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From: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au>
To: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Linux Memory Management <linux-mm@kvack.org>
Subject: [patch 6] mm: spinlock tree_lock
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 16:35:22 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <42BF9E2A.7060006@yahoo.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <42BF9E03.9050507@yahoo.com.au>

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SUSE Labs, Novell Inc.

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With practially all the read locks gone from mapping->tree_lock,
convert the lock from an rwlock back to a spinlock.

The remaining locks including the read locks mainly deal with IO
submission and not the lookup fastpaths.

Index: linux-2.6/fs/buffer.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/fs/buffer.c
+++ linux-2.6/fs/buffer.c
@@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ int __set_page_dirty_buffers(struct page
 	spin_unlock(&mapping->private_lock);
 
 	if (!TestSetPageDirty(page)) {
-		write_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
+		spin_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
 		if (page->mapping) {	/* Race with truncate? */
 			if (mapping_cap_account_dirty(mapping))
 				inc_page_state(nr_dirty);
@@ -883,7 +883,7 @@ int __set_page_dirty_buffers(struct page
 						page_index(page),
 						PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY);
 		}
-		write_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
+		spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
 		__mark_inode_dirty(mapping->host, I_DIRTY_PAGES);
 	}
 	
Index: linux-2.6/fs/inode.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/fs/inode.c
+++ linux-2.6/fs/inode.c
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ void inode_init_once(struct inode *inode
 	sema_init(&inode->i_sem, 1);
 	init_rwsem(&inode->i_alloc_sem);
 	INIT_RADIX_TREE(&inode->i_data.page_tree, GFP_ATOMIC);
-	rwlock_init(&inode->i_data.tree_lock);
+	spin_lock_init(&inode->i_data.tree_lock);
 	spin_lock_init(&inode->i_data.i_mmap_lock);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_data.private_list);
 	spin_lock_init(&inode->i_data.private_lock);
Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/fs.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/fs.h
+++ linux-2.6/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ struct backing_dev_info;
 struct address_space {
 	struct inode		*host;		/* owner: inode, block_device */
 	struct radix_tree_root	page_tree;	/* radix tree of all pages */
-	rwlock_t		tree_lock;	/* and rwlock protecting it */
+	spinlock_t		tree_lock;	/* and lock protecting it */
 	unsigned int		i_mmap_writable;/* count VM_SHARED mappings */
 	struct prio_tree_root	i_mmap;		/* tree of private and shared mappings */
 	struct list_head	i_mmap_nonlinear;/*list VM_NONLINEAR mappings */
Index: linux-2.6/mm/filemap.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/mm/filemap.c
+++ linux-2.6/mm/filemap.c
@@ -120,9 +120,9 @@ void remove_from_page_cache(struct page 
 
 	BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page));
 
-	write_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
+	spin_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
 	__remove_from_page_cache(page);
-	write_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
+	spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
 }
 
 static int sync_page(void *word)
@@ -383,13 +383,13 @@ int add_to_page_cache(struct page *page,
 		page->mapping = mapping;
 		page->index = offset;
 
-		write_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
+		spin_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
 		error = radix_tree_insert(&mapping->page_tree, offset, page);
 		if (!error) {
 			mapping->nrpages++;
 			pagecache_acct(1);
 		}
-		write_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
+		spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
 		radix_tree_preload_end();
 
 		if (error) {
@@ -647,12 +647,12 @@ unsigned find_get_pages(struct address_s
 	unsigned int i;
 	unsigned int ret;
 
-	read_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
+	spin_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
 	ret = radix_tree_gang_lookup(&mapping->page_tree,
 				(void **)pages, start, nr_pages);
 	for (i = 0; i < ret; i++)
 		page_cache_get(pages[i]);
-	read_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
+	spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -690,14 +690,14 @@ unsigned find_get_pages_tag(struct addre
 	unsigned int i;
 	unsigned int ret;
 
-	read_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
+	spin_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
 	ret = radix_tree_gang_lookup_tag(&mapping->page_tree,
 				(void **)pages, *index, nr_pages, tag);
 	for (i = 0; i < ret; i++)
 		page_cache_get(pages[i]);
 	if (ret)
 		*index = pages[ret - 1]->index + 1;
-	read_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
+	spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
 	return ret;
 }
 
