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Date:	Tue, 18 May 2010 17:17:31 GMT
From:	tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hpa@...or.com, mingo@...hat.com,
	a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...e.hu
Subject: [tip:perf/core] perf: Optimize perf_output_*() by avoiding local_xchg()

Commit-ID:  6d1acfd5c6bfd5231c13a8f2858d7f2afbaa1b62
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/6d1acfd5c6bfd5231c13a8f2858d7f2afbaa1b62
Author:     Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
AuthorDate: Tue, 18 May 2010 11:12:48 +0200
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CommitDate: Tue, 18 May 2010 18:35:49 +0200

perf: Optimize perf_output_*() by avoiding local_xchg()

Since the x86 XCHG ins implies LOCK, avoid the use by
using a sequence count instead.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
LKML-Reference: <new-submission>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
---
 include/linux/perf_event.h |    1 +
 kernel/perf_event.c        |    3 ++-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index ce76676..fe50347 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -804,6 +804,7 @@ struct perf_output_handle {
 	struct perf_mmap_data		*data;
 	unsigned long			head;
 	unsigned long			offset;
+	unsigned long			wakeup;
 	int				nmi;
 	int				sample;
 };
diff --git a/kernel/perf_event.c b/kernel/perf_event.c
index 1f98c78..7e3bcf1 100644
--- a/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -2917,6 +2917,7 @@ static void perf_output_get_handle(struct perf_output_handle *handle)
 
 	preempt_disable();
 	local_inc(&data->nest);
+	handle->wakeup = local_read(&data->wakeup);
 }
 
 static void perf_output_put_handle(struct perf_output_handle *handle)
@@ -2950,7 +2951,7 @@ again:
 		goto again;
 	}
 
-	if (local_xchg(&data->wakeup, 0))
+	if (handle->wakeup != local_read(&data->wakeup))
 		perf_output_wakeup(handle);
 
 	preempt_enable();
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