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  2. MDEV-26467

Unnecessary compare-and-swap loop in futex-based synchronization

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      In the futex-based implementation of InnoDB synchronization primitives srw_mutex::wait_and_lock() we are unnecessarily using a compare-and-swap loop for setting the HOLDER flag. We could use a fetch_add (to register the current thread as a waiter) followed by a fetch_or to set the flag. The value of a granted lock word with no waiting threads would change from HOLDER to HOLDER + 1.

      Replacing the compare-and-swap loop seems to slightly improve performance in Sysbench oltp_update_index on my AMD64 based system, using a single NUMA node:

      threads unpatched transactions/s patched transactions/s
      10 91110 92171
      20 158399 158623
      30 162566 163092

      We still use a compare-and-swap loop in ssux_lock_low::rd_lock_try() ever since MDEV-24271. It used to be a greedy fetch_add() followed by a fetch_sub() back-off, but we observed starvation due to that.

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          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. MDEV-26720 Suboptimal translation of single-bit std::atomic::fetch_or() and fetch_and()

          • Major - Major loss of function.
          • Closed

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. MDEV-24142 rw_lock_t has unnecessarily complex wait logic

          • Major - Major loss of function.
          • Closed

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. MDEV-25404 read-only performance regression in 10.6

          • Blocker - Blocks development and/or testing work, production could not run.
          • Closed

          Task - A task that needs to be done. MDEV-32065 Always check whether lock is free at first to optimize InnoDB mutexes

          • Major - Major loss of function.
          • Open

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