Index: linux-2.6/mm/swap_state.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/mm/swap_state.c
+++ linux-2.6/mm/swap_state.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ static struct backing_dev_info swap_back
 
 struct address_space swapper_space = {
 	.page_tree	= RADIX_TREE_INIT(GFP_ATOMIC|__GFP_NOWARN),
-	.tree_lock	= RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED,
+	.tree_lock	= SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED,
 	.a_ops		= &swap_aops,
 	.i_mmap_nonlinear = LIST_HEAD_INIT(swapper_space.i_mmap_nonlinear),
 	.backing_dev_info = &swap_backing_dev_info,
@@ -81,14 +81,14 @@ static int __add_to_swap_cache(struct pa
 		SetPageSwapCache(page);
 		page->private = entry.val;
 
-		write_lock_irq(&swapper_space.tree_lock);
+		spin_lock_irq(&swapper_space.tree_lock);
 		error = radix_tree_insert(&swapper_space.page_tree,
 						entry.val, page);
 		if (!error) {
 			total_swapcache_pages++;
 			pagecache_acct(1);
 		}
-		write_unlock_irq(&swapper_space.tree_lock);
+		spin_unlock_irq(&swapper_space.tree_lock);
 		radix_tree_preload_end();
 
 		if (error) {
@@ -210,9 +210,9 @@ void delete_from_swap_cache(struct page 
   
 	entry.val = page->private;
 
-	write_lock_irq(&swapper_space.tree_lock);
+	spin_lock_irq(&swapper_space.tree_lock);
 	__delete_from_swap_cache(page);
-	write_unlock_irq(&swapper_space.tree_lock);
+	spin_unlock_irq(&swapper_space.tree_lock);
 
 	swap_free(entry);
 	page_cache_release(page);
Index: linux-2.6/mm/swapfile.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/mm/swapfile.c
+++ linux-2.6/mm/swapfile.c
@@ -339,13 +339,13 @@ int remove_exclusive_swap_page(struct pa
 	if (p->swap_map[swp_offset(entry)] == 1) {
 		/* Recheck the page count with the swapcache lock held.. */
 		SetPageFreeing(page);
-		write_lock_irq(&swapper_space.tree_lock);
+		spin_lock_irq(&swapper_space.tree_lock);
 		if ((page_count(page) == 2) && !PageWriteback(page)) {
 			__delete_from_swap_cache(page);
 			SetPageDirty(page);
 			retval = 1;
 		}
-		write_unlock_irq(&swapper_space.tree_lock);
+		spin_unlock_irq(&swapper_space.tree_lock);
 		ClearPageFreeing(page);
 	}
 	swap_info_put(p);
Index: linux-2.6/mm/truncate.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/mm/truncate.c
+++ linux-2.6/mm/truncate.c
@@ -76,15 +76,15 @@ invalidate_complete_page(struct address_
 	if (PagePrivate(page) && !try_to_release_page(page, 0))
 		return 0;
 
-	write_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
+	spin_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
 	if (PageDirty(page)) {
-		write_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
+		spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
 	BUG_ON(PagePrivate(page));
 	__remove_from_page_cache(page);
-	write_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
+	spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
 	ClearPageUptodate(page);
 	page_cache_release(page);	/* pagecache ref */
 	return 1;
Index: linux-2.6/mm/vmscan.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/mm/vmscan.c
+++ linux-2.6/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ static int shrink_list(struct list_head 
 			goto keep_locked;	/* truncate got there first */
 
 		SetPageFreeing(page);
-		write_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
+		spin_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
 
 		/*
 		 * The non-racy check for busy page.  It is critical to check
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ static int shrink_list(struct list_head 
 		 * not in use by anybody. 	(pagecache + us == 2)
 		 */
 		if (page_count(page) != 2 || PageDirty(page)) {
-			write_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
+			spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
 			ClearPageFreeing(page);
 			goto keep_locked;
 		}
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ static int shrink_list(struct list_head 
 		if (PageSwapCache(page)) {
 			swp_entry_t swap = { .val = page->private };
 			__delete_from_swap_cache(page);
-			write_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
+			spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
 			swap_free(swap);
 			__put_page(page);	/* The pagecache ref */
 			goto free_it;
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ static int shrink_list(struct list_head 
 #endif /* CONFIG_SWAP */
 
