fs.h: Optimize file struct to prevent false sharing
In the syscall test of UnixBench, performance regression occurred due to false sharing. The lock and atomic members, including file::f_lock, file::f_count and file::f_pos_lock are highly contended and frequently updated in the high-concurrency test scenarios. perf c2c indentified one affected read access, file::f_op. To prevent false sharing, the layout of file struct is changed as following (A) f_lock, f_count and f_pos_lock are put together to share the same cache line. (B) The read mostly members, including f_path, f_inode, f_op are put into a separate cache line. (C) f_mode is put together with f_count, since they are used frequently at the same time. Due to '__randomize_layout' attribute of file struct, the updated layout only can be effective when CONFIG_RANDSTRUCT_NONE is 'y'. The optimization has been validated in the syscall test of UnixBench. performance gain is 30~50%. Furthermore, to confirm the optimization effectiveness on the other codes path, the results of fsdisk, fsbuffer and fstime are also shown. Here are the detailed test results of unixbench. Command: numactl -C 3-18 ./Run -c 16 syscall fsbuffer fstime fsdisk Without Patch ------------------------------------------------------------------------ File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 875052.1 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples) File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 235484.0 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples) File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 2815153.5 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples) System Call Overhead 5772268.3 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples) System Benchmarks Partial Index BASELINE RESULT INDEX File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 875052.1 2209.7 File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 235484.0 1422.9 File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 2815153.5 4853.7 System Call Overhead 15000.0 5772268.3 3848.2 ======== System Benchmarks Index Score (Partial Only) 2768.3 With Patch ------------------------------------------------------------------------ File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 1009977.2 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples) File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 264765.9 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples) File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 3052236.0 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples) System Call Overhead 8237404.4 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples) System Benchmarks Partial Index BASELINE RESULT INDEX File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 1009977.2 2550.4 File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 264765.9 1599.8 File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 3052236.0 5262.5 System Call Overhead 15000.0 8237404.4 5491.6 ======== System Benchmarks Index Score (Partial Only) 3295.3 Signed-off-by: chenzhiyin <zhiyin.chen@intel.com> Message-Id: <20230601092400.27162-1-zhiyin.chen@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
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