linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] block/rq_qos: Use atomic_try_cmpxchg in atomic_inc

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Date:   Tue, 12 Jul 2022 17:05:47 +0200
From:   Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@...il.com>
To:     linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@...il.com>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Subject: [PATCH v2] block/rq_qos: Use atomic_try_cmpxchg in atomic_inc_below

Use atomic_try_cmpxchg instead of atomic_cmpxchg (*ptr, old, new) == old in
atomic_inc_below. x86 CMPXCHG instruction returns success in ZF flag,
so this change saves a compare after cmpxchg (and related move instruction
in front of cmpxchg).

Also, atomic_try_cmpxchg implicitly assigns old *ptr value to "old" when
cmpxchg fails, enabling further code simplifications.

No functional change intended.

Signed-off-by: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@...il.com>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
---
v2: Split patch from the original big patch
---
 block/blk-rq-qos.c | 10 ++--------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/blk-rq-qos.c b/block/blk-rq-qos.c
index d3a75693adbf..88f0fe7dcf54 100644
--- a/block/blk-rq-qos.c
+++ b/block/blk-rq-qos.c
@@ -10,16 +10,10 @@ static bool atomic_inc_below(atomic_t *v, unsigned int below)
 {
 	unsigned int cur = atomic_read(v);
 
-	for (;;) {
-		unsigned int old;
-
+	do {
 		if (cur >= below)
 			return false;
-		old = atomic_cmpxchg(v, cur, cur + 1);
-		if (old == cur)
-			break;
-		cur = old;
-	}
+	} while (!atomic_try_cmpxchg(v, &cur, cur + 1));
 
 	return true;
 }
-- 
2.35.3