linux-kernel - Re: [tip:core/debugobjects] debugobjects: Reduce contention on the global pool

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Date:   Mon, 6 Feb 2017 17:09:10 -0500
From:   Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
To:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, hpa@...or.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, changbin.du@...el.com,
        jstancek@...hat.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        borntraeger@...ibm.com
Cc:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [tip:core/debugobjects] debugobjects: Reduce contention on the
 global pool_lock

On 02/05/2017 05:03 AM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * tip-bot for Waiman Long <tipbot@...or.com> wrote:
>
>> ---
>>  lib/debugobjects.c | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------
>>  1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/lib/debugobjects.c b/lib/debugobjects.c
>> index dc78217..5476bbe 100644
>> --- a/lib/debugobjects.c
>> +++ b/lib/debugobjects.c
>> @@ -172,25 +172,38 @@ alloc_object(void *addr, struct debug_bucket *b, struct debug_obj_descr *descr)
>>  
>>  /*
>>   * workqueue function to free objects.
>> + *
>> + * To reduce contention on the global pool_lock, the actual freeing of
>> + * debug objects will be delayed if the pool_lock is busy. We also free
>> + * the objects in a batch of 4 for each lock/unlock cycle.
>>   */
>> +#define ODEBUG_FREE_BATCH	4
>>  static void free_obj_work(struct work_struct *work)
>>  {
> Please put an extra newline before function definitions.
>
> Looks good otherwise!
>
> Thanks,
>
> 	Ingo


Sure, I can do that. BTW the debugobjects patch was also pull into the
-mm tree a little while ago. Will that be a problem?

-Longman