do_wait() optimization: do not place sub-threads on task_struct->children list
authorOleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:27:15 +0000 (15:27 -0800)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:45:31 +0000 (15:45 -0800)
commit9cd80bbb07fcd6d4d037fad4297496d3b132ac6b
tree322216d34b6d5ba2366f53ba0d677950c4cde766
parent0f67b0b0392ccca98459bf40b36c0037793b5f71
do_wait() optimization: do not place sub-threads on task_struct->children list

Thanks to Roland who pointed out de_thread() issues.

Currently we add sub-threads to ->real_parent->children list.  This buys
nothing but slows down do_wait().

With this patch ->children contains only main threads (group leaders).
The only complication is that forget_original_parent() should iterate over
sub-threads by hand, and de_thread() needs another list_replace() when it
changes ->group_leader.

Henceforth do_wait_thread() can never see task_detached() && !EXIT_DEAD
tasks, we can remove this check (and we can unify do_wait_thread() and
ptrace_do_wait()).

This change can confuse the optimistic search in mm_update_next_owner(),
but this is fixable and minor.

Perhaps badness() and oom_kill_process() should be updated, but they
should be fixed in any case.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Ratan Nalumasu <rnalumasu@gmail.com>
Cc: Vitaly Mayatskikh <vmayatsk@redhat.com>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
fs/exec.c
kernel/exit.c
kernel/fork.c