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Date:	Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:57:01 GMT
From:	tip-bot for Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@...rix.com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hpa@...or.com, mingo@...hat.com,
	tglx@...utronix.de, hpa@...ux.intel.com,
	jeremy.fitzhardinge@...rix.com
Subject: [tip:x86/spinlocks] x86, ticketlock: Make large and small ticket versions of spin_lock the same

Commit-ID:  dc126c03ca25de516eaa8e575a98b81382d6d4b4
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/dc126c03ca25de516eaa8e575a98b81382d6d4b4
Author:     Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@...rix.com>
AuthorDate: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 18:19:16 -0700
Committer:  H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...ux.intel.com>
CommitDate: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 11:18:37 -0700

x86, ticketlock: Make large and small ticket versions of spin_lock the same

Make the bulk of __ticket_spin_lock look identical for large and small
number of cpus.

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@...rix.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/9eea42d16aabc7624488eb62213a763dbbacef38.1308878118.git.jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...ux.intel.com>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h |   23 ++++++++---------------
 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h
index f8d51dc..078319e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h
@@ -70,19 +70,16 @@ static __always_inline void __ticket_unlock_release(struct arch_spinlock *lock)
 #if (NR_CPUS < 256)
 static __always_inline void __ticket_spin_lock(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
 {
-	register union {
-		struct __raw_tickets tickets;
-		unsigned short slock;
-	} inc = { .slock = 1 << TICKET_SHIFT };
+	register struct __raw_tickets inc = { .tail = 1 };
 
 	asm volatile (LOCK_PREFIX "xaddw %w0, %1\n"
-		      : "+Q" (inc), "+m" (lock->slock) : : "memory", "cc");
+		      : "+r" (inc), "+m" (lock->tickets) : : "memory", "cc");
 
 	for (;;) {
-		if (inc.tickets.head == inc.tickets.tail)
+		if (inc.head == inc.tail)
 			goto out;
 		cpu_relax();
-		inc.tickets.head = ACCESS_ONCE(lock->tickets.head);
+		inc.head = ACCESS_ONCE(lock->tickets.head);
 	}
 out:	barrier();		/* make sure nothing creeps before the lock is taken */
 }
@@ -108,21 +105,17 @@ static __always_inline int __ticket_spin_trylock(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
 #else
 static __always_inline void __ticket_spin_lock(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
 {
-	unsigned inc = 1 << TICKET_SHIFT;
-	__ticket_t tmp;
+	register struct __raw_tickets inc = { .tail = 1 };
 
 	asm volatile(LOCK_PREFIX "xaddl %0, %1\n\t"
-		     : "+r" (inc), "+m" (lock->slock)
+		     : "+r" (inc), "+m" (lock->tickets)
 		     : : "memory", "cc");
 
-	tmp = inc;
-	inc >>= TICKET_SHIFT;
-
 	for (;;) {
-		if ((__ticket_t)inc == tmp)
+		if (inc.head == inc.tail)
 			goto out;
 		cpu_relax();
-		tmp = ACCESS_ONCE(lock->tickets.head);
+		inc.head = ACCESS_ONCE(lock->tickets.head);
 	}
 out:	barrier();		/* make sure nothing creeps before the lock is taken */
 }
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