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From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Gleb Natapov <gleb@redhat.com>,
	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
	kvm@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] kvm: optimize out smp_mb after srcu_read_unlock
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2013 22:36:25 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1383592884-2535-2-git-send-email-mst@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1383592884-2535-1-git-send-email-mst@redhat.com>

I noticed that srcu_read_lock/unlock both have a memory barrier,
so just by moving srcu_read_unlock earlier we can get rid of
one call to smp_mb() using smp_mb__after_srcu_read_unlock instead.

Unsurprisingly, the gain is small but measureable using the unit test
microbenchmark:
before
        vmcall in the ballpark of 1410 cycles
after
        vmcall in the ballpark of 1360 cycles

Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index e5ca72a..d609dce 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -5945,10 +5945,12 @@ static int vcpu_enter_guest(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 
 	vcpu->mode = IN_GUEST_MODE;
 
+	srcu_read_unlock(&vcpu->kvm->srcu, vcpu->srcu_idx);
+
 	/* We should set ->mode before check ->requests,
 	 * see the comment in make_all_cpus_request.
 	 */
-	smp_mb();
+	smp_mb__after_srcu_read_unlock();
 
 	local_irq_disable();
 
@@ -5958,12 +5960,11 @@ static int vcpu_enter_guest(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 		smp_wmb();
 		local_irq_enable();
 		preempt_enable();
+		vcpu->srcu_idx = srcu_read_lock(&vcpu->kvm->srcu);
 		r = 1;
 		goto cancel_injection;
 	}
 
-	srcu_read_unlock(&vcpu->kvm->srcu, vcpu->srcu_idx);
-
 	if (req_immediate_exit)
 		smp_send_reschedule(vcpu->cpu);
 
-- 
MST


  reply	other threads:[~2013-11-04 20:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-11-04 20:36 [PATCH 1/2] srcu: API for barrier after srcu read unlock Michael S. Tsirkin
2013-11-04 20:36 ` Michael S. Tsirkin [this message]
2013-11-04 20:55 ` Paul E. McKenney
2013-11-06 15:00   ` Lai Jiangshan
2013-11-06 20:00     ` Paul E. McKenney

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