A get_random_bytes() function can cause a high contention if it is called across CPUs simultaneously. Because it shares one lock per all CPUs: <snip> class name con-bounces contentions waittime-min waittime-max waittime-total waittime-avg acq-bounces acquisitions holdtime-min holdtime-max holdtime-total holdtime-avg &crng->lock: 663145 665886 0.05 8.85 261966.66 0.39 7188152 13731279 0.04 11.89 2181582.30 0.16 ----------- &crng->lock 307835 [<00000000acba59cd>] _extract_crng+0x48/0x90 &crng->lock 358051 [<00000000f0075abc>] _crng_backtrack_protect+0x32/0x90 ----------- &crng->lock 234241 [<00000000f0075abc>] _crng_backtrack_protect+0x32/0x90 &crng->lock 431645 [<00000000acba59cd>] _extract_crng+0x48/0x90 <snip> Switch from the get_random_bytes() to prandom_u32() that does not have any internal contention when a random value is needed for the tests. The reason is to minimize CPU cycles introduced by the test-suite itself from the vmalloc performance metrics. Signed-off-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@xxxxxxxxx> --- lib/test_vmalloc.c | 15 ++++++++------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/test_vmalloc.c b/lib/test_vmalloc.c index cf41fd6df42a..4f2f2d1bac56 100644 --- a/lib/test_vmalloc.c +++ b/lib/test_vmalloc.c @@ -74,12 +74,13 @@ test_report_one_done(void) static int random_size_align_alloc_test(void) { - unsigned long size, align, rnd; + unsigned long size, align; + unsigned int rnd; void *ptr; int i; for (i = 0; i < test_loop_count; i++) { - get_random_bytes(&rnd, sizeof(rnd)); + rnd = prandom_u32(); /* * Maximum 1024 pages, if PAGE_SIZE is 4096. @@ -150,7 +151,7 @@ static int random_size_alloc_test(void) int i; for (i = 0; i < test_loop_count; i++) { - get_random_bytes(&n, sizeof(i)); + n = prandom_u32(); n = (n % 100) + 1; p = vmalloc(n * PAGE_SIZE); @@ -294,14 +295,14 @@ pcpu_alloc_test(void) for (i = 0; i < 35000; i++) { unsigned int r; - get_random_bytes(&r, sizeof(i)); + r = prandom_u32(); size = (r % (PAGE_SIZE / 4)) + 1; /* * Maximum PAGE_SIZE */ - get_random_bytes(&r, sizeof(i)); - align = 1 << ((i % 11) + 1); + r = prandom_u32(); + align = 1 << ((r % 11) + 1); pcpu[i] = __alloc_percpu(size, align); if (!pcpu[i]) @@ -396,7 +397,7 @@ static void shuffle_array(int *arr, int n) int i, j; for (i = n - 1; i > 0; i--) { - get_random_bytes(&rnd, sizeof(rnd)); + rnd = prandom_u32(); /* Cut the range. */ j = rnd % i; -- 2.30.2