linux-kernel - [PATCH 0/1] hidraw: Improve subsytem throughput

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Message-Id: <20211130132957.8480-1-andrealmeid@collabora.com>
Date:   Tue, 30 Nov 2021 10:29:56 -0300
From:   André Almeida <andrealmeid@...labora.com>
To:     Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>,
        Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>, linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel@...labora.com
Cc:     André Almeida <andrealmeid@...labora.com>
Subject: [PATCH 0/1] hidraw: Improve subsytem throughput

Hi,

In a discussion about SteamVR for Linux[0], users found out that
modifying hidraw code would lead to more stable frame per seconds. This
patch aims to fix a bottleneck at hidraw subsystem to increase the
system throughput when using a lot of HIDs at same time.

I created an artificial benchmark tool[1] to test this. It issues a lot of
ioctls in parallel for 5 HID devices. While the original kernel took
around 1570 nsecs to complete all the calls, after applying this patch
it took around 412 nsecs, almost 4x faster.

Thanks,
	André

[0] https://github.com/ValveSoftware/SteamVR-for-Linux/issues/21
[1] https://gist.github.com/andrealmeid/b495999b8efce3c741e14a709a21e49b

André Almeida (1):
  HID: hidraw: Replace hidraw device table mutex with a rwsem

 drivers/hid/hidraw.c | 34 +++++++++++++++++-----------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

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2.34.1