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[87.161.166.165]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id ffacd0b85a97d-3a5322ae43fsm1054006f8f.25.2025.06.06.00.20.28 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 06 Jun 2025 00:20:29 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <0030581f-d50a-48f4-86f5-58e7883f705d@redhat.com> Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2025 09:20:27 +0200 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] PM: Optionally block user fork during freeze to improve performance To: Zihuan Zhang , rafael@kernel.org, len.brown@intel.com, pavel@kernel.org, kees@kernel.org, mingo@redhat.com, peterz@infradead.org, juri.lelli@redhat.com, vincent.guittot@linaro.org, dietmar.eggemann@arm.com, rostedt@goodmis.org, bsegall@google.com, mgorman@suse.de, vschneid@redhat.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org, lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com, Liam.Howlett@oracle.com, vbabka@suse.cz, rppt@kernel.org, surenb@google.com, mhocko@suse.com Cc: linux-pm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org References: <20250606062502.19607-1-zhangzihuan@kylinos.cn> From: David Hildenbrand Content-Language: en-US Autocrypt: addr=david@redhat.com; keydata= xsFNBFXLn5EBEAC+zYvAFJxCBY9Tr1xZgcESmxVNI/0ffzE/ZQOiHJl6mGkmA1R7/uUpiCjJ dBrn+lhhOYjjNefFQou6478faXE6o2AhmebqT4KiQoUQFV4R7y1KMEKoSyy8hQaK1umALTdL QZLQMzNE74ap+GDK0wnacPQFpcG1AE9RMq3aeErY5tujekBS32jfC/7AnH7I0v1v1TbbK3Gp XNeiN4QroO+5qaSr0ID2sz5jtBLRb15RMre27E1ImpaIv2Jw8NJgW0k/D1RyKCwaTsgRdwuK Kx/Y91XuSBdz0uOyU/S8kM1+ag0wvsGlpBVxRR/xw/E8M7TEwuCZQArqqTCmkG6HGcXFT0V9 PXFNNgV5jXMQRwU0O/ztJIQqsE5LsUomE//bLwzj9IVsaQpKDqW6TAPjcdBDPLHvriq7kGjt WhVhdl0qEYB8lkBEU7V2Yb+SYhmhpDrti9Fq1EsmhiHSkxJcGREoMK/63r9WLZYI3+4W2rAc UucZa4OT27U5ZISjNg3Ev0rxU5UH2/pT4wJCfxwocmqaRr6UYmrtZmND89X0KigoFD/XSeVv jwBRNjPAubK9/k5NoRrYqztM9W6sJqrH8+UWZ1Idd/DdmogJh0gNC0+N42Za9yBRURfIdKSb B3JfpUqcWwE7vUaYrHG1nw54pLUoPG6sAA7Mehl3nd4pZUALHwARAQABzSREYXZpZCBIaWxk ZW5icmFuZCA8ZGF2aWRAcmVkaGF0LmNvbT7CwZgEEwEIAEICGwMGCwkIBwMCBhUIAgkKCwQW AgMBAh4BAheAAhkBFiEEG9nKrXNcTDpGDfzKTd4Q9wD/g1oFAl8Ox4kFCRKpKXgACgkQTd4Q 9wD/g1oHcA//a6Tj7SBNjFNM1iNhWUo1lxAja0lpSodSnB2g4FCZ4R61SBR4l/psBL73xktp rDHrx4aSpwkRP6Epu6mLvhlfjmkRG4OynJ5HG1gfv7RJJfnUdUM1z5kdS8JBrOhMJS2c/gPf wv1TGRq2XdMPnfY2o0CxRqpcLkx4vBODvJGl2mQyJF/gPepdDfcT8/PY9BJ7FL6Hrq1gnAo4 3Iv9qV0JiT2wmZciNyYQhmA1V6dyTRiQ4YAc31zOo2IM+xisPzeSHgw3ONY/XhYvfZ9r7W1l pNQdc2G+o4Di9NPFHQQhDw3YTRR1opJaTlRDzxYxzU6ZnUUBghxt9cwUWTpfCktkMZiPSDGd KgQBjnweV2jw9UOTxjb4LXqDjmSNkjDdQUOU69jGMUXgihvo4zhYcMX8F5gWdRtMR7DzW/YE BgVcyxNkMIXoY1aYj6npHYiNQesQlqjU6azjbH70/SXKM5tNRplgW8TNprMDuntdvV9wNkFs 9TyM02V5aWxFfI42+aivc4KEw69SE9KXwC7FSf5wXzuTot97N9Phj/Z3+jx443jo2NR34XgF 89cct7wJMjOF7bBefo0fPPZQuIma0Zym71cP61OP/i11ahNye6HGKfxGCOcs5wW9kRQEk8P9 M/k2wt3mt/fCQnuP/mWutNPt95w9wSsUyATLmtNrwccz63XOwU0EVcufkQEQAOfX3n0g0fZz Bgm/S2zF/kxQKCEKP8ID+Vz8sy2GpDvveBq4H2Y34XWsT1zLJdvqPI4af4ZSMxuerWjXbVWb T6d4odQIG0fKx4F8NccDqbgHeZRNajXeeJ3R7gAzvWvQNLz4piHrO/B4tf8svmRBL0ZB5P5A 2uhdwLU3NZuK22zpNn4is87BPWF8HhY0L5fafgDMOqnf4guJVJPYNPhUFzXUbPqOKOkL8ojk CXxkOFHAbjstSK5Ca3fKquY3rdX3DNo+EL7FvAiw1mUtS+5GeYE+RMnDCsVFm/C7kY8c2d0G NWkB9pJM5+mnIoFNxy7YBcldYATVeOHoY4LyaUWNnAvFYWp08dHWfZo9WCiJMuTfgtH9tc75 7QanMVdPt6fDK8UUXIBLQ2TWr/sQKE9xtFuEmoQGlE1l6bGaDnnMLcYu+Asp3kDT0w4zYGsx 5r6XQVRH4+5N6eHZiaeYtFOujp5n+pjBaQK7wUUjDilPQ5QMzIuCL4YjVoylWiBNknvQWBXS lQCWmavOT9sttGQXdPCC5ynI+1ymZC1ORZKANLnRAb0NH/UCzcsstw2TAkFnMEbo9Zu9w7Kv AxBQXWeXhJI9XQssfrf4Gusdqx8nPEpfOqCtbbwJMATbHyqLt7/oz/5deGuwxgb65pWIzufa N7eop7uh+6bezi+rugUI+w6DABEBAAHCwXwEGAEIACYCGwwWIQQb2cqtc1xMOkYN/MpN3hD3 