Re: [PATCH 1/2] mm/slub: optimize alloc/free fastpath by removing preemption on/off

[Joonsoo Kim]

On Mon, Jan 05, 2015 at 07:03:12PM -0800, Davidlohr Bueso wrote:
> On Mon, 2015-01-05 at 10:36 +0900, Joonsoo Kim wrote:
> > -	preempt_disable();
> > -	c = this_cpu_ptr(s->cpu_slab);
> > +	do {
> > +		tid = this_cpu_read(s->cpu_slab->tid);
> > +		c = this_cpu_ptr(s->cpu_slab);
> > +	} while (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT) && unlikely(tid != c->tid));
> > +	barrier();
> 
> I don't see the compiler reodering the object/page stores below, since c
> is updated in the loop anyway. Is this really necessary (same goes for
> slab_free)? The generated code by gcc 4.8 looks correct without it.
> Additionally, the implied barriers for preemption control aren't really
> the same semantics used here (if that is actually the reason why you are
> using them).

Hello,

I'd like to use tid as a pivot so it should be fetched before fetching
anything on c. Is it impossible even if !CONFIG_PREEMPT without
barrier()?

Thanks.
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