git: DragonFly_RELEASE_3_4 kernel - Fix a case in the path lookup that results in high latencies

[Matthew Dillon]

commit 8fcba8b082c29d1a7f5ec87e1236f6c899fd95b6
Author: Matthew Dillon <dillon at apollo.backplane.com>
Date:   Fri Jun 7 15:13:21 2013 -0700

    kernel - Fix a case in the path lookup that results in high latencies
    
    * When many cpu cores are looking up paths with matching components,
      so as when doing a parallel buildworld or a parallel build of
      /usr/src/lib/libc, the namecache's shared/exclusive lock mechanic
      can break-down and create a chain-reaction of exclusive locks which
      destroys performance.
    
    * When attempting to get a shared lock we were previously backing-down to
      an exclusive lock if the shared lock could not be obtained non-blocking.
      The original code could cause a chain-reaction of unnecessary exclusive
      locks.
    
      Instead, we now only back-down to an exclusive lock only if the current
      thread already holds an exclusive lock on the same namecache entry
      or if we detect that another thread is trying to get an exclusive lock.
      Otherwise we fall-through and obtain the shared lock in a blocking manner.
    
    Reported-by: ftigeot

Summary of changes:
 sys/kern/vfs_cache.c | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

http://gitweb.dragonflybsd.org/dragonfly.git/commitdiff/8fcba8b082c29d1a7f5ec87e1236f6c899fd95b6


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