On 05/20/2013 11:06 AM, Qinchuanyu wrote:
> Right now the wake_up_process func is included in spin_lock/unlock, but it
> could be done outside the spin_lock.
> I have test it with kernel 3.0.27 and guest suse11-sp2, it provide 2%-3% net
> performance improved.
>
> Signed-off-by: Chuanyu Qin <[email protected]>
Make sense to me but need generate a patch against net-next.git or
vhost.git in git.kernel.org.
Btw. How did you test this? Care to share the perf numbers?
Thanks
> mu
> --- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c 2013-05-20 10:36:30.000000000 +0800
> +++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c 2013-05-20 10:36:54.000000000 +0800
> @@ -144,9 +144,10 @@
> if (list_empty(&work->node)) {
> list_add_tail(&work->node, &dev->work_list);
> work->queue_seq++;
> + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->work_lock, flags);
> wake_up_process(dev->worker);
> - }
> - spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->work_lock, flags);
> + } else
> + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->work_lock, flags);
> }
>
> void vhost_poll_queue(struct vhost_poll *poll)
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