linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 3/5] rwsem: remove try_reader_grant label do

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Message-ID: <1372264078.22432.123.camel@schen9-DESK>
Date:	Wed, 26 Jun 2013 09:27:58 -0700
From:	Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
	Alex Shi <alex.shi@...el.com>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Michel Lespinasse <walken@...gle.com>,
	Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr.bueso@...com>,
	Matthew R Wilcox <matthew.r.wilcox@...el.com>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>,
	Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Subject: [PATCH v3 3/5] rwsem: remove try_reader_grant label do_wake

That make code simple and more readable

Signed-off-by: Alex Shi <alex.shi@...el.com>
---
 lib/rwsem.c |   12 +++++++-----
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/rwsem.c b/lib/rwsem.c
index 42f1b1a..a8055cf 100644
--- a/lib/rwsem.c
+++ b/lib/rwsem.c
@@ -85,15 +85,17 @@ __rwsem_do_wake(struct rw_semaphore *sem, enum rwsem_wake_type wake_type)
 	adjustment = 0;
 	if (wake_type != RWSEM_WAKE_READ_OWNED) {
 		adjustment = RWSEM_ACTIVE_READ_BIAS;
- try_reader_grant:
-		oldcount = rwsem_atomic_update(adjustment, sem) - adjustment;
-		if (unlikely(oldcount < RWSEM_WAITING_BIAS)) {
-			/* A writer stole the lock. Undo our reader grant. */
+		while (1) {
+			oldcount = rwsem_atomic_update(adjustment, sem)
+								- adjustment;
+			if (likely(oldcount >= RWSEM_WAITING_BIAS))
+				break;
+
+			 /* A writer stole the lock.  Undo our reader grant. */
 			if (rwsem_atomic_update(-adjustment, sem) &
 						RWSEM_ACTIVE_MASK)
 				return sem;
 			/* Last active locker left. Retry waking readers. */
-			goto try_reader_grant;
 		}
 	}
 
-- 
1.7.4.4



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