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From: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>
To: "Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	"Ingo Molnar" <mingo@redhat.com>, "H Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
	"Dave Hansen" <dave.hansen@intel.com>,
	"Ashok Raj" <ashok.raj@intel.com>,
	"Peter Zijlstra" <peterz@infradead.org>,
	"Michael Chan" <michael.chan@broadcom.com>,
	"Ravi V Shankar" <ravi.v.shankar@intel.com>,
	"Ricardo Neri" <ricardo.neri@intel.com>
Cc: "linux-kernel" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"x86" <x86@kernel.org>, Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 01/10] x86/common: Align cpu_caps_cleared and cpu_caps_set to unsigned long
Date: Fri,  1 Feb 2019 21:14:42 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1549084491-57808-2-git-send-email-fenghua.yu@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1549084491-57808-1-git-send-email-fenghua.yu@intel.com>

cpu_caps_cleared and cpu_caps_set may not be aligned to unsigned long.
Atomic operations (i.e. set_bit and clear_bit) on the bitmaps may access
two cache lines (a.k.a. split lock) and lock bus to block all memory
accesses from other processors to ensure atomicity.

To avoid the overall performance degradation from the bus locking, align
the two variables to unsigned long.

Defining the variables as unsigned long may also fix the issue because
they are naturally aligned to unsigned long. But that needs additional
code changes. Adding __aligned(unsigned long) are simpler fixes.

Signed-off-by: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index cb28e98a0659..51ab37ba5f64 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -488,8 +488,9 @@ static const char *table_lookup_model(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 	return NULL;		/* Not found */
 }
 
-__u32 cpu_caps_cleared[NCAPINTS + NBUGINTS];
-__u32 cpu_caps_set[NCAPINTS + NBUGINTS];
+/* Unsigned long alignment to avoid split lock in atomic bitmap ops */
+__u32 cpu_caps_cleared[NCAPINTS + NBUGINTS] __aligned(sizeof(unsigned long));
+__u32 cpu_caps_set[NCAPINTS + NBUGINTS] __aligned(sizeof(unsigned long));
 
 void load_percpu_segment(int cpu)
 {
-- 
2.7.4


  reply	other threads:[~2019-02-02  5:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 50+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-02-02  5:14 [PATCH v3 00/10] x86/split_lock: Enable #AC exception for split locked accesses Fenghua Yu
2019-02-02  5:14 ` Fenghua Yu [this message]
2019-02-02  5:14 ` [PATCH v3 02/10] drivers/net/b44: Align pwol_mask to unsigned long for better performance Fenghua Yu
2019-02-02  5:14 ` [PATCH v3 03/10] wlcore: Align reg_ch_conf_pending and tmp_ch_bitmap " Fenghua Yu
2019-02-02  5:14 ` [PATCH v3 04/10] x86/split_lock: Align x86_capability to unsigned long to avoid split locked access Fenghua Yu
2019-02-02  5:14 ` [PATCH v3 05/10] x86/clearcpuid: Support multiple clearcpuid options Fenghua Yu
2019-02-02  5:14 ` [PATCH v3 06/10] x86/clearcpuid: Support feature flag string in kernel option clearcpuid Fenghua Yu
2019-02-02  5:14 ` [PATCH v3 07/10] Change document for " Fenghua Yu
2019-02-02  5:14 ` [PATCH v3 08/10] x86/setcpuid: Add kernel option setcpuid Fenghua Yu
2019-02-04 17:49   ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-02-04 19:05     ` Dave Hansen
2019-02-04 19:57       ` Borislav Petkov
2019-02-04 20:46         ` Dave Hansen
2019-02-04 21:40           ` Borislav Petkov
2019-02-04 22:14             ` Fenghua Yu
2019-02-05  6:10               ` Borislav Petkov
2019-02-04 23:24             ` Dave Hansen
2019-02-05  6:18               ` Borislav Petkov
2019-02-05 16:46                 ` Dave Hansen
2019-02-05 17:09                   ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-02-05  8:57               ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-02-05 13:15                 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-02-05  8:48           ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-02-05 15:19             ` Dave Hansen
2019-02-05 15:43               ` Borislav Petkov
2019-02-05 18:26                 ` Fenghua Yu
2019-02-05 17:04               ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-02-10 19:20                 ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-02-11 19:16                   ` Fenghua Yu
2019-02-12 13:37                     ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-02-12 13:51                       ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-02-12 16:48                         ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-02-12 16:50                           ` Dave Hansen
2019-02-12 17:52                           ` Yu, Fenghua
2019-02-04 21:09       ` Fenghua Yu
2019-02-05  8:51         ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-02-05 15:21           ` Dave Hansen
2019-02-05 15:34             ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-02-02  5:14 ` [PATCH v3 09/10] x86/split_lock: Define #AC for split lock feature Fenghua Yu
2019-02-04 18:41   ` Dave Hansen
2019-02-04 18:45     ` Fenghua Yu
2019-02-04 19:00       ` Dave Hansen
2019-02-04 19:03         ` Fenghua Yu
2019-02-02  5:14 ` [PATCH v3 10/10] x86/split_lock: Handle #AC exception for split lock Fenghua Yu
2019-02-04 11:00   ` kbuild test robot
2019-02-04 14:43   ` kbuild test robot
2019-02-11 10:53   ` Ingo Molnar
2019-02-11 18:10     ` Fenghua Yu
2019-02-13  8:14       ` Ingo Molnar
2019-02-13 14:37         ` Yu, Fenghua

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