linux-kernel - [PATCH 07/12] rwsem: use cmpxchg for trying to steal write lock

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Date:	Wed,  6 Mar 2013 15:21:46 -0800
From:	Michel Lespinasse <walken@...gle.com>
To:	Alex Shi <alex.shi@...el.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Yuanhan Liu <yuanhan.liu@...ux.intel.com>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 07/12] rwsem: use cmpxchg for trying to steal write lock

Using rwsem_atomic_update to try stealing the write lock forced us to
undo the adjustment in the failure path. We can have simpler and faster
code by using cmpxchg instead.

Signed-off-by: Michel Lespinasse <walken@...gle.com>

---
 lib/rwsem.c | 26 ++++++--------------------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/rwsem.c b/lib/rwsem.c
index 2360bf204098..64c2dc007be2 100644
--- a/lib/rwsem.c
+++ b/lib/rwsem.c
@@ -142,25 +142,6 @@ __rwsem_do_wake(struct rw_semaphore *sem, int wake_type)
 	return sem;
 }
 
-/* Try to get write sem, caller holds sem->wait_lock: */
-static int try_get_writer_sem(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
-{
-	long oldcount, adjustment;
-
-	adjustment = RWSEM_ACTIVE_WRITE_BIAS;
-	if (list_is_singular(&sem->wait_list))
-		adjustment -= RWSEM_WAITING_BIAS;
-
-try_again_write:
-	oldcount = rwsem_atomic_update(adjustment, sem) - adjustment;
-	if (!(oldcount & RWSEM_ACTIVE_MASK))
-		return 1;
-	/* some one grabbed the sem already */
-	if (rwsem_atomic_update(-adjustment, sem) & RWSEM_ACTIVE_MASK)
-		return 0;
-	goto try_again_write;
-}
-
 /*
  * wait for the read lock to be granted
  */
@@ -236,7 +217,12 @@ struct rw_semaphore __sched *rwsem_down_write_failed(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
 	while (true) {
 		set_task_state(tsk, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
 
-		if (try_get_writer_sem(sem))
+		/* Try acquiring the write lock. */
+		count = RWSEM_ACTIVE_WRITE_BIAS;
+		if (!list_is_singular(&sem->wait_list))
+			count += RWSEM_WAITING_BIAS;
+		if (cmpxchg(&sem->count, RWSEM_WAITING_BIAS, count) ==
+							RWSEM_WAITING_BIAS)
 			break;
 
 		raw_spin_unlock_irq(&sem->wait_lock);
-- 
1.8.1.3
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