Spinlocks don't have a buslocked unlock and are faster.
On a P4, time to write a 4M file with 4M one-byte-write()s:
Before:
0.72s user 5.47s system 99% cpu 6.227 total
0.76s user 5.40s system 100% cpu 6.154 total
0.77s user 5.38s system 100% cpu 6.146 total
After:
1.09s user 4.92s system 99% cpu 6.014 total
0.74s user 5.28s system 99% cpu 6.023 total
1.03s user 4.97s system 100% cpu 5.991 total
fs/fs-writeback.c | 4 ++--
fs/inode.c | 2 +-
fs/mpage.c | 8 ++++----
include/linux/fs.h | 2 +-
mm/filemap.c | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
mm/page-writeback.c | 14 +++++++-------
mm/readahead.c | 8 ++++----
mm/swap_state.c | 22 +++++++++++-----------
mm/swapfile.c | 8 ++++----
mm/truncate.c | 6 +++---
mm/vmscan.c | 14 +++++++-------
11 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 65 deletions(-)
diff -puN fs/fs-writeback.c~page-lock-is-spin_lock fs/fs-writeback.c
--- 25/fs/fs-writeback.c~page-lock-is-spin_lock 2003-04-08 03:16:30.000000000 -0700
+++ 25-akpm/fs/fs-writeback.c 2003-04-08 03:16:30.000000000 -0700
@@ -149,10 +149,10 @@ __sync_single_inode(struct inode *inode,
* read speculatively by this cpu before &= ~I_DIRTY -- mikulas
*/
- write_lock(&mapping->page_lock);
+ spin_lock(&mapping->page_lock);
if (wait || !wbc->for_kupdate || list_empty(&mapping->io_pages))
list_splice_init(&mapping->dirty_pages, &mapping->io_pages);
- write_unlock(&mapping->page_lock);
+ spin_unlock(&mapping->page_lock);
spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
do_writepages(mapping, wbc);
diff -puN fs/inode.c~page-lock-is-spin_lock fs/inode.c
--- 25/fs/inode.c~page-lock-is-spin_lock 2003-04-08 03:16:30.000000000 -0700
+++ 25-akpm/fs/inode.c 2003-04-08 03:16:30.000000000 -0700
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ void inode_init_once(struct inode *inode
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_devices);
sema_init(&inode->i_sem, 1);
INIT_RADIX_TREE(&inode->i_data.page_tree, GFP_ATOMIC);
- rwlock_init(&inode->i_data.page_lock);
+ spin_lock_init(&inode->i_data.page_lock);
init_MUTEX(&inode->i_data.i_shared_sem);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_data.private_list);
spin_lock_init(&inode->i_data.private_lock);
diff -puN fs/mpage.c~page-lock-is-spin_lock fs/mpage.c
--- 25/fs/mpage.c~page-lock-is-spin_lock 2003-04-08 03:16:30.000000000 -0700
+++ 25-akpm/fs/mpage.c 2003-04-08 03:16:30.000000000 -0700
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ mpage_writepages(struct address_space *m
writepage = mapping->a_ops->writepage;
pagevec_init(&pvec, 0);
- write_lock(&mapping->page_lock);
+ spin_lock(&mapping->page_lock);
while (!list_empty(&mapping->io_pages) && !done) {
struct page *page = list_entry(mapping->io_pages.prev,
struct page, list);
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ mpage_writepages(struct address_space *m
list_add(&page->list, &mapping->locked_pages);
page_cache_get(page);
- write_unlock(&mapping->page_lock);
+ spin_unlock(&mapping->page_lock);
/*
* At this point we hold neither mapping->page_lock nor
@@ -679,12 +679,12 @@ mpage_writepages(struct address_space *m
unlock_page(page);
}
page_cache_release(page);
- write_lock(&mapping->page_lock);
+ spin_lock(&mapping->page_lock);
}
/*
* Leave any remaining dirty pages on ->io_pages
*/
- write_unlock(&mapping->page_lock);
