linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v12 09/11] pvqspinlock, x86: Add para-virtualization support

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Date:	Fri, 24 Oct 2014 10:47:38 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Waiman Long <Waiman.Long@...com>
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
	x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	Paolo Bonzini <paolo.bonzini@...il.com>,
	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
	Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Scott J Norton <scott.norton@...com>,
	Douglas Hatch <doug.hatch@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v12 09/11] pvqspinlock, x86: Add para-virtualization
 support

On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 02:10:38PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
> +static inline void pv_init_node(struct mcs_spinlock *node)
> +{
> +	struct pv_qnode *pn = (struct pv_qnode *)node;
> +
> +	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct pv_qnode) > 5*sizeof(struct mcs_spinlock));
> +
> +	if (!pv_enabled())
> +		return;
> +
> +	pn->cpustate = PV_CPU_ACTIVE;
> +	pn->mayhalt  = false;
> +	pn->mycpu    = smp_processor_id();
> +	pn->head     = PV_INVALID_HEAD;
> +}


> @@ -333,6 +393,7 @@ queue:
>  	node += idx;
>  	node->locked = 0;
>  	node->next = NULL;
> +	pv_init_node(node);
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * We touched a (possibly) cold cacheline in the per-cpu queue node;


So even if !pv_enabled() the compiler will still have to emit the code
for that inline, which will generate additional register pressure,
icache pressure and lovely stuff like that.

The patch I had used pv-ops for these things that would turn into NOPs
in the regular case and callee-saved function calls for the PV case.

That still does not entirely eliminate cost, but does reduce it
significant. Please consider using that.
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