linux-kernel - [PATCH 5/8] refscale: Add this_cpu

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Message-Id: <20251102224948.3906224-5-paulmck@kernel.org>
Date: Sun,  2 Nov 2025 14:49:45 -0800
From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
To: rcu@...r.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-team@...a.com,
	rostedt@...dmis.org,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5/8] refscale: Add this_cpu_inc() readers

This commit adds refscale readers based on this_cpu_inc() and
this_cpu_inc() ("refscale.scale_type=percpuinc").  On my x86 laptop,
these are about 4.5ns per pair.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
---
 kernel/rcu/refscale.c | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/refscale.c b/kernel/rcu/refscale.c
index ac9a0b6332ac..479d86cad652 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/refscale.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/refscale.c
@@ -330,6 +330,9 @@ static const struct ref_scale_ops rcu_trace_ops = {
 // Definitions for reference count
 static atomic_t refcnt;
 
+// Definitions acquire-release.
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, test_acqrel);
+
 static void ref_refcnt_section(const int nloops)
 {
 	int i;
@@ -358,6 +361,34 @@ static const struct ref_scale_ops refcnt_ops = {
 	.name		= "refcnt"
 };
 
+static void ref_percpuinc_section(const int nloops)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = nloops; i >= 0; i--) {
+		this_cpu_inc(test_acqrel);
+		this_cpu_dec(test_acqrel);
+	}
+}
+
+static void ref_percpuinc_delay_section(const int nloops, const int udl, const int ndl)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = nloops; i >= 0; i--) {
+		this_cpu_inc(test_acqrel);
+		un_delay(udl, ndl);
+		this_cpu_dec(test_acqrel);
+	}
+}
+
+static const struct ref_scale_ops percpuinc_ops = {
+	.init		= rcu_sync_scale_init,
+	.readsection	= ref_percpuinc_section,
+	.delaysection	= ref_percpuinc_delay_section,
+	.name		= "percpuinc"
+};
+
 // Definitions for rwlock
 static rwlock_t test_rwlock;
 
@@ -501,9 +532,6 @@ static const struct ref_scale_ops lock_irq_ops = {
 	.name		= "lock-irq"
 };
 
-// Definitions acquire-release.
-static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, test_acqrel);
-
 static void ref_acqrel_section(const int nloops)
 {
 	unsigned long x;
@@ -1298,7 +1326,7 @@ ref_scale_init(void)
 	static const struct ref_scale_ops *scale_ops[] = {
 		&rcu_ops, &srcu_ops, &srcu_fast_ops, RCU_TRACE_OPS RCU_TASKS_OPS
 		&refcnt_ops, &rwlock_ops, &rwsem_ops, &lock_ops, &lock_irq_ops,
-		&acqrel_ops, &sched_clock_ops, &clock_ops, &jiffies_ops,
+		&percpuinc_ops, &acqrel_ops, &sched_clock_ops, &clock_ops, &jiffies_ops,
 		&preempt_ops, &bh_ops, &irq_ops, &irqsave_ops,
 		&typesafe_ref_ops, &typesafe_lock_ops, &typesafe_seqlock_ops,
 	};
-- 
2.40.1