From c3059477fce2d956a0bb3e04357324780c5d8eeb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jarek Poplawski Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:33:08 +0000 Subject: ipv4: Use synchronize_rcu() during trie_rebalance() During trie_rebalance() we free memory after resizing with call_rcu(), but large updates, especially with PREEMPT_NONE configs, can cause memory stresses, so this patch calls synchronize_rcu() in tnode_free_flush() after each sync_pages to guarantee such freeing (especially before resizing the root node). The value of sync_pages = 128 is based on Pawel Staszewski's tests as the lowest which doesn't hinder updating times. (For testing purposes there was a sysfs module parameter to change it on demand, but it's removed until we're sure it could be really useful.) The patch is based on suggestions by: Paul E. McKenney Reported-by: Pawel Staszewski Tested-by: Pawel Staszewski Signed-off-by: Jarek Poplawski Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/ipv4/fib_trie.c | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) (limited to 'net/ipv4') diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c b/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c index 63c2fa7b68c..58ba9f4f2c9 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c +++ b/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c @@ -164,6 +164,14 @@ static struct tnode *inflate(struct trie *t, struct tnode *tn); static struct tnode *halve(struct trie *t, struct tnode *tn); /* tnodes to free after resize(); protected by RTNL */ static struct tnode *tnode_free_head; +static size_t tnode_free_size; + +/* + * synchronize_rcu after call_rcu for that many pages; it should be especially + * useful before resizing the root node with PREEMPT_NONE configs; the value was + * obtained experimentally, aiming to avoid visible slowdown. + */ +static const int sync_pages = 128; static struct kmem_cache *fn_alias_kmem __read_mostly; static struct kmem_cache *trie_leaf_kmem __read_mostly; @@ -393,6 +401,8 @@ static void tnode_free_safe(struct tnode *tn) BUG_ON(IS_LEAF(tn)); tn->tnode_free = tnode_free_head; tnode_free_head = tn; + tnode_free_size += sizeof(struct tnode) + + (sizeof(struct node *) << tn->bits); } static void tnode_free_flush(void) @@ -404,6 +414,11 @@ static void tnode_free_flush(void) tn->tnode_free = NULL; tnode_free(tn); } + + if (tnode_free_size >= PAGE_SIZE * sync_pages) { + tnode_free_size = 0; + synchronize_rcu(); + } } static struct leaf *leaf_new(void) -- cgit v1.2.3