[RFC][PATCH] spinlock: Kill spin_unlock_wait()

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Wed Jan 05 2011 - 14:14:48 EST


On Tue, 2011-01-04 at 17:45 +1100, Nick Piggin wrote:
> So I agree, taking it out the back and shooting it in the head would make
> the world a better place.

There appear to be only two callsites of said horror, one in the exit
path and one in ata-eh, neither appear to be performance critical so I
replaced them with a simple lock-unlock sequence.

---
arch/alpha/include/asm/spinlock.h | 2 --
arch/arm/include/asm/spinlock.h | 2 --
arch/blackfin/include/asm/spinlock.h | 6 ------
arch/cris/include/arch-v32/arch/spinlock.h | 6 ------
arch/ia64/include/asm/spinlock.h | 19 -------------------
arch/m32r/include/asm/spinlock.h | 2 --
arch/mips/include/asm/spinlock.h | 2 --
arch/mn10300/include/asm/spinlock.h | 1 -
arch/parisc/include/asm/spinlock.h | 2 --
arch/powerpc/include/asm/spinlock.h | 7 -------
arch/powerpc/lib/locks.c | 11 -----------
arch/s390/include/asm/spinlock.h | 3 ---
arch/sh/include/asm/spinlock.h | 2 --
arch/sparc/include/asm/spinlock_32.h | 3 ---
arch/sparc/include/asm/spinlock_64.h | 4 ----
arch/tile/include/asm/spinlock_32.h | 2 --
arch/tile/lib/spinlock_32.c | 8 --------
arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h | 6 ------
drivers/ata/libata-eh.c | 6 ++++--
include/linux/spinlock.h | 11 -----------
include/linux/spinlock_up.h | 3 ---
kernel/exit.c | 3 ++-
22 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 105 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/spinlock.h b/arch/alpha/include/asm/spinlock.h
index d0faca1..0545bef 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/include/asm/spinlock.h
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/asm/spinlock.h
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@

#define arch_spin_lock_flags(lock, flags) arch_spin_lock(lock)
#define arch_spin_is_locked(x) ((x)->lock != 0)
-#define arch_spin_unlock_wait(x) \
- do { cpu_relax(); } while ((x)->lock)

static inline void arch_spin_unlock(arch_spinlock_t * lock)
{
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/spinlock.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/spinlock.h
index 17eb355..91ede71 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/spinlock.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/spinlock.h
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ static inline void dsb_sev(void)
*/

#define arch_spin_is_locked(x) ((x)->lock != 0)
-#define arch_spin_unlock_wait(lock) \
- do { while (arch_spin_is_locked(lock)) cpu_relax(); } while (0)

#define arch_spin_lock_flags(lock, flags) arch_spin_lock(lock)

diff --git a/arch/blackfin/include/asm/spinlock.h b/arch/blackfin/include/asm/spinlock.h
index 1942ccf..d1630fc 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/include/asm/spinlock.h
+++ b/arch/blackfin/include/asm/spinlock.h
@@ -46,12 +46,6 @@ static inline void arch_spin_unlock(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
__raw_spin_unlock_asm(&lock->lock);
}

-static inline void arch_spin_unlock_wait(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
-{
- while (arch_spin_is_locked(lock))
- cpu_relax();
-}
-
static inline int arch_read_can_lock(arch_rwlock_t *rw)
{
return __raw_uncached_fetch_asm(&rw->lock) > 0;
diff --git a/arch/cris/include/arch-v32/arch/spinlock.h b/arch/cris/include/arch-v32/arch/spinlock.h
index f171a66..01da21c 100644
--- a/arch/cris/include/arch-v32/arch/spinlock.h
+++ b/arch/cris/include/arch-v32/arch/spinlock.h
@@ -22,12 +22,6 @@ static inline void arch_spin_unlock(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
: "memory");
}

-static inline void arch_spin_unlock_wait(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
-{
- while (arch_spin_is_locked(lock))
- cpu_relax();
-}
-
static inline int arch_spin_trylock(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
{
return cris_spin_trylock((void *)&lock->slock);
diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/asm/spinlock.h b/arch/ia64/include/asm/spinlock.h
index 1a91c91..7c4de8b 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/include/asm/spinlock.h
+++ b/arch/ia64/include/asm/spinlock.h
@@ -75,20 +75,6 @@ static __always_inline void __ticket_spin_unlock(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
ACCESS_ONCE(*p) = (tmp + 2) & ~1;
}

-static __always_inline void __ticket_spin_unlock_wait(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
-{
- int *p = (int *)&lock->lock, ticket;
-
- ia64_invala();
-
- for (;;) {
- asm volatile ("ld4.c.nc %0=[%1]" : "=r"(ticket) : "r"(p) : "memory");
- if (!(((ticket >> TICKET_SHIFT) ^ ticket) & TICKET_MASK))
- return;
- cpu_relax();
- }
-}
-
static inline int __ticket_spin_is_locked(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
{
long tmp = ACCESS_ONCE(lock->lock);
@@ -135,11 +121,6 @@ static __always_inline void arch_spin_lock_flags(arch_spinlock_t *lock,
arch_spin_lock(lock);
}

