Re: [PATCH] vmalloc: use rcu list iterator to reduce vmap_area_lock contention

2014-05-29 Thread Joonsoo Kim
On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 02:23:08PM -0700, Eric Dumazet wrote: > On Thu, 2014-05-29 at 13:05 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > > On Thu, 29 May 2014 15:22:34 +0900 Joonsoo Kim > > wrote: > > > > > Richard Yao reported a month ago that his system have a trouble > > > with vmap_area_lock contention

Re: [PATCH] vmalloc: use rcu list iterator to reduce vmap_area_lock contention

2014-05-29 Thread Eric Dumazet
On Thu, 2014-05-29 at 13:05 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Thu, 29 May 2014 15:22:34 +0900 Joonsoo Kim wrote: > > > Richard Yao reported a month ago that his system have a trouble > > with vmap_area_lock contention during performance analysis > > by /proc/meminfo. Andrew asked why his analysis

Re: [PATCH] vmalloc: use rcu list iterator to reduce vmap_area_lock contention

2014-05-29 Thread Andrew Morton
On Thu, 29 May 2014 15:22:34 +0900 Joonsoo Kim wrote: > Richard Yao reported a month ago that his system have a trouble > with vmap_area_lock contention during performance analysis > by /proc/meminfo. Andrew asked why his analysis checks /proc/meminfo > stressfully, but he didn't answer it. > >

Re: [PATCH] vmalloc: use rcu list iterator to reduce vmap_area_lock contention

2014-05-29 Thread Richard Yao
I do not have a way of tracing it. I meant to reply when I did, but that has not changed. That being said, I like this patch. On May 29, 2014, at 2:22 AM, Joonsoo Kim wrote: > Richard Yao reported a month ago that his system have a trouble > with vmap_area_lock contention during performance

Re: [PATCH] vmalloc: use rcu list iterator to reduce vmap_area_lock contention

2014-05-29 Thread Eric Dumazet
On Thu, 2014-05-29 at 15:22 +0900, Joonsoo Kim wrote: > Richard Yao reported a month ago that his system have a trouble > with vmap_area_lock contention during performance analysis > by /proc/meminfo. Andrew asked why his analysis checks /proc/meminfo > stressfully, but he didn't answer it. > >

[PATCH] vmalloc: use rcu list iterator to reduce vmap_area_lock contention

2014-05-29 Thread Joonsoo Kim
Richard Yao reported a month ago that his system have a trouble with vmap_area_lock contention during performance analysis by /proc/meminfo. Andrew asked why his analysis checks /proc/meminfo stressfully, but he didn't answer it. https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/4/10/416 Although I'm not sure that

[PATCH] vmalloc: use rcu list iterator to reduce vmap_area_lock contention

2014-05-29 Thread Joonsoo Kim
Richard Yao reported a month ago that his system have a trouble with vmap_area_lock contention during performance analysis by /proc/meminfo. Andrew asked why his analysis checks /proc/meminfo stressfully, but he didn't answer it. https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/4/10/416 Although I'm not sure that

Re: [PATCH] vmalloc: use rcu list iterator to reduce vmap_area_lock contention

2014-05-29 Thread Eric Dumazet
On Thu, 2014-05-29 at 15:22 +0900, Joonsoo Kim wrote: Richard Yao reported a month ago that his system have a trouble with vmap_area_lock contention during performance analysis by /proc/meminfo. Andrew asked why his analysis checks /proc/meminfo stressfully, but he didn't answer it.

Re: [PATCH] vmalloc: use rcu list iterator to reduce vmap_area_lock contention

2014-05-29 Thread Richard Yao
I do not have a way of tracing it. I meant to reply when I did, but that has not changed. That being said, I like this patch. On May 29, 2014, at 2:22 AM, Joonsoo Kim iamjoonsoo@lge.com wrote: Richard Yao reported a month ago that his system have a trouble with vmap_area_lock contention

Re: [PATCH] vmalloc: use rcu list iterator to reduce vmap_area_lock contention

2014-05-29 Thread Andrew Morton
On Thu, 29 May 2014 15:22:34 +0900 Joonsoo Kim iamjoonsoo@lge.com wrote: Richard Yao reported a month ago that his system have a trouble with vmap_area_lock contention during performance analysis by /proc/meminfo. Andrew asked why his analysis checks /proc/meminfo stressfully, but he

Re: [PATCH] vmalloc: use rcu list iterator to reduce vmap_area_lock contention

2014-05-29 Thread Eric Dumazet
On Thu, 2014-05-29 at 13:05 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: On Thu, 29 May 2014 15:22:34 +0900 Joonsoo Kim iamjoonsoo@lge.com wrote: Richard Yao reported a month ago that his system have a trouble with vmap_area_lock contention during performance analysis by /proc/meminfo. Andrew asked

Re: [PATCH] vmalloc: use rcu list iterator to reduce vmap_area_lock contention

2014-05-29 Thread Joonsoo Kim
On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 02:23:08PM -0700, Eric Dumazet wrote: On Thu, 2014-05-29 at 13:05 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: On Thu, 29 May 2014 15:22:34 +0900 Joonsoo Kim iamjoonsoo@lge.com wrote: Richard Yao reported a month ago that his system have a trouble with vmap_area_lock