On 08/19/2020 11:17 AM, Alex Shi wrote: > pageblock_flags is used as long, since every pageblock_flags is just 4 > bits, 'long' size will include 8(32bit machine) or 16 pageblocks' flags, > that flag setting has to sync in cmpxchg with 7 or 15 other pageblock > flags. It would cause long waiting for sync. > > If we could change the pageblock_flags variable as char, we could use > char size cmpxchg, which just sync up with 2 pageblock flags. it could > relief much false sharing in cmpxchg. Do you have numbers demonstrating claimed performance improvement after this change ?
