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SubjectRe: [PATCH] percpu_counter: increase batch count
On Thu, 18 Feb 2021 14:36:31 -0700 Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> wrote:

> Currently we cap the batch count at max(32, 2*nr_online_cpus), which these
> days is kind of silly as systems have gotten much bigger than in 2009 when
> this heuristic was introduced.
>
> Bump it to capping it at 256 instead. This has a noticeable improvement
> for certain io_uring workloads, as io_uring tracks per-task inflight count
> using percpu counters.
>

It will also make percpu_counter_read() and
percpu_counter_read_positive() more inaccurate than at present. Any
effects from this will take a while to discover.

But yes, worth trying - I'll add it to the post-rc1 pile.

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