Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] debugobjects: Reduce contention on pool lock in fill_pool()
From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Tue Sep 17 2024 - 08:19:59 EST
On Wed, Sep 11 2024 at 17:04, Leizhen wrote:
> On 2024/9/11 16:35, Zhen Lei wrote:
>> Scenarios that use allocated node filling can also be applied lockless
>> mechanisms, but slightly different. The global list obj_to_free can only
>> be operated exclusively by one core, while kmem_cache_zalloc() can be
>> invoked by multiple cores simultaneously. Use atomic counting to mark how
>> many cores are filling, to reduce atomic write conflicts during check. In
>> principle, only the first comer is allowed to fill, but there is a very
>> low probability that multiple comers may fill at the time.
>>
>> Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Hi, Thomas:
> I was going to mark "Signed-off-by" as you. Because except for the
> following line of changes, you wrote everything. But you're maintainer.
> It doesn't seem good if I post a patch with your Signed-off-by. Please
> feel free to change it, but do not forget to add "Reported-by" or
> "Tested-by" for me.
Suggested-by is fine. I look at it after back from travel and
conferencing.
Thanks,
tglx