Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758906AbZF3Vux (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:50:53 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752859AbZF3Vuq (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:50:46 -0400 Received: from mx2.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]:45997 "EHLO mx2.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752710AbZF3Vup (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:50:45 -0400 Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:50:23 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar To: Masami Hiramatsu Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli , lkml , systemtap , DLE , Jim Keniston Subject: Re: [PATCH -tip 3/3] kprobes: cleanup: use list instead of hlist for insn_pages Message-ID: <20090630215023.GA22851@elte.hu> References: <20090630210757.17851.409.stgit@localhost.localdomain> <20090630210814.17851.64651.stgit@localhost.localdomain> <20090630212512.GA10831@elte.hu> <4A4A8804.1040004@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4A4A8804.1040004@redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-ELTE-SpamScore: -1.5 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-1.5 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.5 -1.5 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1567 Lines: 46 * Masami Hiramatsu wrote: > Ingo Molnar wrote: > > * Masami Hiramatsu wrote: > > > >> Use struct list instead of struct hlist for managing insn_pages, > >> because insn_pages doesn't use hash table. > > > >> struct kprobe_insn_page { > >> - struct hlist_node hlist; > >> + struct list_head list; > > > > Hm, you know that this increases the size of kprobe_insn_page by 4/8 > > bytes, right? > > Sure, that will increase size. > > > hlists are not just used for hashes - but also when we want a more > > compact / smaller list head. > > Oh, I thought hlists are used for hash tables... ... because they are smaller, hence the hash table of list heads becomes twice as dense as with list_head. But otherwise it's an (almost) equivalent primitive to list_head, with a slightly higher runtime cost versus better RAM footprint. > > How many kprobe_insn_page's can be allocated in the system, > > maximally? > > It's depends on how many probes you will use, but logically, 1 > kprobe_insn_pages is allocated per 4096/16 = 256 probes. So, if > you use 25,600 probes on your system, memory consumption will > increase 400/800 bytes. it's your call really - just wanted to react on the 'because it should be used for hash tables' comment in the changelog. Ingo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/