From faa059c397dec8a452c79e9dba64419113ea64e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Paul E. McKenney" Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2020 14:20:00 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] rcu: Optimize and protect atomic_cmpxchg() loop This commit reworks the atomic_cmpxchg() loop in rcu_eqs_special_set() to do only the initial read from the current CPU's rcu_data structure's ->dynticks field explicitly. On subsequent passes, this value is instead retained from the failing atomic_cmpxchg() operation. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney --- kernel/rcu/tree.c | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c index 4a4a975503e5..6c624814ee2d 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c @@ -342,14 +342,17 @@ bool rcu_eqs_special_set(int cpu) { int old; int new; + int new_old; struct rcu_data *rdp = &per_cpu(rcu_data, cpu); + new_old = atomic_read(&rdp->dynticks); do { - old = atomic_read(&rdp->dynticks); + old = new_old; if (old & RCU_DYNTICK_CTRL_CTR) return false; new = old | RCU_DYNTICK_CTRL_MASK; - } while (atomic_cmpxchg(&rdp->dynticks, old, new) != old); + new_old = atomic_cmpxchg(&rdp->dynticks, old, new); + } while (new_old != old); return true; } -- 2.11.0