source: mainline/kernel/generic/src/proc/scheduler.c@ 25939997

Last change on this file since 25939997 was 25939997, checked in by Jiří Zárevúcky <zarevucky.jiri@…>, 2 years ago

Make separate-stack-scheduler a loop with persistent context

We can see scheduler as a looping idle thread in which a thread
is repeatedly retrieved from a queue, prepared, switched to,
returned from, and cleaned up after.

IMO this is a more natural view of the process.

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1/*
2 * Copyright (c) 2010 Jakub Jermar
3 * Copyright (c) 2023 Jiří Zárevúcky
4 * All rights reserved.
5 *
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27 * THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
28 */
29
30/** @addtogroup kernel_generic_proc
31 * @{
32 */
33
34/**
35 * @file
36 * @brief Scheduler and load balancing.
37 *
38 * This file contains the scheduler and kcpulb kernel thread which
39 * performs load-balancing of per-CPU run queues.
40 */
41
42#include <assert.h>
43#include <atomic.h>
44#include <proc/scheduler.h>
45#include <proc/thread.h>
46#include <proc/task.h>
47#include <mm/frame.h>
48#include <mm/page.h>
49#include <mm/as.h>
50#include <time/timeout.h>
51#include <time/delay.h>
52#include <arch/asm.h>
53#include <arch/cycle.h>
54#include <atomic.h>
55#include <synch/spinlock.h>
56#include <config.h>
57#include <context.h>
58#include <fpu_context.h>
59#include <halt.h>
60#include <arch.h>
61#include <adt/list.h>
62#include <panic.h>
63#include <cpu.h>
64#include <stdio.h>
65#include <log.h>
66#include <stacktrace.h>
67
68atomic_size_t nrdy; /**< Number of ready threads in the system. */
69
70#ifdef CONFIG_FPU_LAZY
71void scheduler_fpu_lazy_request(void)
72{
73 fpu_enable();
74
75 /* We need this lock to ensure synchronization with thread destructor. */
76 irq_spinlock_lock(&CPU->fpu_lock, false);
77
78 /* Save old context */
79 thread_t *owner = atomic_load_explicit(&CPU->fpu_owner, memory_order_relaxed);
80 if (owner != NULL) {
81 fpu_context_save(&owner->fpu_context);
82 atomic_store_explicit(&CPU->fpu_owner, NULL, memory_order_relaxed);
83 }
84
85 irq_spinlock_unlock(&CPU->fpu_lock, false);
86
87 if (THREAD->fpu_context_exists) {
88 fpu_context_restore(&THREAD->fpu_context);
89 } else {
90 fpu_init();
91 THREAD->fpu_context_exists = true;
92 }
93
94 atomic_store_explicit(&CPU->fpu_owner, THREAD, memory_order_relaxed);
95}
96#endif /* CONFIG_FPU_LAZY */
97
98/** Initialize scheduler
99 *
100 * Initialize kernel scheduler.
101 *
102 */
103void scheduler_init(void)
104{
105}
106
107/** Get thread to be scheduled
108 *
109 * Get the optimal thread to be scheduled
110 * according to thread accounting and scheduler
111 * policy.
112 *
113 * @return Thread to be scheduled.
114 *
115 */
116static thread_t *try_find_thread(int *rq_index)
117{
118 assert(interrupts_disabled());
119 assert(CPU != NULL);
120
121 if (atomic_load(&CPU->nrdy) == 0)
122 return NULL;
123
124 for (int i = 0; i < RQ_COUNT; i++) {
125 irq_spinlock_lock(&(CPU->rq[i].lock), false);
126 if (CPU->rq[i].n == 0) {
127 /*
128 * If this queue is empty, try a lower-priority queue.
129 */
130 irq_spinlock_unlock(&(CPU->rq[i].lock), false);
131 continue;
132 }
133
134 atomic_dec(&CPU->nrdy);
135 atomic_dec(&nrdy);
136 CPU->rq[i].n--;
137
138 /*
139 * Take the first thread from the queue.
