Handle most object reference count updates without object locks.
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Authored by jeff on Nov 20 2019, 12:32 AM.

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kib
markj
alc
dougm

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rS355122: Use atomics in more cases for object references. We now can completely

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This patch moves to only requiring the object lock on the last ref (or second to last for anonymous objects) as well as the first ref of a vnode object.

The object lock wouldn't be required for the first vnode ref except to serialize with vnode_pager_dealloc() which could race and drop a vref that is not yet acquired. I'm not sure if this is even possible anymore and if it is not vm_object_reference() could be simplified.

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jeff created this revision.Nov 20 2019, 12:32 AM

Harbormaster completed remote builds in B27650: Diff 64598.Nov 20 2019, 12:32 AM

jeff retitled this revision from Experimental object reference changes to Handle most object reference count updates without object locks..Nov 20 2019, 12:40 AM

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jeff added reviewers: kib, markj, alc, dougm.

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