not return to userland upcall entry, but instead
direct returns to userland by using current thread's stack and return
address on stack. This flags is intended to be used by UTS in critical
region to wait another UTS thread to leave critical region, by using
kse_release with this flag to avoid spinnng and burning CPU. Also this
flags can be used by UTS to poll completed context when there is nothing
to do in userland and needn't restart from its entry like normal upcall.
o KMF_NOCOMPLETED
Ask kernel to not bring completed thread contexts back to userland when
doing upcall, this flags is intend to be used with above flag when an
upcall thread is in critical region and can not process completed contexts
at that time.
Tested by: deischen
as it could be and can do with some more cleanup. Currently its under
options LAZY_SWITCH. What this does is avoid %cr3 reloads for short
context switches that do not involve another user process. ie: we can
take an interrupt, switch to a kthread and return to the user without
explicitly flushing the tlb. However, this isn't as exciting as it could
be, the interrupt overhead is still high and too much blocks on Giant
still. There are some debug sysctls, for stats and for an on/off switch.
The main problem with doing this has been "what if the process that you're
running on exits while we're borrowing its address space?" - in this case
we use an IPI to give it a kick when we're about to reclaim the pmap.
Its not compiled in unless you add the LAZY_SWITCH option. I want to fix a
few more things and get some more feedback before turning it on by default.
This is NOT a replacement for Bosko's lazy interrupt stuff. This was more
meant for the kthread case, while his was for interrupts. Mine helps a
little for interrupts, but his helps a lot more.
The stats are enabled with options SWTCH_OPTIM_STATS - this has been a
pseudo-option for years, I just added a bunch of stuff to it.
One non-trivial change was to select a new thread before calling
cpu_switch() in the first place. This allows us to catch the silly
case of doing a cpu_switch() to the current process. This happens
uncomfortably often. This simplifies a bit of the asm code in cpu_switch
(no longer have to call choosethread() in the middle). This has been
implemented on i386 and (thanks to jake) sparc64. The others will come
soon. This is actually seperate to the lazy switch stuff.
Glanced at by: jake, jhb
if (p->p_numthreads > 1) and not a flag because action is only necessary
if there are other threads. The rest of the system has no need to
identify thr threaded processes.
- In kern_thread.c use thr_exit1() instead of thread_exit() if P_THREADED
is not set.
a follow on commit to kern_sig.c
- signotify() now operates on a thread since unmasked pending signals are
stored in the thread.
- PS_NEEDSIGCHK moves to TDF_NEEDSIGCHK.
kse_mailbox to schedule an upcall, this is useful for userland timeout
routine, for example pthread_cond_timedwait().
Also extract upcall scheduling code from kse_reassign and create
a new function called thread_switchout to include these code.
Reviewed by: julain
add a signal to a mailbox's pending set.
- Add a new function, thread_signal_upcall(), this causes the current thread
to upcall so that we can deliver pending signals.
Reviewed by: mini
I was in two minds as to where to put them in the first case..
I should have listenned to the other mind.
Submitted by: parts by davidxu@
Reviewed by: jeff@ mini@
I'm not convinced there is anything major wrong with the patch but
them's the rules..
I am using my "David's mentor" hat to revert this as he's
offline for a while.
data structure called kse_upcall to manage UPCALL. All KSE binding
and loaning code are gone.
A thread owns an upcall can collect all completed syscall contexts in
its ksegrp, turn itself into UPCALL mode, and takes those contexts back
to userland. Any thread without upcall structure has to export their
contexts and exit at user boundary.
Any thread running in user mode owns an upcall structure, when it enters
kernel, if the kse mailbox's current thread pointer is not NULL, then
when the thread is blocked in kernel, a new UPCALL thread is created and
the upcall structure is transfered to the new UPCALL thread. if the kse
mailbox's current thread pointer is NULL, then when a thread is blocked
in kernel, no UPCALL thread will be created.
Each upcall always has an owner thread. Userland can remove an upcall by
calling kse_exit, when all upcalls in ksegrp are removed, the group is
atomatically shutdown. An upcall owner thread also exits when process is
in exiting state. when an owner thread exits, the upcall it owns is also
removed.
KSE is a pure scheduler entity. it represents a virtual cpu. when a thread
is running, it always has a KSE associated with it. scheduler is free to
assign a KSE to thread according thread priority, if thread priority is changed,
KSE can be moved from one thread to another.
When a ksegrp is created, there is always N KSEs created in the group. the
N is the number of physical cpu in the current system. This makes it is
possible that even an userland UTS is single CPU safe, threads in kernel still
can execute on different cpu in parallel. Userland calls kse_create to add more
upcall structures into ksegrp to increase concurrent in userland itself, kernel
is not restricted by number of upcalls userland provides.
