[PATCH] alpha: Select ARCH_SUPPORTS_ATOMIC_RMW
From: Matt Turner
Date: Fri Apr 03 2026 - 11:11:40 EST
Alpha has native LL/SC instructions (LDL_L/STL_C, LDQ_L/STQ_C) that
provide atomic read-modify-write capability, and already selects
ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG.
Selecting ARCH_SUPPORTS_ATOMIC_RMW enables MUTEX_SPIN_ON_OWNER and
RWSEM_SPIN_ON_OWNER on SMP, allowing optimistic spinning on contended
locks rather than immediately sleeping.
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-6
Signed-off-by: Matt Turner <mattst88@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/alpha/Kconfig | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git ./arch/alpha/Kconfig ./arch/alpha/Kconfig
index 4329743757e3..57c91ed67b71 100644
--- ./arch/alpha/Kconfig
+++ ./arch/alpha/Kconfig
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ config ALPHA
select ARCH_MODULE_NEEDS_WEAK_PER_CPU if SMP
select ARCH_NO_PREEMPT
select ARCH_NO_SG_CHAIN
+ select ARCH_SUPPORTS_ATOMIC_RMW
select ARCH_SUPPORTS_PAGE_TABLE_CHECK
select ARCH_USE_CMPXCHG_LOCKREF
select FORCE_PCI
--
2.52.0