linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] uio: Replace mutex info_lock with percpu

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Message-ID: <YgIa+W6kAsWMUdj3@kroah.com>
Date:   Tue, 8 Feb 2022 08:25:45 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Guixin Liu <kanie@...ux.alibaba.com>
Cc:     xiaoguang.wang@...ux.alibaba.com, xlpang@...ux.alibaba.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] uio: Replace mutex info_lock with percpu_ref to improve
 performance

On Tue, Feb 08, 2022 at 03:19:20PM +0800, Guixin Liu wrote:
> This patch includes a modification to repace mutex info_lock with
> percpu_ref, in order to improve uio performance.

How does it improve performance?  What benchmark are you using and what
are the results?

These changes are quite complex, you need to better describe these in
order to be able to have them accepted.

thanks,

greg k-h