linux-kernel - [PATCH] x86/ioperm: Use atomic64_inc_return() in ksys

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Message-ID: <20241007083345.47215-1-ubizjak@gmail.com>
Date: Mon,  7 Oct 2024 10:33:31 +0200
From: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@...il.com>
To: x86@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@...il.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: [PATCH] x86/ioperm: Use atomic64_inc_return() in ksys_ioperm()

Use atomic64_inc_return(&ref) instead of atomic64_add_return(1, &ref)
to use optimized implementation and ease register pressure around
the primitive for targets that implement optimized variant.

Signed-off-by: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@...il.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/ioport.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ioport.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ioport.c
index e2fab3ceb09f..6290dd120f5e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ioport.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ioport.c
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ long ksys_ioperm(unsigned long from, unsigned long num, int turn_on)
 	 * Update the sequence number to force a TSS update on return to
 	 * user mode.
 	 */
-	iobm->sequence = atomic64_add_return(1, &io_bitmap_sequence);
+	iobm->sequence = atomic64_inc_return(&io_bitmap_sequence);
 
 	return 0;
 }
-- 
2.46.2