[tip:locking/core] locking/qspinlock: Use __this_cpu_dec() instead of full-blown this_cpu_dec()

From: tip-bot for Pan Xinhui
Date: Mon Jun 27 2016 - 08:57:10 EST


Commit-ID: 0dceeaf599e6d9b8bd908ba4bd3dfee84aa26be2
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/0dceeaf599e6d9b8bd908ba4bd3dfee84aa26be2
Author: Pan Xinhui <xinhui.pan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Tue, 14 Jun 2016 14:37:27 +0800
Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Mon, 27 Jun 2016 11:37:41 +0200

locking/qspinlock: Use __this_cpu_dec() instead of full-blown this_cpu_dec()

queued_spin_lock_slowpath() should not worry about another
queued_spin_lock_slowpath() running in interrupt context and
changing node->count by accident, because node->count keeps
the same value every time we enter/leave queued_spin_lock_slowpath().

On some architectures this_cpu_dec() will save/restore irq flags,
which has high overhead. Use the much cheaper __this_cpu_dec() instead.

Signed-off-by: Pan Xinhui <xinhui.pan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@xxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Waiman.Long@xxxxxxx
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1465886247-3773-1-git-send-email-xinhui.pan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[ Rewrote changelog. ]
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/locking/qspinlock.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c b/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
index 7306555..b2caec7 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ release:
/*
* release the node
*/
- this_cpu_dec(mcs_nodes[0].count);
+ __this_cpu_dec(mcs_nodes[0].count);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(queued_spin_lock_slowpath);