Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 09:17:34 +0100 From: Andre Oppermann <andre@freebsd.org> To: attilio@FreeBSD.org Cc: mdf@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>, svn-src-user@freebsd.org, Jeff Roberson <jroberson@jroberson.net>, Bruce Evans <brde@optusnet.com.au> Subject: Re: svn commit: r241889 - in user/andre/tcp_workqueue/sys: arm/arm cddl/compat/opensolaris/kern cddl/contrib/opensolaris/uts/common/dtrace cddl/contrib/opensolaris/uts/common/fs/zfs ddb dev/acpica dev/... Message-ID: <5090DE9E.5030301@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <CAJ-FndC=v%2BLG=Ptm9Ohshg0n7dVsecddSQWn1KZxkUkap3bXRw@mail.gmail.com> References: <201210221418.q9MEINkr026751@svn.freebsd.org> <CAJ-FndAG-Qp%2B1aQvoL7YRj=R151Qe9_wNrUeOAaDsdYao_-zCQ@mail.gmail.com> <201210241414.30723.jhb@freebsd.org> <CAJ-FndAu6BGeMMbtFTLaSqy82mbhM9CVEyJ3Lb1WhAogJr59yA@mail.gmail.com> <CAJ-FndBqRpkBhCntd2aqwVYPu%2B2EHGeuXr5srLtrNNDK-ButxA@mail.gmail.com> <508965B3.2020705@freebsd.org> <CAJ-FndCMMH2Qy=rzzxagNVfgO9vF0xZY6B_vrnjmv_dXKNB5Dg@mail.gmail.com> <5089A913.2040603@freebsd.org> <CAJ-FndApwOo8xmZQyeqq0bGp8P13QWRqgmSDNg1_hbm7nrpOAQ@mail.gmail.com> <508A89EF.5070805@freebsd.org> <CAJ-FndC%2BujncG54_RMwKwdtvNCRJ2QojNuADWn59puwayCHs6A@mail.gmail.com> <CAJ-FndAhYk4R2AD3COmkOv3vYQganGXQKuO%2BkMQLaefTQSAejQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAJ-FndD40whTV=o1P8gMCaq9tKEtRg56xMKdjqnapVR6Awo7og@mail.gmail.com> <CAJ-FndDbi0bUoKsVcmDhKR25PsuB48bbekraSaeCT8oSzfsiQQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAJ-FndC4hXoT8bMM0Gg%2BSNY5HTGQZzUXtisN2GQk%2BDWHcij%2BnA@mail.gmail.com> <508F9C94.7080703@freebsd.org> <CAJ-FndC=v%2BLG=Ptm9Ohshg0n7dVsecddSQWn1KZxkUkap3bXRw@mail.gmail.com>
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On 30.10.2012 23:59, Attilio Rao wrote: > On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 9:23 AM, Andre Oppermann <andre@freebsd.org> wrote: >> On 30.10.2012 03:25, Attilio Rao wrote: >>> >>> On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 1:38 AM, Attilio Rao <attilio@freebsd.org> wrote: >>>> >>>> On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 5:42 PM, Attilio Rao <attilio@freebsd.org> wrote: >>> >>> >>> [ trimm ] >>> >>>>> >>>>> BTW, the mtx_sysuninit() introduction can be avoided by using this other >>>>> trick: >>>>> #define MTX_SYSINIT(name, mtx, desc, opts) >>>>> \ >>>>> static struct mtx_args name##_args = { >>>>> \ >>>>> (mtx), >>>>> \ >>>>> (desc), >>>>> \ >>>>> (opts) >>>>> \ >>>>> }; >>>>> \ >>>>> SYSINIT(name##_mtx_sysinit, SI_SUB_LOCK, SI_ORDER_MIDDLE, >>>>> \ >>>>> mtx_sysinit, &name##_args); >>>>> \ >>>>> SYSUNINIT(name##_mtx_sysuninit, SI_SUB_LOCK, SI_ORDER_MIDDLE, >>>>> \ >>>>> _mtx_destroy, __DEVOLATILE(void *, &(mtx)->mtx_lock)) >>>>> >>>>> I'm just not sure that I would like the use of __DEVOLATILE() even if >>>>> it would help in this case when introducing MTX_SYSINIT_UNSHARE() >>>>> because we will just need to reuse the same code. >>>>> >>>>> Also, the more I think about this the more I feel convinced that >>>>> mtxlock2mtx() should be static in kern_mutex.c. I can simply add a >>>>> note to _mutex.h as a reminder for it. >>>> >>>> >>>> Here is the patch that does both things and the one I would like to >>>> commit: >>>> http://www.freebsd.org/~attilio/mtx_decoupled3.patch >>> >>> >>> BTW, I've updated the patch in order to make use of __containerof() >>> rather than the manual frobbing. I had no idea that this method was >>> existing, many thanks to andre@ and mdf@ for signaling it. >>> Please refresh the patch. >> >> >> Thank you for the updated patch. I have no objections to the patch, >> though I'm not really qualified to have a final say on changes to the >> mutex code. > > Jeff has replied privately to me saying that he would have preferred > to see altogether also the implementation of padded mutexes along with > the mtx decoupling interface. > The following patch, does what expected: > http://www.freebsd.org/~attilio/mtx_decoupled_padalign.patch > > I converted a bunch of locks and they work fine even with > MTX_SYSINIT() with the small change contained in this patchset, so > that doesn't require a separate KPI in the end. > > The patch is being tested right now and I will commit as soon as I > will receive positive feedbacks. Haven't tested it but to me looks good and fulfills my requirements. :) -- Andre
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