linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2] perf/ring_buffer: Use local_try_cmpxchg in __perf_output

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Message-ID: <20230708090048.63046-2-ubizjak@gmail.com>
Date:   Sat,  8 Jul 2023 11:00:37 +0200
From:   Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@...il.com>
To:     loongarch@...ts.linux.dev, linux-mips@...r.kernel.org,
        x86@...nel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@...il.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>,
        Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] perf/ring_buffer: Use local_try_cmpxchg in __perf_output_begin

Use local_try_cmpxchg instead of local_cmpxchg (*ptr, old, new) == old
in __perf_output_begin.  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: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@...il.com>
---
 kernel/events/ring_buffer.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
index a0433f37b024..fb1e180b5f0a 100644
--- a/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
@@ -191,9 +191,10 @@ __perf_output_begin(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
 
 	perf_output_get_handle(handle);
 
+	offset = local_read(&rb->head);
 	do {
+		head = offset;
 		tail = READ_ONCE(rb->user_page->data_tail);
-		offset = head = local_read(&rb->head);
 		if (!rb->overwrite) {
 			if (unlikely(!ring_buffer_has_space(head, tail,
 							    perf_data_size(rb),
@@ -217,7 +218,7 @@ __perf_output_begin(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
 			head += size;
 		else
 			head -= size;
-	} while (local_cmpxchg(&rb->head, offset, head) != offset);
+	} while (!local_try_cmpxchg(&rb->head, &offset, head));
 
 	if (backward) {
 		offset = head;
-- 
2.41.0