From: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>,
Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Lorenzo Pieralisi <lpieralisi@kernel.org>,
Jinjie Ruan <ruanjinjie@huawei.com>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 03/19] cpu/hotplug: Avoid busy-polling on archs where cpu_relax() is a no-op
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2026 17:40:06 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260907164024.17164-4-will@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260907164024.17164-1-will@kernel.org>
On some architectures (such as arm64), cpu_relax() is effectively a NOP
and so isn't particularly efficient when used in a tight polling loop
such as the CPU state synchronisation in cpuhp_wait_for_sync_state().
Once an incoming CPU has reached the SYNC_STATE_ALIVE state, we know
that it is executing within the kernel and so we can use the more
efficient polling mechanism provided by the atomic_cond_read* API.
Extend the generic implementation of arch_cpuhp_sync_state_poll() to
take the state details as additional parameters and polling using
atomic_cond_read_relaxed() instead of cpu_relax() once we have reached
the alive state. No change on x86.
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
---
arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c | 2 +-
include/linux/cpuhotplug.h | 2 +-
kernel/cpu.c | 13 +++++++++----
3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
index ba01a9e919b7..362f85cbdbaf 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -1138,7 +1138,7 @@ void arch_cpuhp_cleanup_dead_cpu(unsigned int cpu)
pr_info("CPU %u is now offline\n", cpu);
}
-void arch_cpuhp_sync_state_poll(void)
+void arch_cpuhp_sync_state_poll(atomic_t *st, int old)
{
if (smp_ops.poll_sync_state)
smp_ops.poll_sync_state();
diff --git a/include/linux/cpuhotplug.h b/include/linux/cpuhotplug.h
index feb32949aeea..bbcee650155f 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpuhotplug.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpuhotplug.h
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ static inline void cpuhp_online_idle(enum cpuhp_state state) { }
struct task_struct;
void cpuhp_ap_sync_alive(void);
-void arch_cpuhp_sync_state_poll(void);
+void arch_cpuhp_sync_state_poll(atomic_t *st, int old);
void arch_cpuhp_cleanup_kick_cpu(unsigned int cpu);
int arch_cpuhp_kick_ap_alive(unsigned int cpu, struct task_struct *tidle);
bool arch_cpuhp_init_parallel_bringup(void);
diff --git a/kernel/cpu.c b/kernel/cpu.c
index 97a9bfe4edad..d9fe204f02cb 100644
--- a/kernel/cpu.c
+++ b/kernel/cpu.c
@@ -303,7 +303,13 @@ static inline void cpuhp_ap_update_sync_state(enum cpuhp_sync_state state)
(void)atomic_xchg(st, state);
}
-void __weak arch_cpuhp_sync_state_poll(void) { cpu_relax(); }
+void __weak arch_cpuhp_sync_state_poll(atomic_t *st, int old)
+{
+ if (old < SYNC_STATE_ALIVE)
+ cpu_relax();
+ else
+ atomic_cond_read_relaxed(st, VAL != old);
+}
static bool cpuhp_wait_for_sync_state(unsigned int cpu, enum cpuhp_sync_state state,
enum cpuhp_sync_state next_state)
@@ -328,7 +334,7 @@ static bool cpuhp_wait_for_sync_state(unsigned int cpu, enum cpuhp_sync_state st
return false;
} else if (now - start < NSEC_PER_MSEC) {
/* Poll for one millisecond */
- arch_cpuhp_sync_state_poll();
+ arch_cpuhp_sync_state_poll(st, sync);
} else {
usleep_range(USEC_PER_MSEC, 2 * USEC_PER_MSEC);
}
@@ -395,8 +401,7 @@ void cpuhp_ap_sync_alive(void)
cpuhp_ap_update_sync_state(SYNC_STATE_ALIVE);
/* Wait for the control CPU to release it. */
- while (atomic_read(st) != SYNC_STATE_SHOULD_ONLINE)
- cpu_relax();
+ atomic_cond_read_acquire(st, VAL == SYNC_STATE_SHOULD_ONLINE);
}
static bool cpuhp_can_boot_ap(unsigned int cpu)
--
2.55.0.979.g7e5102b832-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-07 16:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 50+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-07 16:40 [PATCH 00/19] arm64: Implement parallel CPU onlining with PSCI v0.2+ Will Deacon
