kernel-ark/lib/llist.c
Peter Zijlstra f0f1d32f93 llist: Remove cpu_relax() usage in cmpxchg loops
Initial benchmarks show they're a net loss:

 $ for i in /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_governor ; do echo performance > $i; done
 $ echo 4096 32000 64 128 > /proc/sys/kernel/sem
 $ ./sembench -t 2048 -w 1900 -o 0

Pre:

 run time 30 seconds 778936 worker burns per second
 run time 30 seconds 912190 worker burns per second
 run time 30 seconds 817506 worker burns per second
 run time 30 seconds 830870 worker burns per second
 run time 30 seconds 845056 worker burns per second

Post:

 run time 30 seconds 905920 worker burns per second
 run time 30 seconds 849046 worker burns per second
 run time 30 seconds 886286 worker burns per second
 run time 30 seconds 822320 worker burns per second
 run time 30 seconds 900283 worker burns per second

So about 4% faster. (!)

cpu_relax() stalls the pipeline, therefore, when used in a tight loop
it has the following benefits:

 - allows SMT siblings to have a go;
 - reduces pressure on the CPU interconnect.

However, cmpxchg loops are unfair and thus have unbounded completion
time, therefore we should avoid getting in such heavily contended
situations where the above benefits make any difference.

A typical cmpxchg loop should not go round more than a handfull of
times at worst, therefore adding extra delays just slows things down.

Since the llist primitives are new, there aren't any bad users yet,
and we should avoid growing them. Heavily contended sites should
generally be better off using the ticket locks for serialization since
they provide bounded completion times (fifo-fair over the cpus).

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Huang Ying <ying.huang@intel.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1315836358.26517.43.camel@twins
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2011-10-04 12:44:03 +02:00

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/*
* Lock-less NULL terminated single linked list
*
* The basic atomic operation of this list is cmpxchg on long. On
* architectures that don't have NMI-safe cmpxchg implementation, the
* list can NOT be used in NMI handlers. So code that uses the list in
* an NMI handler should depend on CONFIG_ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG.
*
* Copyright 2010,2011 Intel Corp.
* Author: Huang Ying <ying.huang@intel.com>
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version
* 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation;
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
*/
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/interrupt.h>
#include <linux/llist.h>
#include <asm/system.h>
/**
* llist_add_batch - add several linked entries in batch
* @new_first: first entry in batch to be added
* @new_last: last entry in batch to be added
* @head: the head for your lock-less list
*
* Return whether list is empty before adding.
*/
bool llist_add_batch(struct llist_node *new_first, struct llist_node *new_last,
struct llist_head *head)
{
struct llist_node *entry, *old_entry;
entry = head->first;
for (;;) {
old_entry = entry;
new_last->next = entry;
entry = cmpxchg(&head->first, old_entry, new_first);
if (entry == old_entry)
break;
}
return old_entry == NULL;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(llist_add_batch);
/**
* llist_del_first - delete the first entry of lock-less list
* @head: the head for your lock-less list
*
* If list is empty, return NULL, otherwise, return the first entry
* deleted, this is the newest added one.
*
* Only one llist_del_first user can be used simultaneously with
* multiple llist_add users without lock. Because otherwise
* llist_del_first, llist_add, llist_add (or llist_del_all, llist_add,
* llist_add) sequence in another user may change @head->first->next,
* but keep @head->first. If multiple consumers are needed, please
* use llist_del_all or use lock between consumers.
*/
struct llist_node *llist_del_first(struct llist_head *head)
{
struct llist_node *entry, *old_entry, *next;
entry = head->first;
for (;;) {
if (entry == NULL)
return NULL;
old_entry = entry;
next = entry->next;
entry = cmpxchg(&head->first, old_entry, next);
if (entry == old_entry)
break;
}
return entry;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(llist_del_first);