linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 3/4] mutex: Try to acquire mutex only if it is unlocked

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Date:	Wed, 11 Jun 2014 11:37:22 -0700
From:	Jason Low <jason.low2@...com>
To:	mingo@...nel.org, peterz@...radead.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com,
	paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, rostedt@...dmis.org, davidlohr@...com,
	Waiman.Long@...com, scott.norton@...com, aswin@...com,
	jason.low2@...com
Subject: [PATCH v2 3/4] mutex: Try to acquire mutex only if it is unlocked

Upon entering the slowpath in __mutex_lock_common(), we try once more to
acquire the mutex. We only try to acquire if (lock->count >= 0). However,
what we actually want here is to try to acquire if the mutex is unlocked
(lock->count == 1). 
  
This patch changes it so that we only try-acquire the mutex upon entering
the slowpath if it is unlocked, rather than if the lock count is non-negative.
This helps further reduce unnecessary atomic xchg() operations.

Furthermore, this patch uses !mutex_is_locked(lock) to do the initial
checks for if the lock is free rather than directly calling atomic_read()
on the lock->count, in order to improve readability.

Signed-off-by: Jason Low <jason.low2@...com>
---
 kernel/locking/mutex.c |    7 ++++---
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/locking/mutex.c b/kernel/locking/mutex.c
index 4bd9546..e4d997b 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/mutex.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/mutex.c
@@ -432,7 +432,8 @@ __mutex_lock_common(struct mutex *lock, long state, unsigned int subclass,
 		if (owner && !mutex_spin_on_owner(lock, owner))
 			break;
 
-		if ((atomic_read(&lock->count) == 1) &&
+		/* Try to acquire the mutex if it is unlocked. */
+		if (!mutex_is_locked(lock) &&
 		    (atomic_cmpxchg(&lock->count, 1, 0) == 1)) {
 			lock_acquired(&lock->dep_map, ip);
 			if (use_ww_ctx) {
@@ -479,9 +480,9 @@ slowpath:
 
 	/*
 	 * Once more, try to acquire the lock. Only try-lock the mutex if
-	 * lock->count >= 0 to reduce unnecessary xchg operations.
+	 * it is unlocked to reduce unnecessary xchg() operations.
 	 */
-	if (atomic_read(&lock->count) >= 0 && (atomic_xchg(&lock->count, 0) == 1))
+	if (!mutex_is_locked(lock) && (atomic_xchg(&lock->count, 0) == 1))
 		goto skip_wait;
 
 	debug_mutex_lock_common(lock, &waiter);
-- 
1.7.1

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