[PATCH v2] ring_buffer: Use try_cmpxchg instead of cmpxchg

From: Uros Bizjak
Date: Fri Jul 14 2023 - 11:44:58 EST


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

No functional change intended.

Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@xxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c | 20 ++++++--------------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index 834b361a4a66..84e3235ae8c7 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -688,10 +688,7 @@ static void rb_time_set(rb_time_t *t, u64 val)
static inline bool
rb_time_read_cmpxchg(local_t *l, unsigned long expect, unsigned long set)
{
- unsigned long ret;
-
- ret = local_cmpxchg(l, expect, set);
- return ret == expect;
+ return local_try_cmpxchg(l, &expect, set);
}

static bool rb_time_cmpxchg(rb_time_t *t, u64 expect, u64 set)
@@ -748,9 +745,7 @@ static void rb_time_set(rb_time_t *t, u64 val)

static bool rb_time_cmpxchg(rb_time_t *t, u64 expect, u64 set)
{
- u64 val;
- val = local64_cmpxchg(&t->time, expect, set);
- return val == expect;
+ return local64_try_cmpxchg(&t->time, &expect, set);
}
#endif

@@ -1489,14 +1484,11 @@ static bool rb_head_page_replace(struct buffer_page *old,
{
unsigned long *ptr = (unsigned long *)&old->list.prev->next;
unsigned long val;
- unsigned long ret;

val = *ptr & ~RB_FLAG_MASK;
val |= RB_PAGE_HEAD;

- ret = cmpxchg(ptr, val, (unsigned long)&new->list);
-
- return ret == val;
+ return try_cmpxchg(ptr, &val, (unsigned long)&new->list);
}

/*
@@ -3000,7 +2992,6 @@ rb_try_to_discard(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer,
{
unsigned long new_index, old_index;
struct buffer_page *bpage;
- unsigned long index;
unsigned long addr;
u64 write_stamp;
u64 delta;
@@ -3057,8 +3048,9 @@ rb_try_to_discard(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer,
*/
old_index += write_mask;
new_index += write_mask;
- index = local_cmpxchg(&bpage->write, old_index, new_index);
- if (index == old_index) {
+
+ /* caution: old_index gets updated on cmpxchg failure */
+ if (local_try_cmpxchg(&bpage->write, &old_index, new_index)) {
/* update counters */
local_sub(event_length, &cpu_buffer->entries_bytes);
return true;
--
2.41.0