[AF_UNIX]: Convert to use a spinlock instead of rwlock From: Benjamin LaHaise <[email protected]> In af_unix, a rwlock is used to protect internal state. At least on my P4 with HT it is faster to use a spinlock due to the simpler memory barrier used to unlock. This patch raises bw_unix to ~690K/s. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]>
diff --git a/net/unix/af_unix.c b/net/unix/af_unix.c index 7d3fe6a..1ddd36d 100644 --- a/net/unix/af_unix.c +++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ u = unix_sk(sk); u->dentry = NULL; u->mnt = NULL; - rwlock_init(&u->lock); + spin_lock_init(&u->lock); atomic_set(&u->inflight, sock ? 0 : -1); init_MUTEX(&u->readsem); /* single task reading lock */ init_waitqueue_head(&u->peer_wait);