Would you consider the the following changes to
switch_task_namespaces() ??
I've tested 3.2.1-stable:
--- a/kernel/nsproxy.c 2011-12-08
17:46:59.000000000 -0500
+++ b/kernel/nsproxy.c 2012-01-24
10:30:06.000000000 -0500
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ void switch_task_namespaces(struct task_
* cannot release this nsproxy via the call_rcu() since
* put_mnt_ns() will want to sleep
*/
- synchronize_rcu();
+ synchronize_rcu_expedited();
free_nsproxy(ns);
}
}
---
Perf results for setns():
# uname -a
Linux zzzz 3.2.1-setns-synchronize-rcu-expedited-c #1 SMP Tue Jan 24
09:09:04 EST 2012 x86_64 GNU/Linux
# ip netns list
ns6
ns5
ns4
ns3
ns2
ns1
# for i in {1..100} ; do ./a.out ; done
Performed 100 switches
Microseconds per setns() call, average: 6
Performed 100 switches
...
...
Performed 102 switches
Microseconds per setns() call, average: 6
----------------------------------------------------------------------
With:
# uname -a
Linux zzzz 3.2.1-stable #1 SMP Thu Jan 19 20:14:15 EST 2012 x86_64
GNU/Linux
# ip netns list
ns6
ns5
ns4
ns3
ns2
ns1
The same test app looping 100 times produced ~4454 microseconds per
setns() call.
-DilipD.
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