+ spin_unlock(&mapping->page_lock);
if (bio)
mpage_bio_submit(WRITE, bio);
return ret;
diff -puN include/linux/fs.h~page-lock-is-spin_lock include/linux/fs.h
--- 25/include/linux/fs.h~page-lock-is-spin_lock 2003-04-08 03:16:30.000000000 -0700
+++ 25-akpm/include/linux/fs.h 2003-04-08 03:16:30.000000000 -0700
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ struct backing_dev_info;
struct address_space {
struct inode *host; /* owner: inode, block_device */
struct radix_tree_root page_tree; /* radix tree of all pages */
- rwlock_t page_lock; /* and rwlock protecting it */
+ spinlock_t page_lock; /* and rwlock protecting it */
struct list_head clean_pages; /* list of clean pages */
struct list_head dirty_pages; /* list of dirty pages */
struct list_head locked_pages; /* list of locked pages */
diff -puN mm/filemap.c~page-lock-is-spin_lock mm/filemap.c
--- 25/mm/filemap.c~page-lock-is-spin_lock 2003-04-08 03:16:30.000000000 -0700
+++ 25-akpm/mm/filemap.c 2003-04-08 03:16:30.000000000 -0700
@@ -99,9 +99,9 @@ void remove_from_page_cache(struct page
if (unlikely(!PageLocked(page)))
PAGE_BUG(page);
- write_lock(&mapping->page_lock);
+ spin_lock(&mapping->page_lock);
__remove_from_page_cache(page);
- write_unlock(&mapping->page_lock);
+ spin_unlock(&mapping->page_lock);
}
static inline int sync_page(struct page *page)
@@ -133,9 +133,9 @@ static int __filemap_fdatawrite(struct a
if (mapping->backing_dev_info->memory_backed)
return 0;
- write_lock(&mapping->page_lock);
+ spin_lock(&mapping->page_lock);
list_splice_init(&mapping->dirty_pages, &mapping->io_pages);
- write_unlock(&mapping->page_lock);
+ spin_unlock(&mapping->page_lock);
ret = do_writepages(mapping, &wbc);
return ret;
}
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ int filemap_fdatawait(struct address_spa
restart:
progress = 0;
- write_lock(&mapping->page_lock);
+ spin_lock(&mapping->page_lock);
while (!list_empty(&mapping->locked_pages)) {
struct page *page;
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ restart:
if (!PageWriteback(page)) {
if (++progress > 32) {
if (need_resched()) {
- write_unlock(&mapping->page_lock);
+ spin_unlock(&mapping->page_lock);
__cond_resched();
goto restart;
}
@@ -190,16 +190,16 @@ restart:
progress = 0;
page_cache_get(page);
- write_unlock(&mapping->page_lock);
+ spin_unlock(&mapping->page_lock);
wait_on_page_writeback(page);
if (PageError(page))
ret = -EIO;
page_cache_release(page);
- write_lock(&mapping->page_lock);
+ spin_lock(&mapping->page_lock);
}
- write_unlock(&mapping->page_lock);
+ spin_unlock(&mapping->page_lock);
return ret;
}
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ int add_to_page_cache(struct page *page,
if (error == 0) {
page_cache_get(page);
- write_lock(&mapping->page_lock);
+ spin_lock(&mapping->page_lock);
error = radix_tree_insert(&mapping->page_tree, offset, page);
if (!error) {
SetPageLocked(page);
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ int add_to_page_cache(struct page *page,
} else {
page_cache_release(page);
}
- write_unlock(&mapping->page_lock);
+ spin_unlock(&mapping->page_lock);
radix_tree_preload_end();
}
return error;
@@ -364,11 +364,11 @@ struct page * find_get_page(struct addre
* We scan the hash list read-only. Addition to and removal from
* the hash-list needs a held write-lock.
