Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] locking/rwsem: Optimize down_read_trylock()

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On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 02:24:04PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 02:31:26PM -0500, Waiman Long wrote:
> > Modify __down_read_trylock() to make it generate slightly better code
> > (smaller and maybe a tiny bit faster).
> > 
> > Before this patch, down_read_trylock:
> > 
> >    0x0000000000000000 <+0>:     callq  0x5 <down_read_trylock+5>
> >    0x0000000000000005 <+5>:     jmp    0x18 <down_read_trylock+24>
> >    0x0000000000000007 <+7>:     lea    0x1(%rdx),%rcx
> >    0x000000000000000b <+11>:    mov    %rdx,%rax
> >    0x000000000000000e <+14>:    lock cmpxchg %rcx,(%rdi)
> >    0x0000000000000013 <+19>:    cmp    %rax,%rdx
> >    0x0000000000000016 <+22>:    je     0x23 <down_read_trylock+35>
> >    0x0000000000000018 <+24>:    mov    (%rdi),%rdx
> >    0x000000000000001b <+27>:    test   %rdx,%rdx
> >    0x000000000000001e <+30>:    jns    0x7 <down_read_trylock+7>
> >    0x0000000000000020 <+32>:    xor    %eax,%eax
> >    0x0000000000000022 <+34>:    retq
> >    0x0000000000000023 <+35>:    mov    %gs:0x0,%rax
> >    0x000000000000002c <+44>:    or     $0x3,%rax
> >    0x0000000000000030 <+48>:    mov    %rax,0x20(%rdi)
> >    0x0000000000000034 <+52>:    mov    $0x1,%eax
> >    0x0000000000000039 <+57>:    retq
> > 
> > After patch, down_read_trylock:
> > 
> >    0x0000000000000000 <+0>:     callq  0x5 <down_read_trylock+5>
> >    0x0000000000000005 <+5>:     mov    (%rdi),%rax
> >    0x0000000000000008 <+8>:     test   %rax,%rax
> >    0x000000000000000b <+11>:    js     0x2f <down_read_trylock+47>
> >    0x000000000000000d <+13>:    lea    0x1(%rax),%rdx
> >    0x0000000000000011 <+17>:    lock cmpxchg %rdx,(%rdi)
> >    0x0000000000000016 <+22>:    jne    0x8 <down_read_trylock+8>
> >    0x0000000000000018 <+24>:    mov    %gs:0x0,%rax
> >    0x0000000000000021 <+33>:    or     $0x3,%rax
> >    0x0000000000000025 <+37>:    mov    %rax,0x20(%rdi)
> >    0x0000000000000029 <+41>:    mov    $0x1,%eax
> >    0x000000000000002e <+46>:    retq
> >    0x000000000000002f <+47>:    xor    %eax,%eax
> >    0x0000000000000031 <+49>:    retq
> > 
> > By using a rwsem microbenchmark, the down_read_trylock() rate on a
> > x86-64 system before and after the patch were:
> > 
> >                  Before Patch    After Patch
> >    # of Threads     rlock           rlock
> >    ------------     -----           -----
> >         1           27,787          28,259
> >         2            8,359           9,234
> 
> From 1/2:
> 
> 1        29,201  30,143  29,458    28,615  30,172  29,201
> 2         6,807  13,299   1,171     7,725  15,025   1,804

Argh, fat fingered and send before I was done typing.

What I wanted to say was; those rlock numbers don't match up. What
gives?

The before _this_ patch number of 27k787 should be the same as the after
first patch number of 30k172.



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