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From: "Ken Chen" <kenchen@google.com>
To: "Siddha, Suresh B" <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: Re: [rfc] more granular page table lock for hugepages
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 13:23:00 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <b040c32a0710091323v7fab02b0vaab61f0ea12278d@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20071008225234.GC27824@linux-os.sc.intel.com>

On 10/8/07, Siddha, Suresh B <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com> wrote:
> Appended patch is a quick prototype which extends the concept of separate
> spinlock per page table page to hugepages. More granular spinlock will
> be used to guard the page table entries in the pmd page, instead of using the
> mm's single page_table_lock.

What path do you content on mm->page_table_lock?

The major fault for hugetlb page is blanket by
hugetlb_instantiation_mutex.  So likelihood of contention on
page_table spin lock is low.  For minor fault, I would think
mapping->i_mmap_lock will kick in before page table lock.  That left
follow_hugetlb_page path.  Is it the case?

Also are you contending within hugetlb regions, or contenting with
other vma regions?

- Ken

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  reply	other threads:[~2007-10-09 20:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-10-08 22:52 [rfc] more granular page table lock for hugepages Siddha, Suresh B
2007-10-09 20:23 ` Ken Chen [this message]
2007-10-09 21:05   ` Badari Pulavarty
2007-10-10  0:15     ` Siddha, Suresh B
2007-10-10  6:10       ` Ken Chen
2007-10-10  7:50         ` Ken Chen
2007-10-11 11:39           ` Nick Piggin
2007-10-12 20:34             ` Siddha, Suresh B
2007-10-13 23:27               ` Nick Piggin
2007-10-14  1:01                 ` [rfc] lockless get_user_pages for dio (and more) Nick Piggin
2007-10-14 18:19                   ` Siddha, Suresh B
2007-10-15  4:15                     ` Nick Piggin
2007-10-15 12:25                     ` Nick Piggin
2007-10-15 17:03                       ` Badari Pulavarty
2007-10-15 17:49                         ` Siddha, Suresh B
2007-10-15 17:54                       ` Siddha, Suresh B
2007-10-15 20:21                       ` Ken Chen
2007-10-16  2:15                         ` Nick Piggin
2007-10-16  0:14                           ` Dave Hansen
2007-10-16  3:26                             ` Nick Piggin
2007-10-16  3:32                           ` Nick Piggin
2007-12-10 21:30                       ` Dave Kleikamp
2007-12-12  4:57                         ` Nick Piggin
2007-12-12  5:11                           ` Dave Kleikamp
2007-12-12  5:40                             ` Nick Piggin
2008-01-16 19:58                               ` Dave Kleikamp
2008-01-17  6:34                                 ` Nick Piggin
2008-01-24  7:06                                 ` Nick Piggin
2007-10-14 15:42                 ` [rfc] more granular page table lock for hugepages Siddha, Suresh B
2007-10-15  4:17                   ` Nick Piggin

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