-static inline void arch_spin_unlock_wait(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
-{
- __ticket_spin_unlock_wait(lock);
-}
-
#define arch_read_can_lock(rw) (*(volatile int *)(rw) >= 0)
#define arch_write_can_lock(rw) (*(volatile int *)(rw) == 0)

diff --git a/arch/m32r/include/asm/spinlock.h b/arch/m32r/include/asm/spinlock.h
index 179a064..0e099cc 100644
--- a/arch/m32r/include/asm/spinlock.h
+++ b/arch/m32r/include/asm/spinlock.h
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@

#define arch_spin_is_locked(x) (*(volatile int *)(&(x)->slock) <= 0)
#define arch_spin_lock_flags(lock, flags) arch_spin_lock(lock)
-#define arch_spin_unlock_wait(x) \
- do { cpu_relax(); } while (arch_spin_is_locked(x))

/**
* arch_spin_trylock - Try spin lock and return a result
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/spinlock.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/spinlock.h
index 396e402..711425f 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/spinlock.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/spinlock.h
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ static inline int arch_spin_is_locked(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
}

#define arch_spin_lock_flags(lock, flags) arch_spin_lock(lock)
-#define arch_spin_unlock_wait(x) \
- while (arch_spin_is_locked(x)) { cpu_relax(); }

static inline int arch_spin_is_contended(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
{
diff --git a/arch/mn10300/include/asm/spinlock.h b/arch/mn10300/include/asm/spinlock.h
index 9342915..3460e5d 100644
--- a/arch/mn10300/include/asm/spinlock.h
+++ b/arch/mn10300/include/asm/spinlock.h
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
*/

#define arch_spin_is_locked(x) (*(volatile signed char *)(&(x)->slock) != 0)
-#define arch_spin_unlock_wait(x) do { barrier(); } while (arch_spin_is_locked(x))

static inline void arch_spin_unlock(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
{
diff --git a/arch/parisc/include/asm/spinlock.h b/arch/parisc/include/asm/spinlock.h
index 74036f4..b419128 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/include/asm/spinlock.h
+++ b/arch/parisc/include/asm/spinlock.h
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ static inline int arch_spin_is_locked(arch_spinlock_t *x)
}

#define arch_spin_lock(lock) arch_spin_lock_flags(lock, 0)
-#define arch_spin_unlock_wait(x) \
- do { cpu_relax(); } while (arch_spin_is_locked(x))

static inline void arch_spin_lock_flags(arch_spinlock_t *x,
unsigned long flags)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/spinlock.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/spinlock.h
index f9611bd..c9fd936 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/spinlock.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/spinlock.h
@@ -150,13 +150,6 @@ static inline void arch_spin_unlock(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
lock->slock = 0;
}

-#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
-extern void arch_spin_unlock_wait(arch_spinlock_t *lock);
-#else
-#define arch_spin_unlock_wait(lock) \
- do { while (arch_spin_is_locked(lock)) cpu_relax(); } while (0)
-#endif
-
/*
* Read-write spinlocks, allowing multiple readers
* but only one writer.
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/locks.c b/arch/powerpc/lib/locks.c
index 9b8182e..e800d5f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/locks.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/locks.c
@@ -82,14 +82,3 @@ void __rw_yield(arch_rwlock_t *rw)
}
#endif

-void arch_spin_unlock_wait(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
-{
- while (lock->slock) {
- HMT_low();
- if (SHARED_PROCESSOR)
- __spin_yield(lock);
- }
- HMT_medium();
-}
-
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(arch_spin_unlock_wait);
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/spinlock.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/spinlock.h
index 56612fc..cb98ce7 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/spinlock.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/spinlock.h
@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@ _raw_compare_and_swap(volatile unsigned int *lock,
*/

#define arch_spin_is_locked(x) ((x)->owner_cpu != 0)
-#define arch_spin_unlock_wait(lock) \
- do { while (arch_spin_is_locked(lock)) \
- arch_spin_relax(lock); } while (0)

extern void arch_spin_lock_wait(arch_spinlock_t *);
extern void arch_spin_lock_wait_flags(arch_spinlock_t *, unsigned long flags);
diff --git a/arch/sh/include/asm/spinlock.h b/arch/sh/include/asm/spinlock.h
index bdc0f3b..7ac8916 100644
--- a/arch/sh/include/asm/spinlock.h
+++ b/arch/sh/include/asm/spinlock.h
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@

#define arch_spin_is_locked(x) ((x)->lock <= 0)
#define arch_spin_lock_flags(lock, flags) arch_spin_lock(lock)
-#define arch_spin_unlock_wait(x) \
- do { while (arch_spin_is_locked(x)) cpu_relax(); } while (0)

/*
* Simple spin lock operations. There are two variants, one clears IRQ's
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/spinlock_32.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/spinlock_32.h
index 7f9b9db..f10958a 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/spinlock_32.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/spinlock_32.h
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@

#define arch_spin_is_locked(lock) (*((volatile unsigned char *)(lock)) != 0)

