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cgroups: add cpu_relax() calls in css_tryget() and cgroup_clear_css_r…
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css_tryget() and cgroup_clear_css_refs() contain polling loops; these
loops should have cpu_relax calls in them to reduce cross-cache traffic.

Signed-off-by: Paul Menage <menage@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Paul Menage authored and Linus Torvalds committed Jan 30, 2009
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions include/linux/cgroup.h
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Expand Up @@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ static inline bool css_tryget(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css)
while (!atomic_inc_not_zero(&css->refcnt)) {
if (test_bit(CSS_REMOVED, &css->flags))
return false;
cpu_relax();
}
return true;
}
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7 changes: 5 additions & 2 deletions kernel/cgroup.c
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Expand Up @@ -2509,7 +2509,7 @@ static int cgroup_clear_css_refs(struct cgroup *cgrp)
for_each_subsys(cgrp->root, ss) {
struct cgroup_subsys_state *css = cgrp->subsys[ss->subsys_id];
int refcnt;
do {
while (1) {
/* We can only remove a CSS with a refcnt==1 */
refcnt = atomic_read(&css->refcnt);
if (refcnt > 1) {
Expand All @@ -2523,7 +2523,10 @@ static int cgroup_clear_css_refs(struct cgroup *cgrp)
* css_tryget() to spin until we set the
* CSS_REMOVED bits or abort
*/
} while (atomic_cmpxchg(&css->refcnt, refcnt, 0) != refcnt);
if (atomic_cmpxchg(&css->refcnt, refcnt, 0) == refcnt)
break;
cpu_relax();
}
}
done:
for_each_subsys(cgrp->root, ss) {
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