[PATCH -tip 3/3] locking/osq: Relax atomic semantics

From: Davidlohr Bueso
Date: Mon Sep 14 2015 - 03:37:49 EST


... 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>
---
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;

/*
--
2.1.4

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