linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/4] vmstat: remove zone->lock from walk_zones_in

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Date:	Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:47:22 +0900 (JST)
From:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
To:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] vmstat: remove zone->lock from walk_zones_in_node

The zone->lock is one of performance critical locks. Then, it shouldn't
be hold for long time. Currently, we have four walk_zones_in_node()
usage and almost use-case don't need to hold zone->lock.

Thus, this patch move locking responsibility from walk_zones_in_node
to its sub function. Also this patch kill unnecessary zone->lock taking.

Cc: Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>
Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
---
 mm/vmstat.c |    8 +++++---
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/vmstat.c b/mm/vmstat.c
index 6051fba..a5d45bc 100644
--- a/mm/vmstat.c
+++ b/mm/vmstat.c
@@ -418,15 +418,12 @@ static void walk_zones_in_node(struct seq_file *m, pg_data_t *pgdat,
 {
 	struct zone *zone;
 	struct zone *node_zones = pgdat->node_zones;
-	unsigned long flags;
 
 	for (zone = node_zones; zone - node_zones < MAX_NR_ZONES; ++zone) {
 		if (!populated_zone(zone))
 			continue;
 
-		spin_lock_irqsave(&zone->lock, flags);
 		print(m, pgdat, zone);
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&zone->lock, flags);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -455,6 +452,7 @@ static void pagetypeinfo_showfree_print(struct seq_file *m,
 					pg_data_t *pgdat, struct zone *zone)
 {
 	int order, mtype;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
 	for (mtype = 0; mtype < MIGRATE_TYPES; mtype++) {
 		seq_printf(m, "Node %4d, zone %8s, type %12s ",
@@ -468,8 +466,11 @@ static void pagetypeinfo_showfree_print(struct seq_file *m,
 
 			area = &(zone->free_area[order]);
 
+			spin_lock_irqsave(&zone->lock, flags);
 			list_for_each(curr, &area->free_list[mtype])
 				freecount++;
+			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&zone->lock, flags);
+
 			seq_printf(m, "%6lu ", freecount);
 		}
 		seq_putc(m, '\n');
@@ -709,6 +710,7 @@ static void zoneinfo_show_print(struct seq_file *m, pg_data_t *pgdat,
 							struct zone *zone)
 {
 	int i;
+
 	seq_printf(m, "Node %d, zone %8s", pgdat->node_id, zone->name);
 	seq_printf(m,
 		   "\n  pages free     %lu"
-- 
1.6.5.2




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