The code hasn't been tested under SMP by author due to lack of hardware.
Reviewed by: julian
(show thread {address})
Remove the IDLE kse state and replace it with a change in
the way threads sahre KSEs. Every KSE now has a thread, which is
considered its "owner" however a KSE may also be lent to other
threads in the same group to allow completion of in-kernel work.
n this case the owner remains the same and the KSE will revert to the
owner when the other work has been completed.
All creations of upcalls etc. is now done from
kse_reassign() which in turn is called from mi_switch or
thread_exit(). This means that special code can be removed from
msleep() and cv_wait().
kse_release() does not leave a KSE with no thread any more but
converts the existing thread into teh KSE's owner, and sets it up
for doing an upcall. It is just inhibitted from being scheduled until
there is some reason to do an upcall.
Remove all trace of the kse_idle queue since it is no-longer needed.
"Idle" KSEs are now on the loanable queue.
i386 cpu_thread_exit(). This resulted in a panic with WITNESS
since we need to hold Giant to call kmem_free(), and we weren't
helding it anymore in cpu_thread_exit(). We now do this from a
new MD function, cpu_thread_dtor(), called by thread_dtor().
Approved by: re@
Suggested by: jhb
data in the scheduler independant structures (proc, ksegrp, kse, thread).
- Implement unused stubs for this mechanism in sched_4bsd.
Approved by: re
Reviewed by: luigi, trb
Tested on: x86, alpha
also add rusage time in thread mailbox.
2. Minor change for thread limit code in thread_user_enter(),
fix typo in kse_release() last I committed.
Reviewed by: deischen, mini
kern.threads.max_threads_per_proc
kern.threads.max_groups_per_proc
2.Temporary disable borrower thread stash itself as
owner thread's spare thread in thread_exit(). there
is a race between owner thread and borrow thread:
an owner thread may allocate a spare thread as this:
if (td->td_standin == NULL)
td->standin = thread_alloc();
but thread_alloc() can block the thread, then a borrower
thread would possible stash it self as owner's spare
thread in thread_exit(), after owner is resumed, result
is a thread leak in kernel, double check in owner can
avoid the race, but it may be ugly and not worth to do.
so that there is ony one copy of it. Fix that one copy
so that KSEs with no mailbox in a KSE program are not a cause
of page faults (this can legitmatly happen).
Submitted by: (parts) davidxu
Add code to free KSEs and KSEGRPs on exit.
Sort KSE prototypes in proc.h.
Add the missing kse_exit() syscall.
ksetest now does not leak KSEs and KSEGRPS.
Submitted by: (parts) davidxu
in specific situations. The owner thread must be blocked, and the
borrower can not proceed back to user space with the borrowed KSE.
The borrower will return the KSE on the next context switch where
teh owner wants it back. This removes a lot of possible
race conditions and deadlocks. It is consceivable that the
borrower should inherit the priority of the owner too.
that's another discussion and would be simple to do.
Also, as part of this, the "preallocatd spare thread" is attached to the
thread doing a syscall rather than the KSE. This removes the need to lock
the scheduler when we want to access it, as it's now "at hand".
DDB now shows a lot mor info for threaded proceses though it may need
some optimisation to squeeze it all back into 80 chars again.
(possible JKH project)
Upcalls are now "bound" threads, but "KSE Lending" now means that
other completing syscalls can be completed using that KSE before the upcall
finally makes it back to the UTS. (getting threads OUT OF THE KERNEL is
one of the highest priorities in the KSE system.) The upcall when it happens
will present all the completed syscalls to the KSE for selection.
around limitations in the ia64 kernel stack handling code. Basically
preallocate a bunch of threads (and hence kstacks) while contigmalloc()
still works, and never free them back to the general memory pool. After
the system has been running for a while, contigmalloc() eventually fails
at a critical momemt and panics the system.
doesn't give them enough stack to do much before blowing away the pcb.
This adds MI and MD code to allow the allocation of an alternate kstack
who's size can be speficied when calling kthread_create. Passing the
value 0 prevents the alternate kstack from being created. Note that the
ia64 MD code is missing for now, and PowerPC was only partially written
due to the pmap.c being incomplete there.
Though this patch does not modify anything to make use of the alternate
kstack, acpi and usb are good candidates.
Reviewed by: jake, peter, jhb
from stopping another thread from completing a syscall, and this allows it to
release its resources etc. Probably more related commits to follow (at least
one I know of)
Initial concept by: julian, dillon
Submitted by: davidxu
if they are not going to cross over themselves. Also change how the list of
completed user threads is tracked and passed to the KSE. This is not
a change in design but rather the implementation of what was originally
envisionned.
