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From:   Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
Date:   Thu, 28 Apr 2022 14:02:16 +0800
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Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 6/9] virtio-ccw: implement synchronize_cbs()
To:     "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
Cc:     Halil Pasic <pasic@linux.ibm.com>,
        Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
        virtualization <virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org>,
        Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>,
        eperezma <eperezma@redhat.com>, Cindy Lu <lulu@redhat.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>,
        Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
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On Thu, Apr 28, 2022 at 1:55 PM Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Apr 28, 2022 at 01:51:59PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 28, 2022 at 1:24 PM Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Thu, Apr 28, 2022 at 11:04:41AM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
> > > > > But my guess is that rwlock + some testing for the legacy indicator case
> > > > > just to double check if there is a heavy regression despite of our
> > > > > expectations to see none should do the trick.
> > > >
> > > > I suggest this, rwlock (for not airq) seems better than spinlock, but
> > > > at worst case it will cause cache line bouncing. But I wonder if it's
> > > > noticeable (anyhow it has been used for airq).
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Which existing rwlock does airq use right now? Can we take it to sync?
> >
> > It's the rwlock in airq_info, it has already been used in this patch.
> >
> >                 write_lock(&info->lock);
> >                 write_unlock(&info->lock);
> >
> > But the problem is, it looks to me there could be a case that airq is
> > not used, (virtio_ccw_int_hander()). That's why the patch use a
> > spinlock, it could be optimized with using a rwlock as well.
> >
> > Thanks
>
> Ah, right. So let's take that on the legacy path too and Halil promises
> to test to make sure performance isn't impacted too badly?

I think what you meant is using a dedicated rwlock instead of trying
to reuse one of the airq_info locks.

If this is true, it should be fine.

Thanks

>
> > >
> > > --
> > > MST
> > >
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