2026-09-07 16:40 ` [PATCH 01/19] cpu/hotplug: Clean up cmpxchg() logic in cpuhp_can_boot_ap() Will Deacon
2026-09-08 2:55 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-09-07 16:40 ` [PATCH 02/19] cpu/hotplug: Avoid trying to bring up CPUs that are already online Will Deacon
2026-09-08 3:13 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-09-07 16:40 ` Will Deacon [this message]
2026-09-08 4:00 ` [PATCH 03/19] cpu/hotplug: Avoid busy-polling on archs where cpu_relax() is a no-op Jinjie Ruan
2026-09-11 7:16 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-09-11 12:57 ` Will Deacon
2026-09-07 16:40 ` [PATCH 04/19] cpu/hotplug: Propagate bring-up status to arch_cpuhp_cleanup_kick_cpu() Will Deacon
2026-09-08 4:05 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-09-07 16:40 ` [PATCH 05/19] arm64: smp: Tidy up smp_prepare_cpus() Will Deacon
2026-09-08 7:35 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-09-07 16:40 ` [PATCH 06/19] arm64: smp: Tidy up cpuinfo init and cpufeature updates Will Deacon
2026-09-08 7:53 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-09-07 16:40 ` [PATCH 07/19] arm64: smp: Defer update of secondary CPU capabilities Will Deacon
2026-09-08 8:20 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-09-07 16:40 ` [PATCH 08/19] arm64: smp: Don't bother printing the I-cache policy for each CPU Will Deacon
2026-09-08 8:33 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-09-07 16:40 ` [PATCH 09/19] arm64: smp: Defer RCU registration during secondary CPU bringup Will Deacon
2026-09-08 8:55 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-09-08 10:19 ` Will Deacon
2026-09-08 11:25 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-09-09 12:36 ` Will Deacon
2026-09-10 2:47 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-09-11 12:52 ` Will Deacon
2026-09-07 16:40 ` [PATCH 10/19] arm64: smp: Use generic HOTPLUG_CORE_SYNC_FULL machinery for CPU onlining Will Deacon
2026-09-08 9:01 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-09-07 16:40 ` [PATCH 11/19] arm64: smp: Use generic HOTPLUG_SPLIT_STARTUP " Will Deacon
2026-09-08 9:10 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-09-08 11:35 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-09-11 12:55 ` Will Deacon
2026-09-07 16:40 ` [PATCH 12/19] arm64: cpu_ops: Make 'cpu_operations' pointer global instead of per-cpu Will Deacon
2026-09-08 11:32 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-09-11 12:55 ` Will Deacon
2026-09-07 16:40 ` [PATCH 13/19] arm64: cpu_ops: Introduce get_secondary_cpu_ops() Will Deacon
2026-09-08 11:56 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-09-07 16:40 ` [PATCH 14/19] firmware/psci: Cache PSCI v0.2+ version number to avoid redundant SMCs Will Deacon
2026-09-08 11:57 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-09-07 16:40 ` [PATCH 15/19] firmware/psci: Extend ->cpu_on() callback to take an additional argument Will Deacon
2026-09-08 12:05 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-09-07 16:40 ` [PATCH 16/19] arm64: cpu_ops: Expose optional argument to target cpu in ->cpu_boot() Will Deacon
2026-09-08 12:12 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-09-07 16:40 ` [PATCH 17/19] arm64: smp: Pass secondary CPU boot parameters via firmware if possible Will Deacon
2026-09-08 12:16 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-09-07 16:40 ` [PATCH 18/19] arm64: smp: Use generic HOTPLUG_PARALLEL machinery for CPU onlining Will Deacon
2026-09-08 13:05 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-09-11 12:56 ` Will Deacon
2026-09-07 16:40 ` [PATCH 19/19] arm64: smp: Harden parallel CPU bringup against broken PSCI firmware Will Deacon
2026-09-08 13:36 ` Will Deacon
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