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sched: Add a PF flag for ksoftirqd identification 

To account softirq time cleanly in scheduler, we need to identify whether
softirq is invoked in ksoftirqd context or softirq at hardirq tail context.
Add PF_KSOFTIRQD for that purpose.

As all PF flag bits are currently taken, create space by moving one of the
infrequently used bits (PF_THREAD_BOUND) down in task_struct to be along
with some other state fields.

Signed-off-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venki@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
LKML-Reference: <1286237003-12406-4-git-send-email-venki@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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Venkatesh Pallipadi 2010-10-04 17:03:18 -07:00 committed by Ingo Molnar
parent e1e10a265d
commit 6cdd5199da
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include/linux/sched.h
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@ -1682,6 +1682,7 @@ extern void thread_group_times(struct task_struct *p, cputime_t *ut, cputime_t *
/*
* Per process flags
*/
#define PF_KSOFTIRQD 0x00000001 /* I am ksoftirqd */
#define PF_STARTING 0x00000002 /* being created */
#define PF_EXITING 0x00000004 /* getting shut down */
#define PF_EXITPIDONE 0x00000008 /* pi exit done on shut down */

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kernel/softirq.c
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@ -713,6 +713,7 @@ static int run_ksoftirqd(void * __bind_cpu)
{
set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
current->flags |= PF_KSOFTIRQD;
while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
preempt_disable();
if (!local_softirq_pending()) {