Flip the branch condition after atomic_fetch_or_acquire(_Q_PENDING_VAL) such that we loose the indent. This also result in a more natural code flow IMO. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) --- kernel/locking/qspinlock.c | 56 +++++++++++++++++++++------------------------ 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-) --- a/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c +++ b/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c @@ -330,39 +330,37 @@ void queued_spin_lock_slowpath(struct qs * 0,0,1 -> 0,1,1 ; pending */ val = atomic_fetch_or_acquire(_Q_PENDING_VAL, &lock->val); - if (!(val & ~_Q_LOCKED_MASK)) { - /* - * We're pending, wait for the owner to go away. - * - * *,1,1 -> *,1,0 - * - * this wait loop must be a load-acquire such that we match the - * store-release that clears the locked bit and create lock - * sequentiality; this is because not all - * clear_pending_set_locked() implementations imply full - * barriers. - */ - if (val & _Q_LOCKED_MASK) { - atomic_cond_read_acquire(&lock->val, - !(VAL & _Q_LOCKED_MASK)); - } - - /* - * take ownership and clear the pending bit. - * - * *,1,0 -> *,0,1 - */ - clear_pending_set_locked(lock); - qstat_inc(qstat_lock_pending, true); - return; + /* + * If we observe any contention; undo and queue. + */ + if (unlikely(val & ~_Q_LOCKED_MASK)) { + if (!(val & _Q_PENDING_MASK)) + clear_pending(lock); + goto queue; } /* - * If pending was clear but there are waiters in the queue, then - * we need to undo our setting of pending before we queue ourselves. + * We're pending, wait for the owner to go away. + * + * 0,1,1 -> 0,1,0 + * + * this wait loop must be a load-acquire such that we match the + * store-release that clears the locked bit and create lock + * sequentiality; this is because not all + * clear_pending_set_locked() implementations imply full + * barriers. + */ + if (val & _Q_LOCKED_MASK) + atomic_cond_read_acquire(&lock->val, !(VAL & _Q_LOCKED_MASK)); + + /* + * take ownership and clear the pending bit. + * + * 0,1,0 -> 0,0,1 */ - if (!(val & _Q_PENDING_MASK)) - clear_pending(lock); + clear_pending_set_locked(lock); + qstat_inc(qstat_lock_pending, true); + return; /* * End of pending bit optimistic spinning and beginning of MCS