linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 1/4] locking/qspinlock: Re-order code

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Date:   Wed, 03 Oct 2018 15:02:58 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     will.deacon@....com, mingo@...nel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, longman@...hat.com,
        andrea.parri@...rulasolutions.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
        bigeasy@...utronix.de, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/4] locking/qspinlock: Re-order code

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.

Cc: mingo@...nel.org
Cc: tglx@...utronix.de
Cc: longman@...hat.com
Cc: andrea.parri@...rulasolutions.com
Acked-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
---
 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