linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/2] riscv: select ARCH_USE_CMPXCHG

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Message-Id: <20231125082144.311-2-jszhang@kernel.org>
Date:   Sat, 25 Nov 2023 16:21:43 +0800
From:   Jisheng Zhang <jszhang@...nel.org>
To:     Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>,
        Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>,
        Albert Ou <aou@...s.berkeley.edu>
Cc:     linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] riscv: select ARCH_USE_CMPXCHG_LOCKREF

Select ARCH_USE_CMPXCHG_LOCKREF to enable the cmpxchg-based lockless lockref
implementation for riscv.

Using Linus' test case[1] on TH1520 platform, I see a 11.2% improvement.
On JH7110 platform, I see 12.0% improvement.

Link: http://marc.info/?l=linux-fsdevel&m=137782380714721&w=4 [1]
Signed-off-by: Jisheng Zhang <jszhang@...nel.org>
---
 arch/riscv/Kconfig | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/arch/riscv/Kconfig b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
index 433ec617703e..7f8aa25457ba 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ config RISCV
 	select ARCH_SUPPORTS_PAGE_TABLE_CHECK if MMU
 	select ARCH_SUPPORTS_PER_VMA_LOCK if MMU
 	select ARCH_SUPPORTS_SHADOW_CALL_STACK if HAVE_SHADOW_CALL_STACK
+	select ARCH_USE_CMPXCHG_LOCKREF
 	select ARCH_USE_MEMTEST
 	select ARCH_USE_QUEUED_RWLOCKS
 	select ARCH_USES_CFI_TRAPS if CFI_CLANG
-- 
2.42.0