tasklets: Replace spin wait in tasklet_kill()
authorPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Tue, 9 Mar 2021 08:42:09 +0000 (09:42 +0100)
committerThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Wed, 17 Mar 2021 15:33:57 +0000 (16:33 +0100)
commit697d8c63c4a2991a22a896a5e6adcdbb28fefe56
tree223efa50042365abc94dcbec5287e94c94773aa0
parentda044747401fc16202e223c9da970ed4e84fd84d
tasklets: Replace spin wait in tasklet_kill()

tasklet_kill() spin waits for TASKLET_STATE_SCHED to be cleared invoking
yield() from inside the loop. yield() is an ill defined mechanism and the
result might still be wasting CPU cycles in a tight loop which is
especially painful in a guest when the CPU running the tasklet is scheduled
out.

tasklet_kill() is used in teardown paths and not performance critical at
all. Replace the spin wait with wait_var_event().

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210309084241.890532921@linutronix.de
kernel/softirq.c