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Michael Pratt
7b874619be runtime/cgo: store M for C-created thread in pthread key
This reapplies CL 481061, with the followup fixes in CL 482975, CL 485315, and
CL 485316 incorporated.

CL 481061, by doujiang24 <doujiang24@gmail.com>, speed up C to Go
calls by binding the M to the C thread. See below for its
description.
CL 482975 is a followup fix to a C declaration in testprogcgo.
CL 485315 is a followup fix for x_cgo_getstackbound on Illumos.
CL 485316 is a followup cleanup for ppc64 assembly.

[Original CL 481061 description]

This reapplies CL 392854, with the followup fixes in CL 479255,
CL 479915, and CL 481057 incorporated.

CL 392854, by doujiang24 <doujiang24@gmail.com>, speed up C to Go
calls by binding the M to the C thread. See below for its
description.
CL 479255 is a followup fix for a small bug in ARM assembly code.
CL 479915 is another followup fix to address C to Go calls after
the C code uses some stack, but that CL is also buggy.
CL 481057, by Michael Knyszek, is a followup fix for a memory leak
bug of CL 479915.

[Original CL 392854 description]

In a C thread, it's necessary to acquire an extra M by using needm while invoking a Go function from C. But, needm and dropm are heavy costs due to the signal-related syscalls.
So, we change to not dropm while returning back to C, which means binding the extra M to the C thread until it exits, to avoid needm and dropm on each C to Go call.
Instead, we only dropm while the C thread exits, so the extra M won't leak.

When invoking a Go function from C:
Allocate a pthread variable using pthread_key_create, only once per shared object, and register a thread-exit-time destructor.
And store the g0 of the current m into the thread-specified value of the pthread key,  only once per C thread, so that the destructor will put the extra M back onto the extra M list while the C thread exits.

When returning back to C:
Skip dropm in cgocallback, when the pthread variable has been created, so that the extra M will be reused the next time invoke a Go function from C.

This is purely a performance optimization. The old version, in which needm & dropm happen on each cgo call, is still correct too, and we have to keep the old version on systems with cgo but without pthreads, like Windows.

This optimization is significant, and the specific value depends on the OS system and CPU, but in general, it can be considered as 10x faster, for a simple Go function call from a C thread.

For the newly added BenchmarkCGoInCThread, some benchmark results:
1. it's 28x faster, from 3395 ns/op to 121 ns/op, in darwin OS & Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9750H CPU @ 2.60GHz
2. it's 6.5x faster, from 1495 ns/op to 230 ns/op, in Linux OS & Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2630 0 @ 2.30GHz

[CL 479915 description]

Currently, when C calls into Go the first time, we grab an M
using needm, which sets m.g0's stack bounds using the SP. We don't
know how big the stack is, so we simply assume 32K. Previously,
when the Go function returns to C, we drop the M, and the next
time C calls into Go, we put a new stack bound on the g0 based on
the current SP. After CL 392854, we don't drop the M, and the next
time C calls into Go, we reuse the same g0, without recomputing
the stack bounds. If the C code uses quite a bit of stack space
before calling into Go, the SP may be well below the 32K stack
bound we assumed, so the runtime thinks the g0 stack overflows.

This CL makes needm get a more accurate stack bound from
pthread. (In some platforms this may still be a guess as we don't
know exactly where we are in the C stack), but it is probably
better than simply assuming 32K.

[CL 485500 description]

CL 479915 passed the G to _cgo_getstackbound for direct updates to
gp.stack.lo. A G can be reused on a new thread after the previous thread
exited. This could trigger the C TSAN race detector because it couldn't
see the synchronization in Go (lockextra) preventing the same G from
being used on multiple threads at the same time.

We work around this by passing the address of a stack variable to
_cgo_getstackbound rather than the G. The stack is generally unique per
thread, so TSAN won't see the same address from multiple threads. Even
if stacks are reused across threads by pthread, C TSAN should see the
synchonization in the stack allocator.

A regression test is added to misc/cgo/testsanitizer.

Fixes #51676.
Fixes #59294.
Fixes #59678.

Change-Id: Ic62be31a06ee83568215e875a891df37084e08ca
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/485500
TryBot-Result: Gopher Robot <gobot@golang.org>
Reviewed-by: Cherry Mui <cherryyz@google.com>
Run-TryBot: Michael Pratt <mpratt@google.com>
2023-04-26 19:25:46 +00:00
Michael Pratt
94850c6f79 Revert "runtime/cgo: store M for C-created thread in pthread key"
This reverts CL 481061.

Reason for revert: When built with C TSAN, x_cgo_getstackbound triggers
race detection on `g->stacklo` because the synchronization is in Go,
which isn't instrumented.

For #51676.
For #59294.
For #59678.

Change-Id: I38afcda9fcffd6537582a39a5214bc23dc147d47
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/485275
TryBot-Result: Gopher Robot <gobot@golang.org>
Auto-Submit: Michael Pratt <mpratt@google.com>
Run-TryBot: Michael Pratt <mpratt@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Than McIntosh <thanm@google.com>
2023-04-17 18:47:08 +00:00
Michael Pratt
0e9b2bc39a Revert "runtime/cgo: use pthread_attr_get_np on Illumos"
This reverts CL 481795.

Reason for revert: CL 481061 causes C TSAN failures and must be
reverted. See CL 485275. This CL depends on CL 481061.

For #59678.

