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From: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@kvack.org>
To: Kent Overstreet <koverstreet@google.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-aio@kvack.org,
	linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, zab@redhat.com, jmoyer@redhat.com,
	axboe@kernel.dk, viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk
Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/25] aio: Refcounting cleanup
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2012 19:46:31 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20121129004631.GE19042@kvack.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1354121029-1376-13-git-send-email-koverstreet@google.com>

Hi Kent,

On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 08:43:36AM -0800, Kent Overstreet wrote:
> + * now it's safe to cancel any that need to be.
> + */
> +static void free_ioctx(struct kioctx *ctx)
...
> +	aio_nr -= ctx->max_reqs;
> +	spin_unlock(&aio_nr_lock);
> +
> +	synchronize_rcu();
> +
> +	pr_debug("freeing %p\n", ctx);
> +	kmem_cache_free(kioctx_cachep, ctx);
> +}

As mentioned on irc, we probably want to avoid the synchronize_rcu() 
overhead, since delays here will impact the time it takes for a task to 
exit.  Cheers,

		-ben
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2012-11-29  0:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 53+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-11-28 16:43 [PATCH 00/25] AIO performance improvements/cleanups Kent Overstreet
2012-11-28 16:43 ` [PATCH 01/25] mm: remove old aio use_mm() comment Kent Overstreet
2012-11-28 16:43 ` [PATCH 02/25] aio: remove dead code from aio.h Kent Overstreet
2012-11-28 16:43 ` [PATCH 03/25] gadget: remove only user of aio retry Kent Overstreet
2012-11-28 16:43 ` [PATCH 04/25] aio: remove retry-based AIO Kent Overstreet
2012-11-28 16:43 ` [PATCH 05/25] char: add aio_{read,write} to /dev/{null,zero} Kent Overstreet
2012-11-28 16:43 ` [PATCH 06/25] aio: Kill return value of aio_complete() Kent Overstreet
2012-11-28 16:43 ` [PATCH 07/25] aio: kiocb_cancel() Kent Overstreet
2012-11-29  0:07   ` Zach Brown
2012-11-29  0:58     ` Kent Overstreet
2012-11-28 16:43 ` [PATCH 08/25] aio: Move private stuff out of aio.h Kent Overstreet
2012-11-28 16:43 ` [PATCH 09/25] aio: dprintk() -> pr_debug() Kent Overstreet
2012-11-28 16:43 ` [PATCH 10/25] aio: do fget() after aio_get_req() Kent Overstreet
2012-11-28 16:43 ` [PATCH 11/25] aio: Make aio_put_req() lockless Kent Overstreet
2012-11-28 16:43 ` [PATCH 12/25] aio: Refcounting cleanup Kent Overstreet
2012-11-29  0:17   ` Zach Brown
2012-11-29  1:12     ` Kent Overstreet
2012-11-29  0:46   ` Benjamin LaHaise [this message]
2012-11-29  1:38     ` Kent Overstreet
2012-11-28 16:43 ` [PATCH 13/25] aio: Convert read_events() to hrtimers Kent Overstreet
2012-11-29  0:24   ` Zach Brown
2012-11-29  1:05     ` Kent Overstreet
2012-11-28 16:43 ` [PATCH 14/25] aio: Make aio_read_evt() more efficient Kent Overstreet
2012-11-29  0:38   ` Zach Brown
2012-11-29 19:31     ` Kent Overstreet
2012-11-30  0:20     ` Kent Overstreet
2012-11-28 16:43 ` [PATCH 15/25] aio: Use cancellation list lazily Kent Overstreet
2012-11-28 16:43 ` [PATCH 16/25] aio: Change reqs_active to include unreaped completions Kent Overstreet
2012-11-28 16:43 ` [PATCH 17/25] aio: Kill batch allocation Kent Overstreet
2012-11-28 16:43 ` [PATCH 18/25] aio: Kill struct aio_ring_info Kent Overstreet
2012-11-28 16:43 ` [PATCH 19/25] aio: Give shared kioctx fields their own cachelines Kent Overstreet
2012-11-28 16:43 ` [PATCH 20/25] aio: reqs_active -> reqs_available Kent Overstreet
2012-11-28 16:43 ` [PATCH 21/25] aio: percpu reqs_available Kent Overstreet
2012-11-28 16:43 ` [PATCH 22/25] Generic dynamic per cpu refcounting Kent Overstreet
2012-11-29 18:45   ` Andi Kleen
2012-11-29 18:57     ` Kent Overstreet
2012-11-29 18:59       ` Andi Kleen
2012-11-29 19:12         ` Kent Overstreet
2012-11-29 19:20           ` Andi Kleen
2012-11-29 19:29             ` Kent Overstreet
2012-11-29 19:34               ` Benjamin LaHaise
2012-11-29 20:22                 ` Kent Overstreet
2012-11-29 20:42                   ` Andi Kleen
2012-11-29 20:45                     ` Kent Overstreet
2012-11-29 20:54                       ` Andi Kleen
2012-11-29 20:59                         ` Kent Overstreet
2012-11-29 21:57                           ` Jamie Lokier
2012-11-28 16:43 ` [PATCH 23/25] aio: Percpu ioctx refcount Kent Overstreet
2012-11-28 16:43 ` [PATCH 24/25] aio: use xchg() instead of completion_lock Kent Overstreet
2012-11-28 16:43 ` [PATCH 25/25] aio: Don't include aio.h in sched.h Kent Overstreet
2012-11-29  0:03 ` [PATCH 00/25] AIO performance improvements/cleanups Zach Brown
2012-11-29 19:01   ` Kent Overstreet
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2012-11-28  3:19 Kent Overstreet
2012-11-28  3:19 ` [PATCH 12/25] aio: Refcounting cleanup Kent Overstreet

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