Re: [PATCH] namespace: Use atomic64_inc_return() in alloc_mnt_ns()

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On Mon, Oct 07, 2024 at 10:52:37AM +0200, Uros Bizjak wrote:
> Use atomic64_inc_return(&ref) instead of atomic64_add_return(1, &ref)
> to use optimized implementation and ease register pressure around
> the primitive for targets that implement optimized variant.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
> ---
>  fs/namespace.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
> index 93c377816d75..9a3c251d033d 100644
> --- a/fs/namespace.c
> +++ b/fs/namespace.c
> @@ -3901,7 +3901,7 @@ static struct mnt_namespace *alloc_mnt_ns(struct user_namespace *user_ns, bool a
>  	}
>  	new_ns->ns.ops = &mntns_operations;
>  	if (!anon)
> -		new_ns->seq = atomic64_add_return(1, &mnt_ns_seq);
> +		new_ns->seq = atomic64_inc_return(&mnt_ns_seq);

On which load do you see that path hot enough for the change to
make any difference???

Seriously, if we have something that manages that, I would like
to know - the same load would be a great way to stress a lot of
stuff in fs/namespace.c and fs/pnode.c...




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