Allow i386 to reenable interrupts on lock contention
From: | Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@linuxpower.ca> | |
To: | Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org> | |
Subject: | [PATCH][2.6-mm] Allow i386 to reenable interrupts on lock contention | |
Date: | Sat, 1 May 2004 15:13:13 -0400 (EDT) | |
Cc: | Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>, Keith Owens <kaos@sgi.com> |
Hello Keith, Andrew, Following up on Keith's code, i adapted the i386 code to allow enabling interrupts during contested locks depending on previous interrupt enable status. Obviously there will be a text increase (only for non CONFIG_SPINLINE case), although it doesn't seem so bad, there will be an increased exit latency when we attempt a lock acquisition after spinning due to the extra instructions. How much this will affect performance i'm not sure yet as i haven't had time to micro bench. text data bss dec hex filename 2628024 921731 0 3549755 362a3b vmlinux-after 2621369 921731 0 3543100 36103c vmlinux-before 2618313 919222 0 3537535 35fa7f vmlinux-spinline The code has been stress tested on a 16x NUMAQ (courtesy OSDL). Andrew, does this email have a whitespace problem too? Index: linux-2.6.6-rc3-mm1/include/asm-i386/spinlock.h =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvsroot/linux-2.6.6-rc3-mm1/include/asm-i386/spinlock.h,v retrieving revision 1.1.1.1 diff -u -p -B -r1.1.1.1 spinlock.h --- linux-2.6.6-rc3-mm1/include/asm-i386/spinlock.h 1 May 2004 08:19:15 -0000 1.1.1.1 +++ linux-2.6.6-rc3-mm1/include/asm-i386/spinlock.h 1 May 2004 18:21:41 -0000 @@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ typedef struct { #define spin_is_locked(x) (*(volatile signed char *)(&(x)->lock) <= 0) #define spin_unlock_wait(x) do { barrier(); } while(spin_is_locked(x)) -#define _raw_spin_lock_flags(lock, flags) _raw_spin_lock(lock) #ifdef CONFIG_SPINLINE @@ -58,6 +57,21 @@ typedef struct { "jmp 1b\n" \ "3:\t" + #define spin_lock_string_flags \ + "\n1:\t" \ + "lock ; decb %0\n\t" \ + "jns 3f\n" \ + "testl $0x200, %1\n\t" \ + "jz 2f\n\t" \ + "sti\n\t" \ + "2:\t" \ + "rep;nop\n\t" \ + "cmpb $0, %0\n\t" \ + "jle 2b\n\t" \ + "cli\n\t" \ + "jmp 1b\n" \ + "3:\t" + #else /* !CONFIG_SPINLINE */ #define spin_lock_string \ @@ -72,6 +86,26 @@ typedef struct { "jmp 1b\n" \ LOCK_SECTION_END + #define spin_lock_string_flags \ + "\n1:\t" \ + "lock ; decb %0\n\t" \ + "jns 4f\n" \ + "testl $0x200, %1\n\t" \ + "jz 2f\n\t" \ + "sti\n\t" \ + "jmp 2f\n\t" \ + LOCK_SECTION_START("") \ + "2:\t" \ + "rep;nop\n\t" \ + "cmpb $0, %0\n\t" \ + "jle 2b\n\t" \ + "jmp 3f\n\t" \ + LOCK_SECTION_END \ + "3:\t" \ + "cli\n\t" \ + "jmp 1b\n" \ + "4:\t" + #endif /* CONFIG_SPINLINE */ /* * This works. Despite all the confusion. @@ -143,6 +177,20 @@ here: :"=m" (lock->lock) : : "memory"); } +static inline void _raw_spin_lock_flags (spinlock_t *lock, unsigned long flags) +{ +#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK + __label__ here; +here: + if (unlikely(lock->magic != SPINLOCK_MAGIC)) { + printk("eip: %p\n", &&here); + BUG(); + } +#endif + __asm__ __volatile__( + spin_lock_string_flags + :"=m" (lock->lock) : "r" (flags) : "memory"); +} /* * Read-write spinlocks, allowing multiple readers - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/