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To: Linus Torvalds
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v8 1/9] Restartable sequences system call
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2016 13:44:50 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160819204450.GB27677@cloud> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+55aFz+Q33m1+ju3ANaznBwYCcWo9D9WDr2=p0YLEF4gJF12g-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 01:23:57PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 1:07 PM, Mathieu Desnoyers
> <mathieu.desnoyers-vg+e7yoeK/dWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> >
> > Benchmarking various approaches for reading the current CPU number:
>
> So I'd like to see the benchmarks of something that actually *does* something.
>
> IOW, what's the bigger-picture "this is what it actually is useful
> for, and how it speeds things up".
>
> Nobody gets a cpu number just to get a cpu number - it's not a useful
> thing to benchmark. What does getcpu() so much that we care?
The combination of CPU number and restartable sequence allows userspace
to write "per-CPU" rather than "per-thread" algorithms, just as the
kernel can. The kernel can do that with preempt_disable(). Userspace
can do it with "tell me my CPU and restart me if preempted".
But yes, this needs a benchmark of, for instance, urcu implemented on
top of this, or some concrete data structure.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-08-19 20:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-08-19 20:07 [RFC PATCH v8 0/9] Restartable sequences system call Mathieu Desnoyers
[not found] ` <1471637274-13583-1-git-send-email-mathieu.desnoyers-vg+e7yoeK/dWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2016-08-19 20:07 ` [RFC PATCH v8 1/9] " Mathieu Desnoyers
[not found] ` <1471637274-13583-2-git-send-email-mathieu.desnoyers-vg+e7yoeK/dWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2016-08-19 20:23 ` Linus Torvalds
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2016-08-19 20:44 ` Josh Triplett [this message]
2016-08-19 20:59 ` Linus Torvalds
2016-08-19 20:56 ` Andi Kleen
[not found] ` <20160819205611.GF5871-1g7Xle2YJi4/4alezvVtWx2eb7JE58TQ@public.gmane.org>
2016-08-19 21:19 ` Paul E. McKenney
[not found] ` <20160819211946.GJ3482-23VcF4HTsmIX0ybBhKVfKdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>
2016-08-19 21:32 ` Linus Torvalds
2016-08-19 23:35 ` Paul E. McKenney
2016-08-19 21:24 ` Josh Triplett
2016-08-19 22:59 ` Dave Watson
2016-08-25 17:08 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
[not found] ` <545371402.19191.1472144912215.JavaMail.zimbra-vg+e7yoeK/dWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2016-08-25 17:56 ` Ben Maurer
2016-08-27 4:22 ` Josh Triplett
2016-08-29 15:16 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
[not found] ` <91715400.22162.1472483812389.JavaMail.zimbra-vg+e7yoeK/dWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2016-08-29 16:10 ` Josh Triplett
2016-08-30 2:01 ` Boqun Feng
2016-08-27 12:21 ` Pavel Machek
2016-08-19 20:07 ` [RFC PATCH v8 2/9] tracing: instrument restartable sequences Mathieu Desnoyers
2016-08-19 20:07 ` [RFC PATCH v8 3/9] Restartable sequences: ARM 32 architecture support Mathieu Desnoyers
2016-08-19 20:07 ` [RFC PATCH v8 4/9] Restartable sequences: wire up ARM 32 system call Mathieu Desnoyers
2016-08-19 20:07 ` [RFC PATCH v8 5/9] Restartable sequences: x86 32/64 architecture support Mathieu Desnoyers
2016-08-19 20:07 ` [RFC PATCH v8 6/9] Restartable sequences: wire up x86 32/64 system call Mathieu Desnoyers
2016-08-19 20:07 ` [RFC PATCH v8 7/9] Restartable sequences: powerpc architecture support Mathieu Desnoyers
2016-08-19 20:07 ` [RFC PATCH v8 8/9] Restartable sequences: Wire up powerpc system call Mathieu Desnoyers
2016-08-19 20:07 ` [RFC PATCH v8 9/9] Restartable sequences: self-tests Mathieu Desnoyers
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2016-11-26 23:43 [RFC PATCH v8 1/9] Restartable sequences system call Paul Turner
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