Hi, A few doubts below:
Eric Dumazet wrote: > As done two years ago on IP route cache table (commit > 22c047ccbc68fa8f3fa57f0e8f906479a062c426) , we can avoid using one lock per > hash bucket for the huge TCP/DCCP hash tables. ... > diff --git a/include/net/inet_hashtables.h b/include/net/inet_hashtables.h > index 4427dcd..5cbfbac 100644 > --- a/include/net/inet_hashtables.h > +++ b/include/net/inet_hashtables.h > @@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ > * I'll experiment with dynamic table growth later. > */ > struct inet_ehash_bucket { > - rwlock_t lock; > struct hlist_head chain; > struct hlist_head twchain; > }; > @@ -91,6 +90,28 @@ struct inet_bind_hashbucket { > /* This is for listening sockets, thus all sockets which possess wildcards. > */ > #define INET_LHTABLE_SIZE 32 /* Yes, really, this is all you need. */ > > +#if defined(CONFIG_SMP) || defined(CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING) Probably "|| defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK)" is needed here. > +/* > + * Instead of using one rwlock for each inet_ehash_bucket, we use a table of > locks > + * The size of this table is a power of two and depends on the number of > CPUS. > + */ > +# if defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC) > +# define EHASH_LOCK_SZ 256 > +# elif NR_CPUS >= 32 > +# define EHASH_LOCK_SZ 4096 > +# elif NR_CPUS >= 16 > +# define EHASH_LOCK_SZ 2048 > +# elif NR_CPUS >= 8 > +# define EHASH_LOCK_SZ 1024 > +# elif NR_CPUS >= 4 > +# define EHASH_LOCK_SZ 512 > +# else > +# define EHASH_LOCK_SZ 256 > +# endif > +#else > +# define EHASH_LOCK_SZ 0 > +#endif > + Looks hackish: usually DEBUG code checks "real" environment, and here it's a special case. But omitting locks if no SMP or DEBUG is strange. IMHO, there should be 1 instead of 0. > struct inet_hashinfo { > /* This is for sockets with full identity only. Sockets here will > * always be without wildcards and will have the following invariant: > @@ -100,6 +121,7 @@ struct inet_hashinfo { > * TIME_WAIT sockets use a separate chain (twchain). > */ > struct inet_ehash_bucket *ehash; > + rwlock_t *ehash_locks; > > /* Ok, let's try this, I give up, we do need a local binding > * TCP hash as well as the others for fast bind/connect. > @@ -134,6 +156,13 @@ static inline struct inet_ehash_bucket > *inet_ehash_bucket( > return &hashinfo->ehash[hash & (hashinfo->ehash_size - 1)]; > } > > +static inline rwlock_t *inet_ehash_lockp( > + struct inet_hashinfo *hashinfo, > + unsigned int hash) > +{ > + return &hashinfo->ehash_locks[hash & (EHASH_LOCK_SZ - 1)]; > +} > + Is it OK for EHASH_LOCK_SZ == 0? ... > diff --git a/net/dccp/proto.c b/net/dccp/proto.c > index d849739..3b5f97a 100644 > --- a/net/dccp/proto.c > +++ b/net/dccp/proto.c > @@ -1072,11 +1072,18 @@ static int __init dccp_init(void) > } > > for (i = 0; i < dccp_hashinfo.ehash_size; i++) { > - rwlock_init(&dccp_hashinfo.ehash[i].lock); > INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&dccp_hashinfo.ehash[i].chain); > INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&dccp_hashinfo.ehash[i].twchain); > } > - > + if (EHASH_LOCK_SZ) { Why not #ifdef then? But, IMHO, rwlock_init() should be done at least once here. (Similarly later for tcp.) > + dccp_hashinfo.ehash_locks = > + kmalloc(EHASH_LOCK_SZ * sizeof(rwlock_t), > + GFP_KERNEL); > + if (!dccp_hashinfo.ehash_locks) > + goto out_free_dccp_ehash; > + for (i = 0; i < EHASH_LOCK_SZ; i++) > + rwlock_init(&dccp_hashinfo.ehash_locks[i]); > + } > bhash_order = ehash_order; > > do { > @@ -1091,7 +1098,7 @@ static int __init dccp_init(void) > > if (!dccp_hashinfo.bhash) { > DCCP_CRIT("Failed to allocate DCCP bind hash table"); > - goto out_free_dccp_ehash; > + goto out_free_dccp_locks; > } > > for (i = 0; i < dccp_hashinfo.bhash_size; i++) { > @@ -1121,6 +1128,9 @@ out_free_dccp_mib: > out_free_dccp_bhash: > free_pages((unsigned long)dccp_hashinfo.bhash, bhash_order); > dccp_hashinfo.bhash = NULL; > +out_free_dccp_locks: > + kfree(dccp_hashinfo.ehash_locks); > + dccp_hashinfo.ehash_locks = NULL; > out_free_dccp_ehash: > free_pages((unsigned long)dccp_hashinfo.ehash, ehash_order); > dccp_hashinfo.ehash = NULL; Isn't such kfree(dccp_hashinfo.ehash_locks) needed in dccp_fini()? Regards, Jarek P. - 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