linux-kernel - [RFC PATCH] ARM: cmpxchg: define __HAVE_ARCH

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Date:	Wed, 30 May 2012 15:51:26 +0800
From:	Yong Zhang <yong.zhang0@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org,
	Russell King <rmk+kernel@....linux.org.uk>,
	Nicolas Pitre <nico@...aro.org>,
	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: [RFC PATCH] ARM: cmpxchg: define __HAVE_ARCH_CMPXCHG for armv6 and later

From: Yong Zhang <yong.zhang@...driver.com>

Both pi_stress and sigwaittest in rt-test show performance gain with
__HAVE_ARCH_CMPXCHG. Testing result on coretile_express_a9x4:

pi_stress -p 99 --duration=300 (on linux-3.4-rc5; bigger is better)
  vanilla:     Total inversion performed: 5493381
  patched:     Total inversion performed: 5621746

sigwaittest -p 99 -l 100000 (on linux-3.4-rc5-rt6; less is better)
  3.4-rc5-rt6: Min   24, Cur   27, Avg   30, Max   98
  patched:     Min   19, Cur   21, Avg   23, Max   96

Signed-off-by: Yong Zhang <yong.zhang0@...il.com>
Cc: Russell King <rmk+kernel@....linux.org.uk>
Cc: Nicolas Pitre <nico@...aro.org>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
---
 arch/arm/include/asm/cmpxchg.h |    2 ++
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/cmpxchg.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
index 7eb18c1..a91b44e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ static inline unsigned long __xchg(unsigned long x, volatile void *ptr, int size
 
 #else	/* min ARCH >= ARMv6 */
 
+#define __HAVE_ARCH_CMPXCHG 1
+
 extern void __bad_cmpxchg(volatile void *ptr, int size);
 
 /*
-- 
1.7.5.4

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