From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A002C67863 for ; Fri, 19 Oct 2018 01:45:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D36A020866 for ; Fri, 19 Oct 2018 01:45:48 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org D36A020866 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=redhat.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726642AbeJSJtg (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Oct 2018 05:49:36 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:36500 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725934AbeJSJtg (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Oct 2018 05:49:36 -0400 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx06.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.16]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id ACF933001776; Fri, 19 Oct 2018 01:45:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from llong.com (ovpn-121-107.rdu2.redhat.com [10.10.121.107]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C99328A6EB; Fri, 19 Oct 2018 01:45:43 +0000 (UTC) From: Waiman Long To: Peter Zijlstra , Ingo Molnar , Will Deacon , Thomas Gleixner Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Waiman Long Subject: [PATCH 1/2] locking/lockdep: Fix debug_locks off performance problem Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 21:45:17 -0400 Message-Id: <1539913518-15598-1-git-send-email-longman@redhat.com> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.16 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.46]); Fri, 19 Oct 2018 01:45:46 +0000 (UTC) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org It was found that when debug_locks was turned off because of a problem found by the lockdep code, the system performance could drop quite significantly when the lock_stat code was also configured into the kernel. For instance, parallel kernel build time on a 4-socket x86-64 server nearly doubled. Further analysis into the cause of the slowdown traced back to the frequent call to debug_locks_off() from the __lock_acquired() function probably due to some inconsistent lockdep states with debug_locks off. The debug_locks_off() function did an unconditional atomic xchg to write a 0 value into debug_locks which had already been set to 0. This led to severe cacheline contention in the cacheline that held debug_locks. As debug_locks is being referenced in quite a few different places in the kernel, this greatly slow down the system performance. To prevent that trashing of debug_locks cacheline, lock_acquired() and lock_contended() now checks the state of debug_locks before proceeding. The debug_locks_off() function is also modified to check debug_locks before calling __debug_locks_off(). Signed-off-by: Waiman Long --- kernel/locking/lockdep.c | 4 ++-- lib/debug_locks.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/locking/lockdep.c b/kernel/locking/lockdep.c index be76f47..1efada2 100644 --- a/kernel/locking/lockdep.c +++ b/kernel/locking/lockdep.c @@ -4066,7 +4066,7 @@ void lock_contended(struct lockdep_map *lock, unsigned long ip) { unsigned long flags; - if (unlikely(!lock_stat)) + if (unlikely(!lock_stat || !debug_locks)) return; if (unlikely(current->lockdep_recursion)) @@ -4086,7 +4086,7 @@ void lock_acquired(struct lockdep_map *lock, unsigned long ip) { unsigned long flags; - if (unlikely(!lock_stat)) + if (unlikely(!lock_stat || !debug_locks)) return; if (unlikely(current->lockdep_recursion)) diff --git a/lib/debug_locks.c b/lib/debug_locks.c index 96c4c63..124fdf2 100644 --- a/lib/debug_locks.c +++ b/lib/debug_locks.c @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ */ int debug_locks_off(void) { - if (__debug_locks_off()) { + if (debug_locks && __debug_locks_off()) { if (!debug_locks_silent) { console_verbose(); return 1; -- 1.8.3.1