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Message-ID: <51B19EDB.5040604@redhat.com>
Date:	Fri, 07 Jun 2013 16:50:35 +0800
From:	Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
To:	Qinchuanyu <qinchuanyu@...wei.com>
CC:	"mst@...hat.com" <mst@...hat.com>,
	"rusty@...tcorp.com.au" <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	"(kvm@...r.kernel.org)" <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
	"(netdev@...r.kernel.org)" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Heguansen <heguansen@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] get 2% or more performance improved by reducing spin_lock
 race

On 06/07/2013 03:31 PM, Qinchuanyu wrote:
> the wake_up_process func is included by spin_lock/unlock in vhost_work_queue,
>  but it could be done outside the spin_lock. 
> I have test it with kernel 3.0.27 and guest suse11-sp2 using iperf, the num as below.
>                  orignal                   modified
> thread_num  tp(Gbps)   vhost(%)  |  tp(Gbps)     vhost(%)
> 1           9.59         28.82   |      9.59        27.49
> 8            9.61        32.92   |      9.62        26.77
> 64            9.58        46.48  |     9.55        38.99
> 256            9.6        63.7   |      9.6         52.59
>
> Signed-off-by: Chuanyu Qin <qinchuanyu@...wei.com>
> ---
>  drivers/vhost/vhost.c |    5 +++--
>  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
> index 94dbd25..8bee109 100644
> --- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
> +++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
> @@ -146,9 +146,10 @@ static inline void vhost_work_queue(struct vhost_dev *dev,
>  	if (list_empty(&work->node)) {
>  		list_add_tail(&work->node, &dev->work_list);
>  		work->queue_seq++;
> +		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->work_lock, flags);
>  		wake_up_process(dev->worker);
> -	}
> -	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->work_lock, flags);
> +	} else
> +		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->work_lock, flags);
>  }
>  
>  void vhost_poll_queue(struct vhost_poll *poll)

Hi Chuanyu:

I believe you need a better name of the patch such as:

vhost: wake up worker outside spinlock
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