SUNRPC: add list of idle threads

Rather than searching a list of threads to find an idle one, having a
list of idle threads allows an idle thread to be found immediately.

This adds some spin_lock calls which is not ideal, but as the hold-time
is tiny it is still faster than searching a list.  A future patch will
remove them using llist.h.  This involves some subtlety and so is left
to a separate patch.

This removes the need for the RQ_BUSY flag.  The rqst is "busy"
precisely when it is not on the "idle" list.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>

2 files changed, 20 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc.c b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
index db579bbc0a0a..9d080fe2dcdf 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svc.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
@@ -510,6 +510,7 @@ __svc_create(struct svc_program *prog, unsigned int bufsize, int npools,
 		pool->sp_id = i;
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pool->sp_sockets);
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pool->sp_all_threads);
+		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pool->sp_idle_threads);
 		spin_lock_init(&pool->sp_lock);
 
 		percpu_counter_init(&pool->sp_messages_arrived, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -641,7 +642,7 @@ svc_rqst_alloc(struct svc_serv *serv, struct svc_pool *pool, int node)
 
 	folio_batch_init(&rqstp->rq_fbatch);
 
-	__set_bit(RQ_BUSY, &rqstp->rq_flags);
+	svc_thread_set_busy(rqstp);
 	rqstp->rq_server = serv;
 	rqstp->rq_pool = pool;
 
@@ -702,10 +703,13 @@ void svc_pool_wake_idle_thread(struct svc_pool *pool)
 	struct svc_rqst	*rqstp;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
-	list_for_each_entry_rcu(rqstp, &pool->sp_all_threads, rq_all) {
-		if (test_and_set_bit(RQ_BUSY, &rqstp->rq_flags))
-			continue;
-
+	spin_lock_bh(&pool->sp_lock);
+	rqstp = list_first_entry_or_null(&pool->sp_idle_threads,
+					 struct svc_rqst, rq_idle);
+	if (rqstp)
+		list_del_init(&rqstp->rq_idle);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&pool->sp_lock);
+	if (rqstp) {
 		WRITE_ONCE(rqstp->rq_qtime, ktime_get());
 		wake_up_process(rqstp->rq_task);
 		rcu_read_unlock();
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
index b8539545fefd..ebfeeb504a79 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
@@ -737,8 +737,9 @@ static void svc_rqst_wait_for_work(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 		set_current_state(TASK_IDLE);
 		smp_mb__before_atomic();
 		clear_bit(SP_CONGESTED, &pool->sp_flags);
-		clear_bit(RQ_BUSY, &rqstp->rq_flags);
-		smp_mb__after_atomic();
+		spin_lock_bh(&pool->sp_lock);
+		list_add(&rqstp->rq_idle, &pool->sp_idle_threads);
+		spin_unlock_bh(&pool->sp_lock);
 
 		/* Need to check should_sleep() again after
 		 * setting task state in case a wakeup happened
@@ -751,8 +752,14 @@ static void svc_rqst_wait_for_work(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 			cond_resched();
 		}
 
-		set_bit(RQ_BUSY, &rqstp->rq_flags);
-		smp_mb__after_atomic();
+		/* We *must* be removed from the list before we can continue.
+		 * If we were woken, this is already done
+		 */
+		if (!svc_thread_busy(rqstp)) {
+			spin_lock_bh(&pool->sp_lock);
+			list_del_init(&rqstp->rq_idle);
+			spin_unlock_bh(&pool->sp_lock);
+		}
 	} else {
 		cond_resched();
 	}