linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2] s390/cpum_sf: use READ_ONCE_ALIGNED

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Date:   Fri, 24 Feb 2023 11:02:37 +0100
From:   Heiko Carstens <hca@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Vasily Gorbik <gor@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Thomas Richter <tmricht@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc:     Sven Schnelle <svens@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        linux-s390@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] s390/cpum_sf: use READ_ONCE_ALIGNED_128() instead of 128-bit cmpxchg

Use READ_ONCE_ALIGNED_128() to read the previous value in front of a
128-bit cmpxchg loop, instead of (mis-)using a 128-bit cmpxchg operation to
do the same.

This makes the code more readable and is faster.

Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <hca@...ux.ibm.com>
---
 arch/s390/kernel/perf_cpum_sf.c | 9 +++------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/perf_cpum_sf.c b/arch/s390/kernel/perf_cpum_sf.c
index 79904a839fb9..e7b867e2f73f 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/perf_cpum_sf.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/perf_cpum_sf.c
@@ -1355,8 +1355,7 @@ static void hw_perf_event_update(struct perf_event *event, int flush_all)
 		num_sdb++;
 
 		/* Reset trailer (using compare-double-and-swap) */
-		/* READ_ONCE() 16 byte header */
-		prev.val = __cdsg(&te->header.val, 0, 0);
+		prev.val = READ_ONCE_ALIGNED_128(te->header.val);
 		do {
 			old.val = prev.val;
 			new.val = prev.val;
@@ -1558,8 +1557,7 @@ static bool aux_set_alert(struct aux_buffer *aux, unsigned long alert_index,
 	struct hws_trailer_entry *te;
 
 	te = aux_sdb_trailer(aux, alert_index);
-	/* READ_ONCE() 16 byte header */
-	prev.val = __cdsg(&te->header.val, 0, 0);
+	prev.val = READ_ONCE_ALIGNED_128(te->header.val);
 	do {
 		old.val = prev.val;
 		new.val = prev.val;
@@ -1637,8 +1635,7 @@ static bool aux_reset_buffer(struct aux_buffer *aux, unsigned long range,
 	idx_old = idx = aux->empty_mark + 1;
 	for (i = 0; i < range_scan; i++, idx++) {
 		te = aux_sdb_trailer(aux, idx);
-		/* READ_ONCE() 16 byte header */
-		prev.val = __cdsg(&te->header.val, 0, 0);
+		prev.val = READ_ONCE_ALIGNED_128(te->header.val);
 		do {
 			old.val = prev.val;
 			new.val = prev.val;
-- 
2.37.2