If it is really needed, I am fine to either this patch or another patch to add 
it. :)

Thanks,
Star
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To: Zeng, Star <star.z...@intel.com>
Cc: Tian, Feng <feng.t...@intel.com>; edk2-devel@lists.01.org; af...@apple.com; 
Gao, Liming <liming....@intel.com>; Yao, Jiewen <jiewen....@intel.com>; 
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Subject: Re: [edk2] [PATCH v3 4/6] MdeModulePkg/DxeCore: use separate lock for 
pool allocations

On 27 February 2017 at 01:56, Zeng, Star <star.z...@intel.com> wrote:
> Minor comment: CoreFreePoolPagesI() has no need to have PoolType parameter, 
> how about to remove it?
>

I need it after patch 6. But perhaps it is better to only add it there, not 
here.


> From: edk2-devel [mailto:edk2-devel-boun...@lists.01.org] On Behalf Of 
> Ard Biesheuvel
> Sent: Monday, February 27, 2017 2:30 AM
> To: edk2-devel@lists.01.org; Yao, Jiewen <jiewen....@intel.com>; 
> leif.lindh...@linaro.org
> Cc: Tian, Feng <feng.t...@intel.com>; Ard Biesheuvel 
> <ard.biesheu...@linaro.org>; af...@apple.com; Gao, Liming 
> <liming....@intel.com>; Kinney, Michael D 
> <michael.d.kin...@intel.com>; ler...@redhat.com; Zeng, Star 
> <star.z...@intel.com>
> Subject: [edk2] [PATCH v3 4/6] MdeModulePkg/DxeCore: use separate lock 
> for pool allocations
>
> In preparation of adding memory permission attribute management to the pool 
> allocator, split off the locking of the pool metadata into a separate lock. 
> This is an improvement in itself, given that pool allocation can only 
> interfere with the page allocation bookkeeping if pool pages are allocated or 
> released. But it is also required to ensure that the permission attribute 
> management does not deadlock, given that it may trigger page table splits 
> leading to additional page tables being allocated.
>
> Contributed-under: TianoCore Contribution Agreement 1.0
> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheu...@linaro.org>
> ---
>  MdeModulePkg/Core/Dxe/Mem/Pool.c | 53 ++++++++++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 43 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/MdeModulePkg/Core/Dxe/Mem/Pool.c 
> b/MdeModulePkg/Core/Dxe/Mem/Pool.c
> index 7afd2d312c1d..410615e0dee9 100644
> --- a/MdeModulePkg/Core/Dxe/Mem/Pool.c
> +++ b/MdeModulePkg/Core/Dxe/Mem/Pool.c
> @@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS OF ANY KIND, EITHER 
> EXPRESS OR IMPLIED.
>  #include "DxeMain.h"
>  #include "Imem.h"
>
> +STATIC EFI_LOCK mPoolMemoryLock = EFI_INITIALIZE_LOCK_VARIABLE 
> +(TPL_NOTIFY);
> +
>  #define POOL_FREE_SIGNATURE   SIGNATURE_32('p','f','r','0')
>  typedef struct {
>    UINT32          Signature;
> @@ -239,13 +241,13 @@ CoreInternalAllocatePool (
>    //
>    // Acquire the memory lock and make the allocation
>    //
> -  Status = CoreAcquireLockOrFail (&gMemoryLock);
> +  Status = CoreAcquireLockOrFail (&mPoolMemoryLock);
>    if (EFI_ERROR (Status)) {
>      return EFI_OUT_OF_RESOURCES;
>    }
>
>    *Buffer = CoreAllocatePoolI (PoolType, Size);
> -  CoreReleaseMemoryLock ();
> +  CoreReleaseLock (&mPoolMemoryLock);
>    return (*Buffer != NULL) ? EFI_SUCCESS : EFI_OUT_OF_RESOURCES;  }
>
> @@ -289,6 +291,23 @@ CoreAllocatePool (
>    return Status;
>  }
>
> +STATIC
> +VOID *
> +CoreAllocatePoolPagesI (
> +  IN EFI_MEMORY_TYPE    PoolType,
