linux-kernel - [PATCH v12 07/11] qspinlock: Revert to test-and-set on hypervisors

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Message-Id: <1413483040-58399-8-git-send-email-Waiman.Long@hp.com>
Date:	Thu, 16 Oct 2014 14:10:36 -0400
From:	Waiman Long <Waiman.Long@...com>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	Paolo Bonzini <paolo.bonzini@...il.com>,
	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
	Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Scott J Norton <scott.norton@...com>,
	Douglas Hatch <doug.hatch@...com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Waiman Long <Waiman.Long@...com>
Subject: [PATCH v12 07/11] qspinlock: Revert to test-and-set on hypervisors

From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>

When we detect a hypervisor (!paravirt, see qspinlock paravirt support
patches), revert to a simple test-and-set lock to avoid the horrors
of queue preemption.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <Waiman.Long@...com>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h |   14 ++++++++++++++
 include/asm-generic/qspinlock.h  |    7 +++++++
 kernel/locking/qspinlock.c       |    3 +++
 3 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h
index a6a8762..05a77fe 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef _ASM_X86_QSPINLOCK_H
 #define _ASM_X86_QSPINLOCK_H
 
+#include <asm/cpufeature.h>
 #include <asm-generic/qspinlock_types.h>
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_X86_PPRO_FENCE
@@ -20,6 +21,19 @@ static inline void queue_spin_unlock(struct qspinlock *lock)
 
 #endif /* !CONFIG_X86_PPRO_FENCE */
 
+#define virt_queue_spin_lock virt_queue_spin_lock
+
+static inline bool virt_queue_spin_lock(struct qspinlock *lock)
+{
+	if (!static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_HYPERVISOR))
+		return false;
+
+	while (atomic_cmpxchg(&lock->val, 0, _Q_LOCKED_VAL) != 0)
+		cpu_relax();
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 #include <asm-generic/qspinlock.h>
 
 #endif /* _ASM_X86_QSPINLOCK_H */
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/qspinlock.h b/include/asm-generic/qspinlock.h
index e8a7ae8..a53a7bb 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/qspinlock.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/qspinlock.h
@@ -98,6 +98,13 @@ static __always_inline void queue_spin_unlock(struct qspinlock *lock)
 }
 #endif
 
+#ifndef virt_queue_spin_lock
+static __always_inline bool virt_queue_spin_lock(struct qspinlock *lock)
+{
+	return false;
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Initializier
  */
diff --git a/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c b/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
index fb0e988..1c1926a 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
@@ -257,6 +257,9 @@ void queue_spin_lock_slowpath(struct qspinlock *lock, u32 val)
 
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(CONFIG_NR_CPUS >= (1U << _Q_TAIL_CPU_BITS));
 
+	if (virt_queue_spin_lock(lock))
+		return;
+
 	/*
 	 * wait for in-progress pending->locked hand-overs
 	 *
-- 
1.7.1

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