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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
arch hyperv-next for 5.14 2021-06-29 11:21:35 -07:00
block sched: Change task_struct::state 2021-06-18 11:43:09 +02:00
certs Kbuild updates for v5.13 (2nd) 2021-05-08 10:00:11 -07:00
crypto Merge branch 'linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2021-06-28 16:04:56 -07:00
Documentation printk changes for 5.14 2021-06-29 12:07:18 -07:00
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init sched: Change task_struct::state 2021-06-18 11:43:09 +02:00
ipc Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace 2021-06-28 20:39:26 -07:00
kernel printk: ringbuffer: Improve prb_next_seq() performance 2022-01-26 16:00:32 +01:00
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net hyperv-next for 5.14 2021-06-29 11:21:35 -07:00
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CREDITS MAINTAINERS: move Murali Karicheri to credits 2021-04-29 15:47:30 -07:00
Kbuild kbuild: rename hostprogs-y/always to hostprogs/always-y 2020-02-04 01:53:07 +09:00
Kconfig kbuild: ensure full rebuild when the compiler is updated 2020-05-12 13:28:33 +09:00
MAINTAINERS printk changes for 5.14 2021-06-29 12:07:18 -07:00
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README Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.