Re: [PATCH v2] powerpc ticket locks

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Fri Feb 07 2014 - 12:12:41 EST


On Fri, Feb 07, 2014 at 05:58:01PM +0100, Torsten Duwe wrote:
> +static __always_inline void arch_spin_lock(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
> {
> + register struct __raw_tickets old, tmp,
> + inc = { .tail = TICKET_LOCK_INC };
> +
> CLEAR_IO_SYNC;
> + __asm__ __volatile__(
> +"1: lwarx %0,0,%4 # arch_spin_lock\n"
> +" add %1,%3,%0\n"
> + PPC405_ERR77(0, "%4")
> +" stwcx. %1,0,%4\n"
> +" bne- 1b"
> + : "=&r" (old), "=&r" (tmp), "+m" (lock->tickets)
> + : "r" (inc), "r" (&lock->tickets)
> + : "cc");
> +
> + if (likely(old.head == old.tail))
> + goto out;

I would have expected an lwsync someplace hereabouts.

> + for (;;) {
> + unsigned count = 100;
> +
> do {
> + if (ACCESS_ONCE(lock->tickets.head) == old.tail)
> + goto out;
> HMT_low();
> if (SHARED_PROCESSOR)
> __spin_yield(lock);
> + } while (--count);
> HMT_medium();
> }
> +out:
> +#if defined(CONFIG_PPC_SPLPAR)
> + lock->holder = LOCK_TOKEN;
> +#endif
> + barrier(); /* make sure nothing creeps before the lock is taken */
> }
>
> static inline

> @@ -147,10 +220,21 @@ void arch_spin_lock_flags(arch_spinlock_t *lock, unsigned long flags)
>
> static inline void arch_spin_unlock(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
> {
> + arch_spinlock_t old, new;
> +
> +#if defined(CONFIG_PPC_SPLPAR)
> + lock->holder = 0;
> +#endif
> + do {
> + old.tickets = ACCESS_ONCE(lock->tickets);
> + new.tickets.head = old.tickets.head + TICKET_LOCK_INC;
> + new.tickets.tail = old.tickets.tail;
> + } while (unlikely(__arch_spin_cmpxchg_eq(lock,
> + old.head_tail,
> + new.head_tail)));
> SYNC_IO;
> __asm__ __volatile__("# arch_spin_unlock\n\t"
> PPC_RELEASE_BARRIER: : :"memory");

Doens't your cmpxchg_eq not already imply a lwsync?

> - lock->slock = 0;
> }

I'm still failing to see why you need an ll/sc pair for unlock.
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