linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/3] ring_buffer: Use try

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Date:   Tue, 28 Feb 2023 18:59:29 +0100
From:   Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@...il.com>
To:     linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@...il.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] ring_buffer: Use try_cmpxchg instead of cmpxchg

Use try_cmpxchg instead of cmpxchg (*ptr, old, new) == old.
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, 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.

Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@...il.com>
---
 kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c | 20 ++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index 4188af7d4cfe..8f0ef7d12ddd 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -1493,14 +1493,11 @@ static bool rb_head_page_replace(struct buffer_page *old,
 {
 	unsigned long *ptr = (unsigned long *)&old->list.prev->next;
 	unsigned long val;
-	unsigned long ret;
 
 	val = *ptr & ~RB_FLAG_MASK;
 	val |= RB_PAGE_HEAD;
 
-	ret = cmpxchg(ptr, val, (unsigned long)&new->list);
-
-	return ret == val;
+	return try_cmpxchg(ptr, &val, (unsigned long)&new->list);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -2055,7 +2052,7 @@ rb_insert_pages(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer)
 	retries = 10;
 	success = false;
 	while (retries--) {
-		struct list_head *head_page, *prev_page, *r;
+		struct list_head *head_page, *prev_page;
 		struct list_head *last_page, *first_page;
 		struct list_head *head_page_with_bit;
 
@@ -2073,9 +2070,8 @@ rb_insert_pages(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer)
 		last_page->next = head_page_with_bit;
 		first_page->prev = prev_page;
 
-		r = cmpxchg(&prev_page->next, head_page_with_bit, first_page);
-
-		if (r == head_page_with_bit) {
+		if (try_cmpxchg(&prev_page->next,
+				&head_page_with_bit, first_page)) {
 			/*
 			 * yay, we replaced the page pointer to our new list,
 			 * now, we just have to update to head page's prev
@@ -4061,10 +4057,10 @@ void ring_buffer_record_off(struct trace_buffer *buffer)
 	unsigned int rd;
 	unsigned int new_rd;
 
+	rd = atomic_read(&buffer->record_disabled);
 	do {
-		rd = atomic_read(&buffer->record_disabled);
 		new_rd = rd | RB_BUFFER_OFF;
-	} while (atomic_cmpxchg(&buffer->record_disabled, rd, new_rd) != rd);
+	} while (!atomic_try_cmpxchg(&buffer->record_disabled, &rd, new_rd));
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ring_buffer_record_off);
 
@@ -4084,10 +4080,10 @@ void ring_buffer_record_on(struct trace_buffer *buffer)
 	unsigned int rd;
 	unsigned int new_rd;
 
+	rd = atomic_read(&buffer->record_disabled);
 	do {
-		rd = atomic_read(&buffer->record_disabled);
 		new_rd = rd & ~RB_BUFFER_OFF;
-	} while (atomic_cmpxchg(&buffer->record_disabled, rd, new_rd) != rd);
+	} while (!atomic_try_cmpxchg(&buffer->record_disabled, &rd, new_rd));
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ring_buffer_record_on);
 
-- 
2.39.2