Use cmpxchg instead of xchg to realize this_cpu_xchg. xchg will cause LOCK overhead since LOCK is always implied but cmpxchg will not. Baselines: xchg() = 18 cycles (no segment prefix, LOCK semantics) __this_cpu_xchg = 1 cycle (simulated using this_cpu_read/write, two prefixes. Looks like the cpu can use loop optimization to get rid of most of the overhead) Cycles before: this_cpu_xchg = 37 cycles (segment prefix and LOCK (implied by xchg)) After: this_cpu_xchg = 11 cycle (using cmpxchg without lock semantics) Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter --- arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h | 21 +++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6/arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h 2010-12-10 12:46:31.000000000 -0600 +++ linux-2.6/arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h 2010-12-10 13:25:21.000000000 -0600 @@ -213,8 +213,9 @@ do { \ }) /* - * Beware: xchg on x86 has an implied lock prefix. There will be the cost of - * full lock semantics even though they are not needed. + * xchg is implemented using cmpxchg without a lock prefix. xchg is + * expensive due to the implied lock prefix. The processor cannot prefetch + * cachelines if xchg is used. */ #define percpu_xchg_op(var, nval) \ ({ \ @@ -222,25 +223,33 @@ do { \ typeof(var) __new = (nval); \ switch (sizeof(var)) { \ case 1: \ - asm("xchgb %2, "__percpu_arg(1) \ + asm("\n1:mov "__percpu_arg(1)",%%al" \ + "\n\tcmpxchgb %2, "__percpu_arg(1) \ + "\n\tjnz 1b" \ : "=a" (__ret), "+m" (var) \ : "q" (__new) \ : "memory"); \ break; \ case 2: \ - asm("xchgw %2, "__percpu_arg(1) \ + asm("\n1:mov "__percpu_arg(1)",%%ax" \ + "\n\tcmpxchgw %2, "__percpu_arg(1) \ + "\n\tjnz 1b" \ : "=a" (__ret), "+m" (var) \ : "r" (__new) \ : "memory"); \ break; \ case 4: \ - asm("xchgl %2, "__percpu_arg(1) \ + asm("\n1:mov "__percpu_arg(1)",%%eax" \ + "\n\tcmpxchgl %2, "__percpu_arg(1) \ + "\n\tjnz 1b" \ : "=a" (__ret), "+m" (var) \ : "r" (__new) \ : "memory"); \ break; \ case 8: \ - asm("xchgq %2, "__percpu_arg(1) \ + asm("\n1:mov "__percpu_arg(1)",%%rax" \ + "\n\tcmpxchgq %2, "__percpu_arg(1) \ + "\n\tjnz 1b" \ : "=a" (__ret), "+m" (var) \ : "r" (__new) \ : "memory"); \ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/