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From: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields-uC3wQj2KruNg9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
To: Christoph Hellwig <hch-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>
Cc: "Stefan (metze) Metzmacher"
	<metze-eUNUBHrolfbYtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org>,
	Jeff Layton <jlayton-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 11/11] locks: give the blocked_hash its own spinlock
Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 10:53:22 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130604145322.GH2109@fieldses.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130604144640.GA7730-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>

On Tue, Jun 04, 2013 at 07:46:40AM -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Having RCU for modification mostly workloads never is a good idea, so
> I don't think it makes sense to mention it here.
> 
> If you care about the overhead it's worth trying to use per-cpu lists,
> though.

Yes.  The lock and unlock could happen on different CPU's--but I think
you can make the rule that the lock stays associated with the list it
was first put on, and then it's correct in general and hopefully quick
in the common case.

--b.
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From: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@fieldses.org>
To: cluster-devel.redhat.com
Subject: [Cluster-devel] [PATCH v1 11/11] locks: give the blocked_hash its own spinlock
Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 10:53:22 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130604145322.GH2109@fieldses.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130604144640.GA7730@infradead.org>

On Tue, Jun 04, 2013 at 07:46:40AM -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Having RCU for modification mostly workloads never is a good idea, so
> I don't think it makes sense to mention it here.
> 
> If you care about the overhead it's worth trying to use per-cpu lists,
> though.

Yes.  The lock and unlock could happen on different CPU's--but I think
you can make the rule that the lock stays associated with the list it
was first put on, and then it's correct in general and hopefully quick
in the common case.

--b.



WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@fieldses.org>
To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Cc: "Stefan (metze) Metzmacher" <metze@samba.org>,
	Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com>,
	viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk, matthew@wil.cx,
	linux-cifs@vger.kernel.org, linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org,
	cluster-devel@redhat.com, sage@inktank.com,
	samba-technical@lists.samba.org, Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-afs@lists.infradead.org,
	dhowells@redhat.com, smfrench@gmail.com,
	linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, ceph-devel@vger.kernel.org,
	akpm@linux-foundation.org, swhiteho@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 11/11] locks: give the blocked_hash its own spinlock
Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 10:53:22 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130604145322.GH2109@fieldses.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130604144640.GA7730@infradead.org>

On Tue, Jun 04, 2013 at 07:46:40AM -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Having RCU for modification mostly workloads never is a good idea, so
> I don't think it makes sense to mention it here.
> 
> If you care about the overhead it's worth trying to use per-cpu lists,
> though.

Yes.  The lock and unlock could happen on different CPU's--but I think
you can make the rule that the lock stays associated with the list it
was first put on, and then it's correct in general and hopefully quick
in the common case.

