From 7f56b58a92aaf2cab049f32a19af7cc57a3972f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Low <jason.low2@hp.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2018 11:34:22 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 08/12] locking/mcs: Use smp_cond_load_acquire() in MCS spin loop
Git-commit: 7f56b58a92aaf2cab049f32a19af7cc57a3972f2
Patch-mainline: v4.18-rc1
References: bsc#1050549
For qspinlocks on ARM64, we would like to use WFE instead
of purely spinning. Qspinlocks internally have lock
contenders spin on an MCS lock.
Update arch_mcs_spin_lock_contended() such that it uses
the new smp_cond_load_acquire() so that ARM64 can also
override this spin loop with its own implementation using WFE.
On x86, this can also be cheaper than spinning on
smp_load_acquire().
Signed-off-by: Jason Low <jason.low2@hp.com>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Acked-by: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: boqun.feng@gmail.com
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Cc: paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1524738868-31318-9-git-send-email-will.deacon@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@suse.de>
---
kernel/locking/mcs_spinlock.h | 10 ++++++----
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/locking/mcs_spinlock.h b/kernel/locking/mcs_spinlock.h
index f046b7ce9dd6..5e10153b4d3c 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/mcs_spinlock.h
+++ b/kernel/locking/mcs_spinlock.h
@@ -23,13 +23,15 @@ struct mcs_spinlock {
#ifndef arch_mcs_spin_lock_contended
/*
- * Using smp_load_acquire() provides a memory barrier that ensures
- * subsequent operations happen after the lock is acquired.
+ * Using smp_cond_load_acquire() provides the acquire semantics
+ * required so that subsequent operations happen after the
+ * lock is acquired. Additionally, some architectures such as
+ * ARM64 would like to do spin-waiting instead of purely
+ * spinning, and smp_cond_load_acquire() provides that behavior.
*/
#define arch_mcs_spin_lock_contended(l) \
do { \
- while (!(smp_load_acquire(l))) \
- cpu_relax(); \
+ smp_cond_load_acquire(l, VAL); \
} while (0)
#endif
--
2.16.4