[PATCH v2] locking/qspinlock: Use __this_cpu_dec instead

From: Pan Xinhui
Date: Tue Jun 14 2016 - 02:37:43 EST


queued_spin_lock_slowpath should not worry about another
queued_spin_lock_slowpath which runs in interrupt changes node->count by
accident because node->count keeps the same value everytime we
enter/leave queued_spin_lock_slowpath.

On some archs this_cpu_dec will save/restore irq flags, this will give a
heavy work load. Lets use __this_cpu_dec instead.

Signed-off-by: Pan Xinhui <xinhui.pan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
change from v1:
replace this_cpu_ptr with __this_cpu_dec
---
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 99f31e4..9fd1a1e 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ release:
/*
* release the node
*/
- this_cpu_dec(mcs_nodes[0].count);
+ __this_cpu_dec(mcs_nodes[0].count);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(queued_spin_lock_slowpath);

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