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Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2020 12:46:57 +0206 From: John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de> To: Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk> Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: [RFC PATCH 0/1] fs: remove retry loop Hello, This patch removes the last retry loop in VFS. It is partially reverting commit d3ef3d7351cc ("fs: mnt_want_write speedup") by re-introducing per-cpu spinlocks for each mount. The patch includes benchmark results in the diffstat section to show that the previous optimization work is not undone. I would have liked to use a percpu_rw_semaphore per mount instead of the many spinlocks. However, percpu_rw_semaphore can sleep, which is a problem for sb_prepare_remount_readonly() since it needs to take the spinlock in @mount_lock in order to iterate @sb->s_mounts. Perhaps using a mutex to sychronize @sb->s_mounts is an option. I am not sure. That is why this is an RFC. I am suggesting this partial revert because it removes the retry loop and does not show any obvious negative benchmark effects. John Ogness (1): fs/namespace.c: use spinlock instead of busy loop fs/mount.h | 7 +++ fs/namespace.c | 118 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------- 2 files changed, 86 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-) -- 2.20.1
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