> +  IN UINTN              NoPages,
> +  IN UINTN              Granularity
> +  )
> +{
> +  VOID    *Buffer;
> +
> +  CoreAcquireMemoryLock ();
> +  Buffer = CoreAllocatePoolPages (PoolType, NoPages, Granularity); 
> + CoreReleaseMemoryLock ();
> +
> +  return Buffer;
> +}
> +
>  /**
>    Internal function to allocate pool of a particular type.
>    Caller must have the memory lock held @@ -317,7 +336,7 @@ 
> CoreAllocatePoolI (
>    UINTN       NoPages;
>    UINTN       Granularity;
>
> -  ASSERT_LOCKED (&gMemoryLock);
> +  ASSERT_LOCKED (&mPoolMemoryLock);
>
>    if  (PoolType == EfiACPIReclaimMemory   ||
>         PoolType == EfiACPIMemoryNVS       ||
> @@ -355,7 +374,7 @@ CoreAllocatePoolI (
>    if (Index >= SIZE_TO_LIST (Granularity)) {
>      NoPages = EFI_SIZE_TO_PAGES(Size) + EFI_SIZE_TO_PAGES (Granularity) - 1;
>      NoPages &= ~(UINTN)(EFI_SIZE_TO_PAGES (Granularity) - 1);
> -    Head = CoreAllocatePoolPages (PoolType, NoPages, Granularity);
> +    Head = CoreAllocatePoolPagesI (PoolType, NoPages, Granularity);
>      goto Done;
>    }
>
> @@ -383,7 +402,7 @@ CoreAllocatePoolI (
>      //
>      // Get another page
>      //
> -    NewPage = CoreAllocatePoolPages(PoolType, EFI_SIZE_TO_PAGES 
> (Granularity), Granularity);
> +    NewPage = CoreAllocatePoolPagesI (PoolType, EFI_SIZE_TO_PAGES 
> + (Granularity), Granularity);
>      if (NewPage == NULL) {
>        goto Done;
>      }
> @@ -486,9 +505,9 @@ CoreInternalFreePool (
>      return EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER;
>    }
>
> -  CoreAcquireMemoryLock ();
> +  CoreAcquireLock (&mPoolMemoryLock);
>    Status = CoreFreePoolI (Buffer, PoolType);
> -  CoreReleaseMemoryLock ();
> +  CoreReleaseLock (&mPoolMemoryLock);
>    return Status;
>  }
>
> @@ -525,6 +544,19 @@ CoreFreePool (
>    return Status;
>  }
>
> +STATIC
> +VOID
> +CoreFreePoolPagesI (
> +  IN EFI_MEMORY_TYPE        PoolType,
> +  IN EFI_PHYSICAL_ADDRESS   Memory,
> +  IN UINTN                  NoPages
> +  )
> +{
> +  CoreAcquireMemoryLock ();
> +  CoreFreePoolPages (Memory, NoPages);
> +  CoreReleaseMemoryLock ();
> +}
> +
>  /**
>    Internal function to free a pool entry.
>    Caller must have the memory lock held @@ -573,7 +605,7 @@ CoreFreePoolI (
>    //
>    ASSERT (Tail->Signature == POOL_TAIL_SIGNATURE);
>    ASSERT (Head->Size == Tail->Size);
> -  ASSERT_LOCKED (&gMemoryLock);
> +  ASSERT_LOCKED (&mPoolMemoryLock);
>
>    if (Tail->Signature != POOL_TAIL_SIGNATURE) {
>      return EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER;
> @@ -624,7 +656,7 @@ CoreFreePoolI (
>      //
>      NoPages = EFI_SIZE_TO_PAGES(Size) + EFI_SIZE_TO_PAGES (Granularity) - 1;
>      NoPages &= ~(UINTN)(EFI_SIZE_TO_PAGES (Granularity) - 1);
> -    CoreFreePoolPages ((EFI_PHYSICAL_ADDRESS) (UINTN) Head, NoPages);
> +    CoreFreePoolPagesI (Pool->MemoryType, (EFI_PHYSICAL_ADDRESS)
> + (UINTN) Head, NoPages);
>
>    } else {
>
> @@ -680,7 +712,8 @@ CoreFreePoolI (
>          //
>          // Free the page
>          //
> -        CoreFreePoolPages ((EFI_PHYSICAL_ADDRESS) (UINTN)NewPage, 
> EFI_SIZE_TO_PAGES (Granularity));
> +        CoreFreePoolPagesI (Pool->MemoryType, (EFI_PHYSICAL_ADDRESS) 
> (UINTN)NewPage,
> +          EFI_SIZE_TO_PAGES (Granularity));
>        }
>      }
>    }
> --
> 2.7.4
>
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