linux-kernel - [tip: sched/core] x86/pvclock: Improve atomic update of last_value in pvclock_clocksource

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Date:   Tue, 31 Jan 2023 14:22:27 -0000
From:   "tip-bot2 for Uros Bizjak" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@...il.com>,
        "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip: sched/core] x86/pvclock: Improve atomic update of last_value in
 pvclock_clocksource_read()

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

Commit-ID:     5c9da9fe826d4a0d84bb322cca27cc8ad8d23b24
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/5c9da9fe826d4a0d84bb322cca27cc8ad8d23b24
Author:        Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@...il.com>
AuthorDate:    Thu, 26 Jan 2023 16:08:35 +01:00
Committer:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitterDate: Tue, 31 Jan 2023 15:01:46 +01:00

x86/pvclock: Improve atomic update of last_value in pvclock_clocksource_read()

Improve atomic update of last_value in pvclock_clocksource_read:

- Atomic update can be skipped if the "last_value" is already
  equal to "ret".

- The detection of atomic update failure is not correct. The value,
  returned by atomic64_cmpxchg should be compared to the old value
  from the location to be updated. If these two are the same, then
  atomic update succeeded and "last_value" location is updated to
  "ret" in an atomic way. Otherwise, the atomic update failed and
  it should be retried with the value from "last_value" - exactly
  what atomic64_try_cmpxchg does in a correct and more optimal way.

Signed-off-by: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230118202330.3740-1-ubizjak@gmail.com
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230126151323.643408110@infradead.org
---
 arch/x86/kernel/pvclock.c | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/pvclock.c b/arch/x86/kernel/pvclock.c
index eda37df..5a2a517 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/pvclock.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/pvclock.c
@@ -102,10 +102,9 @@ u64 pvclock_clocksource_read(struct pvclock_vcpu_time_info *src)
 	 */
 	last = atomic64_read(&last_value);
 	do {
-		if (ret < last)
+		if (ret <= last)
 			return last;
-		last = atomic64_cmpxchg(&last_value, last, ret);
-	} while (unlikely(last != ret));
+	} while (!atomic64_try_cmpxchg(&last_value, &last, ret));
 
 	return ret;
 }