Re: [PATCH-tip 3/3] locking/rwsem: Stop active read lock ASAP

[Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>]

On 02/26/2017 01:58 PM, Davidlohr Bueso wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Feb 2017, Waiman Long wrote:
>
>> On a 2-socket 36-core 72-thread x86-64 E5-2699 v3 system, a rwsem
>> microbenchmark was run with 36 locking threads (one/core) doing 100k
>> reader and writer lock/unlock operations each, the resulting locking
>> rates (avg of 3 runs) on a 4.10 kernel were 561.4 Mop/s and 588.8
>> Mop/s without and with the patch respectively. That was an increase
>> of about 5%.
>
> iirc this patch is a repost, no? If so, did you get a chance to measure
> single file access with direct io as dchinner suggested?
>
> Thanks,
> Davidlohr

Yes, this patch is a derivative of part of the rwsem reader spinning
patch set that I posted before. The major change here in this patch is
from the unconditional spitting into 2 atomic adds to a conditional
spitting depending the on OSQ state and the ability to acquire the
wait_lock immediately without waiting. This should reduce the concern
that you have with the original patch. I will run a single-file direct
I/O test as well. 

Cheers,
Longman