Re: [patch] Real-Time Preemption, -RT-2.6.13-rc4-V0.7.52-01

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



On Fri, 2005-08-26 at 08:08 +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Steven Rostedt <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > So, the only other solutions that I can think of is:
> > 
> > a) add yet another (bloat) lock to the buffer head.
> > 
> > b) Still use your b_update_lock for the jbd_lock_bh_journal_head and 
> > change the jbd_lock_bh_state to what I discussed earlier, and that 
> > being the hash wait_on_bit code.
> 
> could you try a), how clean does it get? Personally i'm much more in 
> favor of cleanliness. On the vanilla kernel a spinlock is zero bytes on 
> UP [the most RAM-sensitive platform], and it's a word on typical SMP.

Not only the cleanest, but also the simplest :-)

-- Steve

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <[email protected]>

Index: linux_realtime_ernie/fs/buffer.c
===================================================================
--- linux_realtime_ernie/fs/buffer.c	(revision 303)
+++ linux_realtime_ernie/fs/buffer.c	(working copy)
@@ -3053,6 +3053,7 @@
 {
 	BUG_ON(!list_empty(&bh->b_assoc_buffers));
 	BUG_ON(spin_is_locked(&bh->b_uptodate_lock));
+	BUG_ON(spin_is_locked(&bh->b_state_lock));
 	kmem_cache_free(bh_cachep, bh);
 	preempt_disable();
 	__get_cpu_var(bh_accounting).nr--;
@@ -3071,6 +3072,7 @@
 		memset(bh, 0, sizeof(*bh));
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bh->b_assoc_buffers);
 		spin_lock_init(&bh->b_uptodate_lock);
+		spin_lock_init(&bh->b_state_lock);
 	}
 }
 
Index: linux_realtime_ernie/include/linux/buffer_head.h
===================================================================
--- linux_realtime_ernie/include/linux/buffer_head.h	(revision 303)
+++ linux_realtime_ernie/include/linux/buffer_head.h	(working copy)
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
  	void *b_private;		/* reserved for b_end_io */
 	struct list_head b_assoc_buffers; /* associated with another mapping */
 	spinlock_t b_uptodate_lock;
+	spinlock_t b_state_lock;
 };
 
 /*
Index: linux_realtime_ernie/include/linux/jbd.h
===================================================================
--- linux_realtime_ernie/include/linux/jbd.h	(revision 303)
+++ linux_realtime_ernie/include/linux/jbd.h	(working copy)
@@ -326,32 +326,32 @@
 
 static inline void jbd_lock_bh_state(struct buffer_head *bh)
 {
-	bit_spin_lock(BH_State, &bh->b_state);
+	spin_lock(&bh->b_state_lock);
 }
 
 static inline int jbd_trylock_bh_state(struct buffer_head *bh)
 {
-	return bit_spin_trylock(BH_State, &bh->b_state);
+	return spin_trylock(&bh->b_state_lock);
 }
 
 static inline int jbd_is_locked_bh_state(struct buffer_head *bh)
 {
-	return bit_spin_is_locked(BH_State, &bh->b_state);
+	return spin_is_locked(&bh->b_state_lock);
 }
 
 static inline void jbd_unlock_bh_state(struct buffer_head *bh)
 {
-	bit_spin_unlock(BH_State, &bh->b_state);
+	spin_unlock(&bh->b_state_lock);
 }
 
 static inline void jbd_lock_bh_journal_head(struct buffer_head *bh)
 {
-	bit_spin_lock(BH_JournalHead, &bh->b_state);
+	spin_lock(&bh->b_uptodate_lock);
 }
 
 static inline void jbd_unlock_bh_journal_head(struct buffer_head *bh)
 {
-	bit_spin_unlock(BH_JournalHead, &bh->b_state);
+	spin_unlock(&bh->b_uptodate_lock);
 }
 
 struct jbd_revoke_table_s;


-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to [email protected]
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/

[Index of Archives]     [Kernel Newbies]     [Netfilter]     [Bugtraq]     [Photo]     [Gimp]     [Yosemite News]     [MIPS Linux]     [ARM Linux]     [Linux Security]     [Linux RAID]     [Video 4 Linux]     [Linux for the blind]
  Powered by Linux