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From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Byungchul Park <byungchul.park@lge.com>
Cc: mingo@kernel.org, tglx@linutronix.de, walken@google.com,
	boqun.feng@gmail.com, kirill@shutemov.name,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
	iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
	npiggin@gmail.com, kernel-team@lge.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 06/13] lockdep: Implement crossrelease feature
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2017 14:35:21 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170228133521.GJ5680@worktop> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170228132820.GH3817@X58A-UD3R>

On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 10:28:20PM +0900, Byungchul Park wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 02:05:13PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 10:17:32PM +0900, Byungchul Park wrote:
> > > +#define MAX_XHLOCKS_NR 64UL
> > 
> > > +#ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP_CROSSRELEASE
> > > +	if (tsk->xhlocks) {
> > > +		void *tmp = tsk->xhlocks;
> > > +		/* Disable crossrelease for current */
> > > +		tsk->xhlocks = NULL;
> > > +		vfree(tmp);
> > > +	}
> > > +#endif
> > 
> > > +#ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP_CROSSRELEASE
> > > +	p->xhlock_idx = 0;
> > > +	p->xhlock_idx_soft = 0;
> > > +	p->xhlock_idx_hard = 0;
> > > +	p->xhlock_idx_nmi = 0;
> > > +	p->xhlocks = vzalloc(sizeof(struct hist_lock) * MAX_XHLOCKS_NR);
> > 
> > I don't think we need vmalloc for this now.
> 
> Really? When is a better time to do it?
> 
> I think the time creating a task is the best time to initialize it. No?

The place is fine, but I would use kmalloc() now (and subsequently kfree
on the other end) for the allocation. Its not _that_ large anymore,
right?

  reply	other threads:[~2017-02-28 13:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 63+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-01-18 13:17 [PATCH v5 00/13] lockdep: Implement crossrelease feature Byungchul Park
2017-01-18 13:17 ` [PATCH v5 01/13] lockdep: Refactor lookup_chain_cache() Byungchul Park
2017-01-19  9:16   ` Boqun Feng
2017-01-19  9:52     ` Byungchul Park
2017-01-26  7:53     ` Byungchul Park
2017-01-18 13:17 ` [PATCH v5 02/13] lockdep: Fix wrong condition to print bug msgs for MAX_LOCKDEP_CHAIN_HLOCKS Byungchul Park
2017-01-18 13:17 ` [PATCH v5 03/13] lockdep: Add a function building a chain between two classes Byungchul Park
2017-01-18 13:17 ` [PATCH v5 04/13] lockdep: Refactor save_trace() Byungchul Park
2017-01-18 13:17 ` [PATCH v5 05/13] lockdep: Pass a callback arg to check_prev_add() to handle stack_trace Byungchul Park
2017-01-26  7:43   ` Byungchul Park
2017-01-18 13:17 ` [PATCH v5 06/13] lockdep: Implement crossrelease feature Byungchul Park
2017-02-28 12:26   ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-02-28 12:45   ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-02-28 12:49     ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-03-01  6:20       ` Byungchul Park
2017-02-28 13:05   ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-02-28 13:28     ` Byungchul Park
2017-02-28 13:35       ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2017-02-28 14:00         ` Byungchul Park
2017-02-28 13:10   ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-02-28 13:24     ` Byungchul Park
2017-02-28 18:29       ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-03-01  4:40         ` Byungchul Park
2017-03-01 10:45           ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-03-01 12:10             ` Byungchul Park
2017-02-28 13:40   ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-03-01  5:43     ` Byungchul Park
2017-03-01 12:28       ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-03-02 13:40         ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-03-03  0:17           ` Byungchul Park
2017-03-03  8:14             ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-03-03  9:13               ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-03-03  9:32                 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-03-05  3:33                 ` Byungchul Park
2017-08-10 12:18                 ` [tip:locking/core] locking/lockdep: Avoid creating redundant links tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra
2017-03-05  3:08               ` [PATCH v5 06/13] lockdep: Implement crossrelease feature Byungchul Park
2017-03-07 11:42                 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-03-03  0:39           ` Byungchul Park
2017-02-28 15:49   ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-03-01  5:17     ` Byungchul Park
2017-03-01  6:18       ` Byungchul Park
2017-03-02  2:52       ` Byungchul Park
2017-02-28 18:15   ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-03-01  7:21     ` Byungchul Park
2017-03-01 10:43       ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-03-01 12:27         ` Byungchul Park
2017-03-02  4:20     ` Matthew Wilcox
2017-03-02  4:45       ` byungchul.park
2017-03-02 14:39         ` Matthew Wilcox
2017-03-02 23:50           ` Byungchul Park
2017-03-05  8:01             ` Byungchul Park
2017-03-14  7:36     ` Byungchul Park
2017-03-02 13:41   ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-03-02 23:43     ` Byungchul Park
2017-01-18 13:17 ` [PATCH v5 07/13] lockdep: Make print_circular_bug() aware of crossrelease Byungchul Park
2017-01-18 13:17 ` [PATCH v5 08/13] lockdep: Apply crossrelease to completions Byungchul Park
2017-01-18 13:17 ` [PATCH v5 09/13] pagemap.h: Remove trailing white space Byungchul Park
2017-01-18 13:17 ` [PATCH v5 10/13] lockdep: Apply crossrelease to PG_locked locks Byungchul Park
2017-01-18 13:17 ` [PATCH v5 11/13] lockdep: Apply lock_acquire(release) on __Set(__Clear)PageLocked Byungchul Park
2017-01-18 13:17 ` [PATCH v5 12/13] lockdep: Move data of CONFIG_LOCKDEP_PAGELOCK from page to page_ext Byungchul Park
2017-01-18 13:17 ` [PATCH v5 13/13] lockdep: Crossrelease feature documentation Byungchul Park
2017-01-20  9:08   ` [REVISED DOCUMENT] " Byungchul Park
2017-02-20  8:38 ` [PATCH v5 00/13] lockdep: Implement crossrelease feature Byungchul Park

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