From: Javier Carrasco <javier.carrasco.cruz@gmail.com>
To: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Javier Carrasco <javier.carrasco.cruz@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] docs: scheduler: completion: Document complete_on_current_cpu()
Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2025 00:26:58 +0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250703-complete_on_current_cpu_doc-v1-1-262dc859b38a@gmail.com> (raw)
Commit 6f63904c8f3e ("sched: add a few helpers to wake up tasks on the
current cpu") introduced this new function to the completion API that
has not been documented yet.
Document complete_on_current_cpu() explaining what it does and when its
usage is justified.
---
Signed-off-by: Javier Carrasco <javier.carrasco.cruz@gmail.com>
---
Currently, there is a single user of this function (the one that
justified its introduction), and I emphasized the need for a good reason
to use this variant instead of complete() or complete_all() to avoid
abuse after reading "something about faster context switching".
---
Documentation/scheduler/completion.rst | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/scheduler/completion.rst b/Documentation/scheduler/completion.rst
index adf0c0a56d02..db9c131f0b62 100644
--- a/Documentation/scheduler/completion.rst
+++ b/Documentation/scheduler/completion.rst
@@ -272,6 +272,10 @@ Signaling completion from IRQ context is fine as it will appropriately
lock with spin_lock_irqsave()/spin_unlock_irqrestore() and it will never
sleep.
+Use complete_on_current_cpu() to wake up the task on the current CPU.
+It makes use of the WF_CURRENT_CPU flag to move the task to be woken up
+to the current CPU, achieving faster context switches. To use this variant,
+the context switch speed must be relevant and the optimization justified.
try_wait_for_completion()/completion_done():
--------------------------------------------
---
base-commit: 66701750d5565c574af42bef0b789ce0203e3071
change-id: 20250702-complete_on_current_cpu_doc-94dfc72a39f8
Best regards,
--
Javier Carrasco <javier.carrasco.cruz@gmail.com>
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