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-rw-r--r--include/linux/rwsem.h21
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/rwsem.h b/include/linux/rwsem.h
index b44e533235c7..2ea18a3def04 100644
--- a/include/linux/rwsem.h
+++ b/include/linux/rwsem.h
@@ -20,21 +20,30 @@
#include <linux/osq_lock.h>
#endif
-struct rw_semaphore;
-
-/* All arch specific implementations share the same struct */
+/*
+ * For an uncontended rwsem, count and owner are the only fields a task
+ * needs to touch when acquiring the rwsem. So they are put next to each
+ * other to increase the chance that they will share the same cacheline.
+ *
+ * In a contended rwsem, the owner is likely the most frequently accessed
+ * field in the structure as the optimistic waiter that holds the osq lock
+ * will spin on owner. For an embedded rwsem, other hot fields in the
+ * containing structure should be moved further away from the rwsem to
+ * reduce the chance that they will share the same cacheline causing
+ * cacheline bouncing problem.
+ */
struct rw_semaphore {
atomic_long_t count;
- struct list_head wait_list;
- raw_spinlock_t wait_lock;
#ifdef CONFIG_RWSEM_SPIN_ON_OWNER
- struct optimistic_spin_queue osq; /* spinner MCS lock */
/*
* Write owner. Used as a speculative check to see
* if the owner is running on the cpu.
*/
struct task_struct *owner;
+ struct optimistic_spin_queue osq; /* spinner MCS lock */
#endif
+ raw_spinlock_t wait_lock;
+ struct list_head wait_list;
#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
struct lockdep_map dep_map;
#endif