linux-kernel - [PATCH tip/core/rcu 08/23] rcu: Segregate rcu

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Message-Id: <1346350718-30937-8-git-send-email-paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:	Thu, 30 Aug 2012 11:18:23 -0700
From:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	mingo@...e.hu, laijs@...fujitsu.com, dipankar@...ibm.com,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca,
	josh@...htriplett.org, niv@...ibm.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
	peterz@...radead.org, rostedt@...dmis.org, Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu,
	dhowells@...hat.com, eric.dumazet@...il.com, darren@...art.com,
	fweisbec@...il.com, sbw@....edu, patches@...aro.org,
	Dimitri Sivanich <sivanich@....com>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 08/23] rcu: Segregate rcu_state fields to improve cache locality

From: Dimitri Sivanich <sivanich@....com>

The fields in the rcu_state structure that are protected by the
root rcu_node structure's ->lock can share a cache line with the
fields protected by ->onofflock.  This can result in excessive
memory contention on large systems, so this commit applies
____cacheline_internodealigned_in_smp to the ->onofflock field in
order to segregate them.

Signed-off-by: Dimitri Sivanich <sivanich@....com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Tested-by: Dimitri Sivanich <sivanich@....com>
---
 kernel/rcutree.h |    3 ++-
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcutree.h b/kernel/rcutree.h
index effb273..5d92b80 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutree.h
+++ b/kernel/rcutree.h
@@ -394,7 +394,8 @@ struct rcu_state {
 
 	/* End of fields guarded by root rcu_node's lock. */
 
-	raw_spinlock_t onofflock;		/* exclude on/offline and */
+	raw_spinlock_t onofflock ____cacheline_internodealigned_in_smp;
+						/* exclude on/offline and */
 						/*  starting new GP. */
 	struct rcu_head *orphan_nxtlist;	/* Orphaned callbacks that */
 						/*  need a grace period. */
-- 
1.7.8

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