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vread() has been linearly searching vmap_area_list for looking up vmalloc areas to read from. These same areas are also tracked by a rb_tree (vmap_area_root) which offers logarithmic lookup. This patch modifies vread() to use the rb_tree structure instead of the list and the speedup for heavy /proc/kcore readers can be pretty significant. Below are the wall clock measurements of a Python application that leverages the drgn debugging library to read and interpret data read from /proc/kcore. Before the patch: ----- $ time sudo sdb -e 'dbuf | head 3000 | wc' (unsigned long)3000 real 0m22.446s user 0m2.321s sys 0m20.690s ----- With the patch: ----- $ time sudo sdb -e 'dbuf | head 3000 | wc' (unsigned long)3000 real 0m2.104s user 0m2.043s sys 0m0.921s ----- Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210209190253.108763-1-serapheim@delphix.com Signed-off-by: Serapheim Dimitropoulos <serapheim@delphix.com> Reviewed-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Linux kernel
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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.