Re: [RFC PATCH 1/1] fs/namespace: defer free_mount from namespace_unlock

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On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 03:55:21PM -0500, Eric Chanudet wrote:
> From: Alexander Larsson <alexl@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Use call_rcu to defer releasing the umount'ed or detached filesystem
> when calling namepsace_unlock().
> 
> Calling synchronize_rcu_expedited() has a significant cost on RT kernel
> that default to rcupdate.rcu_normal_after_boot=1.
> 
> For example, on a 6.2-rt1 kernel:
> perf stat -r 10 --null --pre 'mount -t tmpfs tmpfs mnt' -- umount mnt
>            0.07464 +- 0.00396 seconds time elapsed  ( +-  5.31% )
> 
> With this change applied:
> perf stat -r 10 --null --pre 'mount -t tmpfs tmpfs mnt' -- umount mnt
>         0.00162604 +- 0.00000637 seconds time elapsed  ( +-  0.39% )
> 
> Waiting for the grace period before completing the syscall does not seem
> mandatory. The struct mount umount'ed are queued up for release in a
> separate list and no longer accessible to following syscalls.

You *really* do not want to have umount(2) return without having
the filesystems shut down.



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