linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9 3/3] blk-cgroup: Flush stats at blkgs destruction path

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <Y2VyWDvtwOsMBcKB@slm.duckdns.org>
Date:   Fri, 4 Nov 2022 10:13:12 -1000
From:   Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:     Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
Cc:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, cgroups@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Ming Lei <ming.lei@...hat.com>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Michal Koutný <mkoutny@...e.com>,
        Hillf Danton <hdanton@...a.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 3/3] blk-cgroup: Flush stats at blkgs destruction path

On Fri, Nov 04, 2022 at 04:12:05PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
> I should have named the function cgroup_rstat_css_cpu_flush() to indicate
> that the cpu is a needed parameter. We can have a cgroup_rstat_css_flush()
> in the future if the need arises.
> 
> It is an optimization to call this function only if the corresponding cpu
> has a pending lockless list. I could do cpu iteration here and call the
> flushing function for all the CPUs. It is less optimized this way. Since it
> is a slow path, I guess performance is not that critical. So I can go either
> way. Please let me know your preference.

Yeah, cpu_flush is fine. Let's leave it that way.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun