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Commit c7f2e3cd authored by Peter Zijlstra's avatar Peter Zijlstra Committed by Ingo Molnar
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perf: Optimize ring-buffer write by depending on control dependencies



Remove a full barrier from the ring-buffer write path by relying on
a control dependency to order a LOAD -> STORE scenario.

Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-8alv40z6ikk57jzbaobnxrjl@git.kernel.org


Signed-off-by: default avatarIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
parent 81393214
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@@ -61,19 +61,20 @@ again:
	 *
	 *   kernel				user
	 *
	 *   READ ->data_tail			READ ->data_head
	 *   smp_mb()	(A)			smp_rmb()	(C)
	 *   WRITE $data			READ $data
	 *   if (LOAD ->data_tail) {		LOAD ->data_head
	 *			(A)		smp_rmb()	(C)
	 *	STORE $data			LOAD $data
	 *	smp_wmb()	(B)		smp_mb()	(D)
	 *   STORE ->data_head			WRITE ->data_tail
	 *	STORE ->data_head		STORE ->data_tail
	 *   }
	 *
	 * Where A pairs with D, and B pairs with C.
	 *
	 * I don't think A needs to be a full barrier because we won't in fact
	 * write data until we see the store from userspace. So we simply don't
	 * issue the data WRITE until we observe it. Be conservative for now.
	 * In our case (A) is a control dependency that separates the load of
	 * the ->data_tail and the stores of $data. In case ->data_tail
	 * indicates there is no room in the buffer to store $data we do not.
	 *
	 * OTOH, D needs to be a full barrier since it separates the data READ
	 * D needs to be a full barrier since it separates the data READ
	 * from the tail WRITE.
	 *
	 * For B a WMB is sufficient since it separates two WRITEs, and for C
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ again:
	 *
	 * See perf_output_begin().
	 */
	smp_wmb();
	smp_wmb(); /* B, matches C */
	rb->user_page->data_head = head;

	/*
@@ -144,17 +145,26 @@ int perf_output_begin(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
		if (!rb->overwrite &&
		    unlikely(CIRC_SPACE(head, tail, perf_data_size(rb)) < size))
			goto fail;
		head += size;
	} while (local_cmpxchg(&rb->head, offset, head) != offset);

		/*
	 * Separate the userpage->tail read from the data stores below.
	 * Matches the MB userspace SHOULD issue after reading the data
	 * and before storing the new tail position.
		 * The above forms a control dependency barrier separating the
		 * @tail load above from the data stores below. Since the @tail
		 * load is required to compute the branch to fail below.
		 *
		 * A, matches D; the full memory barrier userspace SHOULD issue
		 * after reading the data and before storing the new tail
		 * position.
		 *
		 * See perf_output_put_handle().
		 */
	smp_mb();

		head += size;
	} while (local_cmpxchg(&rb->head, offset, head) != offset);

	/*
	 * We rely on the implied barrier() by local_cmpxchg() to ensure
	 * none of the data stores below can be lifted up by the compiler.
	 */

	if (unlikely(head - local_read(&rb->wakeup) > rb->watermark))
		local_add(rb->watermark, &rb->wakeup);