*/
- read_lock(&mapping->page_lock);
+ spin_lock(&mapping->page_lock);
page = radix_tree_lookup(&mapping->page_tree, offset);
if (page)
page_cache_get(page);
- read_unlock(&mapping->page_lock);
+ spin_unlock(&mapping->page_lock);
return page;
}
@@ -379,11 +379,11 @@ struct page *find_trylock_page(struct ad
{
struct page *page;
- read_lock(&mapping->page_lock);
+ spin_lock(&mapping->page_lock);
page = radix_tree_lookup(&mapping->page_tree, offset);
if (page && TestSetPageLocked(page))
page = NULL;
- read_unlock(&mapping->page_lock);
+ spin_unlock(&mapping->page_lock);
return page;
}
@@ -403,15 +403,15 @@ struct page *find_lock_page(struct addre
{
struct page *page;
- read_lock(&mapping->page_lock);
+ spin_lock(&mapping->page_lock);
repeat:
page = radix_tree_lookup(&mapping->page_tree, offset);
if (page) {
page_cache_get(page);
if (TestSetPageLocked(page)) {
- read_unlock(&mapping->page_lock);
+ spin_unlock(&mapping->page_lock);
lock_page(page);
- read_lock(&mapping->page_lock);
+ spin_lock(&mapping->page_lock);
/* Has the page been truncated while we slept? */
if (page->mapping != mapping || page->index != offset) {
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ repeat:
}
}
}
- read_unlock(&mapping->page_lock);
+ spin_unlock(&mapping->page_lock);
return page;
}
@@ -491,12 +491,12 @@ unsigned int find_get_pages(struct addre
unsigned int i;
unsigned int ret;
- read_lock(&mapping->page_lock);
+ spin_lock(&mapping->page_lock);
ret = radix_tree_gang_lookup(&mapping->page_tree,
(void **)pages, start, nr_pages);
for (i = 0; i < ret; i++)
page_cache_get(pages[i]);
- read_unlock(&mapping->page_lock);
+ spin_unlock(&mapping->page_lock);
return ret;
}
diff -puN mm/page-writeback.c~page-lock-is-spin_lock mm/page-writeback.c
--- 25/mm/page-writeback.c~page-lock-is-spin_lock 2003-04-08 03:16:30.000000000 -0700
+++ 25-akpm/mm/page-writeback.c 2003-04-08 03:16:30.000000000 -0700
@@ -425,12 +425,12 @@ int write_one_page(struct page *page, in
if (wait && PageWriteback(page))
wait_on_page_writeback(page);
- write_lock(&mapping->page_lock);
+ spin_lock(&mapping->page_lock);
list_del(&page->list);
if (test_clear_page_dirty(page)) {
list_add(&page->list, &mapping->locked_pages);
page_cache_get(page);
- write_unlock(&mapping->page_lock);
+ spin_unlock(&mapping->page_lock);
ret = mapping->a_ops->writepage(page, &wbc);
if (ret == 0 && wait) {
wait_on_page_writeback(page);
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ int write_one_page(struct page *page, in
page_cache_release(page);
} else {
list_add(&page->list, &mapping->clean_pages);
- write_unlock(&mapping->page_lock);
+ spin_unlock(&mapping->page_lock);
unlock_page(page);
}
return ret;
@@ -513,14 +513,14 @@ int __set_page_dirty_buffers(struct page
spin_unlock(&mapping->private_lock);
if (!TestSetPageDirty(page)) {
- write_lock(&mapping->page_lock);
+ spin_lock(&mapping->page_lock);
if (page->mapping) { /* Race with truncate? */
if (!mapping->backing_dev_info->memory_backed)
inc_page_state(nr_dirty);
list_del(&page->list);
list_add(&page->list, &mapping->dirty_pages);
}
- write_unlock(&mapping->page_lock);
+ spin_unlock(&mapping->page_lock);
__mark_inode_dirty(mapping->host, I_DIRTY_PAGES);
}
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ int __set_page_dirty_nobuffers(struct pa
struct address_space *mapping = page->mapping;
if (mapping) {
- write_lock(&mapping->page_lock);
+ spin_lock(&mapping->page_lock);
if (page->mapping) { /* Race with truncate? */
BUG_ON(page->mapping != mapping);
if (!mapping->backing_dev_info->memory_backed)
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ int __set_page_dirty_nobuffers(struct pa
list_del(&page->list);
list_add(&page->list, &mapping->dirty_pages);
}
- write_unlock(&mapping->page_lock);
+ spin_unlock(&mapping->page_lock);
__mark_inode_dirty(mapping->host, I_DIRTY_PAGES);
}
}
diff -puN mm/readahead.c~page-lock-is-spin_lock mm/readahead.c
--- 25/mm/readahead.c~page-lock-is-spin_lock 2003-04-08 03:16:30.000000000 -0700
+++ 25-akpm/mm/readahead.c 2003-04-08 03:16:30.000000000 -0700
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ __do_page_cache_readahead(struct address
/*
* Preallocate as many pages as we will need.