Change-Id: I5ec1f495154205ebdf19cd44c6e6452a7a3606f0
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/485315
Auto-Submit: Michael Pratt <mpratt@google.com>
TryBot-Result: Gopher Robot <gobot@golang.org>
Run-TryBot: Michael Pratt <mpratt@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Than McIntosh <thanm@google.com>
2023-04-17 18:43:56 +00:00
Cherry Mui
ad87a124be runtime/cgo: use pthread_attr_get_np on Illumos
While Solaris supports pthread_getattr_np, Illumos doesn't...
Instead, Illumos supports pthread_attr_get_np.

Updates #59294.

Change-Id: I2c66dad79b8bf3d510352875bf21d04415f23eeb
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/481795
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Run-TryBot: Cherry Mui <cherryyz@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Michael Knyszek <mknyszek@google.com>
2023-04-04 03:37:07 +00:00
doujiang24
ccad8a9f9c runtime/cgo: store M for C-created thread in pthread key
This reapplies CL 392854, with the followup fixes in CL 479255,
CL 479915, and CL 481057 incorporated.

CL 392854, by doujiang24 <doujiang24@gmail.com>, speed up C to Go
calls by binding the M to the C thread. See below for its
description.
CL 479255 is a followup fix for a small bug in ARM assembly code.
CL 479915 is another followup fix to address C to Go calls after
the C code uses some stack, but that CL is also buggy.
CL 481057, by Michael Knyszek, is a followup fix for a memory leak
bug of CL 479915.

[Original CL 392854 description]

In a C thread, it's necessary to acquire an extra M by using needm while invoking a Go function from C. But, needm and dropm are heavy costs due to the signal-related syscalls.
So, we change to not dropm while returning back to C, which means binding the extra M to the C thread until it exits, to avoid needm and dropm on each C to Go call.
Instead, we only dropm while the C thread exits, so the extra M won't leak.

When invoking a Go function from C:
Allocate a pthread variable using pthread_key_create, only once per shared object, and register a thread-exit-time destructor.
And store the g0 of the current m into the thread-specified value of the pthread key,  only once per C thread, so that the destructor will put the extra M back onto the extra M list while the C thread exits.

When returning back to C:
Skip dropm in cgocallback, when the pthread variable has been created, so that the extra M will be reused the next time invoke a Go function from C.

This is purely a performance optimization. The old version, in which needm & dropm happen on each cgo call, is still correct too, and we have to keep the old version on systems with cgo but without pthreads, like Windows.

This optimization is significant, and the specific value depends on the OS system and CPU, but in general, it can be considered as 10x faster, for a simple Go function call from a C thread.

For the newly added BenchmarkCGoInCThread, some benchmark results:
1. it's 28x faster, from 3395 ns/op to 121 ns/op, in darwin OS & Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9750H CPU @ 2.60GHz
2. it's 6.5x faster, from 1495 ns/op to 230 ns/op, in Linux OS & Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2630 0 @ 2.30GHz

[CL 479915 description]

Currently, when C calls into Go the first time, we grab an M
using needm, which sets m.g0's stack bounds using the SP. We don't
know how big the stack is, so we simply assume 32K. Previously,
when the Go function returns to C, we drop the M, and the next
time C calls into Go, we put a new stack bound on the g0 based on
the current SP. After CL 392854, we don't drop the M, and the next
time C calls into Go, we reuse the same g0, without recomputing
the stack bounds. If the C code uses quite a bit of stack space
before calling into Go, the SP may be well below the 32K stack
bound we assumed, so the runtime thinks the g0 stack overflows.

This CL makes needm get a more accurate stack bound from
pthread. (In some platforms this may still be a guess as we don't
know exactly where we are in the C stack), but it is probably
better than simply assuming 32K.

Fixes #51676.
Fixes #59294.

Change-Id: I9bf1400106d5c08ce621d2ed1df3a2d9e3f55494
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/481061
Reviewed-by: Michael Knyszek <mknyszek@google.com>
Run-TryBot: Cherry Mui <cherryyz@google.com>
Reviewed-by: DeJiang Zhu (doujiang) <doujiang24@gmail.com>
TryBot-Result: Gopher Robot <gobot@golang.org>
2023-04-03 18:34:11 +00:00
Cherry Mui
63ef9059a2 Revert "runtime: get a better g0 stack bound in needm"
This reverts CL 479915.

Reason for revert: breaks a lot google internal tests.

Change-Id: I13a9422e810af7ba58cbf4a7e6e55f4d8cc0ca51
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/481055
Reviewed-by: Chressie Himpel <chressie@google.com>
Run-TryBot: Cherry Mui <cherryyz@google.com>
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2023-03-31 18:42:48 +00:00
Cherry Mui
443eb9757c runtime: get a better g0 stack bound in needm
Currently, when C calls into Go the first time, we grab an M
using needm, which sets m.g0's stack bounds using the SP. We don't
know how big the stack is, so we simply assume 32K. Previously,
when the Go function returns to C, we drop the M, and the next
time C calls into Go, we put a new stack bound on the g0 based on
the current SP. After CL 392854, we don't drop the M, and the next
time C calls into Go, we reuse the same g0, without recomputing
the stack bounds. If the C code uses quite a bit of stack space
before calling into Go, the SP may be well below the 32K stack
bound we assumed, so the runtime thinks the g0 stack overflows.

This CL makes needm get a more accurate stack bound from
pthread. (In some platforms this may still be a guess as we don't
know exactly where we are in the C stack), but it is probably
better than simply assuming 32K.

For #59294.

Change-Id: Ie52a8f931e0648d8753e4c1dbe45468b8748b527
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/479915
Run-TryBot: Cherry Mui <cherryyz@google.com>
TryBot-Result: Gopher Robot <gobot@golang.org>
Reviewed-by: Michael Knyszek <mknyszek@google.com>
2023-03-30 23:23:55 +00:00