ANDROID: binder: improve priority inheritance.

By raising the priority of a thread selected for
a transaction *before* we wake it up.

Delay restoring the priority when doing a reply
until after we wake-up the process receiving
the reply.

Change-Id: Ic332e4e0ed7d2d3ca6ab1034da4629c9eadd3405
Signed-off-by: Martijn Coenen <maco@google.com>

1 files changed, 53 insertions, 21 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/android/binder.c b/drivers/android/binder.c
index 838f4dbc9af5..d046e7798b19 100644
--- a/drivers/android/binder.c
+++ b/drivers/android/binder.c
@@ -611,6 +611,7 @@ enum {
  * @is_dead:              thread is dead and awaiting free
  *                        when outstanding transactions are cleaned up
  *                        (protected by @proc->inner_lock)
+ * @task:                 struct task_struct for this thread
  *
  * Bookkeeping structure for binder threads.
  */
@@ -629,6 +630,7 @@ struct binder_thread {
 	struct binder_stats stats;
 	atomic_t tmp_ref;
 	bool is_dead;
+	struct task_struct *task;
 };
 
 struct binder_transaction {
@@ -647,6 +649,7 @@ struct binder_transaction {
 	unsigned int	flags;
 	struct binder_priority	priority;
 	struct binder_priority	saved_priority;
+	bool    set_priority_called;
 	kuid_t	sender_euid;
 	/**
 	 * @lock:  protects @from, @to_proc, and @to_thread
@@ -1161,6 +1164,38 @@ static void binder_set_priority(struct task_struct *task,
 		set_user_nice(task, priority);
 }
 
+static void binder_transaction_priority(struct task_struct *task,
+					struct binder_transaction *t,
+					struct binder_priority node_prio)
+{
+	struct binder_priority desired_prio;
+
+	if (t->set_priority_called)
+		return;
+
+	t->set_priority_called = true;
+	t->saved_priority.sched_policy = task->policy;
+	t->saved_priority.prio = task->normal_prio;
+
+	desired_prio.prio = t->priority.prio;
+	desired_prio.sched_policy = t->priority.sched_policy;
+
+	if (node_prio.prio < t->priority.prio ||
+	    (node_prio.prio == t->priority.prio &&
+	     node_prio.sched_policy == SCHED_FIFO)) {
+		/*
+		 * In case the minimum priority on the node is
+		 * higher (lower value), use that priority. If
+		 * the priority is the same, but the node uses
+		 * SCHED_FIFO, prefer SCHED_FIFO, since it can
+		 * run unbounded, unlike SCHED_RR.
+		 */
+		desired_prio = node_prio;
+	}
+
+	binder_set_priority(task, desired_prio);
+}
+
 static struct binder_node *binder_get_node_ilocked(struct binder_proc *proc,
 						   binder_uintptr_t ptr)
 {
@@ -2635,11 +2670,15 @@ static bool binder_proc_transaction(struct binder_transaction *t,
 {
 	struct list_head *target_list = NULL;
 	struct binder_node *node = t->buffer->target_node;
+	struct binder_priority node_prio;
 	bool oneway = !!(t->flags & TF_ONE_WAY);
 	bool wakeup = true;
 
 	BUG_ON(!node);
 	binder_node_lock(node);
+	node_prio.prio = node->min_priority;
+	node_prio.sched_policy = node->sched_policy;
+
 	if (oneway) {
 		BUG_ON(thread);
 		if (node->has_async_transaction) {
@@ -2661,12 +2700,14 @@ static bool binder_proc_transaction(struct binder_transaction *t,
 	if (!thread && !target_list)
 		thread = binder_select_thread_ilocked(proc);
 
-	if (thread)
+	if (thread) {
 		target_list = &thread->todo;
-	else if (!target_list)
+		binder_transaction_priority(thread->task, t, node_prio);
+	} else if (!target_list) {
 		target_list = &proc->todo;
-	else
+	} else {
 		BUG_ON(target_list != &node->async_todo);
+	}
 
 	binder_enqueue_work_ilocked(&t->work, target_list);
 
@@ -2743,7 +2784,6 @@ static void binder_transaction(struct binder_proc *proc,
 		}
 		thread->transaction_stack = in_reply_to->to_parent;
 		binder_inner_proc_unlock(proc);
-		binder_set_priority(current, in_reply_to->saved_priority);
 		target_thread = binder_get_txn_from_and_acq_inner(in_reply_to);
 		if (target_thread == NULL) {
 			return_error = BR_DEAD_REPLY;
@@ -3153,6 +3193,7 @@ static void binder_transaction(struct binder_proc *proc,
 		binder_enqueue_work_ilocked(&t->work, &target_thread->todo);
 		binder_inner_proc_unlock(target_proc);
 		wake_up_interruptible_sync(&target_thread->wait);
+		binder_set_priority(current, in_reply_to->saved_priority);
 		binder_free_transaction(in_reply_to);
 	} else if (!(t->flags & TF_ONE_WAY)) {
 		BUG_ON(t->buffer->async_transaction != 0);
@@ -3241,6 +3282,7 @@ err_no_context_mgr_node:
 
 	BUG_ON(thread->return_error.cmd != BR_OK);
 	if (in_reply_to) {
+		binder_set_priority(current, in_reply_to->saved_priority);
 		thread->return_error.cmd = BR_TRANSACTION_COMPLETE;
 		binder_enqueue_work(thread->proc,
 				    &thread->return_error.work,
@@ -4052,26 +4094,13 @@ retry:
 		BUG_ON(t->buffer == NULL);
 		if (t->buffer->target_node) {
 			struct binder_node *target_node = t->buffer->target_node;
-			struct binder_priority prio = t->priority;
+			struct binder_priority node_prio;
 
 			tr.target.ptr = target_node->ptr;
 			tr.cookie =  target_node->cookie;
-			t->saved_priority.sched_policy = current->policy;
-			t->saved_priority.prio = current->normal_prio;
-			if (target_node->min_priority < t->priority.prio ||
-			    (target_node->min_priority == t->priority.prio &&
-			     target_node->sched_policy == SCHED_FIFO)) {
-				/*
-				 * In case the minimum priority on the node is
-				 * higher (lower value), use that priority. If
-				 * the priority is the same, but the node uses
-				 * SCHED_FIFO, prefer SCHED_FIFO, since it can
-				 * run unbounded, unlike SCHED_RR.
-				 */
-				prio.sched_policy = target_node->sched_policy;
-				prio.prio = target_node->min_priority;
-			}
-			binder_set_priority(current, prio);
+			node_prio.sched_policy = target_node->sched_policy;
+			node_prio.prio = target_node->min_priority;
+			binder_transaction_priority(current, t, node_prio);
 			cmd = BR_TRANSACTION;
 		} else {
 			tr.target.ptr = 0;
@@ -4247,6 +4276,8 @@ static struct binder_thread *binder_get_thread_ilocked(
 	binder_stats_created(BINDER_STAT_THREAD);
 	thread->proc = proc;
 	thread->pid = current->pid;
+	get_task_struct(current);
+	thread->task = current;
 	atomic_set(&thread->tmp_ref, 0);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&thread->wait);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&thread->todo);
@@ -4297,6 +4328,7 @@ static void binder_free_thread(struct binder_thread *thread)
 	BUG_ON(!list_empty(&thread->todo));
 	binder_stats_deleted(BINDER_STAT_THREAD);
 	binder_proc_dec_tmpref(thread->proc);
+	put_task_struct(thread->task);
 	kfree(thread);
 }