[RFC][PATCH 1/3] locking/qspinlock: Re-order code

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Wed Sep 26 2018 - 07:30:06 EST


Flip the branch condition after atomic_fetch_or_acquire(_Q_PENDING_VAL)
such that we loose the indent. This also result in a more natural code
flow IMO.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/locking/qspinlock.c | 56 +++++++++++++++++++++------------------------
1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
@@ -330,39 +330,37 @@ void queued_spin_lock_slowpath(struct qs
* 0,0,1 -> 0,1,1 ; pending
*/
val = atomic_fetch_or_acquire(_Q_PENDING_VAL, &lock->val);
- if (!(val & ~_Q_LOCKED_MASK)) {
- /*
- * We're pending, wait for the owner to go away.
- *
- * *,1,1 -> *,1,0
- *
- * this wait loop must be a load-acquire such that we match the
- * store-release that clears the locked bit and create lock
- * sequentiality; this is because not all
- * clear_pending_set_locked() implementations imply full
- * barriers.
- */
- if (val & _Q_LOCKED_MASK) {
- atomic_cond_read_acquire(&lock->val,
- !(VAL & _Q_LOCKED_MASK));
- }
-
- /*
- * take ownership and clear the pending bit.
- *
- * *,1,0 -> *,0,1
- */
- clear_pending_set_locked(lock);
- qstat_inc(qstat_lock_pending, true);
- return;
+ /*
+ * If we observe any contention; undo and queue.
+ */
+ if (unlikely(val & ~_Q_LOCKED_MASK)) {
+ if (!(val & _Q_PENDING_MASK))
+ clear_pending(lock);
+ goto queue;
}

/*
- * If pending was clear but there are waiters in the queue, then
- * we need to undo our setting of pending before we queue ourselves.
+ * We're pending, wait for the owner to go away.
+ *
+ * 0,1,1 -> 0,1,0
+ *
+ * this wait loop must be a load-acquire such that we match the
+ * store-release that clears the locked bit and create lock
+ * sequentiality; this is because not all
+ * clear_pending_set_locked() implementations imply full
+ * barriers.
+ */
+ if (val & _Q_LOCKED_MASK)
+ atomic_cond_read_acquire(&lock->val, !(VAL & _Q_LOCKED_MASK));
+
+ /*
+ * take ownership and clear the pending bit.
+ *
+ * 0,1,0 -> 0,0,1
*/
- if (!(val & _Q_PENDING_MASK))
- clear_pending(lock);
+ clear_pending_set_locked(lock);
+ qstat_inc(qstat_lock_pending, true);
+ return;

/*
* End of pending bit optimistic spinning and beginning of MCS