AP+DWgUCXw7HsgUJEqkpoQAKCRBN3hD3AP+DWrrpD/4qS3dyVRxDcDHIlmguXjC1Q5tZTwNB boaBTPHSy/Nksu0eY7x6HfQJ3xajVH32Ms6t1trDQmPx2iP5+7iDsb7OKAb5eOS8h+BEBDeq 3ecsQDv0fFJOA9ag5O3LLNk+3x3q7e0uo06XMaY7UHS341ozXUUI7wC7iKfoUTv03iO9El5f XpNMx/YrIMduZ2+nd9Di7o5+KIwlb2mAB9sTNHdMrXesX8eBL6T9b+MZJk+mZuPxKNVfEQMQ a5SxUEADIPQTPNvBewdeI80yeOCrN+Zzwy/Mrx9EPeu59Y5vSJOx/z6OUImD/GhX7Xvkt3kq Er5KTrJz3++B6SH9pum9PuoE/k+nntJkNMmQpR4MCBaV/J9gIOPGodDKnjdng+mXliF3Ptu6 3oxc2RCyGzTlxyMwuc2U5Q7KtUNTdDe8T0uE+9b8BLMVQDDfJjqY0VVqSUwImzTDLX9S4g/8 kC4HRcclk8hpyhY2jKGluZO0awwTIMgVEzmTyBphDg/Gx7dZU1Xf8HFuE+UZ5UDHDTnwgv7E th6RC9+WrhDNspZ9fJjKWRbveQgUFCpe1sa77LAw+XFrKmBHXp9ZVIe90RMe2tRL06BGiRZr jPrnvUsUUsjRoRNJjKKA/REq+sAnhkNPPZ/NNMjaZ5b8Tovi8C0tmxiCHaQYqj7G2rgnT0kt WNyWQQ== Organization: Red Hat In-Reply-To: <20250606062502.19607-1-zhangzihuan@kylinos.cn> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, On 06.06.25 08:25, Zihuan Zhang wrote: > Currently, the freezer traverses all tasks to freeze them during > system suspend or hibernation. If a user process forks during this > window, the new child may escape freezing and require a second > traversal or retry, adding non-trivial overhead. > > This patch introduces a CONFIG_PM_DISABLE_USER_FORK_DURING_FREEZE Not sure if a Kconfig is really the right choice here ... > option. When enabled, it prevents user processes from creating new > processes (via fork/clone) during the freezing period. This guarantees > a stable task list and avoids re-traversing the process list due to > late-created user tasks, thereby improving performance. Any performance numbers to back your claims? > > The restriction is only active during the window when the system is > freezing user tasks. Once all tasks are frozen, or if the system aborts > the suspend/hibernate process, the restriction is lifted. > No kernel threads are affected, and kernel_create_* functions remain > unrestricted. > > Signed-off-by: Zihuan Zhang > --- > include/linux/suspend.h | 8 ++++++++ > kernel/fork.c | 6 ++++++ > kernel/power/Kconfig | 10 ++++++++++ > kernel/power/main.c | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > kernel/power/power.h | 4 ++++ > kernel/power/process.c | 7 +++++++ > 6 files changed, 79 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/include/linux/suspend.h b/include/linux/suspend.h > index b1c76c8f2c82..2dd8b3eb50f0 100644 > --- a/include/linux/suspend.h > +++ b/include/linux/suspend.h > @@ -591,4 +591,12 @@ enum suspend_stat_step { > void dpm_save_failed_dev(const char *name); > void dpm_save_failed_step(enum suspend_stat_step step); > > +#ifdef CONFIG_PM_DISABLE_USER_FORK_DURING_FREEZE > +extern bool pm_block_user_fork; > +bool pm_should_block_fork(void); > +bool pm_freeze_process_in_progress(void); > +#else > +static inline bool pm_should_block_fork(void) { return false; }; > +static inline bool pm_freeze_process_in_progress(void) { return false; }; > +#endif /* CONFIG_PM_DISABLE_USER_FORK_DURING_FREEZE */ > #endif /* _LINUX_SUSPEND_H */ > diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c > index 1ee8eb11f38b..b0bd0206b644 100644 > --- a/kernel/fork.c > +++ b/kernel/fork.c > @@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ > #include > #include > #include > +#include > > #include > #include > @@ -2596,6 +2597,11 @@ pid_t kernel_clone(struct kernel_clone_args *args) > trace = 0; > } > > +#ifdef CONFIG_PM_DISABLE_USER_FORK_DURING_FREEZE > + if (pm_should_block_fork() && !(current->flags & PF_KTHREAD)) > + return -EBUSY; > +#endif fork() is not documented to return EBUSY and for clone3() it's documented to only happen in specific cases. So user space is not prepared for that. -- Cheers, David / dhildenb