 		__remove_from_page_cache(page);
-		write_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
+		spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
 		__put_page(page);
 
 free_it:
Index: linux-2.6/mm/page-writeback.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ linux-2.6/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ int __set_page_dirty_nobuffers(struct pa
 		struct address_space *mapping2;
 
 		if (mapping) {
-			write_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
+			spin_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
 			mapping2 = page_mapping(page);
 			if (mapping2) { /* Race with truncate? */
 				BUG_ON(mapping2 != mapping);
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ int __set_page_dirty_nobuffers(struct pa
 				radix_tree_tag_set(&mapping->page_tree,
 					page_index(page), PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY);
 			}
-			write_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
+			spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
 			if (mapping->host) {
 				/* !PageAnon && !swapper_space */
 				__mark_inode_dirty(mapping->host,
@@ -707,17 +707,17 @@ int test_clear_page_dirty(struct page *p
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	if (mapping) {
-		write_lock_irqsave(&mapping->tree_lock, flags);
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&mapping->tree_lock, flags);
 		if (TestClearPageDirty(page)) {
 			radix_tree_tag_clear(&mapping->page_tree,
 						page_index(page),
 						PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY);
-			write_unlock_irqrestore(&mapping->tree_lock, flags);
+			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mapping->tree_lock, flags);
 			if (mapping_cap_account_dirty(mapping))
 				dec_page_state(nr_dirty);
 			return 1;
 		}
-		write_unlock_irqrestore(&mapping->tree_lock, flags);
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mapping->tree_lock, flags);
 		return 0;
 	}
 	return TestClearPageDirty(page);
@@ -762,13 +762,13 @@ int test_clear_page_writeback(struct pag
 	if (mapping) {
 		unsigned long flags;
 
-		write_lock_irqsave(&mapping->tree_lock, flags);
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&mapping->tree_lock, flags);
 		ret = TestClearPageWriteback(page);
 		if (ret)
 			radix_tree_tag_clear(&mapping->page_tree,
 						page_index(page),
 						PAGECACHE_TAG_WRITEBACK);
-		write_unlock_irqrestore(&mapping->tree_lock, flags);
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mapping->tree_lock, flags);
 	} else {
 		ret = TestClearPageWriteback(page);
 	}
@@ -783,7 +783,7 @@ int test_set_page_writeback(struct page 
 	if (mapping) {
 		unsigned long flags;
 
-		write_lock_irqsave(&mapping->tree_lock, flags);
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&mapping->tree_lock, flags);
 		ret = TestSetPageWriteback(page);
 		if (!ret)
 			radix_tree_tag_set(&mapping->page_tree,
@@ -793,7 +793,7 @@ int test_set_page_writeback(struct page 
 			radix_tree_tag_clear(&mapping->page_tree,
 						page_index(page),
 						PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY);
-		write_unlock_irqrestore(&mapping->tree_lock, flags);
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mapping->tree_lock, flags);
 	} else {
 		ret = TestSetPageWriteback(page);
 	}
@@ -812,9 +812,9 @@ int mapping_tagged(struct address_space 
 	int ret;
 
 	/* XXX: radix_tree_tagged is safe to run without the lock */
-	read_lock_irqsave(&mapping->tree_lock, flags);
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&mapping->tree_lock, flags);
 	ret = radix_tree_tagged(&mapping->page_tree, tag);
-	read_unlock_irqrestore(&mapping->tree_lock, flags);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mapping->tree_lock, flags);
 	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(mapping_tagged);
Index: linux-2.6/drivers/mtd/devices/block2mtd.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/mtd/devices/block2mtd.c
+++ linux-2.6/drivers/mtd/devices/block2mtd.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ void cache_readahead(struct address_spac
 
 	end_index = ((isize - 1) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT);
 
