[PATCH] modules: Use a better scheme for refcounting

Eric Dumazet
2008-05-15T20:40:59Z

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Current refcounting for modules (done if CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD=y)
is using a lot of memory.

Each 'struct module' contains an [NR_CPUS] array of full cache lines.

This patch uses existing infrastructure (percpu_modalloc() &
percpu_modfree())
to allocate percpu space for the refcount storage.

Instead of wasting NR_CPUS*128 bytes (on i386), we now use
num_possible_cpus*sizeof(local_t) bytes.

On a typical distro, where NR_CPUS=8, shiping 2000 modules, we reduce
size of module files by about 2 Mbytes. (1Kb per module)

Instead of having all refcounters in the same memory node - with TLB misses
because of vmalloc() - this new implementation permits to have better
NUMA properties, since each CPU will use storage on its preferred node,
thanks to percpu storage.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com>
---
include/linux/module.h | 25 ++++++++++++++++---------
kernel/module.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
2 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

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diff --git a/include/linux/module.h b/include/linux/module.h
index 3e03b1a..72db614 100644
--- a/include/linux/module.h
+++ b/include/linux/module.h
@@ -217,11 +217,6 @@ void *__symbol_get_gpl(const char *symbol);

#endif

-struct module_ref
-{
- local_t count;
-} ____cacheline_aligned;
-
enum module_state
{
MODULE_STATE_LIVE,
@@ -307,8 +302,11 @@ struct module

#ifdef CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD
/* Reference counts */
- struct module_ref ref[NR_CPUS];
-
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+ char *refptr;
+#else
+ local_t ref;
+#endif
/* What modules depend on me? */
struct list_head modules_which_use_me;

@@ -378,13 +376,22 @@ void __symbol_put(const char *symbol);
#define symbol_put(x) __symbol_put(MODULE_SYMBOL_PREFIX #x)
void symbol_put_addr(void *addr);

+static inline local_t *__module_ref_addr(struct module *mod, int cpu)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+ return (local_t *) (mod->refptr + per_cpu_offset(cpu));
+#else
+ return &mod->ref;
+#endif
+}
+
/* Sometimes we know we already have a refcount, and it's easier not
to handle the error case (which only happens with rmmod --wait). */
static inline void __module_get(struct module *module)
{
if (module) {
BUG_ON(module_refcount(module) == 0);
- local_inc(&module->ref[get_cpu()].count);
+ local_inc(__module_ref_addr(module, get_cpu()));
put_cpu();
}
}
@@ -396,7 +403,7 @@ static inline int try_module_get(struct module *module)
if (module) {
unsigned int cpu = get_cpu();
if (likely(module_is_live(module)))
- local_inc(&module->ref[cpu].count);
+ local_inc(__module_ref_addr(module, cpu));
else
ret = 0;
put_cpu();
diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index f5e9491..e0e8712 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -522,13 +522,13 @@ static char last_unloaded_module[MODULE_NAME_LEN+1];
/* Init the unload section of the module. */
static void module_unload_init(struct module *mod)
{
- unsigned int i;
+ int cpu;

INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mod->modules_which_use_me);
- for (i = 0; i < NR_CPUS; i++)
- local_set(&mod->ref[i].count, 0);
+ for_each_possible_cpu(cpu)
+ local_set(__module_ref_addr(mod, cpu), 0);
/* Hold reference count during initialization. */
- local_set(&mod->ref[raw_smp_processor_id()].count, 1);
+ local_set(__module_ref_addr(mod, raw_smp_processor_id()), 1);
/* Backwards compatibility macros put refcount during init. */
mod->waiter = current;
}
@@ -659,10 +659,11 @@ static int try_stop_module(struct module *mod, int flags, int *forced)

unsigned int module_refcount(struct module *mod)
{
- unsigned int i, total = 0;
+ unsigned int total = 0;
+ int cpu;

- for (i = 0; i < NR_CPUS; i++)
- total += local_read(&mod->ref[i].count);
+ for_each_possible_cpu(cpu)
+ total += local_read(__module_ref_addr(mod, cpu));
return total;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(module_refcount);
@@ -824,7 +825,7 @@ void module_put(struct module *module)
{
if (module) {
unsigned int cpu = get_cpu();
- local_dec(&module->ref[cpu].count);
+ local_dec(__module_ref_addr(module, cpu));
/* Maybe they're waiting for us to drop reference? */
if (unlikely(!module_is_live(module)))
wake_up_process(module->waiter);
@@ -1392,7 +1393,10 @@ static void free_module(struct module *mod)
kfree(mod->args);
if (mod->percpu)
percpu_modfree(mod->percpu);
-
+#if defined(CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD) && defined(CONFIG_SMP)
+ if (mod->refptr)
+ percpu_modfree(mod->refptr);
+#endif
/* Free lock-classes: */
lockdep_free_key_range(mod->module_core, mod->core_size);

@@ -1760,6 +1764,9 @@ static struct module *load_module(void __user *umod,
unsigned int markersstringsindex;
struct module *mod;
long err = 0;
+#if defined(CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD) && defined(CONFIG_SMP)
+ void *refptr = NULL;
+#endif
void *percpu = NULL, *ptr = NULL; /* Stops spurious gcc warning */
struct exception_table_entry *extable;
mm_segment_t old_fs;
@@ -1904,6 +1911,12 @@ static struct module *load_module(void __user *umod,
if (err < 0)
goto free_mod;

+#if defined(CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD) && defined(CONFIG_SMP)
+ refptr = percpu_modalloc(sizeof(local_t), sizeof(local_t), mod->name);
+ if (!refptr)
+ goto free_mod;
+ mod->refptr = refptr;
+#endif
if (pcpuindex) {
/* We have a special allocation for this section. */
percpu = percpu_modalloc(sechdrs[pcpuindex].sh_size,
@@ -1911,7 +1924,7 @@ static struct module *load_module(void __user *umod,
mod->name);
if (!percpu) {
err = -ENOMEM;
- goto free_mod;
+ goto free_percpu;
}
sechdrs[pcpuindex].sh_flags &= ~(unsigned long)SHF_ALLOC;
mod->percpu = percpu;
@@ -2164,6 +2177,10 @@ static struct module *load_module(void __user *umod,
free_percpu:
if (percpu)
percpu_modfree(percpu);
+#if defined(CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD) && defined(CONFIG_SMP)
+ if (refptr)
+ percpu_modfree(refptr);
+#endif
free_mod:
kfree(args);