140 */
141 thread_t *thread = list_get_instance(
142 list_first(&CPU->rq[i].rq), thread_t, rq_link);
143 list_remove(&thread->rq_link);
144
145 irq_spinlock_unlock(&(CPU->rq[i].lock), false);
146
147 *rq_index = i;
148 return thread;
149 }
150
151 return NULL;
152}
153
154/** Get thread to be scheduled
155 *
156 * Get the optimal thread to be scheduled
157 * according to thread accounting and scheduler
158 * policy.
159 *
160 * @return Thread to be scheduled.
161 *
162 */
163static thread_t *find_best_thread(int *rq_index)
164{
165 assert(interrupts_disabled());
166 assert(CPU != NULL);
167
168 while (true) {
169 thread_t *thread = try_find_thread(rq_index);
170
171 if (thread != NULL)
172 return thread;
173
174 /*
175 * For there was nothing to run, the CPU goes to sleep
176 * until a hardware interrupt or an IPI comes.
177 * This improves energy saving and hyperthreading.
178 */
179 CPU_LOCAL->idle = true;
180
181 /*
182 * Go to sleep with interrupts enabled.
183 * Ideally, this should be atomic, but this is not guaranteed on
184 * all platforms yet, so it is possible we will go sleep when
185 * a thread has just become available.
186 */
187 cpu_interruptible_sleep();
188 }
189}
190
191static void switch_task(task_t *task)
192{
193 /* If the task stays the same, a lot of work is avoided. */
194 if (TASK == task)
195 return;
196
197 as_t *old_as = AS;
198 as_t *new_as = task->as;
199
200 /* It is possible for two tasks to share one address space. */
201 if (old_as != new_as)
202 as_switch(old_as, new_as);
203
204 if (TASK)
205 task_release(TASK);
206
207 TASK = task;
208
209 task_hold(TASK);
210
211 before_task_runs_arch();
212}
213
214/** Prevent rq starvation
215 *
216 * Prevent low priority threads from starving in rq's.
217 *
218 * When the function decides to relink rq's, it reconnects
219 * respective pointers so that in result threads with 'pri'
220 * greater or equal start are moved to a higher-priority queue.
221 *
222 * @param start Threshold priority.
223 *
224 */
225static void relink_rq(int start)
226{
227 assert(interrupts_disabled());
228
229 if (CPU_LOCAL->current_clock_tick < CPU_LOCAL->relink_deadline)
230 return;
231
232 CPU_LOCAL->relink_deadline = CPU_LOCAL->current_clock_tick + NEEDS_RELINK_MAX;
233
234 /* Temporary cache for lists we are moving. */
235 list_t list;
236 list_initialize(&list);
237
238 size_t n = 0;
239
240 /* Move every list (except the one with highest priority) one level up. */
241 for (int i = RQ_COUNT - 1; i > start; i--) {
242 irq_spinlock_lock(&CPU->rq[i].lock, false);
243
244 /* Swap lists. */
245 list_swap(&CPU->rq[i].rq, &list);
246
247 /* Swap number of items. */
248 size_t tmpn = CPU->rq[i].n;
249 CPU->rq[i].n = n;
250 n = tmpn;
251
252 irq_spinlock_unlock(&CPU->rq[i].lock, false);
253 }
254
255 /* Append the contents of rq[start + 1] to rq[start]. */
256 if (n != 0) {
257 irq_spinlock_lock(&CPU->rq[start].lock, false);
258 list_concat(&CPU->rq[start].rq, &list);
259 CPU->rq[start].n += n;
260 irq_spinlock_unlock(&CPU->rq[start].lock, false);
261 }
262}
263
264/**
265 * Do whatever needs to be done with current FPU state before we switch to
266 * another thread.
267 */
268static void fpu_cleanup(void)
269{
270#if (defined CONFIG_FPU) && (!defined CONFIG_FPU_LAZY)
271 fpu_context_save(&THREAD->fpu_context);
272#endif
273}
274
275/**
276 * Set correct FPU state for this thread after switch from another thread.
277 */
278static void fpu_restore(void)
279{
280#ifdef CONFIG_FPU_LAZY
281 /*
282 * The only concurrent modification possible for fpu_owner here is
283 * another thread changing it from itself to NULL in its destructor.
