Re: [PATCH v1] lib,kprobes: using try_cmpxchg_local in objpool_push

[wuqiang.matt]

On 2023/10/30 01:05, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 07:24:52PM +0800, wuqiang.matt wrote:
> > The objpool_push can only happen on local cpu node, so only the local
> > cpu can touch slot->tail and slot->last, which ensures the correctness
> > of using cmpxchg without lock prefix (using try_cmpxchg_local instead
> > of try_cmpxchg_acquire).
> >
> > Testing with IACA found the lock version of pop/push pair costs 16.46
> > cycles and local-push version costs 15.63 cycles. Kretprobe throughput
> > is improved to 1.019 times of the lock version for x86_64 systems.
> >
> > OS: Debian 10 X86_64, Linux 6.6rc6 with freelist
> > HW: XEON 8336C x 2, 64 cores/128 threads, DDR4 3200MT/s
> >
> >                   1T         2T         4T         8T        16T
> >    lock:    29909085   59865637  119692073  239750369  478005250
> >    local:   30297523   60532376  121147338  242598499  484620355
> >                  32T        48T        64T        96T       128T
> >    lock:   957553042 1435814086 1680872925 2043126796 2165424198
> >    local:  968526317 1454991286 1861053557 2059530343 2171732306
> >
> > Signed-off-by: wuqiang.matt <wuqiang.matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> This patch results in
>
> lib/objpool.c:169:12: error: implicit declaration of function 'arch_cmpxchg_local' is invalid in C99
>
> or
>
> lib/objpool.c: In function 'objpool_try_add_slot':
> include/linux/atomic/atomic-arch-fallback.h:384:27: error: implicit declaration of function 'arch_cmpxchg_local'


This patch was already reverted from probes/for-next by Masami Hiramatsu.
Then we will rework it after the arch_cmpxchg_local issue is resolved.

> for various architectures (I have seen it with arc, hexagon, and openrisc
> so far).
>
> As usual, my apologies for the noise if this has already been reported
> and/or fixed.

We are working on it and the fix is in discussion.

> Guenter

Regards,
wuqiang