[PATCH v3 0/5] rwsem: performance enhancements for systems withmany cores

From: Tim Chen
Date: Wed Jun 26 2013 - 12:27:50 EST


In this patchset, we introduce two optimizations to read write semaphore.
The first optimization reduces cache bouncing of the sem->count field
by doing a pre-read of the sem->count and avoid cmpxchg if possible.
The second optimization introduces similar optimistic spining logic in
the mutex code for the writer lock acquisition of rw-sem.

Combining the two patches, in testing by Davidlohr Bueso on aim7 workloads
on 8 socket 80 cores system, he saw improvements of
alltests (+14.5%), custom (+17%), disk (+11%), high_systime
(+5%), shared (+15%) and short (+4%), most of them after around 500
users when i_mmap was implemented as rwsem.

Feedbacks on the effectiveness of these tweaks on other workloads
will be appreciated. Thanks to Peter Hurley and Peter Zijlstra
for reviewing this patchset.

I have left the optimistic spinning on write lock acquisition not as a default
option. I'll like people's opinion to see if it should be on by default
to get more testing.

Changelog:

v3:
1. Added ACCESS_ONCE to sem->count access in rwsem_can_spin_on_owner.
2. Fix typo bug for RWSEM_SPIN_ON_WRITE_OWNER option in init/Kconfig

v2:
1. Reorganize changes to down_write_trylock and do_wake into 4 patches and fixed
a bug referencing &sem->count when sem->count is intended.
2. Fix unsafe sem->owner de-reference in rwsem_can_spin_on_owner.
the option to be on for more seasoning but can be turned off should it be detrimental.
3. Various patch comments update


Alex Shi (4):
rwsem: check the lock before cpmxchg in down_write_trylock
rwsem: remove 'out' label in do_wake
rwsem: remove try_reader_grant label do_wake
rwsem/wake: check lock before do atomic update

Tim Chen (1):
rwsem: do optimistic spinning for writer lock acquisition

include/asm-generic/rwsem.h | 8 +-
include/linux/rwsem.h | 3 +
init/Kconfig | 9 ++
kernel/rwsem.c | 29 +++++++-
lib/rwsem.c | 175 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
5 files changed, 199 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

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1.7.4.4


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