[PATCH v2] printk: ringbuffer: Improve prb_next_seq() performance

[Petr Mladek]

prb_next_seq() always iterates from the first known sequence number.
In the worst case, it might loop 8k times for 256kB buffer,
15k times for 512kB buffer, and 64k times for 2MB buffer.

It was reported that pooling and reading using syslog interface
might occupy 50% of CPU.

Speedup the search by storing @id of the last finalized descriptor.

The loop is still needed because the @id is stored and read in the best
effort way. An atomic variable is used to keep the @id consistent.
But the stores and reads are not serialized against each other.
The descriptor could get reused in the meantime. The related sequence
number will be used only when it is still valid.

An invalid value should be read _only_ when there is a flood of messages
and the ringbuffer is rapidly reused. The performance is the least
problem in this case.

Reported-by: Chunlei Wang <chunlei.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx>
---
Changes against v1:

  + Read @seq by the last finalized @id directly in prb_next_seq() (John)

 kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.h |  2 ++
 2 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c b/kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c
index 8a7b7362c0dd..24f47fbefbb5 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c
@@ -474,8 +474,10 @@ static enum desc_state desc_read(struct prb_desc_ring *desc_ring,
 	 * state has been re-checked. A memcpy() for all of @desc
 	 * cannot be used because of the atomic_t @state_var field.
 	 */
-	memcpy(&desc_out->text_blk_lpos, &desc->text_blk_lpos,
-	       sizeof(desc_out->text_blk_lpos)); /* LMM(desc_read:C) */
+	if (desc_out) {
+		memcpy(&desc_out->text_blk_lpos, &desc->text_blk_lpos,
+		       sizeof(desc_out->text_blk_lpos)); /* LMM(desc_read:C) */
+	}
 	if (seq_out)
 		*seq_out = info->seq; /* also part of desc_read:C */
 	if (caller_id_out)
@@ -1449,6 +1451,9 @@ static void desc_make_final(struct prb_desc_ring *desc_ring, unsigned long id)
 
 	atomic_long_cmpxchg_relaxed(&d->state_var, prev_state_val,
 			DESC_SV(id, desc_finalized)); /* LMM(desc_make_final:A) */
+
+	/* Best effort to remember the last finalized @id. */
+	atomic_long_set(&desc_ring->last_finalized_id, id);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1657,7 +1662,12 @@ void prb_commit(struct prb_reserved_entry *e)
  */
 void prb_final_commit(struct prb_reserved_entry *e)
 {
+	struct prb_desc_ring *desc_ring = &e->rb->desc_ring;
+
 	_prb_commit(e, desc_finalized);
+
+	/* Best effort to remember the last finalized @id. */
+	atomic_long_set(&desc_ring->last_finalized_id, e->id);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -2005,9 +2015,39 @@ u64 prb_first_valid_seq(struct printk_ringbuffer *rb)
  */
 u64 prb_next_seq(struct printk_ringbuffer *rb)
 {
-	u64 seq = 0;
+	struct prb_desc_ring *desc_ring = &rb->desc_ring;
+	enum desc_state d_state;
+	unsigned long id;
+	u64 seq;
+
+	/* Check if the cached @id still points to a valid @seq. */
+	id = atomic_long_read(&desc_ring->last_finalized_id);
+	d_state = desc_read(desc_ring, id, NULL, &seq, NULL);
 
-	/* Search forward from the oldest descriptor. */
+	if (d_state == desc_finalized || d_state == desc_reusable) {
+		/*
+		 * Begin searching after the last finalized record.
+		 *
+		 * On 0, the search must begin at 0 because of hack#2
+		 * of the bootstrapping phase it is not known if a
+		 * record at index 0 exists.
+		 */
+		if (seq != 0)
+			seq++;
+	} else {
+		/*
+		 * The information about the last finalized sequence number
+		 * has gone. It should happen only when there is a flood of
+		 * new messages and the ringbuffer is rapidly recycled.
+		 * Give up and start from the beginning.
+		 */
+		seq = 0;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * The information about the last finalized @seq might be inaccurate.
+	 * Search forward to find the current one.
+	 */
 	while (_prb_read_valid(rb, &seq, NULL, NULL))
 		seq++;
 
@@ -2044,6 +2084,7 @@ void prb_init(struct printk_ringbuffer *rb,
 	rb->desc_ring.infos = infos;
 	atomic_long_set(&rb->desc_ring.head_id, DESC0_ID(descbits));
 	atomic_long_set(&rb->desc_ring.tail_id, DESC0_ID(descbits));
+	atomic_long_set(&rb->desc_ring.last_finalized_id, DESC0_ID(descbits));
 
 	rb->text_data_ring.size_bits = textbits;
 	rb->text_data_ring.data = text_buf;
diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.h b/kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.h
index 73cc80e01cef..18cd25e489b8 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.h
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.h
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ struct prb_desc_ring {
 	struct printk_info	*infos;
 	atomic_long_t		head_id;
 	atomic_long_t		tail_id;
+	atomic_long_t		last_finalized_id;
 };
 
 /*
@@ -258,6 +259,7 @@ static struct printk_ringbuffer name = {							\
 		.infos		= &_##name##_infos[0],						\
 		.head_id	= ATOMIC_INIT(DESC0_ID(descbits)),				\
 		.tail_id	= ATOMIC_INIT(DESC0_ID(descbits)),				\
+		.last_finalized_id = ATOMIC_INIT(DESC0_ID(descbits)),				\
 	},											\
 	.text_data_ring = {									\
 		.size_bits	= (avgtextbits) + (descbits),					\
-- 
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