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From: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mingo@kernel.org,
	jiangshanlai@gmail.com, dipankar@in.ibm.com,
	akpm@linux-foundation.org, mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com,
	josh@joshtriplett.org, tglx@linutronix.de, rostedt@goodmis.org,
	dhowells@redhat.com, edumazet@google.com, dvhart@linux.intel.com,
	fweisbec@gmail.com, oleg@redhat.com, bobby.prani@gmail.com,
	marc.zyngier@arm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 tip/core/rcu 0/13] Miscellaneous fixes for 4.12
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2017 13:48:08 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <bc6e4342-cb97-9108-174d-e7ab8f6d01e5@de.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170419112845.3rt3zlyzuzert647@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net>

On 04/19/2017 01:28 PM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> 
> So the thing Maz complained about is because KVM assumes
> synchronize_srcu() is 'free' when there is no srcu_read_lock() activity.
> This series 'breaks' that.

Why is such a behaviour change not mentioned in the cover letter?
I could not find anything in the patch descriptions that would
indicate a slowdown. How much slower did it get?

But indeed, there are several places at KVM startup which have been
reworked to srcu since normal rcu was too slow for several usecases.
(Mostly registering devices and related data structures at startup,
basically the qemu/kvm coldplug interaction)
> 

> I've not looked hard enough at the new SRCU to see if its possible to
> re-instate that feature.
> 

