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From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	"J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>,
	"Zhang, Yanmin" <yanmin_zhang@linux.intel.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Alexander Viro <viro@ftp.linux.org.uk>,
	linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: AIM7 40% regression with 2.6.26-rc1
Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 20:43:04 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080507184304.GA15554@elte.hu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.1.10.0805071125090.3024@woody.linux-foundation.org>


* Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:

> > [ this patch should in fact be a bit worse, because there's two more
> >   atomics in the fastpath - the fastpath atomics of the old 
> >   semaphore code. ]
> 
> Well, it doesn't have the irq stuff, which is also pretty costly. 
> Also, it doesn't nest the accesses the same way (with the counts being 
> *inside* the spinlock and serialized against each other), so I'm not 
> 100% sure you'd get the same behaviour.
> 
> But yes, it certainly has the potential to show the same slowdown. But 
> it's not a very good patch, since not showing it doesn't really prove 
> much.

ok, the one below does irq ops and the counter behavior - and because 
the critical section also has the old-semaphore atomics i think this 
should definitely be a more expensive fastpath than what the new generic 
code introduces. So if this patch produces a 40% AIM7 slowdown on 
v2.6.25 it's the fastpath overhead (and its effects on slowpath 
probability) that makes the difference.

	Ingo

------------------->
Subject: add BKL atomic overhead
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Date: Wed May 07 20:09:13 CEST 2008

NOT-Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
---
 lib/kernel_lock.c |   18 +++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: linux-2.6.25/lib/kernel_lock.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.25.orig/lib/kernel_lock.c
+++ linux-2.6.25/lib/kernel_lock.c
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
  * Don't use in new code.
  */
 static DECLARE_MUTEX(kernel_sem);
+static int global_count;
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(global_lock);
 
 /*
  * Re-acquire the kernel semaphore.
@@ -39,6 +41,7 @@ int __lockfunc __reacquire_kernel_lock(v
 {
 	struct task_struct *task = current;
 	int saved_lock_depth = task->lock_depth;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
 	BUG_ON(saved_lock_depth < 0);
 
@@ -47,6 +50,10 @@ int __lockfunc __reacquire_kernel_lock(v
 
 	down(&kernel_sem);
 
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&global_lock, flags);
+	global_count++;
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&global_lock, flags);
+
 	preempt_disable();
 	task->lock_depth = saved_lock_depth;
 
@@ -55,6 +62,10 @@ int __lockfunc __reacquire_kernel_lock(v
 
 void __lockfunc __release_kernel_lock(void)
 {
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&global_lock, flags);
+	global_count--;
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&global_lock, flags);
+
 	up(&kernel_sem);
 }
 
@@ -66,12 +77,17 @@ void __lockfunc lock_kernel(void)
 	struct task_struct *task = current;
 	int depth = task->lock_depth + 1;
 
-	if (likely(!depth))
+	if (likely(!depth)) {
 		/*
 		 * No recursion worries - we set up lock_depth _after_
 		 */
 		down(&kernel_sem);
 
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&global_lock, flags);
+		global_count++;
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&global_lock, flags);
+	}
+
 	task->lock_depth = depth;
 }
 

