[tip:locking/core] locking/osq: Relax atomic semantics

From: tip-bot for Davidlohr Bueso
Date: Fri Sep 18 2015 - 04:51:29 EST


Commit-ID: c55a6ffa6285e29f874ed403979472631ec70bff
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/c55a6ffa6285e29f874ed403979472631ec70bff
Author: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Mon, 14 Sep 2015 00:37:24 -0700
Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Fri, 18 Sep 2015 09:27:29 +0200

locking/osq: Relax atomic semantics

... by using acquire/release for ops around the lock->tail. As such,
weakly ordered archs can benefit from more relaxed use of barriers
when issuing atomics.

Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Waiman Long <Waiman.Long@xxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1442216244-4409-3-git-send-email-dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/locking/osq_lock.c | 11 ++++++++---
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/locking/osq_lock.c b/kernel/locking/osq_lock.c
index dc85ee2..d092a0c 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/osq_lock.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/osq_lock.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ osq_wait_next(struct optimistic_spin_queue *lock,

for (;;) {
if (atomic_read(&lock->tail) == curr &&
- atomic_cmpxchg(&lock->tail, curr, old) == curr) {
+ atomic_cmpxchg_acquire(&lock->tail, curr, old) == curr) {
/*
* We were the last queued, we moved @lock back. @prev
* will now observe @lock and will complete its
@@ -92,7 +92,11 @@ bool osq_lock(struct optimistic_spin_queue *lock)
node->next = NULL;
node->cpu = curr;

- old = atomic_xchg(&lock->tail, curr);
+ /*
+ * ACQUIRE semantics, pairs with corresponding RELEASE
+ * in unlock() uncontended, or fastpath.
+ */
+ old = atomic_xchg_acquire(&lock->tail, curr);
if (old == OSQ_UNLOCKED_VAL)
return true;

@@ -184,7 +188,8 @@ void osq_unlock(struct optimistic_spin_queue *lock)
/*
* Fast path for the uncontended case.
*/
- if (likely(atomic_cmpxchg(&lock->tail, curr, OSQ_UNLOCKED_VAL) == curr))
+ if (likely(atomic_cmpxchg_release(&lock->tail, curr,
+ OSQ_UNLOCKED_VAL) == curr))
return;

/*
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