linux-stable/kernel/printk
Petr Mladek f244b4dc53 printk: ringbuffer: Improve prb_next_seq() performance
prb_next_seq() always iterates from the first known sequence number.
In the worst case, it might loop 8k times for 256kB buffer,
15k times for 512kB buffer, and 64k times for 2MB buffer.

It was reported that polling and reading using syslog interface
might occupy 50% of CPU.

Speedup the search by storing @id of the last finalized descriptor.

The loop is still needed because the @id is stored and read in the best
effort way. An atomic variable is used to keep the @id consistent.
But the stores and reads are not serialized against each other.
The descriptor could get reused in the meantime. The related sequence
number will be used only when it is still valid.

An invalid value should be read _only_ when there is a flood of messages
and the ringbuffer is rapidly reused. The performance is the least
problem in this case.

Reported-by: Chunlei Wang <chunlei.wang@mediatek.com>
Signed-off-by: Mukesh Ojha <quic_mojha@quicinc.com>
Reviewed-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1642770388-17327-1-git-send-email-quic_mojha@quicinc.com
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/YXlddJxLh77DKfIO@alley/T/#m43062e8b2a17f8dbc8c6ccdb8851fb0dbaabbb14
2022-01-26 16:00:32 +01:00
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braille.c printk: Replace strncmp() with str_has_prefix() 2019-08-16 09:54:08 +02:00
braille.h License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
console_cmdline.h printk: Fix preferred console selection with multiple matches 2020-02-18 09:34:42 +01:00
internal.h printk: rename vprintk_func to vprintk 2021-03-30 15:21:18 +02:00
Makefile printk: add lockless ringbuffer 2020-07-10 08:48:19 +02:00
printk.c printk/console: Check consistent sequence number when handling race in console_unlock() 2021-07-08 18:45:35 +02:00
printk_ringbuffer.c printk: ringbuffer: Improve prb_next_seq() performance 2022-01-26 16:00:32 +01:00
printk_ringbuffer.h printk: ringbuffer: Improve prb_next_seq() performance 2022-01-26 16:00:32 +01:00
printk_safe.c printk: Move EXPORT_SYMBOL() closer to vprintk definition 2021-06-16 10:42:19 +02:00