linux-kernel - [PATCH] locking/qspinlock: Use atomic_try_cmpxchg_relaxed() in xchg

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Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2024 20:52:47 +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/qspinlock: Use atomic_try_cmpxchg_relaxed() in xchg_tail()

Use atomic_try_cmpxchg_relaxed(*ptr, &old, new) instead of
atomic_cmpxchg_relaxed (*ptr, old, new) == old in xchg_tail().
x86 CMPXCHG instruction returns success in ZF flag,
so this change saves a compare after cmpxchg.

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/qspinlock.c | 13 +++++--------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c b/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
index ebe6b8ec7cb3..1df5fef8a656 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
@@ -220,21 +220,18 @@ static __always_inline void clear_pending_set_locked(struct qspinlock *lock)
  */
 static __always_inline u32 xchg_tail(struct qspinlock *lock, u32 tail)
 {
-	u32 old, new, val = atomic_read(&lock->val);
+	u32 old, new;
 
-	for (;;) {
-		new = (val & _Q_LOCKED_PENDING_MASK) | tail;
+	old = atomic_read(&lock->val);
+	do {
+		new = (old & _Q_LOCKED_PENDING_MASK) | tail;
 		/*
 		 * We can use relaxed semantics since the caller ensures that
 		 * the MCS node is properly initialized before updating the
 		 * tail.
 		 */
-		old = atomic_cmpxchg_relaxed(&lock->val, val, new);
-		if (old == val)
-			break;
+	} while (!atomic_try_cmpxchg_relaxed(&lock->val, &old, new));
 
-		val = old;
-	}
 	return old;
 }
 #endif /* _Q_PENDING_BITS == 8 */
-- 
2.42.0