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From: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net>
To: Waiman Long <waiman.long@hpe.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org,
	linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org, linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org,
	Jason Low <jason.low2@hp.com>, Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>,
	Scott J Norton <scott.norton@hpe.com>,
	Douglas Hatch <doug.hatch@hpe.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH-tip v2 2/6] locking/rwsem: Stop active read lock ASAP
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2016 19:14:36 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160616021436.GA7765@linux-80c1.suse> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5761A9DE.6040702@hpe.com>

On Wed, 15 Jun 2016, Waiman Long wrote:

>I think there will be a little bit of performance impact for a 
>workload that produce just the right amount of rwsem contentions. 

I'm not saying the change doesn't make sense, but this is the sort of
thing that will show nice numbers in one workload and go bite you in
another.

Thanks,
Davidlohr

  reply	other threads:[~2016-06-16  2:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-06-14 22:48 [RFC PATCH-tip v2 0/6] locking/rwsem: Enable reader optimistic spinning Waiman Long
2016-06-14 22:48 ` [RFC PATCH-tip v2 1/6] locking/osq: Make lock/unlock proper acquire/release barrier Waiman Long
2016-06-15  8:04   ` Boqun Feng
2016-06-15 17:18     ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-06-15 19:01     ` Waiman Long
2016-06-16  2:19       ` Boqun Feng
2016-06-16 10:16         ` Will Deacon
2016-06-16 21:35         ` Waiman Long
2016-06-17  0:48           ` Boqun Feng
2016-06-17 15:26             ` Waiman Long
2016-06-17 15:45               ` Will Deacon
2016-06-17 18:17                 ` Waiman Long
2016-06-18  8:46                   ` Boqun Feng
2016-06-20  7:59                     ` Will Deacon
2016-06-15 16:56   ` Davidlohr Bueso
2016-06-15 17:12     ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-06-15 18:27       ` Davidlohr Bueso
2016-06-15 18:40         ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-06-15 18:56           ` Davidlohr Bueso
2016-06-17  1:11           ` Davidlohr Bueso
2016-06-17 14:28             ` Waiman Long
2016-06-17 16:29               ` Davidlohr Bueso
2016-06-17 16:46                 ` Davidlohr Bueso
2016-06-15 19:08       ` Waiman Long
2016-06-15 20:04         ` Waiman Long
2016-06-15 21:59           ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-06-14 22:48 ` [RFC PATCH-tip v2 2/6] locking/rwsem: Stop active read lock ASAP Waiman Long
2016-06-15 17:22   ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-06-15 19:17     ` Waiman Long
2016-06-16  2:14       ` Davidlohr Bueso [this message]
2016-06-16 21:25         ` Waiman Long
2016-06-14 22:48 ` [RFC PATCH-tip v2 3/6] locking/rwsem: Enable count-based spinning on reader Waiman Long
2016-06-15 17:38   ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-06-15 19:28     ` Waiman Long
2016-06-14 22:48 ` [RFC PATCH-tip v2 4/6] locking/rwsem: move down rwsem_down_read_failed function Waiman Long
2016-06-15 17:40   ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-06-15 19:21     ` Waiman Long
2016-06-14 22:48 ` [RFC PATCH-tip v2 5/6] locking/rwsem: Change RWSEM_WAITING_BIAS for better disambiguation Waiman Long
2016-06-15 17:43   ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-06-15 19:31     ` Waiman Long
2016-06-15 21:57       ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-06-15 17:45   ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-06-15 19:35     ` Waiman Long
2016-06-14 22:48 ` [RFC PATCH-tip v2 6/6] locking/rwsem: Enable spinning readers Waiman Long

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