linux-kernel - [PATCH] locking/rtmutex: Use try_cmpxchg_relaxed in mark_rt_mutex

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Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2024 11:49:53 +0100
From: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@...il.com>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@...il.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
	Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>,
	Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] locking/rtmutex: Use try_cmpxchg_relaxed in mark_rt_mutex_waiters()

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.

Note that the value from *ptr should be read using READ_ONCE to prevent
the compiler from merging, refetching or reordering the read.

No functional change intended.

Signed-off-by: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@...il.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
Cc: Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>
---
 kernel/locking/rtmutex.c | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c b/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c
index 4a10e8c16fd2..88d08eeb8bc0 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c
@@ -237,12 +237,13 @@ static __always_inline bool rt_mutex_cmpxchg_release(struct rt_mutex_base *lock,
  */
 static __always_inline void mark_rt_mutex_waiters(struct rt_mutex_base *lock)
 {
-	unsigned long owner, *p = (unsigned long *) &lock->owner;
+	unsigned long *p = (unsigned long *) &lock->owner;
+	unsigned long owner, new;
 
+	owner = READ_ONCE(*p);
 	do {
-		owner = *p;
-	} while (cmpxchg_relaxed(p, owner,
-				 owner | RT_MUTEX_HAS_WAITERS) != owner);
+		new = owner | RT_MUTEX_HAS_WAITERS;
+	} while (!try_cmpxchg_relaxed(p, &owner, new));
 
 	/*
 	 * The cmpxchg loop above is relaxed to avoid back-to-back ACQUIRE
-- 
2.31.1