linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 0/5] rwsem: performance enhancements for systems with many cores

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Message-ID: <1372116030.22432.90.camel@schen9-DESK>
Date:	Mon, 24 Jun 2013 16:20:30 -0700
From:	Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
	Alex Shi <alex.shi@...el.com>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Michel Lespinasse <walken@...gle.com>,
	Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr.bueso@...com>,
	Matthew R Wilcox <matthew.r.wilcox@...el.com>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>,
	Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 0/5] rwsem: performance enhancements for systems with
 many cores

In this patchset, we introduce two optimizations to read write semaphore.
The first optimization reduces cache bouncing of the sem->count field
by doing a pre-read of the lock status (i.e. sem->count) and avoid cmpxchg if possible.
The second optimization introduces similar optimistic spining logic in
the mutex code for the writer lock acquisition of rw-sem.

Combining the two patches, in testing by Davidlohr Bueso on aim7 workloads
on 8 socket 80 cores system, he saw improvements of
alltests (+14.5%), custom (+17%), disk (+11%), high_systime
(+5%), shared (+15%) and short (+4%), most of them after around 500
users when i_mmap was implemented as rwsem.

Feed-backs on the effectiveness of these tweaks on other workloads
will be appreciated.  Thanks to Peter Hurley for reviewing the first version
of this patchset.

I have left the optimistic spinning on write lock acquisition not as a default
option.  I'll like people's opinion to see if it should be on by default
to get more testing. 

Changelog:

v2:
1. Reorganize changes to down_write_trylock and do_wake into 4 patches and fixed
   a bug referencing &sem->count when sem->count is intended.
2. Fix unsafe sem->owner de-reference in rwsem_can_spin_on_owner.
the option to be on for more seasoning but can be turned off should it be detrimental.
3. Various patch comments update

Alex Shi (4):
  rwsem: check the lock before cpmxchg in down_write_trylock
  rwsem: remove 'out' label in do_wake
  rwsem: remove try_reader_grant label do_wake
  rwsem/wake: check lock before do atomic update

Tim Chen (1):
  rwsem: do optimistic spinning for writer lock acquisition

 include/asm-generic/rwsem.h |    8 +-
 include/linux/rwsem.h       |    3 +
 init/Kconfig                |    9 ++
 kernel/rwsem.c              |   29 +++++++-
 lib/rwsem.c                 |  175 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 5 files changed, 199 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

-- 
1.7.4.4

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