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authorChristoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>2016-12-12 16:44:23 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2016-12-12 18:55:08 -0800
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mm: turn vmap_purge_lock into a mutex
The purge_lock spinlock causes high latencies with non RT kernel. This has been reported multiple times on lkml [1] [2] and affects applications like audio. This patch replaces it with a mutex to allow preemption while holding the lock. Thanks to Joel Fernandes for the detailed report and analysis as well as an earlier attempt at fixing this issue. [1] http://lists.openwall.net/linux-kernel/2016/03/23/29 [2] https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/10/9/59 Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1479474236-4139-10-git-send-email-hch@lst.de Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Tested-by: Jisheng Zhang <jszhang@marvell.com> Cc: Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@virtuozzo.com> Cc: Joel Fernandes <joelaf@google.com> Cc: Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk> Cc: John Dias <joaodias@google.com> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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