2 * async.c: Asynchronous function calls for boot performance
4 * (C) Copyright 2009 Intel Corporation
5 * Author: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
7 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
8 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
9 * as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2
16 Goals and Theory of Operation
18 The primary goal of this feature is to reduce the kernel boot time,
19 by doing various independent hardware delays and discovery operations
20 decoupled and not strictly serialized.
22 More specifically, the asynchronous function call concept allows
23 certain operations (primarily during system boot) to happen
24 asynchronously, out of order, while these operations still
25 have their externally visible parts happen sequentially and in-order.
26 (not unlike how out-of-order CPUs retire their instructions in order)
28 Key to the asynchronous function call implementation is the concept of
29 a "sequence cookie" (which, although it has an abstracted type, can be
30 thought of as a monotonically incrementing number).
32 The async core will assign each scheduled event such a sequence cookie and
33 pass this to the called functions.
35 The asynchronously called function should before doing a globally visible
36 operation, such as registering device numbers, call the
37 async_synchronize_cookie() function and pass in its own cookie. The
38 async_synchronize_cookie() function will make sure that all asynchronous
39 operations that were scheduled prior to the operation corresponding with the
40 cookie have completed.
42 Subsystem/driver initialization code that scheduled asynchronous probe
43 functions, but which shares global resources with other drivers/subsystems
44 that do not use the asynchronous call feature, need to do a full
45 synchronization with the async_synchronize_full() function, before returning
46 from their init function. This is to maintain strict ordering between the
47 asynchronous and synchronous parts of the kernel.
51 #include <linux/async.h>
52 #include <linux/bug.h>
53 #include <linux/module.h>
54 #include <linux/wait.h>
55 #include <linux/sched.h>
56 #include <linux/init.h>
57 #include <linux/kthread.h>
58 #include <linux/delay.h>
59 #include <linux/slab.h>
60 #include <asm/atomic.h>
62 static async_cookie_t next_cookie
= 1;
64 #define MAX_THREADS 256
65 #define MAX_WORK 32768
67 static LIST_HEAD(async_pending
);
68 static LIST_HEAD(async_running
);
69 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(async_lock
);
71 static int async_enabled
= 0;
74 struct list_head list
;
75 async_cookie_t cookie
;
78 struct list_head
*running
;
81 static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(async_done
);
82 static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(async_new
);
84 static atomic_t entry_count
;
85 static atomic_t thread_count
;
87 extern int initcall_debug
;
91 * MUST be called with the lock held!
93 static async_cookie_t
__lowest_in_progress(struct list_head
*running
)
95 struct async_entry
*entry
;
97 if (!list_empty(running
)) {
98 entry
= list_first_entry(running
,
99 struct async_entry
, list
);
100 return entry
->cookie
;
103 list_for_each_entry(entry
, &async_pending
, list
)
104 if (entry
->running
== running
)
105 return entry
->cookie
;
107 return next_cookie
; /* "infinity" value */
110 static async_cookie_t
lowest_in_progress(struct list_head
*running
)
115 spin_lock_irqsave(&async_lock
, flags
);
116 ret
= __lowest_in_progress(running
);
117 spin_unlock_irqrestore(&async_lock
, flags
);
121 * pick the first pending entry and run it
123 static void run_one_entry(void)
126 struct async_entry
*entry
;
127 ktime_t calltime
, delta
, rettime
;
129 /* 1) pick one task from the pending queue */
131 spin_lock_irqsave(&async_lock
, flags
);
132 if (list_empty(&async_pending
))
134 entry
= list_first_entry(&async_pending
, struct async_entry
, list
);
136 /* 2) move it to the running queue */
137 list_move_tail(&entry
->list
, entry
->running
);
138 spin_unlock_irqrestore(&async_lock
, flags
);
140 /* 3) run it (and print duration)*/
141 if (initcall_debug
&& system_state
== SYSTEM_BOOTING
) {
142 printk("calling %lli_%pF @ %i\n", (long long)entry
->cookie
,
143 entry
->func
, task_pid_nr(current
));
144 calltime
= ktime_get();
146 entry
->func(entry
->data
, entry
->cookie
);
147 if (initcall_debug
&& system_state
== SYSTEM_BOOTING
) {
148 rettime
= ktime_get();
149 delta
= ktime_sub(rettime
, calltime
);
150 printk("initcall %lli_%pF returned 0 after %lld usecs\n",
151 (long long)entry
->cookie
,
153 (long long)ktime_to_ns(delta
) >> 10);
156 /* 4) remove it from the running queue */
157 spin_lock_irqsave(&async_lock
, flags
);
158 list_del(&entry
->list
);
160 /* 5) free the entry */
162 atomic_dec(&entry_count
);
164 spin_unlock_irqrestore(&async_lock
, flags
);
166 /* 6) wake up any waiters. */
167 wake_up(&async_done
);
171 spin_unlock_irqrestore(&async_lock
, flags
);
175 static async_cookie_t
__async_schedule(async_func_ptr
*ptr
, void *data
, struct list_head
*running
)
177 struct async_entry
*entry
;
179 async_cookie_t newcookie
;
182 /* allow irq-off callers */
183 entry
= kzalloc(sizeof(struct async_entry
), GFP_ATOMIC
);
186 * If we're out of memory or if there's too much work
187 * pending already, we execute synchronously.
