linux-kernel - [PATCH] arm: Adding support for atomic half word exchange

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Date:	Fri, 10 Jul 2015 07:50:12 +0000 (GMT)
From:	Sarbojit Ganguly <ganguly.s@...sung.com>
To:	Sarbojit Ganguly <ganguly.s@...sung.com>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	SUNEEL KUMAR SURIMANI <suneel@...sung.com>,
	VIKRAM MUPPARTHI <vikram.m@...sung.com>,
	"tglx@...utronix.de" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"mingo@...hat.com" <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"hpa@...or.com" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"peterz@...radead.org" <peterz@...radead.org>,
	"Waiman.Long@...com" <Waiman.Long@...com>,
	"oleg@...hat.com" <oleg@...hat.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	SHARAN ALLUR <sharan.allur@...sung.com>,
	"torvalds@...ux-foundation.org" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH] arm: Adding support for atomic half word exchange


Since 16 bit half word exchange was not there and MCS based qspinlock by Waiman's xchg_tail() requires an atomic exchange on a half word,
here is a small modification to __xchg() code to support the exchange.
ARMv6 and lower does not have support for LDREXH, so we need to make sure things do not break when we're compiling on ARMv6.

Signed-off-by: Sarbojit Ganguly <ganguly.s@...sung.com>
---
 arch/arm/include/asm/cmpxchg.h | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/cmpxchg.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
index 1692a05..547101d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
@@ -50,6 +50,24 @@ static inline unsigned long __xchg(unsigned long x, volatile void *ptr, int size
 			: "r" (x), "r" (ptr)
 			: "memory", "cc");
 		break;
+#if !defined (CONFIG_CPU_V6)
+		/*
+		 * Halfword exclusive exchange
+		 * This is new implementation as qspinlock
+		 * wants 16 bit atomic CAS.
+		 * This is not supported on ARMv6.
+		 */
+	case 2:
+		asm volatile("@ __xchg2\n"
+		"1:     ldrexh  %0, [%3]\n"
+		"       strexh  %1, %2, [%3]\n"
+		"       teq     %1, #0\n"
+		"       bne     1b"
+		: "=&r" (ret), "=&r" (tmp)
+		: "r" (x), "r" (ptr)
+		: "memory", "cc");
+		break;
+#endif
 	case 4:
 		asm volatile("@	__xchg4\n"
 		"1:	ldrex	%0, [%3]\n"
-- 

Sarbojit