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| author | Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> | 2026-05-12 02:56:17 +0000 |
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| committer | Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> | 2026-06-02 12:26:07 +0200 |
| commit | 1628b25248d0742b2ce9c7cfa59cd183e35f37e1 (patch) | |
| tree | 6f204daf3a4dcc54e962e2fba54fa8bc18211068 /include/linux | |
| parent | 4c2a20413d7fb3fc3dd7adf233a4f82bb203fb58 (diff) | |
sched: Add blocked_donor link to task for smarter mutex handoffs
Add link to the task this task is proxying for, and use it so
the mutex owner can do an intelligent hand-off of the mutex to
the task that the owner is running on behalf.
[jstultz: This patch was split out from larger proxy patch]
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Connor O'Brien <connoro@google.com>
Signed-off-by: John Stultz <jstultz@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260512025635.2840817-8-jstultz@google.com
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/sched.h | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h index ec170663f99b..e2f127a7ca0d 100644 --- a/include/linux/sched.h +++ b/include/linux/sched.h @@ -1250,6 +1250,13 @@ struct task_struct { struct mutex *blocked_on; /* lock we're blocked on */ raw_spinlock_t blocked_lock; + /* + * The task that is boosting this task; a back link for the current + * donor stack. Set in schedule() -> find_proxy_task() and only stable + * under preempt_disable(). + */ + struct task_struct *blocked_donor; + #ifdef CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK_BLOCKER /* * Encoded lock address causing task block (lower 2 bits = type from |