[PATCH tip/core/rcu 09/23] rcu: Segregate rcu_state fields to improve cache locality

[Paul E. McKenney]

From: Dimitri Sivanich <sivanich@xxxxxxx>

The fields in the rcu_state structure that are protected by the
root rcu_node structure's ->lock can share a cache line with the
fields protected by ->onofflock.  This can result in excessive
memory contention on large systems, so this commit applies
____cacheline_internodealigned_in_smp to the ->onofflock field in
order to segregate them.

Signed-off-by: Dimitri Sivanich <sivanich@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Dimitri Sivanich <sivanich@xxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/rcutree.h |    3 ++-
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcutree.h b/kernel/rcutree.h
index effb273..5d92b80 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutree.h
+++ b/kernel/rcutree.h
@@ -394,7 +394,8 @@ struct rcu_state {
 
 	/* End of fields guarded by root rcu_node's lock. */
 
-	raw_spinlock_t onofflock;		/* exclude on/offline and */
+	raw_spinlock_t onofflock ____cacheline_internodealigned_in_smp;
+						/* exclude on/offline and */
 						/*  starting new GP. */
 	struct rcu_head *orphan_nxtlist;	/* Orphaned callbacks that */
 						/*  need a grace period. */
-- 
1.7.8

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