linux-kernel - [tip: timers/core] posix-timers: Use atomic64_try_cmpxchg() in __update_gt

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Date:   Mon, 06 Feb 2023 13:29:15 -0000
From:   "tip-bot2 for Uros Bizjak" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@...il.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip: timers/core] posix-timers: Use atomic64_try_cmpxchg() in
 __update_gt_cputime()

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

Commit-ID:     915d4ad3830aa1a2dafda9b737749fb410cb9790
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/915d4ad3830aa1a2dafda9b737749fb410cb9790
Author:        Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@...il.com>
AuthorDate:    Mon, 16 Jan 2023 17:53:37 +01:00
Committer:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
CommitterDate: Mon, 06 Feb 2023 14:22:09 +01:00

posix-timers: Use atomic64_try_cmpxchg() in __update_gt_cputime()

Use atomic64_try_cmpxchg() instead of atomic64_cmpxchg() in
__update_gt_cputime(). The 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, atomic64_try_cmpxchg() implicitly assigns old *ptr value to "old"
when cmpxchg() fails.  There is no need to re-read the value in the loop.

No functional change intended.

Signed-off-by: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230116165337.5810-1-ubizjak@gmail.com

---
 kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c | 13 ++++++-------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c b/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
index cb925e8..2f5e9b3 100644
--- a/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
@@ -243,13 +243,12 @@ static void proc_sample_cputime_atomic(struct task_cputime_atomic *at,
  */
 static inline void __update_gt_cputime(atomic64_t *cputime, u64 sum_cputime)
 {
-	u64 curr_cputime;
-retry:
-	curr_cputime = atomic64_read(cputime);
-	if (sum_cputime > curr_cputime) {
-		if (atomic64_cmpxchg(cputime, curr_cputime, sum_cputime) != curr_cputime)
-			goto retry;
-	}
+	u64 curr_cputime = atomic64_read(cputime);
+
+	do {
+		if (sum_cputime <= curr_cputime)
+			return;
+	} while (!atomic64_try_cmpxchg(cputime, &curr_cputime, sum_cputime));
 }
 
 static void update_gt_cputime(struct task_cputime_atomic *cputime_atomic,