284 */
285 thread_t *owner = atomic_load_explicit(&CPU->fpu_owner,
286 memory_order_relaxed);
287
288 if (THREAD == owner)
289 fpu_enable();
290 else
291 fpu_disable();
292
293#elif defined CONFIG_FPU
294 fpu_enable();
295 if (THREAD->fpu_context_exists)
296 fpu_context_restore(&THREAD->fpu_context);
297 else {
298 fpu_init();
299 THREAD->fpu_context_exists = true;
300 }
301#endif
302}
303
304/** Things to do before we switch to THREAD context.
305 */
306static void prepare_to_run_thread(int rq_index)
307{
308 relink_rq(rq_index);
309
310 switch_task(THREAD->task);
311
312 irq_spinlock_lock(&THREAD->lock, false);
313 THREAD->state = Running;
314 THREAD->cpu = CPU;
315 THREAD->priority = rq_index; /* Correct rq index */
316
317 /*
318 * Clear the stolen flag so that it can be migrated
319 * when load balancing needs emerge.
320 */
321 THREAD->stolen = false;
322
323#ifdef SCHEDULER_VERBOSE
324 log(LF_OTHER, LVL_DEBUG,
325 "cpu%u: tid %" PRIu64 " (priority=%d, ticks=%" PRIu64
326 ", nrdy=%zu)", CPU->id, THREAD->tid, THREAD->priority,
327 THREAD->ticks, atomic_load(&CPU->nrdy));
328#endif
329
330 /*
331 * Some architectures provide late kernel PA2KA(identity)
332 * mapping in a page fault handler. However, the page fault
333 * handler uses the kernel stack of the running thread and
334 * therefore cannot be used to map it. The kernel stack, if
335 * necessary, is to be mapped in before_thread_runs(). This
336 * function must be executed before the switch to the new stack.
337 */
338 before_thread_runs_arch();
339
340#ifdef CONFIG_UDEBUG
341 if (THREAD->btrace) {
342 istate_t *istate = THREAD->udebug.uspace_state;
343 if (istate != NULL) {
344 printf("Thread %" PRIu64 " stack trace:\n", THREAD->tid);
345 stack_trace_istate(istate);
346 }
347
348 THREAD->btrace = false;
349 }
350#endif
351
352 fpu_restore();
353
354 /* Time allocation in microseconds. */
355 uint64_t time_to_run = (rq_index + 1) * 10000;
356
357 /* Set the time of next preemption. */
358 CPU_LOCAL->preempt_deadline =
359 CPU_LOCAL->current_clock_tick + us2ticks(time_to_run);
360
361 /* Save current CPU cycle */
362 THREAD->last_cycle = get_cycle();
363}
364
365static void cleanup_after_thread(thread_t *thread, state_t out_state)
366{
367 assert(CURRENT->mutex_locks == 0);
368 assert(interrupts_disabled());
369
370 int expected;
371
372 switch (out_state) {
373 case Running:
374 thread_ready(thread);
375 break;
376
377 case Exiting:
378 waitq_close(&thread->join_wq);
379
380 /*
381 * Release the reference CPU has for the thread.
382 * If there are no other references (e.g. threads calling join),
383 * the thread structure is deallocated.
384 */
385 thread_put(thread);
386 break;
387
388 case Sleeping:
389 expected = SLEEP_INITIAL;
390
391 /* Only set SLEEP_ASLEEP in sleep pad if it's still in initial state */
392 if (!atomic_compare_exchange_strong_explicit(&thread->sleep_state,
393 &expected, SLEEP_ASLEEP,
394 memory_order_acq_rel, memory_order_acquire)) {
395
396 assert(expected == SLEEP_WOKE);
397 /* The thread has already been woken up, requeue immediately. */
398 thread_ready(thread);
399 }
400 break;
401
402 default:
403 /*
404 * Entering state is unexpected.
405 */
406 panic("tid%" PRIu64 ": unexpected state %s.",
407 thread->tid, thread_states[thread->state]);
408 break;
409 }
410}
411
412/** Switch to scheduler context to let other threads run. */
413void scheduler_enter(state_t new_state)
414{
415 ipl_t ipl = interrupts_disable();
416
417 assert(CPU != NULL);
418 assert(THREAD != NULL);
419
420 fpu_cleanup();
421
422 if (atomic_load(&haltstate))
423 halt();
424
425 irq_spinlock_lock(&THREAD->lock, false);
426 THREAD->state = new_state;
427
428 /* Update thread kernel accounting */
429 THREAD->kcycles += get_cycle() - THREAD->last_cycle;
430
431 /*
432 * On Sparc, this saves some extra userspace state that's not
433 * covered by context_save()/context_restore().
