From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 7/7] locking/lockdep: Add a fast path for chain_hlocks allocation
Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2020 13:47:59 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200204124759.GP14914@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200203164147.17990-8-longman@redhat.com>
On Mon, Feb 03, 2020 at 11:41:47AM -0500, Waiman Long wrote:
> When alloc_chain_hlocks() is called, the most likely scenario is
> to allocate from the primordial chain block which holds the whole
> chain_hlocks[] array initially. It is the primordial chain block if its
> size is bigger than MAX_LOCK_DEPTH. As long as the number of entries left
> after splitting is still bigger than MAX_CHAIN_BUCKETS it will remain
> in bucket 0. By splitting out a sub-block at the end, we only need to
> adjust the size without changing any of the existing linkage information.
> This optimized fast path can reduce the latency of allocation requests.
>
> This patch does change the order by which chain_hlocks entries are
> allocated. The original code allocates entries from the beginning of
> the array. Now it will be allocated from the end of the array backward.
Cute; but why do we care? Is there any measurable performance indicator?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-02-04 12:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-02-03 16:41 [PATCH v5 0/7] locking/lockdep: Reuse zapped chain_hlocks entries Waiman Long
2020-02-03 16:41 ` [PATCH v5 1/7] locking/lockdep: Decrement irq context counters when removing lock chain Waiman Long
2020-02-03 16:41 ` [PATCH v5 2/7] locking/lockdep: Display irq_context names in /proc/lockdep_chains Waiman Long
2020-02-03 16:41 ` [PATCH v5 3/7] locking/lockdep: Track number of zapped classes Waiman Long
2020-02-03 16:41 ` [PATCH v5 4/7] locking/lockdep: Throw away all lock chains with zapped class Waiman Long
2020-02-03 16:41 ` [PATCH v5 5/7] locking/lockdep: Track number of zapped lock chains Waiman Long
2020-02-03 16:41 ` [PATCH v5 6/7] locking/lockdep: Reuse freed chain_hlocks entries Waiman Long
2020-02-04 12:36 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-02-04 14:54 ` Waiman Long
2020-02-04 16:45 ` Waiman Long
2020-02-05 9:41 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-02-05 13:59 ` Waiman Long
2020-02-04 15:42 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-02-04 16:12 ` Waiman Long
2020-02-04 16:26 ` Waiman Long
2020-02-04 16:57 ` Waiman Long
2020-02-05 9:48 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-02-05 14:03 ` Waiman Long
2020-02-03 16:41 ` [PATCH v5 7/7] locking/lockdep: Add a fast path for chain_hlocks allocation Waiman Long
2020-02-04 12:47 ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2020-02-04 15:07 ` Waiman Long
2020-02-04 13:18 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-02-04 13:44 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-02-04 18:02 ` Waiman Long
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