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SubjectRe: [Bug #11308] tbench regression on each kernel release from 2.6.22 -> 2.6.28
Eric Dumazet a écrit :
> Mike Galbraith a écrit :

>> I sure hope it's something like ping-pong, it's driving me NUTS.
>
> Could you please try following patch ?
>
> [PATCH] security_ops moved to read_mostly section
>
> "struct security_operations *security_ops" should be moved to
> read_mostly section in order to NOT let it share a cache line with higly
> modified variables.
>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com>
>
> diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
> index 3a4b4f5..0b13d65 100644
> --- a/security/security.c
> +++ b/security/security.c
> @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ static __initdata char chosen_lsm[SECURITY_NAME_MAX + 1];
> extern struct security_operations default_security_ops;
> extern void security_fixup_ops(struct security_operations *ops);
>
> -struct security_operations *security_ops; /* Initialized to NULL */
> +struct security_operations *security_ops __read_mostly;e

Sorry for the extra 'e' at the end of this line, please remove it :)

>
> /* amount of vm to protect from userspace access */
> unsigned long mmap_min_addr = CONFIG_SECURITY_DEFAULT_MMAP_MIN_ADDR;
>



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