Re: [RFC PATCH v1] mm: improve call_controls_lock

[SeongJae Park]

Hello Asier,


Thank you for sending this patch!

On Mon, 29 Dec 2025 14:55:32 +0000 Asier Gutierrez <gutierrez.asier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This is a minor patch set for a call_controls_lock synchronization improvement.

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> 
> Spinlocks are faster than mutexes, even when the mutex takes the fast
> path. Hence, this patch replaces the mutex call_controls_lock with a spinlock.

But call_controls_lock is not being used on performance critical part.
Actually, most of DAMON code is not performance critical.  I really appreciate
your patch, but I have to say I don't think this change is really needed now.
Please let me know if I'm missing something.

> 
> Initial benchmarking shows the following results
> 
> 
> # bpftrace -e 'kprobe:kdamond_call { @start[tid] = nsecs; }

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Thanks,
SJ

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