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* [cpuops cmpxchg double V3 0/5] this_cpu_cmpxchg_double support
@ 2011-02-25 17:38 Christoph Lameter
  2011-02-25 17:38 ` [cpuops cmpxchg double V3 1/5] slub: min_partial needs to be in first cacheline Christoph Lameter
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  0 siblings, 6 replies; 19+ messages in thread
From: Christoph Lameter @ 2011-02-25 17:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Tejun Heo
  Cc: akpm, Pekka Enberg, linux-kernel, Eric Dumazet, H. Peter Anvin,
	Mathieu Desnoyers

This patch series introduces this_cpu_cmpxchg_double().

x86 cpus support cmpxchg16b and cmpxchg8b instuction which are capable of
switching two words instead of one during a cmpxchg.
Two words allow to swap more state in an atomic instruction.

this_cpu_cmpxchg_double() is used in the slub allocator to avoid
interrupt disable/enable in both alloc and free fastpath.
Using the new operation significantly speeds up the fastpaths.

V1->V2
	- Change parameter convention for this_cpu_cmpxchg_double. Specify both
	  percpu variables in same way as the two old and new values.
	- Do not require a per cpu pointer but a variable to conform to the
	  convention used in other this_cpu_ops.

V2->V3:
        - Do not use CONFIG_DEBUG_VM to enable cmpxchg diagnostics. Use
          custom SLUB define instead.
        - Add patch to move min_partial into a different cacheline.
        - Rediff


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2011-02-25 17:38 [cpuops cmpxchg double V3 0/5] this_cpu_cmpxchg_double support Christoph Lameter
2011-02-25 17:38 ` [cpuops cmpxchg double V3 1/5] slub: min_partial needs to be in first cacheline Christoph Lameter
2011-02-25 17:38 ` [cpuops cmpxchg double V3 2/5] slub: Get rid of slab_free_hook_irq() Christoph Lameter
2011-02-25 18:23   ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2011-02-25 17:38 ` [cpuops cmpxchg double V3 3/5] Generic support for this_cpu_cmpxchg_double Christoph Lameter
2011-02-25 18:25   ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2011-02-25 20:28   ` Steven Rostedt
2011-02-25 20:44     ` Christoph Lameter
2011-02-25 20:53       ` Steven Rostedt
2011-02-25 20:58         ` Christoph Lameter
2011-02-25 21:01           ` Steven Rostedt
2011-02-28 10:22   ` [PATCH] percpu: Generic support for this_cpu_cmpxchg_double() this_cpu_cmpxchg_double Tejun Heo
2011-02-25 17:38 ` [cpuops cmpxchg double V3 4/5] Lockless (and preemptless) fastpaths for slub Christoph Lameter
2011-02-25 18:21   ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2011-02-25 20:46     ` Christoph Lameter
2011-02-25 20:56       ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2011-02-25 17:38 ` [cpuops cmpxchg double V3 5/5] x86: this_cpu_cmpxchg_double() support Christoph Lameter
2011-02-28 10:23   ` [PATCH] percpu, x86: Add arch-specific " Tejun Heo
2011-02-28 10:36 ` [cpuops cmpxchg double V3 0/5] this_cpu_cmpxchg_double support Tejun Heo

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