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| author | Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@kvack.org> | 2006-01-03 14:10:46 -0800 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2006-01-03 14:10:46 -0800 |
| commit | fd19f329a32bdc4eb07885e0b3889567cfe00aa7 (patch) | |
| tree | c69943e8294cae13df6af3dc8b8c25abab8c9cfb /include/net | |
| parent | 4947d3ef8de7b4f42aed6ea9ba689dc8fb45b5a5 (diff) | |
[AF_UNIX]: Convert to use a spinlock instead of rwlock
From: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@kvack.org>
In af_unix, a rwlock is used to protect internal state. At least on my
P4 with HT it is faster to use a spinlock due to the simpler memory
barrier used to unlock. This patch raises bw_unix to ~690K/s.
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/net')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/net/af_unix.h | 10 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/af_unix.h b/include/net/af_unix.h index 3f302ae98c03..bfc1779fc753 100644 --- a/include/net/af_unix.h +++ b/include/net/af_unix.h @@ -58,10 +58,10 @@ struct unix_skb_parms { #define UNIXCB(skb) (*(struct unix_skb_parms*)&((skb)->cb)) #define UNIXCREDS(skb) (&UNIXCB((skb)).creds) -#define unix_state_rlock(s) read_lock(&unix_sk(s)->lock) -#define unix_state_runlock(s) read_unlock(&unix_sk(s)->lock) -#define unix_state_wlock(s) write_lock(&unix_sk(s)->lock) -#define unix_state_wunlock(s) write_unlock(&unix_sk(s)->lock) +#define unix_state_rlock(s) spin_lock(&unix_sk(s)->lock) +#define unix_state_runlock(s) spin_unlock(&unix_sk(s)->lock) +#define unix_state_wlock(s) spin_lock(&unix_sk(s)->lock) +#define unix_state_wunlock(s) spin_unlock(&unix_sk(s)->lock) #ifdef __KERNEL__ /* The AF_UNIX socket */ @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ struct unix_sock { struct sock *other; struct sock *gc_tree; atomic_t inflight; - rwlock_t lock; + spinlock_t lock; wait_queue_head_t peer_wait; }; #define unix_sk(__sk) ((struct unix_sock *)__sk) |