On Thu, 20 May 2010 02:31:50 pm Rusty Russell wrote: > On Wed, 19 May 2010 05:36:42 pm Avi Kivity wrote: > > > Note that this is a exclusive->shared->exclusive bounce only, too. > > > > > > > A bounce is a bounce. > > I tried to measure this to show that you were wrong, but I was only able > to show that you're right. How annoying. Test code below. This time for sure! #define _GNU_SOURCE #include <unistd.h> #include <sched.h> #include <err.h> #include <stdbool.h> #include <stdint.h> #include <string.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <sys/time.h> #include <sys/mman.h> /* We share memory via an mmap. */ struct counter { unsigned int cacheline1; char pad[256]; unsigned int cacheline2; }; #define MAX_BOUNCES 100000000 enum mode { SHARE, UNSHARE, LOCKSHARE, LOCKUNSHARE, }; int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { cpu_set_t cpuset; volatile struct counter *counter; struct timeval start, stop; bool child; unsigned int count; uint64_t usec; enum mode mode; if (argc != 4) errx(1, "Usage: cachebounce share|unshare|lockshare|lockunshare <cpu0> <cpu1>"); if (strcmp(argv[1], "share") == 0) mode = SHARE; else if (strcmp(argv[1], "unshare") == 0) mode = UNSHARE; else if (strcmp(argv[1], "lockshare") == 0) mode = LOCKSHARE; else if (strcmp(argv[1], "lockunshare") == 0) mode = LOCKSHARE; else errx(1, "Usage: cachebounce share|unshare|lockshare|lockunshare <cpu0> <cpu1>"); CPU_ZERO(&cpuset); counter = mmap(NULL, getpagesize(), PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_ANONYMOUS|MAP_SHARED, -1, 0); if (counter == MAP_FAILED) err(1, "Mapping page"); /* Fault it in. */ counter->cacheline1 = counter->cacheline2 = 0; child = (fork() == 0); CPU_SET(atoi(argv[2 + child]), &cpuset); if (sched_setaffinity(getpid(), sizeof(cpu_set_t), &cpuset) != 0) err(1, "Calling sched_setaffinity()"); gettimeofday(&start, NULL); if (child) { count = 1; switch (mode) { case SHARE: while (count < MAX_BOUNCES) { /* Spin waiting for other side to change it. */ while (counter->cacheline1 != count); count++; counter->cacheline1 = count; count++; } break; case UNSHARE: while (count < MAX_BOUNCES) { /* Spin waiting for other side to change it. */ while (counter->cacheline1 != count); count++; counter->cacheline2 = count; count++; } break; case LOCKSHARE: while (count < MAX_BOUNCES) { /* Spin waiting for other side to change it. */ while (__sync_val_compare_and_swap(&counter->cacheline1, count, count+1) != count); count += 2; } break; case LOCKUNSHARE: while (count < MAX_BOUNCES) { /* Spin waiting for other side to change it. */ while (counter->cacheline1 != count); __sync_val_compare_and_swap(&counter->cacheline2, count, count+1); count += 2; } break; } } else { count = 0; switch (mode) { case SHARE: while (count < MAX_BOUNCES) { /* Spin waiting for other side to change it. */ while (counter->cacheline1 != count); count++; counter->cacheline1 = count; count++; } break; case UNSHARE: while (count < MAX_BOUNCES) { /* Spin waiting for other side to change it. */ while (counter->cacheline2 != count); count++; counter->cacheline1 = count; count++; } break; case LOCKSHARE: while (count < MAX_BOUNCES) { /* Spin waiting for other side to change it. */ while (__sync_val_compare_and_swap(&counter->cacheline1, count, count+1) != count); count += 2; } break; case LOCKUNSHARE: while (count < MAX_BOUNCES) { /* Spin waiting for other side to change it. */ while (counter->cacheline2 != count); __sync_val_compare_and_swap(&counter->cacheline1, count, count+1); count += 2; } break; } } gettimeofday(&stop, NULL); usec = (stop.tv_sec * 1000000LL + stop.tv_usec) - (start.tv_sec * 1000000LL + start.tv_usec); printf("CPU %s: %s cacheline: %llu usec\n", argv[2+child], argv[1], usec); return 0; } -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html