@@ -3506,6 +3506,18 @@ static inline void set_task_cpu(struct task_struct *p, unsigned int cpu)
#endif /* CONFIG_SMP */
+/*
+ * In order to deal with a various lock holder preemption issues provide an
+ * interface to see if a vCPU is currently running or not.
+ *
+ * This allows us to terminate optimistic spin loops and block, analogous to
+ * the native optimistic spin heuristic of testing if the lock owner task is
+ * running or not.
+ */
+#ifndef vcpu_is_preempted
+#define vcpu_is_preempted(cpu) false
+#endif
+
extern long sched_setaffinity(pid_t pid, const struct cpumask *new_mask);
extern long sched_getaffinity(pid_t pid, struct cpumask *mask);
This patch support to fix lock holder preemption issue. For kernel users, we could use bool vcpu_is_preempted(int cpu) to detech if one vcpu is preempted or not. The default implementation is a macro defined by false. So compiler can wrap it out if arch dose not support such vcpu pteempted check. Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Pan Xinhui <xinhui.pan@linux.vnet.ibm.com> --- include/linux/sched.h | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)