  parent reply	other threads:[~2017-04-19 11:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 106+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-04-12 16:54 [PATCH tip/core/rcu 0/13] Miscellaneous fixes for 4.12 Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-12 16:55 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 01/13] mm: Rename SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU to SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-13  9:12   ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-04-13 11:06     ` Vlastimil Babka
2017-04-13 16:00       ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-13 16:17       ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-04-13 17:24         ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-13 21:30         ` Eric Dumazet
2017-04-14  8:45           ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-04-14 13:39             ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-12 16:55 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 02/13] lockdep: Use "WARNING" tag on lockdep splats Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-13  9:14   ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-04-13 16:01     ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-12 16:55 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 03/13] types: Update obsolete callback_head comment Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-12 16:55 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 04/13] rcu: Make RCU_FANOUT_LEAF help text more explicit about skew_tick Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-13  9:15   ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-04-13 16:03     ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-13 16:19       ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-04-13 16:55         ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-13 17:04           ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-04-13 17:31             ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-13 17:46               ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-04-13 18:19                 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-13 18:23                   ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-04-13 18:42                     ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-19 13:22                       ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-04-19 13:48                         ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-04-19 15:08                           ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-19 15:40                             ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-04-19 16:13                               ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-19 14:50                         ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-13 18:29               ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-04-13 19:42                 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-12 16:55 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 05/13] rcu: Remove obsolete comment from rcu_future_gp_cleanup() header Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-12 16:55 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 06/13] hlist_add_tail_rcu disable sparse warning Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-12 16:55 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 07/13] rcu: Add smp_mb__after_atomic() to sync_exp_work_done() Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-13  9:18   ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-04-13  9:33     ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-04-13 16:10     ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-13 16:24       ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-04-13 16:57         ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-13 17:10           ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-04-13 17:39             ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-13 17:51               ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-04-13 17:59                 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-04-19 23:24                   ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-19 23:23                 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-20 11:17                   ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-04-20 15:03                     ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-20 15:08                       ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-06-09 22:56                         ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-06-12 14:51                           ` Dmitry Vyukov
2017-06-12 21:54                             ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-12 16:55 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 08/13] rcu: Improve comments for hotplug/suspend/hibernate functions Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-12 16:55 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 09/13] mm: Use static initialization for "srcu" Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-12 16:55 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 10/13] torture: Use correct path for Kconfig fragment for duplicates Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-12 16:55 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 11/13] rcu: Use bool value directly Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-12 16:55 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 12/13] rcu: Use true/false in assignment to bool Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-12 16:55 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 13/13] rcu: Fix typo in PER_RCU_NODE_PERIOD header comment Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-17 23:27 ` [PATCH v2 tip/core/rcu 0/13] Miscellaneous fixes for 4.12 Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-17 23:28   ` [PATCH v2 tip/core/rcu 01/11] mm: Rename SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU to SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-18  0:14     ` David Rientjes
2017-04-17 23:28   ` [PATCH v2 tip/core/rcu 02/11] lockdep: Use "WARNING" tag on lockdep splats Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-19 15:00     ` Josh Triplett
2017-04-19 16:26       ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-17 23:28   ` [PATCH v2 tip/core/rcu 03/11] types: Update obsolete callback_head comment Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-17 23:28   ` [PATCH v2 tip/core/rcu 04/11] rcu: Make RCU_FANOUT_LEAF help text more explicit about skew_tick Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-18  0:18     ` Josh Triplett
2017-04-18 18:42       ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-17 23:28   ` [PATCH v2 tip/core/rcu 05/11] rcu: Remove obsolete comment from rcu_future_gp_cleanup() header Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-17 23:28   ` [PATCH v2 tip/core/rcu 06/11] hlist_add_tail_rcu disable sparse warning Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-17 23:28   ` [PATCH v2 tip/core/rcu 07/11] rcu: Improve comments for hotplug/suspend/hibernate functions Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-17 23:28   ` [PATCH v2 tip/core/rcu 08/11] torture: Use correct path for Kconfig fragment for duplicates Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-17 23:28   ` [PATCH v2 tip/core/rcu 09/11] rcu: Use bool value directly Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-17 23:28   ` [PATCH v2 tip/core/rcu 10/11] rcu: Use true/false in assignment to bool Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-17 23:28   ` [PATCH v2 tip/core/rcu 11/11] rcu: Fix typo in PER_RCU_NODE_PERIOD header comment Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-19 11:28   ` [PATCH v2 tip/core/rcu 0/13] Miscellaneous fixes for 4.12 Peter Zijlstra
2017-04-19 11:35     ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-04-19 11:48     ` Christian Borntraeger [this message]
2017-04-19 12:08       ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-04-19 12:51         ` Marc Zyngier
2017-04-19 14:47         ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-19 14:52           ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-04-19 15:13             ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-19 14:58           ` Josh Triplett
2017-04-19 15:03             ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-04-19 15:17               ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-19 13:22       ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-19 13:25         ` Christian Borntraeger
2017-04-19 13:02     ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-19 13:15       ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-04-19 15:37         ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-19 15:43           ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-04-19 16:12             ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-19 16:45   ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-19 16:46     ` [PATCH v3 tip/core/rcu 01/11] mm: Rename SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU to SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-19 16:46     ` [PATCH v3 tip/core/rcu 02/11] lockdep: Use "WARNING" tag on lockdep splats Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-19 16:46     ` [PATCH v3 tip/core/rcu 03/11] types: Update obsolete callback_head comment Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-19 16:46     ` [PATCH v3 tip/core/rcu 04/11] rcu: Make RCU_FANOUT_LEAF help text more explicit about skew_tick Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-19 16:46     ` [PATCH v3 tip/core/rcu 05/11] rcu: Remove obsolete comment from rcu_future_gp_cleanup() header Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-19 16:46     ` [PATCH v3 tip/core/rcu 06/11] hlist_add_tail_rcu disable sparse warning Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-19 16:46     ` [PATCH v3 tip/core/rcu 07/11] rcu: Improve comments for hotplug/suspend/hibernate functions Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-19 16:46     ` [PATCH v3 tip/core/rcu 08/11] torture: Use correct path for Kconfig fragment for duplicates Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-19 16:46     ` [PATCH v3 tip/core/rcu 09/11] rcu: Use bool value directly Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-19 16:46     ` [PATCH v3 tip/core/rcu 10/11] rcu: Use true/false in assignment to bool Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-19 16:46     ` [PATCH v3 tip/core/rcu 11/11] rcu: Fix typo in PER_RCU_NODE_PERIOD header comment Paul E. McKenney

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