Re: [RFC local_t removal V1 3/4] Optimized add_local()

[Mathieu Desnoyers]

* Christoph Lameter (cl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> Use XADD to implement add_local().

xadd should only be used to implement add_local_return, not add_local.

add_local can be implemented with the "add" instruction, which is
significantly faster if my memory serves me correctly.

Thanks,

Mathieu

> 
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> ---
>  arch/x86/include/asm/add-local.h |   56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 55 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> Index: linux-2.6/arch/x86/include/asm/add-local.h
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.orig/arch/x86/include/asm/add-local.h	2010-01-05 15:29:11.000000000 -0600
> +++ linux-2.6/arch/x86/include/asm/add-local.h	2010-01-05 15:33:59.000000000 -0600
> @@ -1,2 +1,56 @@
> -#include <asm-generic/add-local.h>
> +#ifndef __ASM_X86_ADD_LOCAL_H
> +#define __ASM_X86_ADD_LOCAL_H
> +
> +#include <linux/types.h>
> +#include <asm-generic/add-local-generic.h>
> +
> +static inline unsigned long __add_return_local(volatile void *ptr,
> +		unsigned long value, int size)
> +{
> +	unsigned long r;
> +
> +#ifdef CONFIG_M386
> +	if (unlikely(boot_cpu_data.x86 <= 3))
> +                return __add_return_local_generic(ptr, value, size);
> +#endif
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Sanity checking, compile-time.
> +	 */
> +	if (size == 8 && sizeof(unsigned long) != 8)
> +		wrong_size_add_local(ptr);
> +
> +	r = value;
> +	switch (size) {
> +	case 1:
> +		asm volatile("xaddb %0, %1;": "+r" (r), "+m" (*((u8 *)ptr)):
> +			 : "memory");
> +		break;
> +	case 2:
> +		asm volatile("xaddw %0, %1;": "+r" (r), "+m" (*((u16 *)ptr)):
> +			 : "memory");
> +		break;
> +	case 4:
> +		asm volatile("xaddl %0, %1;": "+r" (r), "+m" (*((u32 *)ptr)):
> +			 : "memory");
> +		break;
> +	case 8:
> +		asm volatile("xaddq %0, %1;": "+r" (r), "+m" (*((u64 *)ptr)):
> +			 : "memory");
> +		break;
> +	default:
> +		wrong_size_add_local(ptr);
> +	}
> +	return r + value;
> +}
> +
> +#define add_return_local(ptr, v)				  	\
> +	((__typeof__(*(ptr)))__add_return_local((ptr), (unsigned long)(v), \
> +			sizeof(*(ptr))))
> +
> +#define add_local(ptr, v) (void)__add_return_local((ptr), (unsigned long)(v), \
> +			sizeof(*(ptr)))
> +
> +
> +#endif
>  
> 
> -- 

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