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Subject[PATCH-tip 1/3] locking/rwsem: Check wait_list without lock if spinner present
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We can safely check the wait_list to see if waiters are present without
lock when there are spinners to fall back on in case we miss a waiter.
The advantage is that we can save a pair of spin_lock/unlock calls
when the wait_list is empty. This translates to a reduction in latency
and hence slightly better performance.

On a 2-socket 36-core 72-thread x86-64 E5-2699 v3 system, a rwsem
microbenchmark was run with 36 locking threads (one/core) doing 1
million writer lock/unlock operations each, the resulting locking
rates (avg of 4 runs) on a 4.10 kernel were 7,755 Mop/s and 8,276
Mop/s without and with the patch respectively. That was an increase
of about 7%.

Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
---
kernel/locking/rwsem-xadd.c | 11 +++++++++++
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/locking/rwsem-xadd.c b/kernel/locking/rwsem-xadd.c
index 34e727f..b5d7055 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/rwsem-xadd.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/rwsem-xadd.c
@@ -611,6 +611,17 @@ struct rw_semaphore *rwsem_wake(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
* state is consulted before reading the wait_lock.
*/
smp_rmb();
+
+ /*
+ * Normally checking wait_list without wait_lock isn't safe
+ * as we may miss an incoming waiter. With spinners present,
+ * however, we have someone to fall back on in case that
+ * happens. This can save a pair of spin_lock/unlock calls
+ * when there is no waiter.
+ */
+ if (list_empty(&sem->wait_list))
+ return sem;
+
if (!raw_spin_trylock_irqsave(&sem->wait_lock, flags))
return sem;
goto locked;
--
1.8.3.1
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