  reply	other threads:[~2008-05-07 18:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 140+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-05-06  5:48 AIM7 40% regression with 2.6.26-rc1 Zhang, Yanmin
2008-05-06 11:18 ` Matthew Wilcox
2008-05-06 11:44 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-05-06 12:09   ` Matthew Wilcox
2008-05-06 16:23     ` Matthew Wilcox
2008-05-06 16:36       ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-06 16:42         ` Matthew Wilcox
2008-05-06 16:39           ` Alan Cox
2008-05-06 16:51             ` Matthew Wilcox
2008-05-06 16:45               ` Alan Cox
2008-05-06 17:42               ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-06 20:28           ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-06 16:44         ` J. Bruce Fields
2008-05-06 17:21       ` Andrew Morton
2008-05-06 17:31         ` Matthew Wilcox
2008-05-06 17:49           ` Ingo Molnar
2008-05-06 18:07             ` Andrew Morton
2008-05-11 11:11               ` Matthew Wilcox
2008-05-06 17:39         ` Ingo Molnar
2008-05-07  6:49           ` Zhang, Yanmin
2008-05-06 17:45         ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-07 16:38         ` Matthew Wilcox
2008-05-07 16:55           ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-07 17:08             ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-07 17:16               ` Andrew Morton
2008-05-07 17:27                 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-07 17:22               ` Ingo Molnar
2008-05-07 17:25                 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-05-07 17:31                 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-07 17:47                   ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-07 17:49                   ` Ingo Molnar
2008-05-07 18:02                     ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-07 18:17                       ` Ingo Molnar
2008-05-07 18:27                         ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-07 18:43                           ` Ingo Molnar [this message]
2008-05-07 19:01                             ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-07 19:09                               ` Ingo Molnar
2008-05-07 19:24                               ` Matthew Wilcox
2008-05-07 19:44                                 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-07 20:00                                   ` Oi. NFS people. Read this Matthew Wilcox
2008-05-07 22:10                                     ` Trond Myklebust
2008-05-09  1:43                                       ` J. Bruce Fields
2008-05-08  3:24       ` AIM7 40% regression with 2.6.26-rc1 Zhang, Yanmin
2008-05-08  3:34         ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-08  4:37           ` Zhang, Yanmin
2008-05-08 14:58             ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-07  2:11   ` Zhang, Yanmin
2008-05-07  3:41     ` Zhang, Yanmin
2008-05-07  3:59       ` Andrew Morton
2008-05-07  4:46         ` Zhang, Yanmin
2008-05-07  6:26       ` Ingo Molnar
2008-05-07  6:28         ` Ingo Molnar
2008-05-07  7:05           ` Zhang, Yanmin
2008-05-07 11:00       ` Andi Kleen
2008-05-07 11:46         ` Matthew Wilcox
2008-05-07 12:21           ` Andi Kleen
2008-05-07 14:36             ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-07 14:35               ` Alan Cox
2008-05-07 15:00                 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-07 15:02                   ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-07 14:57               ` Andi Kleen
2008-05-07 15:31                 ` Andrew Morton
2008-05-07 16:22                   ` Matthew Wilcox
2008-05-07 15:19               ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-07 17:14                 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-05-08  2:44                 ` Zhang, Yanmin
2008-05-08  3:29                   ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-08  4:08                     ` Zhang, Yanmin
2008-05-08  4:17                       ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-08 12:01                         ` [patch] speed up / fix the new generic semaphore code (fix AIM7 40% regression with 2.6.26-rc1) Ingo Molnar
2008-05-08 12:28                           ` Ingo Molnar
2008-05-08 14:43                             ` Ingo Molnar
2008-05-08 15:10                               ` [git pull] scheduler fixes Ingo Molnar
2008-05-08 15:33                                 ` Adrian Bunk
2008-05-08 15:41                                   ` Ingo Molnar
2008-05-08 19:42                                     ` Adrian Bunk
2008-05-11 11:03                                 ` Matthew Wilcox
2008-05-11 11:14                                   ` Matthew Wilcox
2008-05-11 11:48                                   ` Matthew Wilcox
2008-05-11 12:50                                     ` Ingo Molnar
2008-05-11 12:52                                       ` Ingo Molnar
2008-05-11 13:02                                         ` Matthew Wilcox
2008-05-11 13:26                                           ` Matthew Wilcox
2008-05-11 14:00                                             ` Ingo Molnar
2008-05-11 14:18                                               ` Matthew Wilcox
2008-05-11 14:42                                                 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-05-11 14:48                                                   ` Matthew Wilcox
2008-05-11 15:19                                                     ` Ingo Molnar
2008-05-11 15:29                                                       ` Matthew Wilcox
2008-05-13 14:11                                                         ` Ingo Molnar
2008-05-13 14:21                                                           ` Matthew Wilcox
2008-05-13 14:42                                                             ` Ingo Molnar
2008-05-13 15:28                                                               ` Matthew Wilcox
2008-05-13 17:13                                                                 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-05-13 17:22                                                                   ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-13 21:05                                                                     ` Ingo Molnar
2008-05-11 13:54                                           ` Ingo Molnar
2008-05-11 14:22                                             ` Matthew Wilcox
2008-05-11 14:32                                               ` Ingo Molnar
2008-05-11 14:46                                                 ` Matthew Wilcox
2008-05-11 16:47                                                 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-11 13:01                                   ` Ingo Molnar
2008-05-11 13:06                                     ` Matthew Wilcox
2008-05-11 13:45                                       ` Ingo Molnar
2008-05-11 14:10                                   ` Sven Wegener
2008-05-08 16:02                             ` [patch] speed up / fix the new generic semaphore code (fix AIM7 40% regression with 2.6.26-rc1) Linus Torvalds
2008-05-08 18:30                               ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-08 20:19                                 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-05-08 20:27                                   ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-08 21:45                                     ` Ingo Molnar
2008-05-08 22:02                                       ` Ingo Molnar
2008-05-08 22:55                                       ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-08 23:07                                         ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-08 23:14                                           ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-08 23:16                                         ` Alan Cox
2008-05-08 23:33                                           ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-08 23:27                                             ` Alan Cox
2008-05-09  6:50                                             ` Ingo Molnar
2008-05-09  8:29                                             ` Andi Kleen
2008-05-08 13:20                           ` Matthew Wilcox
2008-05-08 15:01                             ` Ingo Molnar
2008-05-08 13:56                           ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-05-08  6:43                   ` AIM7 40% regression with 2.6.26-rc1 Ingo Molnar
2008-05-08  6:48                     ` Andrew Morton
2008-05-08  7:14                     ` Zhang, Yanmin
2008-05-08  7:39                       ` Ingo Molnar
2008-05-08  8:44                         ` Zhang, Yanmin
2008-05-08  9:21                           ` Ingo Molnar
2008-05-08  9:29                             ` Ingo Molnar
2008-05-08  9:30                             ` Zhang, Yanmin
2008-05-07 16:20               ` Ingo Molnar
2008-05-07 16:35                 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-07 17:05                   ` Ingo Molnar
2008-05-07 17:24                     ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-07 17:36                       ` Ingo Molnar
2008-05-07 17:55                         ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-07 17:59                           ` Matthew Wilcox
2008-05-07 18:17                             ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-07 18:49                               ` Ingo Molnar
2008-05-07 13:59         ` Alan Cox

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