From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: mm-commits@vger.kernel.org,liam@infradead.org,akpm@linux-foundation.org
Subject: + maple_tree-optimise-mas_wr_node_store-when-not-in-rcu-mode.patch added to mm-unstable branch
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2026 15:43:48 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260821224349.67A4C1F00A3A@smtp.kernel.org> (raw)
The patch titled
Subject: maple_tree: optimise mas_wr_node_store() when not in rcu mode
has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is
maple_tree-optimise-mas_wr_node_store-when-not-in-rcu-mode.patch
This patch will shortly appear at
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/maple_tree-optimise-mas_wr_node_store-when-not-in-rcu-mode.patch
This patch will later appear in the mm-unstable branch at
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
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From: "Liam R. Howlett (Oracle)" <liam@infradead.org>
Subject: maple_tree: optimise mas_wr_node_store() when not in rcu mode
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2026 15:26:17 -0400
Clearing the entire node on the stack is unnecessary since most of the
node will be overwritten anyways. Just clear what isn't used after the
data is in place.
Benchmarking shows a speedup of 0.67% on a height 4 tree with 2048
entries.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260821192627.4085470-10-liam@infradead.org
Signed-off-by: Liam R. Howlett (Oracle) <liam@infradead.org>
Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
Cc: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
Cc: Chris Mason <clm@meta.com>
Cc: Chuck Lever <cel@kernel.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>
Cc: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---
lib/maple_tree.c | 20 +++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
--- a/lib/maple_tree.c~maple_tree-optimise-mas_wr_node_store-when-not-in-rcu-mode
+++ a/lib/maple_tree.c
@@ -3187,7 +3187,7 @@ static void mas_wr_spanning_store(struct
static inline void mas_wr_node_store(struct ma_wr_state *wr_mas)
{
unsigned char dst_offset, offset_end;
- unsigned char copy_size, node_pivots;
+ unsigned char copy_size, node_pivots, node_slots;
struct maple_node reuse, *newnode;
unsigned long *dst_pivots;
void __rcu **dst_slots;
@@ -3200,6 +3200,7 @@ static inline void mas_wr_node_store(str
in_rcu = mt_in_rcu(mas->tree);
offset_end = wr_mas->offset_end;
node_pivots = mt_pivots[wr_mas->type];
+ node_slots = mt_slots[wr_mas->type];
/* Assume last adds an entry */
new_end = mas->end + 1 - offset_end + mas->offset;
if (mas->last == wr_mas->end_piv) {
@@ -3211,7 +3212,6 @@ static inline void mas_wr_node_store(str
if (in_rcu) {
newnode = mas_pop_node(mas);
} else {
- memset(&reuse, 0, sizeof(struct maple_node));
newnode = &reuse;
}
@@ -3255,7 +3255,21 @@ static inline void mas_wr_node_store(str
dst_pivots[new_end] = mas->max;
done:
- mas_leaf_set_meta(newnode, maple_leaf_64, new_end);
+ if (!in_rcu && new_end + 2 < node_slots) {
+ unsigned char clear_from = new_end + 1;
+
+ /*
+ * Note that the last slot is never cleared, since the metadata
+ * will be stored there or it has a value.
+ */
+ memset(dst_slots + clear_from, 0,
+ sizeof(void __rcu *) * (node_slots - clear_from));
+ if (clear_from < node_pivots)
+ memset(dst_pivots + clear_from, 0,
+ sizeof(unsigned long) * (node_pivots - clear_from));
+ }
+
+ mas_leaf_set_meta(newnode, wr_mas->type, new_end);
if (in_rcu) {
struct maple_enode *old_enode = mas->node;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from liam@infradead.org are
maple_tree-add-rcu-locking-check-when-lockdep-is-enabled.patch
locking-lockdep-add-sequence-counter-to-held_lock.patch
maple_tree-add-write-lock-checking-with-lockdep-sequence-numbers.patch
maple_tree-documentation-fix.patch
maple_tree-drop-dead-code-from-mas_extend_spanning_null.patch
maple_tree-drop-maple_alloc_slots.patch
maple_tree-clarify-comments-on-mas_nomem.patch
maple_tree-use-prefetched-value-in-mas_wr_store_type.patch
maple_tree-optimise-mas_wr_node_store-when-not-in-rcu-mode.patch
maple_tree-micro-optimisation-of-mas_wr_store_type.patch
maple_tree-add-bulk-parent-set-helper.patch
maple_tree-catch-race-in-mas_alloc_cyclic.patch
maple_tree-document-that-erase-may-use-gfp_kernel-for-allocations.patch
maple_tree-avoid-mas_erase-and-mtree_erase-failures.patch
maple_tree-document-erase-and-allocations-better.patch
maple_tree-change-two-gfp-flags-in-tests.patch
maple_tree-fix-argument-name-in-header.patch
maple_tree-avoid-extra-gap-calculation.patch
maple_tree-add-helper-mas_make_walkable.patch
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