-	read_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
+	spin_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
 	for (i = 0; i < PAGE_READAHEAD; i++) {
 		pagei = index + i;
 		if (pagei > end_index) {
@@ -71,16 +71,16 @@ void cache_readahead(struct address_spac
 			break;
 		if (page)
 			continue;
-		read_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
+		spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
 		page = page_cache_alloc_cold(mapping);
-		read_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
+		spin_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
 		if (!page)
 			break;
 		page->index = pagei;
 		list_add(&page->lru, &page_pool);
 		ret++;
 	}
-	read_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
+	spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
 	if (ret)
 		read_cache_pages(mapping, &page_pool, filler, NULL);
 }
Index: linux-2.6/include/asm-arm/cacheflush.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/include/asm-arm/cacheflush.h
+++ linux-2.6/include/asm-arm/cacheflush.h
@@ -315,9 +315,9 @@ flush_cache_page(struct vm_area_struct *
 extern void flush_dcache_page(struct page *);
 
 #define flush_dcache_mmap_lock(mapping) \
-	write_lock_irq(&(mapping)->tree_lock)
+	spin_lock_irq(&(mapping)->tree_lock)
 #define flush_dcache_mmap_unlock(mapping) \
-	write_unlock_irq(&(mapping)->tree_lock)
+	spin_unlock_irq(&(mapping)->tree_lock)
 
 #define flush_icache_user_range(vma,page,addr,len) \
 	flush_dcache_page(page)
Index: linux-2.6/include/asm-parisc/cacheflush.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/include/asm-parisc/cacheflush.h
+++ linux-2.6/include/asm-parisc/cacheflush.h
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ flush_user_icache_range(unsigned long st
 extern void flush_dcache_page(struct page *page);
 
 #define flush_dcache_mmap_lock(mapping) \
-	write_lock_irq(&(mapping)->tree_lock)
+	spin_lock_irq(&(mapping)->tree_lock)
 #define flush_dcache_mmap_unlock(mapping) \
-	write_unlock_irq(&(mapping)->tree_lock)
+	spin_unlock_irq(&(mapping)->tree_lock)
 
 #define flush_icache_page(vma,page)	do { flush_kernel_dcache_page(page_address(page)); flush_kernel_icache_page(page_address(page)); } while (0)
 

