Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 11 Mar 2014 12:04:47 +0100 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/7] locking: qspinlock |
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* Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 11:45:03AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > > > * Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> wrote: > > > > > Hi Waiman, > > > > > > I promised you this series a number of days ago; sorry for the delay > > > I've been somewhat unwell :/ > > > > > > That said, these few patches start with a (hopefully) simple and > > > correct form of the queue spinlock, and then gradually build upon > > > it, explaining each optimization as we go. > > > > > > Having these optimizations as separate patches helps twofold; > > > firstly it makes one aware of which exact optimizations were done, > > > and secondly it allows one to proove or disprove any one step; > > > seeing how they should be mostly identity transforms. > > > > > > The resulting code is near to what you posted I think; however it > > > has one atomic op less in the pending wait-acquire case for NR_CPUS > > > != huge. It also doesn't do lock stealing; its still perfectly fair > > > afaict. > > > > > > Have I missed any tricks from your code? > > > > Waiman, you indicated in the other thread that these look good to > > you, right? If so then I can queue them up so that they form a > > base for further work. > > Ah, no that was on the qrwlock; I think we managed to cross wires > somewhere.
Oops, too many q-locks ;-)
> I've got this entire pile waiting for something: > > lkml.kernel.org/r/20140210195820.834693028@infradead.org > > That's 5 mutex patches and the 2 qrwlock patches. Not sure what to > do with them. To merge or not, that is the question.
Can merge them in tip:core/locking if there's no objections.
Thanks,
Ingo
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