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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 3/6] tcg: cpu-exec: remove tb_lock from the h
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Sergey Fedorov |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 3/6] tcg: cpu-exec: remove tb_lock from the hot-path |
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Thu, 7 Jul 2016 17:18:36 +0300 |
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On 05/07/16 19:18, Alex Bennée wrote:
> Lock contention in the hot path of moving between existing patched
> TranslationBlocks is the main drag in multithreaded performance. This
> patch pushes the tb_lock() usage down to the two places that really need
> it:
>
> - code generation (tb_gen_code)
> - jump patching (tb_add_jump)
>
> The rest of the code doesn't really need to hold a lock as it is either
> using per-CPU structures, atomically updated or designed to be used in
> concurrent read situations (qht_lookup).
>
> To keep things simple I removed the #ifdef CONFIG_USER_ONLY stuff as the
> locks become NOPs anyway until the MTTCG work is completed.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <address@hidden>
> Reviewed-by: Richard Henderson <address@hidden>
Reviewed-by: Sergey Fedorov <address@hidden>
>
> ---
> v3 (base-patches)
> - fix merge conflicts with Sergey's patch
> v1 (hot path, split from base-patches series)
> - revert name tweaking
> - drop test jmp_list_next outside lock
> - mention lock NOPs in comments
> v2 (hot path)
> - Add r-b tags
> ---
> cpu-exec.c | 48 +++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------
> 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/cpu-exec.c b/cpu-exec.c
> index 10ce1cb..dd0bd50 100644
> --- a/cpu-exec.c
> +++ b/cpu-exec.c
> @@ -291,35 +291,29 @@ static TranslationBlock *tb_find_slow(CPUState *cpu,
> * Pairs with smp_wmb() in tb_phys_invalidate(). */
> smp_rmb();
> tb = tb_find_physical(cpu, pc, cs_base, flags);
> - if (tb) {
> - goto found;
> - }
> + if (!tb) {
>
> -#ifdef CONFIG_USER_ONLY
> - /* mmap_lock is needed by tb_gen_code, and mmap_lock must be
> - * taken outside tb_lock. Since we're momentarily dropping
> - * tb_lock, there's a chance that our desired tb has been
> - * translated.
> - */
> - tb_unlock();
> - mmap_lock();
> - tb_lock();
> - tb = tb_find_physical(cpu, pc, cs_base, flags);
> - if (tb) {
> - mmap_unlock();
> - goto found;
> - }
> -#endif
> + /* mmap_lock is needed by tb_gen_code, and mmap_lock must be
> + * taken outside tb_lock. As system emulation is currently
> + * single threaded the locks are NOPs.
> + */
> + mmap_lock();
> + tb_lock();
>
> - /* if no translated code available, then translate it now */
> - tb = tb_gen_code(cpu, pc, cs_base, flags, 0);
> + /* There's a chance that our desired tb has been translated while
> + * taking the locks so we check again inside the lock.
> + */
> + tb = tb_find_physical(cpu, pc, cs_base, flags);
> + if (!tb) {
> + /* if no translated code available, then translate it now */
> + tb = tb_gen_code(cpu, pc, cs_base, flags, 0);
> + }
>
> -#ifdef CONFIG_USER_ONLY
> - mmap_unlock();
> -#endif
> + tb_unlock();
> + mmap_unlock();
> + }
>
> -found:
> - /* we add the TB in the virtual pc hash table */
> + /* We add the TB in the virtual pc hash table for the fast lookup */
> atomic_set(&cpu->tb_jmp_cache[tb_jmp_cache_hash_func(pc)], tb);
> return tb;
> }
> @@ -337,7 +331,6 @@ static inline TranslationBlock *tb_find_fast(CPUState
> *cpu,
> always be the same before a given translated block
> is executed. */
> cpu_get_tb_cpu_state(env, &pc, &cs_base, &flags);
> - tb_lock();
> tb = atomic_read(&cpu->tb_jmp_cache[tb_jmp_cache_hash_func(pc)]);
> if (unlikely(!tb || tb->pc != pc || tb->cs_base != cs_base ||
> tb->flags != flags)) {
> @@ -361,9 +354,10 @@ static inline TranslationBlock *tb_find_fast(CPUState
> *cpu,
> #endif
> /* See if we can patch the calling TB. */
> if (*last_tb && !qemu_loglevel_mask(CPU_LOG_TB_NOCHAIN)) {
> + tb_lock();
> tb_add_jump(*last_tb, tb_exit, tb);
> + tb_unlock();
> }
> - tb_unlock();
> return tb;
> }
>
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 0/6] Reduce lock contention on TCG hot-path, Alex Bennée, 2016/07/05
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 2/6] tcg: set up tb->page_addr before insertion, Alex Bennée, 2016/07/05
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 1/6] tcg: Ensure safe tb_jmp_cache lookup out of 'tb_lock', Alex Bennée, 2016/07/05
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 4/6] tcg: cpu-exec: factor out TB patching code, Alex Bennée, 2016/07/05
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 5/6] tcg: introduce tb_lock_recursive(), Alex Bennée, 2016/07/05
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 3/6] tcg: cpu-exec: remove tb_lock from the hot-path, Alex Bennée, 2016/07/05
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 3/6] tcg: cpu-exec: remove tb_lock from the hot-path,
Sergey Fedorov <=
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 3/6] tcg: cpu-exec: remove tb_lock from the hot-path, Sergey Fedorov, 2016/07/08
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 6/6] tcg: cpu-exec: roll-up tb_find_fast/slow, Alex Bennée, 2016/07/05