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Commit b58fc804 authored by Mike Marciniszyn's avatar Mike Marciniszyn Committed by Doug Ledford
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IB/hfi1: Eliminate synchronize_rcu() in mr delete



The synchronize_rcu() call can be eliminated to improve memory deregistration
performance.

There are two key fields involved:
- The rcu pointer itself
- the lkey_published field

To close the window between the rcu read of the mregion pointer and the
reference count the code should:

1. To lkey/rkey validation (reader)

Read the rcu pointer.  If the pointer is non-NULL, get a reference.

To the current validation tests use a READ_ONCE() on the lkey_published.

Upon any failure release the reference.

2. To the remove logic (delete)

Insure the published is zeroed prior to setting the pointer to NULL.
This requires using rcu_assign_pointer() to insure lkey_published
is written prior to the NULL.

3. To the insert logic (add)

Insure the published is set use an rcu_assign_pointer() to insure the
pointer is after all MR fields.

Reviewed-by: default avatarDennis Dalessandro <dennis.dalessandro@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarMike Marciniszyn <mike.marciniszyn@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDennis Dalessandro <dennis.dalessandro@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDoug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com>
parent 243d9f43
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