Re: [RFC PATCH v7 7/7] Restartable sequences: self-tests

[Mathieu Desnoyers]

----- On Aug 11, 2016, at 7:26 PM, Mathieu Desnoyers mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> ----- On Jul 24, 2016, at 2:01 PM, Dave Watson davejwatson@xxxxxx wrote:
> 
>>>> +static inline __attribute__((always_inline))
>>>> +bool rseq_finish(struct rseq_lock *rlock,
>>>> + intptr_t *p, intptr_t to_write,
>>>> + struct rseq_state start_value)
>> 
>>>> This ABI looks like it will work fine for our use case. I don't think it
>>>> has been mentioned yet, but we may still need multiple asm blocks
>>>> for differing numbers of writes. For example, an array-based freelist push:
>> 
>>>> void push(void *obj) {
>>>> if (index < maxlen) {
>>>> freelist[index++] = obj;
>>>> }
>>>> }
>> 
>>>> would be more efficiently implemented with a two-write rseq_finish:
>> 
>>>> rseq_finish2(&freelist[index], obj, // first write
>>>> &index, index + 1, // second write
>>>> ...);
>> 
>>> Would pairing one rseq_start with two rseq_finish do the trick
>>> there ?
>> 
>> Yes, two rseq_finish works, as long as the extra rseq management overhead
>> is not substantial.
> 
> I've added a commit implementing rseq_finish2() in my rseq volatile
> dev branch. You can fetch it at:
> 
> https://github.com/compudj/linux-percpu-dev/tree/rseq-fallback
> 
> I also have a separate test and benchmark tree in addition to the
> kernel selftests here:
> 
> https://github.com/compudj/rseq-test
> 
> I named the first write a "speculative" write, and the second write
> the "final" write.
> 
> Would you like to extend the test cases to cover your intended use-case ?
> 

Hi Dave!

I just pushed a rseq_finish2() test in my rseq-fallback branch. It implements
a per-cpu buffer holding pointers, and pushes/pops items to/from it.

To use it:

cd tools/testing/selftests/rseq
./param_test -T b

(see -h for advanced usage)

Let me know if I got it right!

Thanks,

Mathieu

> Thanks,
> 
> Mathieu
> 
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