189 if (!async_enabled
|| !entry
|| atomic_read(&entry_count
) > MAX_WORK
) {
191 spin_lock_irqsave(&async_lock
, flags
);
192 newcookie
= next_cookie
++;
193 spin_unlock_irqrestore(&async_lock
, flags
);
195 /* low on memory.. run synchronously */
196 ptr(data
, newcookie
);
201 entry
->running
= running
;
203 spin_lock_irqsave(&async_lock
, flags
);
204 newcookie
= entry
->cookie
= next_cookie
++;
205 list_add_tail(&entry
->list
, &async_pending
);
206 atomic_inc(&entry_count
);
207 spin_unlock_irqrestore(&async_lock
, flags
);
213 * async_schedule - schedule a function for asynchronous execution
214 * @ptr: function to execute asynchronously
215 * @data: data pointer to pass to the function
217 * Returns an async_cookie_t that may be used for checkpointing later.
218 * Note: This function may be called from atomic or non-atomic contexts.
220 async_cookie_t
async_schedule(async_func_ptr
*ptr
, void *data
)
222 return __async_schedule(ptr
, data
, &async_running
);
224 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(async_schedule
);
227 * async_schedule_domain - schedule a function for asynchronous execution within a certain domain
228 * @ptr: function to execute asynchronously
229 * @data: data pointer to pass to the function
230 * @running: running list for the domain
232 * Returns an async_cookie_t that may be used for checkpointing later.
233 * @running may be used in the async_synchronize_*_domain() functions
234 * to wait within a certain synchronization domain rather than globally.
235 * A synchronization domain is specified via the running queue @running to use.
236 * Note: This function may be called from atomic or non-atomic contexts.
238 async_cookie_t
async_schedule_domain(async_func_ptr
*ptr
, void *data
,
239 struct list_head
*running
)
241 return __async_schedule(ptr
, data
, running
);
243 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(async_schedule_domain
);
246 * async_synchronize_full - synchronize all asynchronous function calls
248 * This function waits until all asynchronous function calls have been done.
250 void async_synchronize_full(void)
253 async_synchronize_cookie(next_cookie
);
254 } while (!list_empty(&async_running
) || !list_empty(&async_pending
));
256 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(async_synchronize_full
);
259 * async_synchronize_full_domain - synchronize all asynchronous function within a certain domain
260 * @list: running list to synchronize on
262 * This function waits until all asynchronous function calls for the
263 * synchronization domain specified by the running list @list have been done.
265 void async_synchronize_full_domain(struct list_head
*list
)
267 async_synchronize_cookie_domain(next_cookie
, list
);
269 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(async_synchronize_full_domain
);
272 * async_synchronize_cookie_domain - synchronize asynchronous function calls within a certain domain with cookie checkpointing
273 * @cookie: async_cookie_t to use as checkpoint
274 * @running: running list to synchronize on
276 * This function waits until all asynchronous function calls for the
277 * synchronization domain specified by the running list @list submitted
278 * prior to @cookie have been done.
280 void async_synchronize_cookie_domain(async_cookie_t cookie
,
281 struct list_head
*running
)
283 ktime_t starttime
, delta
, endtime
;
285 if (initcall_debug
&& system_state
== SYSTEM_BOOTING
) {
286 printk("async_waiting @ %i\n", task_pid_nr(current
));
287 starttime
= ktime_get();
290 wait_event(async_done
, lowest_in_progress(running
) >= cookie
);
292 if (initcall_debug
&& system_state
== SYSTEM_BOOTING
) {
293 endtime
= ktime_get();
294 delta
= ktime_sub(endtime
, starttime
);
296 printk("async_continuing @ %i after %lli usec\n",
297 task_pid_nr(current
),
298 (long long)ktime_to_ns(delta
) >> 10);
301 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(async_synchronize_cookie_domain
);
304 * async_synchronize_cookie - synchronize asynchronous function calls with cookie checkpointing
305 * @cookie: async_cookie_t to use as checkpoint
307 * This function waits until all asynchronous function calls prior to @cookie
310 void async_synchronize_cookie(async_cookie_t cookie
)
312 async_synchronize_cookie_domain(cookie
, &async_running
);
314 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(async_synchronize_cookie
);
317 static int async_thread(void *unused
)
319 DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(wq
, current
);
320 add_wait_queue(&async_new
, &wq
);
322 while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
324 set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE
);
326 * check the list head without lock.. false positives
327 * are dealt with inside run_one_entry() while holding
331 if (!list_empty(&async_pending
))
334 ret
= schedule_timeout(HZ
);
338 * we timed out, this means we as thread are redundant.
339 * we sign off and die, but we to avoid any races there
340 * is a last-straw check to see if work snuck in.
342 atomic_dec(&thread_count
);
343 wmb(); /* manager must see our departure first */
344 if (list_empty(&async_pending
))
347 * woops work came in between us timing out and us
348 * signing off; we need to stay alive and keep working.
350 atomic_inc(&thread_count
);
353 remove_wait_queue(&async_new
, &wq
);
358 static int async_manager_thread(void *unused
)
360 DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(wq
, current
);
361 add_wait_queue(&async_new
, &wq
);
363 while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
366 set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE
);
368 tc
= atomic_read(&thread_count
);
370 ec
= atomic_read(&entry_count
);
372 while (tc
< ec
&& tc
< MAX_THREADS
) {
373 if (IS_ERR(kthread_run(async_thread
, NULL
, "async/%i",
378 atomic_inc(&thread_count
);
384 remove_wait_queue(&async_new
, &wq
);
389 static int __init
async_init(void)
392 !IS_ERR(kthread_run(async_manager_thread
, NULL
, "async/mgr"));
394 WARN_ON(!async_enabled
);
398 core_initcall(async_init
);