*/
- read_lock(&mapping->page_lock);
+ spin_lock(&mapping->page_lock);
for (page_idx = 0; page_idx < nr_to_read; page_idx++) {
unsigned long page_offset = offset + page_idx;
@@ -228,16 +228,16 @@ __do_page_cache_readahead(struct address
if (page)
continue;
- read_unlock(&mapping->page_lock);
+ spin_unlock(&mapping->page_lock);
page = page_cache_alloc_cold(mapping);
- read_lock(&mapping->page_lock);
+ spin_lock(&mapping->page_lock);
if (!page)
break;
page->index = page_offset;
list_add(&page->list, &page_pool);
ret++;
}
- read_unlock(&mapping->page_lock);
+ spin_unlock(&mapping->page_lock);
/*
* Now start the IO. We ignore I/O errors - if the page is not
diff -puN mm/swapfile.c~page-lock-is-spin_lock mm/swapfile.c
--- 25/mm/swapfile.c~page-lock-is-spin_lock 2003-04-08 03:16:30.000000000 -0700
+++ 25-akpm/mm/swapfile.c 2003-04-08 03:16:30.000000000 -0700
@@ -248,10 +248,10 @@ static int exclusive_swap_page(struct pa
/* Is the only swap cache user the cache itself? */
if (p->swap_map[swp_offset(entry)] == 1) {
/* Recheck the page count with the pagecache lock held.. */
- read_lock(&swapper_space.page_lock);
+ spin_lock(&swapper_space.page_lock);
if (page_count(page) - !!PagePrivate(page) == 2)
retval = 1;
- read_unlock(&swapper_space.page_lock);
+ spin_unlock(&swapper_space.page_lock);
}
swap_info_put(p);
}
@@ -319,13 +319,13 @@ int remove_exclusive_swap_page(struct pa
retval = 0;
if (p->swap_map[swp_offset(entry)] == 1) {
/* Recheck the page count with the pagecache lock held.. */
- write_lock(&swapper_space.page_lock);
+ spin_lock(&swapper_space.page_lock);
if ((page_count(page) == 2) && !PageWriteback(page)) {
__delete_from_swap_cache(page);
SetPageDirty(page);
retval = 1;
}
- write_unlock(&swapper_space.page_lock);
+ spin_unlock(&swapper_space.page_lock);
}
swap_info_put(p);
diff -puN mm/swap_state.c~page-lock-is-spin_lock mm/swap_state.c
--- 25/mm/swap_state.c~page-lock-is-spin_lock 2003-04-08 03:16:30.000000000 -0700
+++ 25-akpm/mm/swap_state.c 2003-04-08 03:16:30.000000000 -0700
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ extern struct address_space_operations s
struct address_space swapper_space = {
.page_tree = RADIX_TREE_INIT(GFP_ATOMIC),
- .page_lock = RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED,
+ .page_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED,
.clean_pages = LIST_HEAD_INIT(swapper_space.clean_pages),
.dirty_pages = LIST_HEAD_INIT(swapper_space.dirty_pages),
.io_pages = LIST_HEAD_INIT(swapper_space.io_pages),
@@ -191,9 +191,9 @@ void delete_from_swap_cache(struct page
entry.val = page->index;
- write_lock(&swapper_space.page_lock);
+ spin_lock(&swapper_space.page_lock);
__delete_from_swap_cache(page);
- write_unlock(&swapper_space.page_lock);
+ spin_unlock(&swapper_space.page_lock);
swap_free(entry);
page_cache_release(page);
@@ -204,8 +204,8 @@ int move_to_swap_cache(struct page *page
struct address_space *mapping = page->mapping;
int err;
- write_lock(&swapper_space.page_lock);
- write_lock(&mapping->page_lock);
+ spin_lock(&swapper_space.page_lock);
+ spin_lock(&mapping->page_lock);
err = radix_tree_insert(&swapper_space.page_tree, entry.val, page);
if (!err) {
@@ -213,8 +213,8 @@ int move_to_swap_cache(struct page *page
___add_to_page_cache(page, &swapper_space, entry.val);
}
- write_unlock(&mapping->page_lock);
- write_unlock(&swapper_space.page_lock);
+ spin_unlock(&mapping->page_lock);
+ spin_unlock(&swapper_space.page_lock);
if (!err) {
if (!swap_duplicate(entry))
