[PATCH] random: Use try_cmpxchg in _credit_init_bits

From: Uros Bizjak
Date: Thu Jul 14 2022 - 14:28:42 EST


Use try_cmpxchg instead of cmpxchg (*ptr, old, new) == old in
_credit_init_bits. x86 CMPXCHG instruction returns success in ZF flag,
so this change saves a compare after cmpxchg (and related move
instruction in front of cmpxchg).

Also, try_cmpxchg implicitly assigns old *ptr value to "old"
when cmpxchg fails, enabling further code simplifications.

No functional change intended.

Signed-off-by: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@xxxxxxx>
Cc: "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/char/random.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index e3dd1dd3dd22..78e690f0f9f6 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -643,10 +643,10 @@ static void __cold _credit_init_bits(size_t bits)

add = min_t(size_t, bits, POOL_BITS);

+ orig = READ_ONCE(input_pool.init_bits);
do {
- orig = READ_ONCE(input_pool.init_bits);
new = min_t(unsigned int, POOL_BITS, orig + add);
- } while (cmpxchg(&input_pool.init_bits, orig, new) != orig);
+ } while (!try_cmpxchg(&input_pool.init_bits, &orig, new));

if (orig < POOL_READY_BITS && new >= POOL_READY_BITS) {
crng_reseed(); /* Sets crng_init to CRNG_READY under base_crng.lock. */
--
2.35.3