linux-kernel - [PATCH] drm/i915/active: Use try_cmpxchg64() in __active

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Message-ID: <20250725072727.68486-1-ubizjak@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2025 09:26:42 +0200
From: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@...il.com>
To: intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org,
	dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@...il.com>,
	Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>,
	Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen@...ux.intel.com>,
	Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@...el.com>,
	Tvrtko Ursulin <tursulin@...ulin.net>,
	David Airlie <airlied@...il.com>,
	Simona Vetter <simona@...ll.ch>
Subject: [PATCH] drm/i915/active: Use try_cmpxchg64() in __active_lookup()

Replace this pattern in __active_lookup():

    cmpxchg64(*ptr, old, new) == old

... with the simpler and faster:

    try_cmpxchg64(*ptr, &old, new)

The x86 CMPXCHG instruction returns success in the ZF flag,
so this change saves a compare after the CMPXCHG.

The patch also improves the explanation of what the code really
does. cmpxchg64() will *succeed* for the winner of the race and
try_cmpxchg64() nicely documents this fact.

No functional change intended.

Signed-off-by: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@...il.com>
Cc: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@...el.com>
Cc: Tvrtko Ursulin <tursulin@...ulin.net>
Cc: David Airlie <airlied@...il.com>
Cc: Simona Vetter <simona@...ll.ch>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.c | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.c
index 0dbc4e289300..6b0c1162505a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.c
@@ -257,10 +257,9 @@ static struct active_node *__active_lookup(struct i915_active *ref, u64 idx)
 		 * claimed the cache and we know that is does not match our
 		 * idx. If, and only if, the timeline is currently zero is it
 		 * worth competing to claim it atomically for ourselves (for
-		 * only the winner of that race will cmpxchg return the old
-		 * value of 0).
+		 * only the winner of that race will cmpxchg succeed).
 		 */
-		if (!cached && !cmpxchg64(&it->timeline, 0, idx))
+		if (!cached && try_cmpxchg64(&it->timeline, &cached, idx))
 			return it;
 	}
 
-- 
2.50.1