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...- set_bit(0, (volatile unsigned long *)&lock->tickets.head); + set_bit(TICKET_SLOWPATH_BIT, + (volatile unsigned long *)&lock->tickets.head); } #else /* !CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS */ diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock_types.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock_types.h index 5f9d757..579409a 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock_types.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock_types.h @@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ #include <linux/types.h> #ifdef CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS +#define TICKET_SLOWPATH_BIT 0 #define __TICKET_LOCK_INC 2 -#define TICKET_SLOWPATH_FLAG ((__ticket_t)1) +#def...

Paravirtualized spinlocks produce some overhead even if the kernel is running on bare metal. The main reason are the more complex locking and unlocking functions. Especially unlocking is no longer just one instruction but so complex that it is no longer inlined. This patch series addresses this issue by adding two more pvops functions to reduce the size of the inlined spinlock functions. When

Paravirtualized spinlocks produce some overhead even if the kernel is running on bare metal. The main reason are the more complex locking and unlocking functions. Especially unlocking is no longer just one instruction but so complex that it is no longer inlined. This patch series addresses this issue by adding two more pvops functions to reduce the size of the inlined spinlock functions. When

v11->v12: - Based on PeterZ's version of the qspinlock patch (https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/6/15/63). - Incorporated many of the review comments from Konrad Wilk and Paolo Bonzini. - The pvqspinlock code is largely from my previous version with PeterZ's way of going from queue tail to head and his idea of using callee saved calls to KVM and XEN codes. v10->v11: - Use a

v11->v12: - Based on PeterZ's version of the qspinlock patch (https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/6/15/63). - Incorporated many of the review comments from Konrad Wilk and Paolo Bonzini. - The pvqspinlock code is largely from my previous version with PeterZ's way of going from queue tail to head and his idea of using callee saved calls to KVM and XEN codes. v10->v11: - Use a

v13->v14: - Patches 1 & 2: Add queue_spin_unlock_wait() to accommodate commit 78bff1c86 from Oleg Nesterov. - Fix the system hang problem when using PV qspinlock in an over-committed guest due to a racing condition in the pv_set_head_in_tail() function. - Increase the MAYHALT_THRESHOLD from 10 to 1024. - Change kick_cpu into a regular function pointer instead of a

v13->v14: - Patches 1 & 2: Add queue_spin_unlock_wait() to accommodate commit 78bff1c86 from Oleg Nesterov. - Fix the system hang problem when using PV qspinlock in an over-committed guest due to a racing condition in the pv_set_head_in_tail() function. - Increase the MAYHALT_THRESHOLD from 10 to 1024. - Change kick_cpu into a regular function pointer instead of a

v12->v13: - Change patch 9 to generate separate versions of the queue_spin_lock_slowpath functions for bare metal and PV guest. This reduces the performance impact of the PV code on bare metal systems. v11->v12: - Based on PeterZ's version of the qspinlock patch (https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/6/15/63). - Incorporated many of the review comments from Konrad Wilk and Paolo

v12->v13: - Change patch 9 to generate separate versions of the queue_spin_lock_slowpath functions for bare metal and PV guest. This reduces the performance impact of the PV code on bare metal systems. v11->v12: - Based on PeterZ's version of the qspinlock patch (https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/6/15/63). - Incorporated many of the review comments from Konrad Wilk and Paolo

v14->v15: - Incorporate PeterZ's v15 qspinlock patch and improve upon the PV qspinlock code by dynamically allocating the hash table as well as some other performance optimization. - Simplified the Xen PV qspinlock code as suggested by David Vrabel <david.vrabel at citrix.com>. - Add benchmarking data for 3.19 kernel to compare the performance of a spinlock heavy test

v14->v15: - Incorporate PeterZ's v15 qspinlock patch and improve upon the PV qspinlock code by dynamically allocating the hash table as well as some other performance optimization. - Simplified the Xen PV qspinlock code as suggested by David Vrabel <david.vrabel at citrix.com>. - Add benchmarking data for 3.19 kernel to compare the performance of a spinlock heavy test

v15->v16: - Remove the lfsr patch and use linear probing as lfsr is not really necessary in most cases. - Move the paravirt PV_CALLEE_SAVE_REGS_THUNK code to an asm header. - Add a patch to collect PV qspinlock statistics which also supersedes the PV lock hash debug patch. - Add PV qspinlock performance numbers. v14->v15: - Incorporate PeterZ's v15 qspinlock patch and improve

v15->v16: - Remove the lfsr patch and use linear probing as lfsr is not really necessary in most cases. - Move the paravirt PV_CALLEE_SAVE_REGS_THUNK code to an asm header. - Add a patch to collect PV qspinlock statistics which also supersedes the PV lock hash debug patch. - Add PV qspinlock performance numbers. v14->v15: - Incorporate PeterZ's v15 qspinlock patch and improve