I noticed that srcu_read_lock/unlock both have a memory barrier,
so just by moving srcu_read_unlock earlier we can get rid of
one call to smp_mb() using smp_mb__after_srcu_read_unlock instead.
Unsurprisingly, the gain is small but measureable using the unit test
microbenchmark:
before
I noticed that srcu_read_lock/unlock both have a memory barrier,
so just by moving srcu_read_unlock earlier we can get rid of
one call to smp_mb() using smp_mb__after_srcu_read_unlock instead.
Unsurprisingly, the gain is small but measureable using the unit test
microbenchmark:
before
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