* [PATCH] epoll: add EPOLLEXCLUSIVE support
@ 2012-03-25 19:12 Hagen Paul Pfeifer
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From: Hagen Paul Pfeifer @ 2012-03-25 19:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: torvalds; +Cc: linux-kernel, Hagen Paul Pfeifer
High performance server sometimes create one listening socket (e.g. port
80), create a epoll file descriptor and add the socket. Afterwards
create SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN threads and wait for events. This often
result in a thundering herd problem because all CPUs are scheduled.
This patch add an additional flag to epoll_ctl(2) called EPOLLEXCLUSIVE.
If a descriptor is added with this flag only one CPU is scheduled in.
Signed-off-by: Hagen Paul Pfeifer <hagen@jauu.net>
---
Dave rejected the patch and said not network specific. Because there
is no epoll maintainer I send it now directly.
fs/eventpoll.c | 7 +++++--
include/linux/eventpoll.h | 3 +++
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/eventpoll.c b/fs/eventpoll.c
index 629e9ed..16d787f 100644
--- a/fs/eventpoll.c
+++ b/fs/eventpoll.c
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
*/
/* Epoll private bits inside the event mask */
-#define EP_PRIVATE_BITS (EPOLLONESHOT | EPOLLET)
+#define EP_PRIVATE_BITS (EPOLLONESHOT | EPOLLET | EPOLLEXCLUSIVE)
/* Maximum number of nesting allowed inside epoll sets */
#define EP_MAX_NESTS 4
@@ -969,7 +969,10 @@ static void ep_ptable_queue_proc(struct file *file, wait_queue_head_t *whead,
init_waitqueue_func_entry(&pwq->wait, ep_poll_callback);
pwq->whead = whead;
pwq->base = epi;
- add_wait_queue(whead, &pwq->wait);
+ if (unlikely(epi->event.events & EPOLLEXCLUSIVE))
+ add_wait_queue_exclusive(whead, &pwq->wait);
+ else
+ add_wait_queue(whead, &pwq->wait);
list_add_tail(&pwq->llink, &epi->pwqlist);
epi->nwait++;
} else {
diff --git a/include/linux/eventpoll.h b/include/linux/eventpoll.h
index 657ab55..d334389 100644
--- a/include/linux/eventpoll.h
+++ b/include/linux/eventpoll.h
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
#define EPOLL_CTL_DEL 2
#define EPOLL_CTL_MOD 3
+/* Set Exclusive wake up behaviour for the target file descriptor */
+#define EPOLLEXCLUSIVE (1 << 29)
+
/* Set the One Shot behaviour for the target file descriptor */
#define EPOLLONESHOT (1 << 30)
--
1.7.9.1
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