[PATCH] tcm: Convert to cpu_relax() for atomic_read() in tight loops

From: Nicholas A. Bellinger
Date: Thu Sep 09 2010 - 17:29:39 EST


From: Nicholas Bellinger <nab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Greetings all,

This patch converts the following functions from within shutdown and release
path code to use cpu_relax() instead of msleep() while doing atomic_read() in
a tight loop waiting for various PR and MIB reference count(s) to return to zero:

*) core_update_device_list_for_node() + struct se_dev_entry->pr_ref_count
*) core_release_port() + struct se_port->sep_tg_pt_ref_cnt
*) se_dev_stop() + struct se_hba->dev_mib_access_count
*) __core_scsi3_free_registration() + struct t10_pr_registration->pr_res_holders
*) core_tpg_wait_for_nacl_pr_ref() + struct se_node_acl->acl_pr_ref_count
*) core_tpg_wait_for_mib_ref() + struct se_node_acl->mib_ref_count
*) core_tpg_deregister() + struct se_portal_group->tpg_pr_ref_count
*) transport_deregister_session() + struct se_session->mib_ref_count

Thanks to Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk for mentioning cpu_relax() usage!

Signed-off-by: Nicholas A. Bellinger <nab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/target/target_core_device.c | 6 +++---
drivers/target/target_core_pr.c | 2 +-
drivers/target/target_core_tpg.c | 6 +++---
drivers/target/target_core_transport.c | 2 +-
4 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_device.c b/drivers/target/target_core_device.c
index 665b8e2..459f0f8 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_device.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_device.c
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ int core_update_device_list_for_node(
*/
spin_unlock_irq(&nacl->device_list_lock);
while (atomic_read(&deve->pr_ref_count) != 0)
- msleep(100);
+ cpu_relax();
spin_lock_irq(&nacl->device_list_lock);
/*
* Disable struct se_dev_entry LUN ACL mapping
@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ void core_release_port(struct se_device *dev, struct se_port *port)
*/
spin_unlock(&dev->se_port_lock);
if (atomic_read(&port->sep_tg_pt_ref_cnt))
- msleep(100);
+ cpu_relax();
spin_lock(&dev->se_port_lock);

core_alua_free_tg_pt_gp_mem(port);
@@ -965,7 +965,7 @@ void se_dev_stop(struct se_device *dev)
spin_unlock(&hba->device_lock);

while (atomic_read(&hba->dev_mib_access_count))
- msleep(10);
+ cpu_relax();
}

int se_dev_check_online(struct se_device *dev)
diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_pr.c b/drivers/target/target_core_pr.c
index 2cebafa..11118fb 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_pr.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_pr.c
@@ -1289,7 +1289,7 @@ static void __core_scsi3_free_registration(
spin_unlock(&pr_tmpl->registration_lock);
printk("SPC-3 PR [%s] waiting for pr_res_holders\n",
tfo->get_fabric_name());
- msleep(10);
+ cpu_relax();
spin_lock(&pr_tmpl->registration_lock);
}

diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_tpg.c b/drivers/target/target_core_tpg.c
index 75c3900..e598f2b 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_tpg.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_tpg.c
@@ -315,13 +315,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(core_tpg_check_initiator_node_acl);
void core_tpg_wait_for_nacl_pr_ref(struct se_node_acl *nacl)
{
while (atomic_read(&nacl->acl_pr_ref_count) != 0)
- msleep(100);
+ cpu_relax();
}

void core_tpg_wait_for_mib_ref(struct se_node_acl *nacl)
{
while (atomic_read(&nacl->mib_ref_count) != 0)
- msleep(100);
+ cpu_relax();
}

void core_tpg_clear_object_luns(struct se_portal_group *tpg)
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ int core_tpg_deregister(struct se_portal_group *se_tpg)
spin_unlock_bh(&se_global->se_tpg_lock);

while (atomic_read(&se_tpg->tpg_pr_ref_count) != 0)
- msleep(100);
+ cpu_relax();

if (se_tpg->se_tpg_type == TRANSPORT_TPG_TYPE_NORMAL)
core_tpg_release_virtual_lun0(se_tpg);
diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c b/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
index 9e7582b..95401cb 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ void transport_deregister_session(struct se_session *se_sess)
* scsi_att_intr_port_seq_show()
*/
while (atomic_read(&se_sess->mib_ref_count) != 0)
- msleep(100);
+ cpu_relax();

spin_lock_bh(&se_tpg->session_lock);
list_del(&se_sess->sess_list);
--
1.5.6.5

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