  reply	other threads:[~2005-06-27  6:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 106+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-06-27  6:29 [rfc] lockless pagecache Nick Piggin
2005-06-27  6:29 ` Nick Piggin
2005-06-27  6:32 ` [patch 1] mm: PG_free flag Nick Piggin
2005-06-27  6:32   ` [patch 2] mm: speculative get_page Nick Piggin
2005-06-27  6:33     ` [patch 3] radix tree: lookup_slot Nick Piggin
2005-06-27  6:34       ` [patch 4] radix tree: lockless readside Nick Piggin
2005-06-27  6:34         ` [patch 5] mm: lockless pagecache lookups Nick Piggin
2005-06-27  6:35           ` Nick Piggin [this message]
2005-06-27 14:12     ` [patch 2] mm: speculative get_page William Lee Irwin III
2005-06-27 14:12       ` William Lee Irwin III
2005-06-28  0:03       ` Nick Piggin
2005-06-28  0:03         ` Nick Piggin
2005-06-28  0:56         ` Nick Piggin
2005-06-28  0:56           ` Nick Piggin
2005-06-28  1:22         ` William Lee Irwin III
2005-06-28  1:22           ` William Lee Irwin III
2005-06-28  1:42           ` Nick Piggin
2005-06-28  1:42             ` Nick Piggin
2005-06-28  4:06             ` William Lee Irwin III
2005-06-28  4:06               ` William Lee Irwin III
2005-06-28  4:50               ` Nick Piggin
2005-06-28  4:50                 ` Nick Piggin
2005-06-28  5:08                 ` David S. Miller
2005-06-28  5:08                   ` [patch 2] mm: speculative get_page, " David S. Miller, Nick Piggin
2005-06-28  5:34                   ` Nick Piggin
2005-06-28  5:34                     ` Nick Piggin
2005-06-28 14:19                   ` William Lee Irwin III
2005-06-28 14:19                     ` William Lee Irwin III
2005-06-28 15:43                     ` Nick Piggin
2005-06-28 15:43                       ` Nick Piggin
2005-06-28 17:01                       ` Christoph Lameter
2005-06-28 17:01                         ` Christoph Lameter
2005-06-28 23:10                         ` Nick Piggin
2005-06-28 23:10                           ` Nick Piggin
2005-06-28 21:32                   ` Jesse Barnes
2005-06-28 21:32                     ` Jesse Barnes
2005-06-28 22:17                     ` Christoph Lameter
2005-06-28 22:17                       ` Christoph Lameter
2005-06-28 12:45     ` Andy Whitcroft
2005-06-28 12:45       ` Andy Whitcroft
2005-06-28 13:16       ` Nick Piggin
2005-06-28 13:16         ` Nick Piggin
2005-06-28 16:02         ` Dave Hansen
2005-06-28 16:02           ` Dave Hansen
2005-06-29 16:31           ` Pavel Machek
2005-06-29 16:31             ` Pavel Machek
2005-06-29 18:43             ` Dave Hansen
2005-06-29 18:43               ` Dave Hansen
2005-06-29 21:22               ` Pavel Machek
2005-06-29 21:22                 ` Pavel Machek
2005-06-29 16:31         ` Pavel Machek
2005-06-29 16:31           ` Pavel Machek
2005-06-27  6:43 ` VFS scalability (was: [rfc] lockless pagecache) Nick Piggin
2005-06-27  6:43   ` Nick Piggin
2005-06-27  7:13   ` Andi Kleen
2005-06-27  7:13     ` Andi Kleen
2005-06-27  7:33     ` VFS scalability Nick Piggin
2005-06-27  7:33       ` Nick Piggin
2005-06-27  7:44       ` Andi Kleen
2005-06-27  7:44         ` Andi Kleen
2005-06-27  8:03         ` Nick Piggin
2005-06-27  8:03           ` Nick Piggin
2005-06-27  7:46 ` [rfc] lockless pagecache Andrew Morton
2005-06-27  7:46   ` Andrew Morton
2005-06-27  8:02   ` Nick Piggin
2005-06-27  8:02     ` Nick Piggin
2005-06-27  8:15     ` Andrew Morton
2005-06-27  8:15       ` Andrew Morton
2005-06-27  8:28       ` Nick Piggin
2005-06-27  8:28         ` Nick Piggin
2005-06-27  8:56     ` Lincoln Dale
2005-06-27  8:56       ` Lincoln Dale
2005-06-27  9:04       ` Nick Piggin
2005-06-27  9:04         ` Nick Piggin
2005-06-27 18:14         ` Chen, Kenneth W
2005-06-27 18:14           ` Chen, Kenneth W
2005-06-27 18:50           ` Badari Pulavarty
2005-06-27 18:50             ` Badari Pulavarty
2005-06-27 19:05             ` Chen, Kenneth W
2005-06-27 19:05               ` Chen, Kenneth W
2005-06-27 19:22               ` Christoph Lameter
2005-06-27 19:22                 ` Christoph Lameter
2005-06-27 19:42                 ` Chen, Kenneth W
2005-06-27 19:42                   ` Chen, Kenneth W
2005-07-05 15:11                   ` Sonny Rao
2005-07-05 15:11                     ` Sonny Rao
2005-07-05 15:31                     ` Martin J. Bligh
2005-07-05 15:31                       ` Martin J. Bligh
2005-07-05 15:37                       ` Sonny Rao
2005-07-05 15:37                         ` Sonny Rao
2005-06-27 13:17     ` Benjamin LaHaise
2005-06-27 13:17       ` Benjamin LaHaise
2005-06-28  0:32       ` Nick Piggin
2005-06-28  0:32         ` Nick Piggin
2005-06-28  1:26         ` William Lee Irwin III
2005-06-28  1:26           ` William Lee Irwin III
2005-06-27 14:08   ` Martin J. Bligh
2005-06-27 14:08     ` Martin J. Bligh
2005-06-27 17:49   ` Christoph Lameter
2005-06-27 17:49     ` Christoph Lameter
2005-06-29 10:49 ` Hirokazu Takahashi
2005-06-29 10:49   ` Hirokazu Takahashi
2005-06-29 11:38   ` Nick Piggin
2005-06-29 11:38     ` Nick Piggin
2005-06-30  3:32     ` Hirokazu Takahashi
2005-06-30  3:32       ` Hirokazu Takahashi

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