434 */
435 after_thread_ran_arch();
436
437 if (new_state == Sleeping) {
438 /* Prefer the thread after it's woken up. */
439 THREAD->priority = -1;
440 }
441
442 /*
443 * Through the 'CURRENT' structure, we keep track of THREAD, TASK, CPU, AS
444 * and preemption counter. At this point CURRENT could be coming either
445 * from THREAD's or CPU's stack.
446 *
447 */
448
449 current_copy(CURRENT, (current_t *) CPU_LOCAL->stack);
450 context_swap(&THREAD->saved_context, &CPU_LOCAL->scheduler_context);
451
452 irq_spinlock_unlock(&THREAD->lock, false);
453 interrupts_restore(ipl);
454}
455
456/** Enter main scheduler loop. Never returns.
457 *
458 * This function switches to a runnable thread as soon as one is available,
459 * after which it is only switched back to if a thread is stopping and there is
460 * no other thread to run in its place. We need a separate context for that
461 * because we're going to block the CPU, which means we need another context
462 * to clean up after the previous thread.
463 */
464void scheduler_run(void)
465{
466 assert(interrupts_disabled());
467
468 assert(CPU != NULL);
469 assert(TASK == NULL);
470 assert(THREAD == NULL);
471 assert(interrupts_disabled());
472
473 while (!atomic_load(&haltstate)) {
474 assert(CURRENT->mutex_locks == 0);
475
476 int rq_index;
477 THREAD = find_best_thread(&rq_index);
478
479 prepare_to_run_thread(rq_index);
480
481 /*
482 * Copy the knowledge of CPU, TASK, THREAD and preemption counter to
483 * thread's stack.
484 */
485 current_copy(CURRENT, (current_t *) THREAD->kstack);
486
487 /* Switch to thread context. */
488 context_swap(&CPU_LOCAL->scheduler_context, &THREAD->saved_context);
489
490 /* Back from the thread. */
491
492 assert(CPU != NULL);
493 assert(THREAD != NULL);
494 assert(irq_spinlock_locked(&THREAD->lock));
495 assert(interrupts_disabled());
496
497 state_t state = THREAD->state;
498 irq_spinlock_unlock(&THREAD->lock, false);
499
500 cleanup_after_thread(THREAD, state);
501
502 /*
503 * Necessary because we're allowing interrupts in find_best_thread(),
504 * so we need to avoid other code referencing the thread we left.
505 */
506 THREAD = NULL;
507 }
508
509 halt();
510}
511
512#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
513
514static thread_t *steal_thread_from(cpu_t *old_cpu, int i)
515{
516 runq_t *old_rq = &old_cpu->rq[i];
517 runq_t *new_rq = &CPU->rq[i];
518
519 ipl_t ipl = interrupts_disable();
520
521 irq_spinlock_lock(&old_rq->lock, false);
522
523 /*
524 * If fpu_owner is any thread in the list, its store is seen here thanks to
525 * the runqueue lock.
526 */
527 thread_t *fpu_owner = atomic_load_explicit(&old_cpu->fpu_owner,
528 memory_order_relaxed);
529
530 /* Search rq from the back */
531 list_foreach_rev(old_rq->rq, rq_link, thread_t, thread) {
532
533 irq_spinlock_lock(&thread->lock, false);
534
535 /*
536 * Do not steal CPU-wired threads, threads
537 * already stolen, threads for which migration
538 * was temporarily disabled or threads whose
539 * FPU context is still in the CPU.
