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Date:      Fri, 6 Jul 2018 10:49:07 -0600
From:      Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
To:        "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky@freebsd.org>, src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>,  svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r336025 - in head/sys: amd64/include i386/include
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On Fri, Jul 6, 2018 at 9:52 AM, Rodney W. Grimes <
freebsd@pdx.rh.cn85.dnsmgr.net> wrote:

> > On Fri, Jul 6, 2018 at 9:32 AM, Rodney W. Grimes <
> > freebsd@pdx.rh.cn85.dnsmgr.net> wrote:
> >
> > > > Author: hselasky
> > > > Date: Fri Jul  6 10:13:42 2018
> > > > New Revision: 336025
> > > > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/336025
> > > >
> > > > Log:
> > > >   Make sure kernel modules built by default are portable between UP
> and
> > > >   SMP systems by extending defined(SMP) to include
> defined(KLD_MODULE).
> > > >
> > > >   This is a regression issue after r335873 .
> > > >
> > > >   Discussed with:             mmacy@
> > > >   Sponsored by:               Mellanox Technologies
> > >
> > > Though this fixes the issue, it also means that now when
> > > anyone intentionally builds a UP kernel with modules
> > > they are getting SMP support in the modules and I am
> > > not sure they would want that.  I know I don't.
> > >
> >
> >
> > On UP systems, these additional opcodes are harmless. They take a few
> extra
> > cycles (since they lock an uncontested bus) and add a couple extra memory
> > barriers (which will be NOPs). On MP systems, atomics now work by
> default.
> > Had we not defaulted like this, all modules built outside of a kernel
> build
> > env would have broken atomics. Given that (a) the overwhelming majority
> > (99% or more) is SMP and (b) the MP code merely adds a few cycles to
> what's
> > already a not-too-expensive operation, this was the right choice.
> >
> > It simply doesn't matter for systems that are relevant to the project
> > today. While one could try to optimize this a little (for example, by
> > having SMP defined to be 0 or 1, say, and changing all the ifdef SMP to
> if
> > (defined(SMP) && SMP != 0)), it's likely not going to matter enough for
> > anybody to make the effort. UP on x86 is simply not relevant enough to
> > optimize for it. Even in VMs, people run SMP kernels typically even when
> > they just allocate one CPU to the VM.
> >
> > So while we still support the UP config, and we'll let people build
> > optimized kernels for x86, we've flipped the switch from pessimized for
> SMP
> > modules to pessimized for UP modules, which seems like quite the
> reasonable
> > trade-off.
> >
> > Were it practical to do so, I'd suggest de-orbiting UP on x86. However,
> > it's a lot of work for not much benefit and we'd need to invent much
> crazy
> > to get there.
>
> Trivial to fix this with
> +#if defined(SMP) || !defined(_KERNEL) || defined(KLD_MODULE) ||
> !defined(KLD_UP_MODULES)


Nope. Not so trivial. Who defines KLD_UP_MODULES?

And really, it's absolutely not worth it unless someone shows up with
numbers to show the old 'function call to optimal routine' is actually
faster than the new 'inline to slightly unoptimal code'. Since I think the
function call overhead is larger than the pessmizations, I'm not sure what
the fuss is about.

Warner


> >
> > Warner
> >
> >
> > > > Modified:
> > > >   head/sys/amd64/include/atomic.h
> > > >   head/sys/i386/include/atomic.h
> > > >
> > > > Modified: head/sys/amd64/include/atomic.h
> > > > ============================================================
> > > ==================
> > > > --- head/sys/amd64/include/atomic.h   Fri Jul  6 10:10:00 2018
> > > (r336024)
> > > > +++ head/sys/amd64/include/atomic.h   Fri Jul  6 10:13:42 2018
> > > (r336025)
> > > > @@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ void              atomic_store_rel_##TYPE(
> volatile
> > > u_##TYPE *p, u_
> > > >   * For userland, always use lock prefixes so that the binaries will
> run
> > > >   * on both SMP and !SMP systems.
> > > >   */
> > > > -#if defined(SMP) || !defined(_KERNEL)
> > > > +#if defined(SMP) || !defined(_KERNEL) || defined(KLD_MODULE)
> > > >  #define      MPLOCKED        "lock ; "
> > > >  #else
> > > >  #define      MPLOCKED
> > > > @@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ atomic_testandclear_long(volatile u_long *p,
> u_int
> > > v)
> > > >   */
> > > >  #define      OFFSETOF_MONITORBUF     0x100
> > > >
> > > > -#if defined(SMP)
> > > > +#if defined(SMP) || defined(KLD_MODULE)
> > > >  static __inline void
> > > >  __storeload_barrier(void)
> > > >  {
> > > >
> > > > Modified: head/sys/i386/include/atomic.h
> > > > ============================================================
> > > ==================
> > > > --- head/sys/i386/include/atomic.h    Fri Jul  6 10:10:00 2018
> > > (r336024)
> > > > +++ head/sys/i386/include/atomic.h    Fri Jul  6 10:13:42 2018
> > > (r336025)
> > > > @@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ void              atomic_subtract_64(volatile
> > > uint64_t *, uint64_t
> > > >   * For userland, always use lock prefixes so that the binaries will
> run
> > > >   * on both SMP and !SMP systems.
> > > >   */
> > > > -#if defined(SMP) || !defined(_KERNEL)
> > > > +#if defined(SMP) || !defined(_KERNEL) || defined(KLD_MODULE)
> > > >  #define      MPLOCKED        "lock ; "
> > > >  #else
> > > >  #define      MPLOCKED
> > > > @@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ atomic_testandclear_int(volatile u_int *p,
> u_int v)
> > > >   */
> > > >
> > > >  #if defined(_KERNEL)
> > > > -#if defined(SMP)
> > > > +#if defined(SMP) || defined(KLD_MODULE)
> > > >  #define      __storeload_barrier()   __mbk()
> > > >  #else /* _KERNEL && UP */
> > > >  #define      __storeload_barrier()   __compiler_membar()
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Rod Grimes
> > > rgrimes@freebsd.org
> > >
> > >
>
> --
> Rod Grimes
> rgrimes@freebsd.org
>



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