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| author | Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> | 2022-04-29 02:25:16 +0300 |
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| committer | Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> | 2022-04-30 17:39:32 +0300 |
| commit | e788be95a57a9bebe446878ce9bf2750f6fe4974 (patch) | |
| tree | 5eded2436e2690b614d4f28c2344a79e31bd5563 /include/linux/task_work.h | |
| parent | 69cc1b6fa565993b62210f314614be166d902a54 (diff) | |
| download | linux-e788be95a57a9bebe446878ce9bf2750f6fe4974.tar.xz | |
task_work: allow TWA_SIGNAL without a rescheduling IPI
Some use cases don't always need an IPI when sending a TWA_SIGNAL
notification. Add TWA_SIGNAL_NO_IPI, which is just like TWA_SIGNAL, except
it doesn't send an IPI to the target task. It merely sets
TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL and wakes up the task.
This can be useful in avoiding a forceful transition to the kernel if the
task is running in userspace. Depending on the task_work in question, it
may be quite fine waiting for the next reschedule or kernel enter anyway,
or the use case may even have other mechanisms for hinting to the task
that a transition may be useful. This can drive more cooperative
scheduling of task_work.
Reviewed-by: Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/821f42b6-7d91-8074-8212-d34998097de4@kernel.dk
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/task_work.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/task_work.h | 1 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/task_work.h b/include/linux/task_work.h index 897494b597ba..795ef5a68429 100644 --- a/include/linux/task_work.h +++ b/include/linux/task_work.h @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ enum task_work_notify_mode { TWA_NONE, TWA_RESUME, TWA_SIGNAL, + TWA_SIGNAL_NO_IPI, }; static inline bool task_work_pending(struct task_struct *task) |