linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 40/40] srcu: Parallelize callback handling

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Date:   Thu, 13 Apr 2017 10:42:49 -0700
From:   "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...nel.org,
        jiangshanlai@...il.com, dipankar@...ibm.com,
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        dhowells@...hat.com, edumazet@...gle.com, fweisbec@...il.com,
        oleg@...hat.com, bobby.prani@...il.com, laurent.dufour@...ibm.com,
        npiggin@....ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 40/40] srcu: Parallelize callback handling

On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 09:37:10AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 11:50:29AM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 10:40:25AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > > Peter Zijlstra proposed using SRCU to reduce mmap_sem contention [1],
> > 
> > Bugger, now you're making me feel bad for not having updated those
> > patches in ages.. I'll try and bump it on the todo list.
> 
> Apologies, I wasn't trying to make you feel bad.  But I did get an old
> version of the patch.  A much more recent one is here, which I have
> added to the commit log:
> 
> 	https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/5108281/
> 
> For my part, I feel bad that I didn't realize much earlier that parallel
> SRCU callbacks were needed.  As it was, someone had to tell me late
> last year.

And it turns out that Laurent Dufour (CCed) forward-ported your
patch from the above patchworks URL to 4.11.  He is chasing down
some mmseq bugs on a best-effort basis.

							Thanx, Paul

> But yes, it would be really cool to have lockless VMA lookup!!!
> 
> 							Thanx, Paul