Instead of the current O(N) implementation, at the cost
of adding an atomic counter, we can convert the call to
an atomic_read(). The counter only serves for accounting
empty to non-empty transitions, and vice versa; therefore
only modified twice for each of the lists during the
lifetime of the dlock (while used).
In addition, to be able to unaccount a list_del(), we
add a dlist pointer to each head, thus minimizing the
overall memory footprint.
Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@xxxxxxx>
---
Changes from v3:
- s/waiters/used_lists, more doc around the counter.
- fixed racy scenario when the list empty/non-empty
condition changes after taking the lock.
- sprinkled unlikely() around all checks, these are
only corner cases in the lifetime of the lock.
include/linux/dlock-list.h | 8 ++++++
lib/dlock-list.c | 67 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
2 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/dlock-list.h b/include/linux/dlock-list.h
index c00c7f92ada4..e18690a9bba6 100644
--- a/include/linux/dlock-list.h
+++ b/include/linux/dlock-list.h
@@ -32,10 +32,18 @@
struct dlock_list_head {
struct list_head list;
spinlock_t lock;
+ struct dlock_list_heads *dlist;
} ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
+/*
+ * This is the main dlist data structure, with the array of heads
+ * and a counter that atomically tracks if any of the lists are
+ * being used. That is, empty to non-empty (and vice versa)
+ * head->list transitions.
+ */
struct dlock_list_heads {
struct dlock_list_head *heads;
+ atomic_t used_lists;
};
/*
diff --git a/lib/dlock-list.c b/lib/dlock-list.c
index a4ddecc01b12..a9c855d492b8 100644
--- a/lib/dlock-list.c
+++ b/lib/dlock-list.c
@@ -122,8 +122,11 @@ int __alloc_dlock_list_heads(struct dlock_list_heads *dlist,
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&head->list);
head->lock = __SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED(&head->lock);
+ head->dlist = dlist;
lockdep_set_class(&head->lock, key);
}
+
+ atomic_set(&dlist->used_lists, 0);
return 0;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__alloc_dlock_list_heads);
@@ -139,29 +142,36 @@ void free_dlock_list_heads(struct dlock_list_heads *dlist)
{
kfree(dlist->heads);
dlist->heads = NULL;
+ atomic_set(&dlist->used_lists, 0);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(free_dlock_list_heads);
/**
* dlock_lists_empty - Check if all the dlock lists are empty
* @dlist: Pointer to the dlock_list_heads structure
- * Return: true if list is empty, false otherwise.
*
- * This can be a pretty expensive function call. If this function is required
- * in a performance critical path, we may have to maintain a global count
- * of the list entries in the global dlock_list_heads structure instead.
+ * Return: true if all dlock lists are empty, false otherwise.
*/
bool dlock_lists_empty(struct dlock_list_heads *dlist)
{
- int idx;
-
/* Shouldn't be called before nr_dlock_lists is initialized */
WARN_ON_ONCE(!nr_dlock_lists);
- for (idx = 0; idx < nr_dlock_lists; idx++)
- if (!list_empty(&dlist->heads[idx].list))
- return false;
- return true;
+ /*
+ * Serialize dlist->used_lists such that a 0->1 transition is not
+ * missed by another thread checking if any of the dlock lists are
+ * used.
+ *
+ * CPU0 CPU1
+ * dlock_list_add() dlock_lists_empty()
+ * [S] atomic_inc(used_lists);
+ * smp_mb__after_atomic();
+ * smp_mb__before_atomic();
+ * [L] atomic_read(used_lists)
+ * list_add()
+ */
+ smp_mb__before_atomic();
+ return !atomic_read(&dlist->used_lists);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(dlock_lists_empty);
@@ -177,11 +187,39 @@ void dlock_lists_add(struct dlock_list_node *node,
struct dlock_list_heads *dlist)
{
struct dlock_list_head *head = &dlist->heads[this_cpu_read(cpu2idx)];
+ bool list_empty_before_lock = false;
+
+ /*
+ * Optimistically bump the used_lists counter _before_ taking
+ * the head->lock such that we don't miss a thread adding itself
+ * to a list while spinning for the lock.
+ *
+ * Then, after taking the lock, recheck if the empty to non-empty
+ * transition changed and (un)account for ourselves, accordingly.
+ * Note that all these scenarios are corner cases, and not the
+ * common scenario, where the lists are actually populated most
+ * of the time.
+ */
+ if (unlikely(list_empty_careful(&head->list))) {
+ list_empty_before_lock = true;
+ atomic_inc(&dlist->used_lists);
+ smp_mb__after_atomic();
+ }
/*
* There is no need to disable preemption
*/
spin_lock(&head->lock);
+
+ if (unlikely(!list_empty_before_lock && list_empty(&head->list))) {
+ atomic_inc(&dlist->used_lists);
+ smp_mb__after_atomic();
+ }
+ if (unlikely(list_empty_before_lock && !list_empty(&head->list))) {
+ atomic_dec(&dlist->used_lists);
+ smp_mb__after_atomic();
+ }
+
node->head = head;
list_add(&node->list, &head->list);
spin_unlock(&head->lock);
@@ -212,6 +250,15 @@ void dlock_lists_del(struct dlock_list_node *node)
spin_lock(&head->lock);
if (likely(head == node->head)) {
list_del_init(&node->list);
+
+ if (unlikely(list_empty(&head->list))) {
+ struct dlock_list_heads *dlist;
+ dlist = node->head->dlist;
+
+ atomic_dec(&dlist->used_lists);
+ smp_mb__after_atomic();
+ }
+
node->head = NULL;
retry = false;
} else {
--
2.13.6
