Re: [PATCH v7 08/16] block,elevator: use new hashtableimplementation

[Mathieu Desnoyers]

* Sasha Levin (levinsasha928@xxxxxxxxx) wrote:
[...]
> @@ -96,6 +97,8 @@ struct elevator_type
>  	struct list_head list;
>  };
>  
> +#define ELV_HASH_BITS 6
> +
>  /*
>   * each queue has an elevator_queue associated with it
>   */
> @@ -105,7 +108,7 @@ struct elevator_queue
>  	void *elevator_data;
>  	struct kobject kobj;
>  	struct mutex sysfs_lock;
> -	struct hlist_head *hash;
> +	DECLARE_HASHTABLE(hash, ELV_HASH_BITS);
>  	unsigned int registered:1;

Hrm, so this is moving "registered" out of the elevator_queue first
cache-line by turning the pointer into a 256 or 512 bytes hash table.

Maybe we should consider moving "registered" before the "hash" field ?

Thanks,

Mathieu

>  };
>  
> -- 
> 1.7.12.4
> 

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Mathieu Desnoyers
Operating System Efficiency R&D Consultant
EfficiOS Inc.
http://www.efficios.com
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