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Please test: parallel fault handling
On Wed, Apr 30, 2025 at 11:39:15AM +0200, Martin Pieuchot wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Diff below enables running the fault handler in parallel. Please test
> an report back, with dmesg, if this increases or decreases the perfs of
> your usual setup.
>
> Thanks for the help,
> Martin
Survived amd64 snapshot build and regress. No noticeable change in
elapsed time.
> Index: uvm/uvm_fault.c
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/sys/uvm/uvm_fault.c,v
> diff -u -p -r1.168 uvm_fault.c
> --- uvm/uvm_fault.c 29 Apr 2025 09:05:54 -0000 1.168
> +++ uvm/uvm_fault.c 29 Apr 2025 09:06:11 -0000
> @@ -662,13 +662,8 @@ uvm_fault(vm_map_t orig_map, vaddr_t vad
> flt.access_type = access_type;
> flt.narrow = FALSE; /* assume normal fault for now */
> flt.wired = FALSE; /* assume non-wired fault for now */
> -#if notyet
> flt.upper_lock_type = RW_READ;
> flt.lower_lock_type = RW_READ; /* shared lock for now */
> -#else
> - flt.upper_lock_type = RW_WRITE;
> - flt.lower_lock_type = RW_WRITE; /* exclusive lock for now */
> -#endif
>
> error = ERESTART;
> while (error == ERESTART) { /* ReFault: */
>
>
Please test: parallel fault handling