[PATCH 4/5] perf: Avoid local_xchg

[Peter Zijlstra]

Since the x86 XCHG ins implies LOCK, avoid the use by using a sequence
count instead.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 include/linux/perf_event.h |    1 +
 kernel/perf_event.c        |    3 ++-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/perf_event.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ linux-2.6/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -804,6 +804,7 @@ struct perf_output_handle {
 	struct perf_mmap_data		*data;
 	unsigned long			head;
 	unsigned long			offset;
+	unsigned long			wakeup;
 	int				nmi;
 	int				sample;
 };
Index: linux-2.6/kernel/perf_event.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ linux-2.6/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -2917,6 +2917,7 @@ static void perf_output_get_handle(struc
 
 	preempt_disable();
 	local_inc(&data->nest);
+	handle->wakeup = local_read(&data->wakeup);
 }
 
 static void perf_output_put_handle(struct perf_output_handle *handle)
@@ -2950,7 +2951,7 @@ again:
 		goto again;
 	}
 
-	if (local_xchg(&data->wakeup, 0))
+	if (handle->wakeup != local_read(&data->wakeup))
 		perf_output_wakeup(handle);
 
 	preempt_enable();


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