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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 3/3] Disable ARB_DIS conditionally

To: "Wei, Gang" <gang.wei@xxxxxxxxx>, "xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 3/3] Disable ARB_DIS conditionally
From: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:40:16 +0100
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On 3/9/08 11:21, "Wei, Gang" <gang.wei@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> CPU0: -------------judge then clear
> ARB_DIS----------------------------------dec count
> CPU1: inc count-------------------------------------judge then set ARB_DIS

Yes, that's a more likely race.

> Sync via spinlock is good suggest, I need to do some testing to make sure
> spinlock will not bring larger-than-saved overheads.

Actually I think it'll be okay. Place the lock next to the c3_cpu_count (so
they share a cacheline). Something like:

struct {
    spinlock_t lock;
    unsigned int count;
} c3_cpu_status;

Then:
 * Currently: Exclusive access to one cache line + one LOCK prefix
 * With lock: Exactly the same (since c3_cpu_count no longer needs to be an
atomic_t, and spin_unlock() is also not a LOCKed instruction).

But yes, you should test just be to be really sure.

 -- Keir



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