From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
To: kernel test robot <oliver.sang@intel.com>
Cc: Sandeep Patil <sspatil@android.com>,
Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
lkp@lists.01.org, kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>,
"Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@intel.com>,
Feng Tang <feng.tang@intel.com>,
Zhengjun Xing <zhengjun.xing@linux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [pipe] 3a34b13a88: hackbench.throughput -12.6% regression
Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2021 10:14:14 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAHk-=whYu7f=itjJJTfAWdDN2Baz0whdU1bzxh_5RAfj+LyB3g@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHk-=whr-zgf41B0BPsWnL-WWqhdk71rKffhV0fzdCuem3=SCQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, Aug 2, 2021 at 10:06 AM Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> Sandeep, does something like the attached patch (written to be on top
> of the existing one) work for you?
.. and by "attached patch" I obviously meant the patch that wasn't attached.
It's here.
Linus
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fs/pipe.c | 15 +++++++++------
include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h | 2 ++
2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/pipe.c b/fs/pipe.c
index 9ef4231cce61..e1704c14a918 100644
--- a/fs/pipe.c
+++ b/fs/pipe.c
@@ -429,9 +429,6 @@ pipe_write(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
#endif
/*
- * Epoll nonsensically wants a wakeup whether the pipe
- * was already empty or not.
- *
* If it wasn't empty we try to merge new data into
* the last buffer.
*
@@ -440,9 +437,9 @@ pipe_write(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
* spanning multiple pages.
*/
head = pipe->head;
- was_empty = true;
+ was_empty = pipe_empty(head, pipe->tail);
chars = total_len & (PAGE_SIZE-1);
- if (chars && !pipe_empty(head, pipe->tail)) {
+ if (chars && !was_empty) {
unsigned int mask = pipe->ring_size - 1;
struct pipe_buffer *buf = &pipe->bufs[(head - 1) & mask];
int offset = buf->offset + buf->len;
@@ -575,8 +572,11 @@ pipe_write(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
* This is particularly important for small writes, because of
* how (for example) the GNU make jobserver uses small writes to
* wake up pending jobs
+ *
+ * Epoll nonsensically wants a wakeup whether the pipe
+ * was already empty or not.
*/
- if (was_empty) {
+ if (was_empty || pipe->poll_usage) {
wake_up_interruptible_sync_poll(&pipe->rd_wait, EPOLLIN | EPOLLRDNORM);
kill_fasync(&pipe->fasync_readers, SIGIO, POLL_IN);
}
@@ -639,6 +639,9 @@ pipe_poll(struct file *filp, poll_table *wait)
struct pipe_inode_info *pipe = filp->private_data;
unsigned int head, tail;
+ /* Epoll has some historical nasty semantics, this enables them */
+ pipe->poll_usage = 1;
+
/*
* Reading pipe state only -- no need for acquiring the semaphore.
*
diff --git a/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h b/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h
index 5d2705f1d01c..fc5642431b92 100644
--- a/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h
+++ b/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ struct pipe_buffer {
* @files: number of struct file referring this pipe (protected by ->i_lock)
* @r_counter: reader counter
* @w_counter: writer counter
+ * @poll_usage: is this pipe used for epoll, which has crazy wakeups?
* @fasync_readers: reader side fasync
* @fasync_writers: writer side fasync
* @bufs: the circular array of pipe buffers
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ struct pipe_inode_info {
unsigned int files;
unsigned int r_counter;
unsigned int w_counter;
+ unsigned int poll_usage;
struct page *tmp_page;
struct fasync_struct *fasync_readers;
struct fasync_struct *fasync_writers;
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-08-02 17:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-08-02 2:49 [pipe] 3a34b13a88: hackbench.throughput -12.6% regression kernel test robot
2021-08-02 17:06 ` Linus Torvalds
2021-08-02 17:14 ` Linus Torvalds [this message]
2021-08-10 18:24 ` Sandeep Patil
2021-08-18 15:31 ` Mel Gorman
2021-08-18 18:17 ` Linus Torvalds
2021-08-11 15:46 ` Sandeep Patil
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