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Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 09:55:31 +0200
From: Lucian Adrian Grijincu <lucian.grijincu@...il.com>
To: "Eric W . Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, Octavian Purdila <tavi@...pub.ro>,
"David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>,
Damien Millescamps <damien.millescamps@...nd.com>
Subject: v6: faster tree-based sysctl implementation
This is version 6 of a patch series that introduces a faster/leaner
sysctl internal implementation.
git://github.com/luciang/linux-2.6-new-sysctl.git v6-new-sysctl-alg
A subset of patches that add the minimal set of patches with the new
algorithm is here:
git://github.com/luciang/linux-2.6-new-sysctl.git v6-new-sysctl-alg-slim
= Stats =
$ time modprobe dummy numdummies=N
Without this patch series :(
- ipv4 only
- N=1000 time= 0m 07s
- N=2000 time= 0m 38s
- N=4000 time= 4m 01s
- ipv4 and ipv6
- N=1000 time= 0m 35s
- N=2000 time= 3m 09s
- N=4000 time=14m 27s
With this patch series :)
- ipv4 only
- N=1000 time= 0m 0.31s
- N=2000 time= 0m 1.23s
- N=4000 time= 0m 5.14s
- N=8000 time= 0m 20.20s
- ipv4 and ipv6
- N=1000 time= 0m 0.70s
- N=2000 time= 0m 1.93s
- N=4000 time= 0m 7.03s
- N=8000 time= 0m 40.89s
= Changes =
since v5:
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/6/2/332 - nothing much because of lack
of review. Echo, echo, echo ... :)
- minor tweaks
- rebased on 3.2-rc4
since v4: - http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/196495/focus=1144143
- rebased on 3.0-rc1 - added a new patch manually register
kernel/usermodehelper which was added in 3.0-rc1 - minor changes to
the "sysctl: simplify find_in_table" patch
since v3: - http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/196495/ -
removed a bad patch that shrinked a counter from int to u8
since v2: - http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1137032/focus=3D194748
- added a compatibility layer to support old registering complex
sysctl trees. This layer will be deleted once all users of the old
are changed. - subdirectories and netns correspondent dirs are now
held in rbtrees - split of from the patches that make changes in the
rest of the tree - rebased on top of 2.6.39
since v1: - http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1133667 -
rebased on top of 2.6.39-rc6 - split the patch that adds the new
algorithm and data structures. - fixed a few bugs lingering in the old
code - shrinked a reference counter - added a new reference counter to
maintain ownership information - added method to register an empty
sysctl dir and converted some users - added checks enforcing the rule
that a non-netns specific directory may not be registered after a
netns specific one has already been registered. - added cookie
support: register a piece of data with the header to be used to make
simple conversions on the ctl_table.
= Summary =
Part 1: introduce compatibility layer:
sysctl: introduce temporary sysctl wrappers
sysctl: register only tables of sysctl files
Part 2: minimal changes to sysctl users:
sysctl: call sysctl_init before the first sysctl registration
sysctl: no-child: manually register kernel/random
sysctl: no-child: manually register kernel/usermodehelper
sysctl: no-child: manually register kernel/keys
sysctl: no-child: manually register fs/inotify
sysctl: no-child: manually register fs/epoll
sysctl: no-child: manually register root tables
Part 3: cleanups simplifying the new algorithm:
sysctl: faster reimplementation of sysctl_check_table
sysctl: remove useless ctl_table->parent field
sysctl: simplify find_in_table
sysctl: sysctl_head_grab defaults to root header on NULL
sysctl: delete useless grab_header function
sysctl: rename ->used to ->ctl_use_refs
sysctl: rename sysctl_head_grab/finish to sysctl_use_header/unuse
sysctl: rename sysctl_head_next to sysctl_use_next_header
sysctl: split ->count into ctl_procfs_refs and ctl_header_refs
sysctl: rename sysctl_head_get/put to sysctl_proc_inode_get/put
sysctl: rename (un)use_table to __sysctl_(un)use_header
sysctl: simplify ->permissions hook
sysctl: move removal from list out of start_unregistering
sysctl: introduce ctl_table_group and ctl_table_group_ops
Part 4: new algorithm/data structures:
sysctl: faster tree-based sysctl implementation
Part 5: checks/warns requested during review:
sysctl: add duplicate entry and sanity ctl_table checks
sysctl: alloc ctl_table_header with kmem_cache
sysctl: check netns-specific registration order respected
sysctl: warn if registration/unregistration order is not respected
sysctl: always perform sysctl checks
sysctl: reorder members of ctl_table_header (cleanup)
sysctl: add ctl_type member
Part 6: further performance optimisations:
sysctl: replace subdirectory list with rbtree
sysctl: replace netns corresp list with rbtree
sysctl: union-ize some ctl_table_header fields
Part 7: Eric requested ability to register an empty dir:
sysctl: add register_sysctl_dir: register an empty sysctl directory
Part 8: unrequested feature I'd like to piggy back :)
sysctl: add ctl_cookie and ctl_cookie_handler
sysctl: add cookie to __register_sysctl_paths
sysctl: add register_net_sysctl_table_net_cookie
drivers/char/random.c | 27 +-
fs/eventpoll.c | 22 +-
fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c | 22 +-
fs/proc/inode.c | 2 +-
fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c | 236 +++++---
include/linux/inotify.h | 2 -
include/linux/key.h | 3 -
include/linux/kmod.h | 3 -
include/linux/poll.h | 2 -
include/linux/sysctl.h | 221 +++++---
include/net/net_namespace.h | 4 +-
init/main.c | 1 +
kernel/Makefile | 5 +-
kernel/kmod.c | 14 +-
kernel/sysctl.c | 1170 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
kernel/sysctl_check.c | 316 +++++++----
lib/Kconfig.debug | 8 -
net/sysctl_net.c | 86 ++--
security/keys/key.c | 7 +
security/keys/sysctl.c | 18 +-
20 files changed, 1500 insertions(+), 669 deletions(-)
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1.7.5.4
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..: Lucian
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