540 */
541 if (thread->stolen || thread->nomigrate ||
542 thread == fpu_owner) {
543 irq_spinlock_unlock(&thread->lock, false);
544 continue;
545 }
546
547 thread->stolen = true;
548 thread->cpu = CPU;
549
550 irq_spinlock_unlock(&thread->lock, false);
551
552 /*
553 * Ready thread on local CPU
554 */
555
556#ifdef KCPULB_VERBOSE
557 log(LF_OTHER, LVL_DEBUG,
558 "kcpulb%u: TID %" PRIu64 " -> cpu%u, "
559 "nrdy=%ld, avg=%ld", CPU->id, thread->tid,
560 CPU->id, atomic_load(&CPU->nrdy),
561 atomic_load(&nrdy) / config.cpu_active);
562#endif
563
564 /* Remove thread from ready queue. */
565 old_rq->n--;
566 list_remove(&thread->rq_link);
567 irq_spinlock_unlock(&old_rq->lock, false);
568
569 /* Append thread to local queue. */
570 irq_spinlock_lock(&new_rq->lock, false);
571 list_append(&thread->rq_link, &new_rq->rq);
572 new_rq->n++;
573 irq_spinlock_unlock(&new_rq->lock, false);
574
575 atomic_dec(&old_cpu->nrdy);
576 atomic_inc(&CPU->nrdy);
577 interrupts_restore(ipl);
578 return thread;
579 }
580
581 irq_spinlock_unlock(&old_rq->lock, false);
582 interrupts_restore(ipl);
583 return NULL;
584}
585
586/** Load balancing thread
587 *
588 * SMP load balancing thread, supervising thread supplies
589 * for the CPU it's wired to.
590 *
591 * @param arg Generic thread argument (unused).
592 *
593 */
594void kcpulb(void *arg)
595{
596 size_t average;
597 size_t rdy;
598
599loop:
600 /*
601 * Work in 1s intervals.
602 */
603 thread_sleep(1);
604
605not_satisfied:
606 /*
607 * Calculate the number of threads that will be migrated/stolen from
608 * other CPU's. Note that situation can have changed between two
609 * passes. Each time get the most up to date counts.
610 *
611 */
612 average = atomic_load(&nrdy) / config.cpu_active + 1;
613 rdy = atomic_load(&CPU->nrdy);
614
615 if (average <= rdy)
616 goto satisfied;
617
618 size_t count = average - rdy;
619
620 /*
621 * Searching least priority queues on all CPU's first and most priority
622 * queues on all CPU's last.
623 */
624 size_t acpu;
625 int rq;
626
627 for (rq = RQ_COUNT - 1; rq >= 0; rq--) {
628 for (acpu = 0; acpu < config.cpu_active; acpu++) {
629 cpu_t *cpu = &cpus[acpu];
630
631 /*
632 * Not interested in ourselves.
633 * Doesn't require interrupt disabling for kcpulb has
634 * THREAD_FLAG_WIRED.
635 *
636 */
637 if (CPU == cpu)
638 continue;
639
640 if (atomic_load(&cpu->nrdy) <= average)
641 continue;
642
643 if (steal_thread_from(cpu, rq) && --count == 0)
644 goto satisfied;
645 }
646 }
647
648 if (atomic_load(&CPU->nrdy)) {
649 /*
650 * Be a little bit light-weight and let migrated threads run.
651 *
652 */
653 thread_yield();
654 } else {
655 /*
656 * We failed to migrate a single thread.
657 * Give up this turn.
658 *
659 */
660 goto loop;
661 }
662
663 goto not_satisfied;
664
665satisfied:
666 goto loop;
667}
668#endif /* CONFIG_SMP */
669
670/** Print information about threads & scheduler queues
671 *
672 */
673void sched_print_list(void)
674{
675 size_t cpu;
676 for (cpu = 0; cpu < config.cpu_count; cpu++) {
677 if (!cpus[cpu].active)
678 continue;
679
680 printf("cpu%u: address=%p, nrdy=%zu\n",
681 cpus[cpu].id, &cpus[cpu], atomic_load(&cpus[cpu].nrdy));
682
683 unsigned int i;
684 for (i = 0; i < RQ_COUNT; i++) {
685 irq_spinlock_lock(&(cpus[cpu].rq[i].lock), false);
686 if (cpus[cpu].rq[i].n == 0) {
687 irq_spinlock_unlock(&(cpus[cpu].rq[i].lock), false);
688 continue;
689 }
690
691 printf("\trq[%u]: ", i);
692 list_foreach(cpus[cpu].rq[i].rq, rq_link, thread_t,
693 thread) {
694 printf("%" PRIu64 "(%s) ", thread->tid,
695 thread_states[thread->state]);
696 }
697 printf("\n");
698
699 irq_spinlock_unlock(&(cpus[cpu].rq[i].lock), false);
700 }
701 }
702}
703
704/** @}
705 */
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