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authorK Prateek Nayak <kprateek.nayak@amd.com>2026-05-26 11:43:02 +0200
committerPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>2026-06-02 12:26:09 +0200
commitec9d4f1c424134bbf30965075df78d02a5d021dc (patch)
tree9152ef21a1e4667a289c758f847e130636397eb9
parentbe365ce2bc20b8970bed350f82c3b760256b6945 (diff)
sched/proxy: Remove PROXY_WAKING
Now that the proxy path uses ->is_blocked, use the '->is_blocked && !->blocked_on' state instead of PROXY_WAKING. Notably, this is where a blocked_on relation is broken but the donor task might still need a return migration. Signed-off-by: K Prateek Nayak <kprateek.nayak@amd.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260526113322.596522894%40infradead.org
-rw-r--r--include/linux/sched.h50
-rw-r--r--kernel/locking/mutex.c4
-rw-r--r--kernel/locking/ww_mutex.h4
-rw-r--r--kernel/sched/core.c2
4 files changed, 7 insertions, 53 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index e2f127a7ca0d..35e6183ef615 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -2205,19 +2205,10 @@ extern int __cond_resched_rwlock_write(rwlock_t *lock) __must_hold(lock);
#ifndef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT
-/*
- * With proxy exec, if a task has been proxy-migrated, it may be a donor
- * on a cpu that it can't actually run on. Thus we need a special state
- * to denote that the task is being woken, but that it needs to be
- * evaluated for return-migration before it is run. So if the task is
- * blocked_on PROXY_WAKING, return migrate it before running it.
- */
-#define PROXY_WAKING ((struct mutex *)(-1L))
-
static inline struct mutex *__get_task_blocked_on(struct task_struct *p)
{
lockdep_assert_held_once(&p->blocked_lock);
- return p->blocked_on == PROXY_WAKING ? NULL : p->blocked_on;
+ return p->blocked_on;
}
static inline void __set_task_blocked_on(struct task_struct *p, struct mutex *m)
@@ -2245,7 +2236,7 @@ static inline void __clear_task_blocked_on(struct task_struct *p, struct mutex *
* blocked_on relationships, but make sure we are not
* clearing the relationship with a different lock.
*/
- WARN_ON_ONCE(m && p->blocked_on && p->blocked_on != m && p->blocked_on != PROXY_WAKING);
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(m && p->blocked_on && p->blocked_on != m);
p->blocked_on = NULL;
}
@@ -2254,35 +2245,6 @@ static inline void clear_task_blocked_on(struct task_struct *p, struct mutex *m)
guard(raw_spinlock_irqsave)(&p->blocked_lock);
__clear_task_blocked_on(p, m);
}
-
-static inline void __set_task_blocked_on_waking(struct task_struct *p, struct mutex *m)
-{
- /* Currently we serialize blocked_on under the task::blocked_lock */
- lockdep_assert_held_once(&p->blocked_lock);
-
- if (!sched_proxy_exec()) {
- __clear_task_blocked_on(p, m);
- return;
- }
-
- /* Don't set PROXY_WAKING if blocked_on was already cleared */
- if (!p->blocked_on)
- return;
- /*
- * There may be cases where we set PROXY_WAKING on tasks that were
- * already set to waking, but make sure we are not changing
- * the relationship with a different lock.
- */
- WARN_ON_ONCE(m && p->blocked_on != m && p->blocked_on != PROXY_WAKING);
- p->blocked_on = PROXY_WAKING;
-}
-
-static inline void set_task_blocked_on_waking(struct task_struct *p, struct mutex *m)
-{
- guard(raw_spinlock_irqsave)(&p->blocked_lock);
- __set_task_blocked_on_waking(p, m);
-}
-
#else
static inline void __clear_task_blocked_on(struct task_struct *p, struct rt_mutex *m)
{
@@ -2291,14 +2253,6 @@ static inline void __clear_task_blocked_on(struct task_struct *p, struct rt_mute
static inline void clear_task_blocked_on(struct task_struct *p, struct rt_mutex *m)
{
}
-
-static inline void __set_task_blocked_on_waking(struct task_struct *p, struct rt_mutex *m)
-{
-}
-
-static inline void set_task_blocked_on_waking(struct task_struct *p, struct rt_mutex *m)
-{
-}
#endif /* !CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT */
static __always_inline bool need_resched(void)
diff --git a/kernel/locking/mutex.c b/kernel/locking/mutex.c
index 28677165785f..89d01f788973 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/mutex.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/mutex.c
@@ -1044,7 +1044,7 @@ static noinline void __sched __mutex_unlock_slowpath(struct mutex *lock, unsigne
next_lock = __get_task_blocked_on(donor);
if (next_lock == lock) {
next = get_task_struct(donor);
- __set_task_blocked_on_waking(donor, next_lock);
+ __clear_task_blocked_on(next, lock);
current->blocked_donor = NULL;
}
raw_spin_unlock(&donor->blocked_lock);
@@ -1060,7 +1060,7 @@ static noinline void __sched __mutex_unlock_slowpath(struct mutex *lock, unsigne
raw_spin_lock_nested(&next->blocked_lock, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
debug_mutex_wake_waiter(lock, waiter);
- __set_task_blocked_on_waking(next, lock);
+ __clear_task_blocked_on(next, lock);
raw_spin_unlock(&next->blocked_lock);
}
diff --git a/kernel/locking/ww_mutex.h b/kernel/locking/ww_mutex.h
index 6c12452097e1..d62b49b53ec3 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/ww_mutex.h
+++ b/kernel/locking/ww_mutex.h
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ __ww_mutex_die(struct MUTEX *lock, struct MUTEX_WAITER *waiter,
* blocked_on to PROXY_WAKING. Otherwise we can see
* circular blocked_on relationships that can't resolve.
*/
- set_task_blocked_on_waking(waiter->task, lock);
+ clear_task_blocked_on(waiter->task, lock);
wake_q_add(wake_q, waiter->task);
}
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ static bool __ww_mutex_wound(struct MUTEX *lock,
* are waking the mutex owner, who may be currently
* blocked on a different mutex.
*/
- set_task_blocked_on_waking(owner, NULL);
+ clear_task_blocked_on(owner, NULL);
wake_q_add(wake_q, owner);
}
return true;
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 9b710313dfb3..cec2c164fab1 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -6872,7 +6872,7 @@ find_proxy_task(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *donor, struct rq_flags *rf)
for (p = donor; p->is_blocked; p = owner) {
/* if its PROXY_WAKING, do return migration or run if current */
struct mutex *mutex = p->blocked_on;
- if (!mutex || mutex == PROXY_WAKING) {
+ if (!mutex) {
clear_task_blocked_on(p, mutex);
if (task_current(rq, p)) {
p->is_blocked = 0;