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Message-Id: <201008052038.o75Kc6QU022126@hera.kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 20:38:06 GMT
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
Michel Lespinasse <walken@...gle.com>,
Mike Waychison <mikew@...gle.com>,
Suleiman Souhlal <suleiman@...gle.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
Ying Han <yinghan@...gle.com>
Subject: [GIT PULL] x86/rwsem for 2.6.36
Hi Linus,
The following changes since commit cdd854bc42b5e6c79bbbc40c6600d995ffe6e747:
Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc (2010-08-05 09:03:46 -0700)
are available in the git repository at:
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip.git x86-rwsem-for-linus
Michel Lespinasse (2):
x86, rwsem: Stay on fast path when count > 0 in __up_write()
x86, rwsem: Minor cleanups
arch/x86/include/asm/rwsem.h | 21 +++++++++------------
1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/rwsem.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/rwsem.h
index 606ede1..d1e41b0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/rwsem.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/rwsem.h
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ static inline void __down_read(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
{
asm volatile("# beginning down_read\n\t"
LOCK_PREFIX _ASM_INC "(%1)\n\t"
- /* adds 0x00000001, returns the old value */
+ /* adds 0x00000001 */
" jns 1f\n"
" call call_rwsem_down_read_failed\n"
"1:\n\t"
@@ -156,11 +156,9 @@ static inline int __down_read_trylock(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
static inline void __down_write_nested(struct rw_semaphore *sem, int subclass)
{
rwsem_count_t tmp;
-
- tmp = RWSEM_ACTIVE_WRITE_BIAS;
asm volatile("# beginning down_write\n\t"
LOCK_PREFIX " xadd %1,(%2)\n\t"
- /* subtract 0x0000ffff, returns the old value */
+ /* adds 0xffff0001, returns the old value */
" test %1,%1\n\t"
/* was the count 0 before? */
" jz 1f\n"
@@ -168,7 +166,7 @@ static inline void __down_write_nested(struct rw_semaphore *sem, int subclass)
"1:\n"
"# ending down_write"
: "+m" (sem->count), "=d" (tmp)
- : "a" (sem), "1" (tmp)
+ : "a" (sem), "1" (RWSEM_ACTIVE_WRITE_BIAS)
: "memory", "cc");
}
@@ -195,16 +193,16 @@ static inline int __down_write_trylock(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
*/
static inline void __up_read(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
{
- rwsem_count_t tmp = -RWSEM_ACTIVE_READ_BIAS;
+ rwsem_count_t tmp;
asm volatile("# beginning __up_read\n\t"
LOCK_PREFIX " xadd %1,(%2)\n\t"
/* subtracts 1, returns the old value */
" jns 1f\n\t"
- " call call_rwsem_wake\n"
+ " call call_rwsem_wake\n" /* expects old value in %edx */
"1:\n"
"# ending __up_read\n"
: "+m" (sem->count), "=d" (tmp)
- : "a" (sem), "1" (tmp)
+ : "a" (sem), "1" (-RWSEM_ACTIVE_READ_BIAS)
: "memory", "cc");
}
@@ -216,10 +214,9 @@ static inline void __up_write(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
rwsem_count_t tmp;
asm volatile("# beginning __up_write\n\t"
LOCK_PREFIX " xadd %1,(%2)\n\t"
- /* tries to transition
- 0xffff0001 -> 0x00000000 */
- " jz 1f\n"
- " call call_rwsem_wake\n"
+ /* subtracts 0xffff0001, returns the old value */
+ " jns 1f\n\t"
+ " call call_rwsem_wake\n" /* expects old value in %edx */
"1:\n\t"
"# ending __up_write\n"
: "+m" (sem->count), "=d" (tmp)
--
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