--b.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2013-06-04 14:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 103+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-06-01  3:07 [PATCH v1 00/11] locks: scalability improvements for file locking Jeff Layton
2013-06-01  3:07 ` Jeff Layton
2013-06-01  3:07 ` [Cluster-devel] " Jeff Layton
2013-06-01  3:07 ` [PATCH v1 01/11] cifs: use posix_unblock_lock instead of locks_delete_block Jeff Layton
2013-06-01  3:07   ` [Cluster-devel] " Jeff Layton
     [not found]   ` <1370056054-25449-2-git-send-email-jlayton-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-03 21:53     ` J. Bruce Fields
2013-06-03 21:53       ` J. Bruce Fields
2013-06-03 21:53       ` [Cluster-devel] " J. Bruce Fields
2013-06-01  3:07 ` [PATCH v1 02/11] locks: make generic_add_lease and generic_delete_lease static Jeff Layton
2013-06-01  3:07   ` [Cluster-devel] " Jeff Layton
     [not found]   ` <1370056054-25449-3-git-send-email-jlayton-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-03 21:53     ` J. Bruce Fields
2013-06-03 21:53       ` J. Bruce Fields
2013-06-03 21:53       ` [Cluster-devel] " J. Bruce Fields
2013-06-01  3:07 ` [PATCH v1 04/11] locks: make "added" in __posix_lock_file a bool Jeff Layton
2013-06-01  3:07   ` [Cluster-devel] " Jeff Layton
2013-06-04 20:17   ` J. Bruce Fields
2013-06-04 20:17     ` [Cluster-devel] " J. Bruce Fields
2013-06-01  3:07 ` [PATCH v1 05/11] locks: encapsulate the fl_link list handling Jeff Layton
2013-06-01  3:07   ` [Cluster-devel] " Jeff Layton
2013-06-04 20:17   ` J. Bruce Fields
2013-06-04 20:17     ` [Cluster-devel] " J. Bruce Fields
2013-06-01  3:07 ` [PATCH v1 07/11] locks: only pull entries off of blocked_list when they are really unblocked Jeff Layton
2013-06-01  3:07   ` Jeff Layton
2013-06-01  3:07   ` [Cluster-devel] " Jeff Layton
     [not found]   ` <1370056054-25449-8-git-send-email-jlayton-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-04 21:58     ` J. Bruce Fields
2013-06-04 21:58       ` J. Bruce Fields
2013-06-04 21:58       ` [Cluster-devel] " J. Bruce Fields
     [not found]       ` <20130604215839.GD15594-uC3wQj2KruNg9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-05 11:38         ` Jeff Layton
2013-06-05 11:38           ` Jeff Layton
2013-06-05 11:38           ` [Cluster-devel] " Jeff Layton
     [not found]           ` <20130605073822.4d67c57c-4QP7MXygkU+dMjc06nkz3ljfA9RmPOcC@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-05 12:24             ` J. Bruce Fields
2013-06-05 12:24               ` J. Bruce Fields
2013-06-05 12:24               ` [Cluster-devel] " J. Bruce Fields
2013-06-05 12:38               ` Jeff Layton
2013-06-05 12:38                 ` [Cluster-devel] " Jeff Layton
     [not found]                 ` <20130605083859.72c855cd-4QP7MXygkU+dMjc06nkz3ljfA9RmPOcC@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-05 12:59                   ` J. Bruce Fields
2013-06-05 12:59                     ` J. Bruce Fields
2013-06-05 12:59                     ` [Cluster-devel] " J. Bruce Fields
2013-06-01  3:07 ` [PATCH v1 08/11] locks: convert fl_link to a hlist_node Jeff Layton
2013-06-01  3:07   ` [Cluster-devel] " Jeff Layton
     [not found]   ` <1370056054-25449-9-git-send-email-jlayton-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-04 21:59     ` J. Bruce Fields
2013-06-04 21:59       ` J. Bruce Fields
2013-06-04 21:59       ` [Cluster-devel] " J. Bruce Fields
2013-06-05 11:43       ` Jeff Layton
2013-06-05 11:43         ` [Cluster-devel] " Jeff Layton
     [not found]         ` <20130605074309.051ff75f-4QP7MXygkU+dMjc06nkz3ljfA9RmPOcC@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-05 12:46           ` J. Bruce Fields
2013-06-05 12:46             ` J. Bruce Fields
2013-06-05 12:46             ` [Cluster-devel] " J. Bruce Fields
