Re: [patch V2 3/7] futex: Add op for hash preallocation

[Darren Hart]

On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 02:24:57PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Thu, May 05, 2016 at 08:44:05PM -0000, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > From: Sebastian Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > The per process hash is allocated on the fly at the first futex operation of a
> > process. The size of the hash is determined by a system wide default setting
> > controlled by the sys admin, This is suboptimal for RT applications and
> > applications with pathological futex abuse,
> > 
> >  - For RT applications its important to allocate the per process hash before the
> >    first futex operation to avoid the allocation on the first futex operation.
> > 
> >  - For pathological applications which use gazillions of futexes its useful to
> >    allocate a hash greater than the default hash size.
> > 
> > Add a futex op which allows to preallocate the hash with the requested
> > size. The size is limited by the systemwide maximum hash size, which can be
> > set by the admin. The requested size is rounded up to the next order of 2.
> > 
> > The function can be called several times, but ony the first call results in a
> > hash allocation of the requested size as there is no non-intrusive way to
> > reallocate/rehash in a multithreaded application.
> > 
> > Note, that this call must be issued before the first futex operation in the
> > process because that would automatically allocate the default sized hash.
> > 
> > The function returns the actual hash size or 0 if the global hash is used. The
> > latter is the case on UP and in the rare case that the allocation failed and
> > the global hash is used as a fallback.
> 
> OK, so no on-line rehashing possible?

It doesn't do it currently... did you see something that makes it impossible to
add?


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Darren Hart
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