@@ -240,8 +240,8 @@ int move_from_swap_cache(struct page *pa
entry.val = page->index;
- write_lock(&swapper_space.page_lock);
- write_lock(&mapping->page_lock);
+ spin_lock(&swapper_space.page_lock);
+ spin_lock(&mapping->page_lock);
err = radix_tree_insert(&mapping->page_tree, index, page);
if (!err) {
@@ -249,8 +249,8 @@ int move_from_swap_cache(struct page *pa
___add_to_page_cache(page, mapping, index);
}
- write_unlock(&mapping->page_lock);
- write_unlock(&swapper_space.page_lock);
+ spin_unlock(&mapping->page_lock);
+ spin_unlock(&swapper_space.page_lock);
if (!err) {
swap_free(entry);
diff -puN mm/truncate.c~page-lock-is-spin_lock mm/truncate.c
--- 25/mm/truncate.c~page-lock-is-spin_lock 2003-04-08 03:16:30.000000000 -0700
+++ 25-akpm/mm/truncate.c 2003-04-08 03:16:30.000000000 -0700
@@ -73,13 +73,13 @@ invalidate_complete_page(struct address_
if (PagePrivate(page) && !try_to_release_page(page, 0))
return 0;
- write_lock(&mapping->page_lock);
+ spin_lock(&mapping->page_lock);
if (PageDirty(page)) {
- write_unlock(&mapping->page_lock);
+ spin_unlock(&mapping->page_lock);
return 0;
}
__remove_from_page_cache(page);
- write_unlock(&mapping->page_lock);
+ spin_unlock(&mapping->page_lock);
ClearPageUptodate(page);
page_cache_release(page); /* pagecache ref */
return 1;
diff -puN mm/vmscan.c~page-lock-is-spin_lock mm/vmscan.c
--- 25/mm/vmscan.c~page-lock-is-spin_lock 2003-04-08 03:16:30.000000000 -0700
+++ 25-akpm/mm/vmscan.c 2003-04-08 03:16:30.000000000 -0700
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ shrink_list(struct list_head *page_list,
goto keep_locked;
if (!may_write_to_queue(mapping->backing_dev_info))
goto keep_locked;
- write_lock(&mapping->page_lock);
+ spin_lock(&mapping->page_lock);
if (test_clear_page_dirty(page)) {
int res;
struct writeback_control wbc = {
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ shrink_list(struct list_head *page_list,
};
list_move(&page->list, &mapping->locked_pages);
- write_unlock(&mapping->page_lock);
+ spin_unlock(&mapping->page_lock);
SetPageReclaim(page);
res = mapping->a_ops->writepage(page, &wbc);
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ shrink_list(struct list_head *page_list,
}
goto keep;
}
- write_unlock(&mapping->page_lock);
+ spin_unlock(&mapping->page_lock);
}
/*
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ shrink_list(struct list_head *page_list,
if (!mapping)
goto keep_locked; /* truncate got there first */
- write_lock(&mapping->page_lock);
+ spin_lock(&mapping->page_lock);
/*
* The non-racy check for busy page. It is critical to check
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ shrink_list(struct list_head *page_list,
* not in use by anybody. (pagecache + us == 2)
*/
if (page_count(page) != 2 || PageDirty(page)) {
- write_unlock(&mapping->page_lock);
+ spin_unlock(&mapping->page_lock);
goto keep_locked;
}
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ shrink_list(struct list_head *page_list,
if (PageSwapCache(page)) {
swp_entry_t swap = { .val = page->index };
__delete_from_swap_cache(page);
- write_unlock(&mapping->page_lock);
+ spin_unlock(&mapping->page_lock);
swap_free(swap);
__put_page(page); /* The pagecache ref */
goto free_it;
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ shrink_list(struct list_head *page_list,
#endif /* CONFIG_SWAP */
__remove_from_page_cache(page);
- write_unlock(&mapping->page_lock);
+ spin_unlock(&mapping->page_lock);
__put_page(page);
free_it:
_