linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -v4 2/8] locking/mutex: Rework mutex::owner

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Message-ID: <20161012175932.GA4908@linux-80c1.suse>
Date:   Wed, 12 Oct 2016 10:59:32 -0700
From:   Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Waiman Long <waiman.long@....com>,
        Jason Low <jason.low2@....com>,
        Ding Tianhong <dingtianhong@...wei.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Will Deacon <Will.Deacon@....com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Imre Deak <imre.deak@...el.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Terry Rudd <terry.rudd@....com>,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ibm.com>,
        Jason Low <jason.low2@...com>,
        Chris Wilson <chris@...is-wilson.co.uk>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -v4 2/8] locking/mutex: Rework mutex::owner

On Fri, 07 Oct 2016, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
>+/*
>+ * Optimistic trylock that only works in the uncontended case. Make sure to
>+ * follow with a __mutex_trylock() before failing.
>+ */
>+static __always_inline bool __mutex_trylock_fast(struct mutex *lock)
>+{
>+	unsigned long curr = (unsigned long)current;
>+
>+	if (!atomic_long_cmpxchg_acquire(&lock->owner, 0UL, curr))
>+		return true;

Do we want to do a ccas check for !lock->owner? Although I can see a possible
case of 'optimizing for the contended' reasons for nay.

Thanks,
Davidlohr