-#define arch_spin_unlock_wait(lock) \
- do { while (arch_spin_is_locked(lock)) cpu_relax(); } while (0)
-
static inline void arch_spin_lock(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
{
__asm__ __volatile__(
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/spinlock_64.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/spinlock_64.h
index 073936a..2845f6e 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/spinlock_64.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/spinlock_64.h
@@ -23,10 +23,6 @@

#define arch_spin_is_locked(lp) ((lp)->lock != 0)

-#define arch_spin_unlock_wait(lp) \
- do { rmb(); \
- } while((lp)->lock)
-
static inline void arch_spin_lock(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
{
unsigned long tmp;
diff --git a/arch/tile/include/asm/spinlock_32.h b/arch/tile/include/asm/spinlock_32.h
index 88efdde..3ccb768 100644
--- a/arch/tile/include/asm/spinlock_32.h
+++ b/arch/tile/include/asm/spinlock_32.h
@@ -61,8 +61,6 @@ static inline void arch_spin_unlock(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
lock->current_ticket = old_ticket + TICKET_QUANTUM;
}

-void arch_spin_unlock_wait(arch_spinlock_t *lock);
-
/*
* Read-write spinlocks, allowing multiple readers
* but only one writer.
diff --git a/arch/tile/lib/spinlock_32.c b/arch/tile/lib/spinlock_32.c
index 5cd1c40..72a6507 100644
--- a/arch/tile/lib/spinlock_32.c
+++ b/arch/tile/lib/spinlock_32.c
@@ -61,14 +61,6 @@ int arch_spin_trylock(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(arch_spin_trylock);

-void arch_spin_unlock_wait(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
-{
- u32 iterations = 0;
- while (arch_spin_is_locked(lock))
- delay_backoff(iterations++);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(arch_spin_unlock_wait);
-
/*
* The low byte is always reserved to be the marker for a "tns" operation
* since the low bit is set to "1" by a tns. The next seven bits are
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h
index 3089f70..f23106f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h
@@ -208,12 +208,6 @@ static __always_inline void arch_spin_lock_flags(arch_spinlock_t *lock,

#endif /* CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS */

-static inline void arch_spin_unlock_wait(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
-{
- while (arch_spin_is_locked(lock))
- cpu_relax();
-}
-
/*
* Read-write spinlocks, allowing multiple readers
* but only one writer.
diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
index 17a6378..f246965 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
@@ -668,8 +668,10 @@ void ata_scsi_error(struct Scsi_Host *host)

/* initialize eh_tries */
ap->eh_tries = ATA_EH_MAX_TRIES;
- } else
- spin_unlock_wait(ap->lock);
+ } else {
+ spin_lock_irqsave(ap->lock, flags);
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(ap->lock, flags);
+ }

/* If we timed raced normal completion and there is nothing to
recover nr_timedout == 0 why exactly are we doing error recovery ? */
diff --git a/include/linux/spinlock.h b/include/linux/spinlock.h
index 80e5358..d7b89ef 100644
--- a/include/linux/spinlock.h
+++ b/include/linux/spinlock.h
@@ -122,12 +122,6 @@ do { \
static inline void smp_mb__after_lock(void) { smp_mb(); }
#endif

-/**
- * raw_spin_unlock_wait - wait until the spinlock gets unlocked
- * @lock: the spinlock in question.
- */
-#define raw_spin_unlock_wait(lock) arch_spin_unlock_wait(&(lock)->raw_lock)
-
#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK
extern void do_raw_spin_lock(raw_spinlock_t *lock) __acquires(lock);
#define do_raw_spin_lock_flags(lock, flags) do_raw_spin_lock(lock)
@@ -355,11 +349,6 @@ static inline int spin_trylock_irq(spinlock_t *lock)
raw_spin_trylock_irqsave(spinlock_check(lock), flags); \
})

-static inline void spin_unlock_wait(spinlock_t *lock)
-{
- raw_spin_unlock_wait(&lock->rlock);
-}
-
static inline int spin_is_locked(spinlock_t *lock)
{
return raw_spin_is_locked(&lock->rlock);
diff --git a/include/linux/spinlock_up.h b/include/linux/spinlock_up.h
index b14f6a9..53c7a86 100644
--- a/include/linux/spinlock_up.h
+++ b/include/linux/spinlock_up.h
@@ -70,7 +70,4 @@ static inline void arch_spin_unlock(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
#define arch_read_can_lock(lock) (((void)(lock), 1))
#define arch_write_can_lock(lock) (((void)(lock), 1))

-#define arch_spin_unlock_wait(lock) \
- do { cpu_relax(); } while (arch_spin_is_locked(lock))
-
#endif /* __LINUX_SPINLOCK_UP_H */
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index 676149a..2c6b725 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -956,7 +956,8 @@ NORET_TYPE void do_exit(long code)
* an exiting task cleaning up the robust pi futexes.
*/
smp_mb();
- raw_spin_unlock_wait(&tsk->pi_lock);
+ raw_spin_lock_irq(&tsk->pi_lock);
+ raw_spin_unlock_irq(&tsk->pi_lock);

if (unlikely(in_atomic()))
printk(KERN_INFO "note: %s[%d] exited with preempt_count %d\n",

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