     [not found] ` <1370056054-25449-1-git-send-email-jlayton-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-01  3:07   ` [PATCH v1 03/11] locks: comment cleanups and clarifications Jeff Layton
2013-06-01  3:07     ` Jeff Layton
2013-06-01  3:07     ` [Cluster-devel] " Jeff Layton
     [not found]     ` <1370056054-25449-4-git-send-email-jlayton-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-03 22:00       ` J. Bruce Fields
2013-06-03 22:00         ` J. Bruce Fields
2013-06-03 22:00         ` [Cluster-devel] " J. Bruce Fields
     [not found]         ` <20130603220024.GF2109-uC3wQj2KruNg9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-04 11:09           ` Jeff Layton
2013-06-04 11:09             ` Jeff Layton
2013-06-04 11:09             ` [Cluster-devel] " Jeff Layton
2013-06-01  3:07   ` [PATCH v1 06/11] locks: convert to i_lock to protect i_flock list Jeff Layton
2013-06-01  3:07     ` Jeff Layton
2013-06-01  3:07     ` [Cluster-devel] " Jeff Layton
2013-06-04 21:22     ` J. Bruce Fields
2013-06-04 21:22       ` [Cluster-devel] " J. Bruce Fields
     [not found]       ` <20130604212208.GC15594-uC3wQj2KruNg9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-05  0:46         ` Jeff Layton
2013-06-05  0:46           ` Jeff Layton
2013-06-05  0:46           ` [Cluster-devel] " Jeff Layton
2013-06-01  3:07   ` [PATCH v1 09/11] locks: turn the blocked_list into a hashtable Jeff Layton
2013-06-01  3:07     ` Jeff Layton
2013-06-01  3:07     ` [Cluster-devel] " Jeff Layton
2013-06-01  3:07   ` [PATCH v1 10/11] locks: add a new "lm_owner_key" lock operation Jeff Layton
2013-06-01  3:07     ` Jeff Layton
2013-06-01  3:07     ` [Cluster-devel] " Jeff Layton
2013-06-01  3:07   ` [PATCH v1 11/11] locks: give the blocked_hash its own spinlock Jeff Layton
2013-06-01  3:07     ` Jeff Layton
2013-06-01  3:07     ` [Cluster-devel] " Jeff Layton
     [not found]     ` <1370056054-25449-12-git-send-email-jlayton-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-04 14:19       ` Stefan (metze) Metzmacher
2013-06-04 14:19         ` Stefan (metze) Metzmacher
2013-06-04 14:19         ` [Cluster-devel] " Stefan Metzmacher
2013-06-04 14:39         ` Jeff Layton
2013-06-04 14:39           ` [Cluster-devel] " Jeff Layton
2013-06-04 14:46         ` Christoph Hellwig
2013-06-04 14:46           ` [Cluster-devel] " Christoph Hellwig
     [not found]           ` <20130604144640.GA7730-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-04 14:53             ` J. Bruce Fields [this message]
2013-06-04 14:53               ` J. Bruce Fields
2013-06-04 14:53               ` [Cluster-devel] " J. Bruce Fields
2013-06-04 15:15               ` Jeff Layton
2013-06-04 15:15                 ` [Cluster-devel] " Jeff Layton
2013-06-04 14:56             ` Jeff Layton
2013-06-04 14:56               ` Jeff Layton
2013-06-04 14:56               ` [Cluster-devel] " Jeff Layton
2013-06-03 19:04   ` [PATCH v1 00/11] locks: scalability improvements for file locking Davidlohr Bueso
2013-06-03 19:04     ` Davidlohr Bueso
2013-06-03 19:04     ` [Cluster-devel] " Davidlohr Bueso
2013-06-03 21:31   ` J. Bruce Fields
2013-06-03 21:31     ` J. Bruce Fields
2013-06-03 21:31     ` [Cluster-devel] " J. Bruce Fields
2013-06-04 10:54     ` Jeff Layton
2013-06-04 10:54       ` [Cluster-devel] " Jeff Layton
     [not found]       ` <20130604065417.46080a57-9yPaYZwiELC+kQycOl6kW4xkIHaj4LzF@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-04 11:56         ` Jim Rees
2013-06-04 11:56           ` Jim Rees
2013-06-04 11:56           ` [Cluster-devel] " Jim Rees
     [not found]           ` <20130604115644.GA4180-63aXycvo3TyHXe+LvDLADg@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-04 12:15             ` Jeff Layton
2013-06-04 12:15               ` Jeff Layton
2013-06-04 12:15               ` [Cluster-devel] " Jeff Layton

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