Thread (8 messages) 8 messages, 2 authors, 2016-09-19
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[PATCH v7 1/6] pv-qspinlock: use cmpxchg_release in __pv_queued_spin_unlock

From: Pan Xinhui <hidden>
Date: 2016-09-19 05:27:21
Also in: linuxppc-dev, lkml
Subsystem: locking primitives, the rest · Maintainers: Peter Zijlstra, Ingo Molnar, Will Deacon, Boqun Feng, Linus Torvalds

cmpxchg_release() is more lighweight than cmpxchg() on some archs(e.g.
PPC), moreover, in __pv_queued_spin_unlock() we only needs a RELEASE in
the fast path(pairing with *_try_lock() or *_lock()). And the slow path
has smp_store_release too. So it's safe to use cmpxchg_release here.

Suggested-by:  Boqun Feng <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Pan Xinhui <redacted>
---
 kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h b/kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h
index 8a99abf..ce655aa 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h
+++ b/kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ __visible void __pv_queued_spin_unlock(struct qspinlock *lock)
 	 * unhash. Otherwise it would be possible to have multiple @lock
 	 * entries, which would be BAD.
 	 */
-	locked = cmpxchg(&l->locked, _Q_LOCKED_VAL, 0);
+	locked = cmpxchg_release(&l->locked, _Q_LOCKED_VAL, 0);
 	if (likely(locked == _Q_LOCKED_VAL))
 		return;
 
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