Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] locking/rwsem: Optimize down_read_trylock()

From: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
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	linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
	Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] locking/rwsem: Optimize down_read_trylock()
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2019 13:36:32 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <a90fa2cf-f891-d64c-101b-adc81e06e0de@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190212132537.GL32534@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net>

On 02/12/2019 08:25 AM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 02:24:04PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
>> On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 02:31:26PM -0500, Waiman Long wrote:
>>> Modify __down_read_trylock() to make it generate slightly better code
>>> (smaller and maybe a tiny bit faster).
>>>
>>> Before this patch, down_read_trylock:
>>>
>>>    0x0000000000000000 <+0>:     callq  0x5 <down_read_trylock+5>
>>>    0x0000000000000005 <+5>:     jmp    0x18 <down_read_trylock+24>
>>>    0x0000000000000007 <+7>:     lea    0x1(%rdx),%rcx
>>>    0x000000000000000b <+11>:    mov    %rdx,%rax
>>>    0x000000000000000e <+14>:    lock cmpxchg %rcx,(%rdi)
>>>    0x0000000000000013 <+19>:    cmp    %rax,%rdx
>>>    0x0000000000000016 <+22>:    je     0x23 <down_read_trylock+35>
>>>    0x0000000000000018 <+24>:    mov    (%rdi),%rdx
>>>    0x000000000000001b <+27>:    test   %rdx,%rdx
>>>    0x000000000000001e <+30>:    jns    0x7 <down_read_trylock+7>
>>>    0x0000000000000020 <+32>:    xor    %eax,%eax
>>>    0x0000000000000022 <+34>:    retq
>>>    0x0000000000000023 <+35>:    mov    %gs:0x0,%rax
>>>    0x000000000000002c <+44>:    or     $0x3,%rax
>>>    0x0000000000000030 <+48>:    mov    %rax,0x20(%rdi)
>>>    0x0000000000000034 <+52>:    mov    $0x1,%eax
>>>    0x0000000000000039 <+57>:    retq
>>>
>>> After patch, down_read_trylock:
>>>
>>>    0x0000000000000000 <+0>:     callq  0x5 <down_read_trylock+5>
>>>    0x0000000000000005 <+5>:     mov    (%rdi),%rax
>>>    0x0000000000000008 <+8>:     test   %rax,%rax
>>>    0x000000000000000b <+11>:    js     0x2f <down_read_trylock+47>
>>>    0x000000000000000d <+13>:    lea    0x1(%rax),%rdx
>>>    0x0000000000000011 <+17>:    lock cmpxchg %rdx,(%rdi)
>>>    0x0000000000000016 <+22>:    jne    0x8 <down_read_trylock+8>
>>>    0x0000000000000018 <+24>:    mov    %gs:0x0,%rax
>>>    0x0000000000000021 <+33>:    or     $0x3,%rax
>>>    0x0000000000000025 <+37>:    mov    %rax,0x20(%rdi)
>>>    0x0000000000000029 <+41>:    mov    $0x1,%eax
>>>    0x000000000000002e <+46>:    retq
>>>    0x000000000000002f <+47>:    xor    %eax,%eax
>>>    0x0000000000000031 <+49>:    retq
>>>
>>> By using a rwsem microbenchmark, the down_read_trylock() rate on a
>>> x86-64 system before and after the patch were:
>>>
>>>                  Before Patch    After Patch
>>>    # of Threads     rlock           rlock
>>>    ------------     -----           -----
>>>         1           27,787          28,259
>>>         2            8,359           9,234
>> From 1/2:
>>
>> 1        29,201  30,143  29,458    28,615  30,172  29,201
>> 2         6,807  13,299   1,171     7,725  15,025   1,804
> Argh, fat fingered and send before I was done typing.
>
> What I wanted to say was; those rlock numbers don't match up. What
> gives?
>
> The before _this_ patch number of 27k787 should be the same as the after
> first patch number of 30k172.

The rlock number in patch 1 refers to down_read() which uses xadd. The
number here in patch 2 refers specifically to down_read_trylock() which
uses cmpxchg() as this patch changes only __down_read_tryulock(). So the
performance data differ.

Cheers,
Longman