[PATCH] locking/osq_lock: Use try_cmpxchg() family of functions instead of cmpxchg()

From: Uros Bizjak
Date: Fri Jul 19 2024 - 07:22:04 EST


Replace this pattern in osq_lock.c:

cmpxchg(*ptr, old, new) == old

... with the simpler and faster:

try_cmpxchg(*ptr, &old, new)

The x86 CMPXCHG instruction returns success in the ZF flag, so this change
saves a compare after the CMPXCHG. As an example, the code in osq_unlock()
improves from:

11b: 31 c9 xor %ecx,%ecx
11d: 8d 50 01 lea 0x1(%rax),%edx
120: 89 d0 mov %edx,%eax
122: f0 0f b1 0f lock cmpxchg %ecx,(%rdi)
126: 39 c2 cmp %eax,%edx
128: 75 05 jne 12f <...>

to:

12b: 31 d2 xor %edx,%edx
12d: 83 c0 01 add $0x1,%eax
130: f0 0f b1 17 lock cmpxchg %edx,(%rdi)
134: 75 05 jne 13b <...>

Signed-off-by: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Waiman Long <longman@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@xxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/locking/osq_lock.c | 15 +++++++++------
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/locking/osq_lock.c b/kernel/locking/osq_lock.c
index 75a6f6133866..4f89ac8e6a69 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/osq_lock.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/osq_lock.c
@@ -58,8 +58,10 @@ osq_wait_next(struct optimistic_spin_queue *lock,
int curr = encode_cpu(smp_processor_id());

for (;;) {
- if (atomic_read(&lock->tail) == curr &&
- atomic_cmpxchg_acquire(&lock->tail, curr, old_cpu) == curr) {
+ int tmp = curr;
+
+ if (atomic_read(&lock->tail) == tmp &&
+ atomic_try_cmpxchg_acquire(&lock->tail, &tmp, old_cpu)) {
/*
* We were the last queued, we moved @lock back. @prev
* will now observe @lock and will complete its
@@ -157,12 +159,14 @@ bool osq_lock(struct optimistic_spin_queue *lock)
*/

for (;;) {
+ struct optimistic_spin_node *tmp = node;
+
/*
* cpu_relax() below implies a compiler barrier which would
* prevent this comparison being optimized away.
*/
- if (data_race(prev->next) == node &&
- cmpxchg(&prev->next, node, NULL) == node)
+ if (data_race(prev->next) == tmp &&
+ try_cmpxchg(&prev->next, &tmp, NULL))
break;

/*
@@ -215,8 +219,7 @@ void osq_unlock(struct optimistic_spin_queue *lock)
/*
* Fast path for the uncontended case.
*/
- if (likely(atomic_cmpxchg_release(&lock->tail, curr,
- OSQ_UNLOCKED_VAL) == curr))
+ if (atomic_try_cmpxchg_release(&lock->tail, &curr, OSQ_UNLOCKED_VAL))
return;

/*
--
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