In af_unix, a rwlock is used to protect internal state. At least on my P4 with HT it is faster to use a spinlock due to the simpler memory barrier used to unlock. This patch raises bw_unix to ~690K/s.
-ben diff --git a/include/net/af_unix.h b/include/net/af_unix.h index 3f302ae..677081b 100644 --- a/include/net/af_unix.h +++ b/include/net/af_unix.h @@ -58,10 +58,10 @@ struct unix_skb_parms { #define UNIXCB(skb) (*(struct unix_skb_parms*)&((skb)->cb)) #define UNIXCREDS(skb) (&UNIXCB((skb)).creds) -#define unix_state_rlock(s) read_lock(&unix_sk(s)->lock) -#define unix_state_runlock(s) read_unlock(&unix_sk(s)->lock) -#define unix_state_wlock(s) write_lock(&unix_sk(s)->lock) -#define unix_state_wunlock(s) write_unlock(&unix_sk(s)->lock) +#define unix_state_rlock(s) spin_lock(&unix_sk(s)->lock) +#define unix_state_runlock(s) spin_unlock(&unix_sk(s)->lock) +#define unix_state_wlock(s) spin_lock(&unix_sk(s)->lock) +#define unix_state_wunlock(s) spin_unlock(&unix_sk(s)->lock) #ifdef __KERNEL__ /* The AF_UNIX socket */ @@ -71,12 +71,12 @@ struct unix_sock { struct unix_address *addr; struct dentry *dentry; struct vfsmount *mnt; struct semaphore readsem; struct sock *peer; struct sock *other; struct sock *gc_tree; atomic_t inflight; - rwlock_t lock; + spinlock_t lock; wait_queue_head_t peer_wait; }; #define unix_sk(__sk) ((struct unix_sock *)__sk) diff --git a/net/unix/af_unix.c b/net/unix/af_unix.c index 04e850e..0ffd705 100644 --- a/net/unix/af_unix.c +++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c @@ -564,9 +564,9 @@ static struct sock * unix_create1(struct u = unix_sk(sk); u->dentry = NULL; u->mnt = NULL; - rwlock_init(&u->lock); + spin_lock_init(&u->lock); atomic_set(&u->inflight, sock ? 0 : -1); init_MUTEX(&u->readsem); /* single task reading lock */ init_waitqueue_head(&u->peer_wait); unix_insert_socket(unix_sockets_unbound, sk); out: -- "You know, I've seen some crystals do some pretty trippy shit, man." Don't Email: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html