Re: [patch 1/2] ufd v1 - unsequential O(1) fdmap core

[Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org>]

On Mon, 4 Jun 2007, Eric Dumazet wrote:

> Bitmaps are already there, you didnt zap them.
> 
> Your proposal is going to double size taken by file table, since you need two long words
> per file instead of one pointer.
> 
> You add conditional branches on very hot spots.
> 
> When you open/close a file, you need to access previous and next cells, so you need 3 cache lines, exactly like
> current *legacy* code. (one for file pointer, one on each bitmap flags(open/close_on_exec) )
> 
> O(1) lookup doesnt imply it needs to be super-fast. You make a confusion about this.
> 
> O(128) is still O(1) for instance. Having to search a bit in a PAGE is a sensible compromise, if we dont add overhead
> on each fget() calls.
> 
> Instead of adding complexity and a pile of new bugs  (see how long it takes to bring RCU on files to a stable state), we can take a safe path. Then if it happens to still be a problem, we can consider the painfull way.
> 
> I probably can code a < 100 lines patch, later this evening after my day job.

fdmap.c is 300 lines of code, w/out comments. You're trying to fit the 
wrong structure. It is *that* simple.


- Davide


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