linux-kernel - [tip: locking/core] locking/rtmutex: Switch to from cmpxchg_*() to try_cmpxchg

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Date:   Tue, 17 Aug 2021 20:14:31 -0000
From:   "tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip: locking/core] locking/rtmutex: Switch to from cmpxchg_*() to
 try_cmpxchg_*()

The following commit has been merged into the locking/core branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     709e0b62869f625afd18edd79f190c38cb39dfb2
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/709e0b62869f625afd18edd79f190c38cb39dfb2
Author:        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
AuthorDate:    Sun, 15 Aug 2021 23:27:55 +02:00
Committer:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitterDate: Tue, 17 Aug 2021 17:01:47 +02:00

locking/rtmutex: Switch to from cmpxchg_*() to try_cmpxchg_*()

Allows the compiler to generate better code depending on the architecture.

Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210815211302.668958502@linutronix.de
---
 kernel/locking/rtmutex.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c b/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c
index 5187add..98f06c5 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c
@@ -145,14 +145,14 @@ static __always_inline bool rt_mutex_cmpxchg_acquire(struct rt_mutex *lock,
 						     struct task_struct *old,
 						     struct task_struct *new)
 {
-	return cmpxchg_acquire(&lock->owner, old, new) == old;
+	return try_cmpxchg_acquire(&lock->owner, &old, new);
 }
 
 static __always_inline bool rt_mutex_cmpxchg_release(struct rt_mutex *lock,
 						     struct task_struct *old,
 						     struct task_struct *new)
 {
-	return cmpxchg_release(&lock->owner, old, new) == old;
+	return try_cmpxchg_release(&lock->owner, &old, new);
 }
 
 /*