linux-kernel - [PATCH v7 4/8] kernfs: Replace global kernfs_open_node

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Date:   Fri, 25 Feb 2022 16:21:12 +1100
From:   Imran Khan <imran.f.khan@...cle.com>
To:     tj@...nel.org, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v7 4/8] kernfs: Replace global kernfs_open_node_lock with hashed spinlocks.

In current kernfs design a single spinlock, kernfs_open_node_lock, protects
the kernfs_node->attr.open i.e kernfs_open_node instances corresponding to
a sysfs attribute. So separate tasks, which are opening or closing separate
sysfs files, can contend on this spinlock. The contention is more apparent
in large scale systems with few hundred CPUs where most of the CPUs have
running tasks that are opening, accessing or closing sysfs files at any
point of time.

Using hashed spinlocks in place of a single global spinlock, can reduce
contention around global spinlock and hence provide better scalability.
Moreover as these hashed spinlocks are not part of kernfs_node objects we
will not see any singnificant change in memory utilization of kernfs based
file systems like sysfs, cgroupfs etc.

Modify interface introduced in previous patch to make use of hashed
spinlocks. Use kernfs_node address as hashing key.

Signed-off-by: Imran Khan <imran.f.khan@...cle.com>
---
 fs/kernfs/file.c            |  9 ---------
 fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h |  6 +++---
 fs/kernfs/mount.c           |  4 +++-
 include/linux/kernfs.h      | 10 +++++++++-
 4 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/kernfs/file.c b/fs/kernfs/file.c
index 1658bfa048df3..95426df9f0304 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/kernfs/file.c
@@ -18,15 +18,6 @@
 
 #include "kernfs-internal.h"
 
-/*
- * kernfs_node->attr.open points to kernfs_open_node.  attr.open is
- * protected by kernfs_open_node_lock.
- *
- * filp->private_data points to seq_file whose ->private points to
- * kernfs_open_file.
- */
-DEFINE_SPINLOCK(kernfs_open_node_lock);
-
 struct kernfs_open_node {
 	atomic_t		refcnt;
 	atomic_t		event;
diff --git a/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h b/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h
index ef5b04d43ef1b..64e9cca66d436 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h
+++ b/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h
@@ -152,8 +152,6 @@ extern const struct inode_operations kernfs_symlink_iops;
  */
 extern struct kernfs_global_locks *kernfs_locks;
 
-extern spinlock_t kernfs_open_node_lock;
-
 static inline struct mutex *kernfs_open_file_mutex_ptr(struct kernfs_node *kn)
 {
 	int idx = hash_ptr(kn, NR_KERNFS_LOCK_BITS);
@@ -174,7 +172,9 @@ static inline struct mutex *kernfs_open_file_mutex_lock(struct kernfs_node *kn)
 
 static inline spinlock_t *kernfs_open_node_spinlock_ptr(struct kernfs_node *kn)
 {
-	return &kernfs_open_node_lock;
+	int idx = hash_ptr(kn, NR_KERNFS_LOCK_BITS);
+
+	return &kernfs_locks->open_node_locks[idx].lock;
 }
 
 static inline spinlock_t *kernfs_open_node_spinlock(struct kernfs_node *kn)
diff --git a/fs/kernfs/mount.c b/fs/kernfs/mount.c
index fa3fa22c95b21..809b738739b18 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/mount.c
+++ b/fs/kernfs/mount.c
@@ -395,8 +395,10 @@ void __init kernfs_lock_init(void)
 	kernfs_locks = kmalloc(sizeof(struct kernfs_global_locks), GFP_KERNEL);
 	WARN_ON(!kernfs_locks);
 
-	for (count = 0; count < NR_KERNFS_LOCKS; count++)
+	for (count = 0; count < NR_KERNFS_LOCKS; count++) {
 		mutex_init(&kernfs_locks->open_file_mutex[count].lock);
+		spin_lock_init(&kernfs_locks->open_node_locks[count].lock);
+	}
 }
 
 void __init kernfs_init(void)
diff --git a/include/linux/kernfs.h b/include/linux/kernfs.h
index 3f72d38d48e31..e50528c45bcd4 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernfs.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <linux/wait.h>
 #include <linux/rwsem.h>
 #include <linux/cache.h>
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
 
 struct file;
 struct dentry;
@@ -75,20 +76,27 @@ struct kernfs_iattrs;
  * kernfs_open_file.
  * kernfs_open_files are chained at kernfs_open_node->files, which is
  * protected by kernfs_open_file_mutex.lock.
+ *
+ * kernfs_node->attr.open points to kernfs_open_node.  attr.open is
+ * protected by kernfs_open_node_lock.lock.
  */
 
 struct kernfs_open_file_mutex {
 	struct mutex lock;
 } ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
 
+struct kernfs_open_node_lock {
+	spinlock_t lock;
+} ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
+
 /*
  * To reduce possible contention in sysfs access, arising due to single
  * locks, use an array of locks and use kernfs_node object address as
  * hash keys to get the index of these locks.
  */
-
 struct kernfs_global_locks {
 	struct kernfs_open_file_mutex open_file_mutex[NR_KERNFS_LOCKS];
+	struct kernfs_open_node_lock open_node_locks[NR_KERNFS_LOCKS];
 };
 
 enum kernfs_node_type {
-- 
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