linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/7] Avoid taking waitqueue lock in dmapool

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Message-Id: <11968035684180-git-send-email-matthew@wil.cx>
Date:	Tue,  4 Dec 2007 13:26:04 -0800
From:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>,
	Matthew Wilcox <willy@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3/7] Avoid taking waitqueue lock in dmapool

With one trivial change (taking the lock slightly earlier on wakeup
from schedule), all uses of the waitq are under the pool lock, so we
can use the locked (or __) versions of the wait queue functions, and
avoid the extra spinlock.

Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox <willy@...ux.intel.com>
Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
---
 mm/dmapool.c |    9 +++++----
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/dmapool.c b/mm/dmapool.c
index 92e886d..b5ff9ce 100644
--- a/mm/dmapool.c
+++ b/mm/dmapool.c
@@ -275,8 +275,8 @@ void *dma_pool_alloc(struct dma_pool *pool, gfp_t mem_flags,
 	size_t offset;
 	void *retval;
 
- restart:
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&pool->lock, flags);
+ restart:
 	list_for_each_entry(page, &pool->page_list, page_list) {
 		int i;
 		/* only cachable accesses here ... */
@@ -299,12 +299,13 @@ void *dma_pool_alloc(struct dma_pool *pool, gfp_t mem_flags,
 			DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(wait, current);
 
 			__set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
-			add_wait_queue(&pool->waitq, &wait);
+			__add_wait_queue(&pool->waitq, &wait);
 			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pool->lock, flags);
 
 			schedule_timeout(POOL_TIMEOUT_JIFFIES);
 
-			remove_wait_queue(&pool->waitq, &wait);
+			spin_lock_irqsave(&pool->lock, flags);
+			__remove_wait_queue(&pool->waitq, &wait);
 			goto restart;
 		}
 		retval = NULL;
@@ -406,7 +407,7 @@ void dma_pool_free(struct dma_pool *pool, void *vaddr, dma_addr_t dma)
 	page->in_use--;
 	set_bit(block, &page->bitmap[map]);
 	if (waitqueue_active(&pool->waitq))
-		wake_up(&pool->waitq);
+		wake_up_locked(&pool->waitq);
 	/*
 	 * Resist a temptation to do
 	 *    if (!is_page_busy(bpp, page->bitmap)) pool_free_page(pool, page);
-- 
1.4.4.4
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