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Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup locking changes

From Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup locking changes
Date 2016-07-14 20:40 +0200
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On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 08:09:52PM +0200, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> On 07/14, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> >
> > The below is a compile tested only first draft so far. I'll go give it
> > some runtime next.
> 
> So I will wait for the new version, but at first glance this matches the
> code I already reviewed in the past (at least, tried hard to review ;)
> and it looks correct.
> 
> Just a couple of almost cosmetic nits, feel free to ignore.

Drat, I just mailed out the patches.. I can do a second version later.

> > --- a/include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h
> > @@ -10,29 +10,107 @@
> >  
> >  struct percpu_rw_semaphore {
> >  	struct rcu_sync		rss;
> > -	unsigned int __percpu	*fast_read_ctr;
> > +	unsigned int __percpu	*refcount;
> >  	struct rw_semaphore	rw_sem;
> > -	atomic_t		slow_read_ctr;
> > -	wait_queue_head_t	write_waitq;
> > +	wait_queue_head_t	writer;
> > +	int			state;
>         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> I think that this "int state" and "enum { readers_slow, readers_block }"
> just add a bit of complication/confusion.
> 
> All we need is the simple "bool readers_block" in percpu_rw_semaphore,
> no?

So I detest bool in structures because sizeof(bool) isn't defined.
Obviously an implementation needs to pick a size, but this is typically
architecture ABIs, so sizes can differ between architectures.

But yes, I suppose "int readers_block" will do just fine.

IIRC, earlier version had more states, but that all went away.

> > +void percpu_down_write(struct percpu_rw_semaphore *sem)
> >  {
> > +	down_write(&sem->rw_sem);
> > +
> > +	/* Notify readers to take the slow path. */
> > +	rcu_sync_enter(&sem->rss);
> 
> I'd suggest to call rcu_sync_enter() before down_write(). This can help
> when we wait for another writer which holds this lock.

Hurm, I think I figured that might have issues, but I cannot seem to
think of any just now :-), yes can do.

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Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org> - 2016-07-13 02:10 +0200
  Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-07-13 10:30 +0200
    Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-07-13 16:50 +0200
      Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-07-13 20:40 +0200
  Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> - 2016-07-13 20:30 +0200
    Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> - 2016-07-13 20:40 +0200
      Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> - 2016-07-13 22:20 +0200
        Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-07-13 22:30 +0200
          Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> - 2016-07-13 22:50 +0200
            Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-07-13 23:00 +0200
              Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> - 2016-07-13 23:10 +0200
                Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-07-13 23:20 +0200
                Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-07-13 23:50 +0200
                Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org> - 2016-07-13 23:50 +0200
                Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-07-14 00:20 +0200
                Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org> - 2016-07-14 00:40 +0200
                Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-07-14 01:10 +0200
                Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-07-14 01:10 +0200
                Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> - 2016-07-14 13:40 +0200
                Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-07-14 14:10 +0200
                Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> - 2016-07-14 14:10 +0200
                Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-07-14 14:30 +0200
                Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> - 2016-07-14 17:10 +0200
                Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> - 2016-07-14 17:30 +0200
                Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-07-14 18:40 +0200
                Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> - 2016-07-14 19:40 +0200
                Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org> - 2016-07-14 19:00 +0200
                Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org> - 2016-07-14 00:30 +0200
                Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> - 2016-07-14 00:10 +0200
                Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-07-14 00:40 +0200
                Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-07-14 09:00 +0200
                Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> - 2016-07-14 13:30 +0200
                Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-07-14 14:20 +0200
                Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> - 2016-07-14 17:20 +0200
              Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> - 2016-07-13 23:10 +0200
              Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-07-13 23:10 +0200
              Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-07-14 15:20 +0200
                Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-07-14 16:20 +0200
                Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> - 2016-07-14 17:00 +0200
                Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-07-14 18:20 +0200
                Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-07-14 18:40 +0200
                Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> - 2016-07-14 19:10 +0200
                Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-07-14 18:30 +0200
                Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-07-14 18:50 +0200
                Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-07-14 19:20 +0200
                Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org> - 2016-07-14 18:50 +0200
                Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-07-14 18:50 +0200
                Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org> - 2016-07-14 19:10 +0200
                Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> - 2016-07-14 19:20 +0200
                Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org> - 2016-07-14 19:40 +0200
                Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> - 2016-07-14 19:50 +0200
                Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org> - 2016-07-14 20:00 +0200
                Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> - 2016-07-14 20:10 +0200
                Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-07-14 20:40 +0200
                Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-07-14 21:40 +0200
            Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org> - 2016-07-13 23:00 +0200
          Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-07-13 23:00 +0200
            Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-07-13 23:10 +0200
          Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-07-13 23:00 +0200
            Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes Dmitry Shmidt <dimitrysh@google.com> - 2016-07-13 23:10 +0200
              Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-07-13 23:10 +0200
              Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org> - 2016-07-13 23:10 +0200
      Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org> - 2016-07-13 22:20 +0200
      Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes Dmitry Shmidt <dimitrysh@google.com> - 2016-07-13 22:40 +0200
    Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes Colin Cross <ccross@google.com> - 2016-07-13 22:50 +0200
      Re: Severe performance regression w/ 4.4+ on Android due to cgroup  locking changes Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> - 2016-07-13 23:00 +0200

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