Re: [PATCH] module: kzalloc mod->ref

richard kennedy
2009-01-14T10:16:17Z

Kyle McMartin wrote:
> From: Kyle McMartin <kyle@redhat.com>
>
> Dynamically allocate mod->ref instead of fixing it in the struct module.
> Reduces on disk space wasted in the module .ko, and kills a loop
> initializing the local_t it contains since we can just kzalloc it.
>
> This matters when we're talking about large NR_CPUS.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kyle McMartin <kyle@redhat.com>
> ---
> The patch removing cacheline_aligned from struct module_ref should be
> applied as well to cut down on the amount of memory we allocate. This
> patch makes a nice stopgap until we have per_cpu module references.
>
> cheers, Kyle
>
Hi Kyle,

As module_get/ put use module_ref as a per_cpu variable won't removing
the cacheline_aligned be a performance hit due to cacheline sharing on
machines with reasonable or small number of cpus?

(some of the network code seems to call module_get/put a lot!)

regards
Richard