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authorPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>2015-09-04 18:25:23 +0300
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2015-09-11 08:49:42 +0300
commit43b3f02899f74ae9914a39547cc5492156f0027a (patch)
tree0db5018c95f8d243b974f42abda1c0c618abeee5 /arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h
parentedcd591c77a48da753456f92daf8bb50fe9bac93 (diff)
downloadlinux-43b3f02899f74ae9914a39547cc5492156f0027a.tar.xz
locking/qspinlock/x86: Fix performance regression under unaccelerated VMs
Dave ran into horrible performance on a VM without PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS set and Linus noted that the test-and-set implementation was retarded. One should spin on the variable with a load, not a RMW. While there, remove 'queued' from the name, as the lock isn't queued at all, but a simple test-and-set. Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Reported-by: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com> Tested-by: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Waiman Long <Waiman.Long@hp.com> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v4.2+ Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20150904152523.GR18673@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h16
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h
index 9d51fae1cba3..8dde3bdc4a05 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h
@@ -39,15 +39,23 @@ static inline void queued_spin_unlock(struct qspinlock *lock)
}
#endif
-#define virt_queued_spin_lock virt_queued_spin_lock
+#define virt_spin_lock virt_spin_lock
-static inline bool virt_queued_spin_lock(struct qspinlock *lock)
+static inline bool virt_spin_lock(struct qspinlock *lock)
{
if (!static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_HYPERVISOR))
return false;
- while (atomic_cmpxchg(&lock->val, 0, _Q_LOCKED_VAL) != 0)
- cpu_relax();
+ /*
+ * On hypervisors without PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS support we fall
+ * back to a Test-and-Set spinlock, because fair locks have
+ * horrible lock 'holder' preemption issues.
+ */
+
+ do {
+ while (atomic_read(&lock->val) != 0)
+ cpu_relax();
+ } while (atomic_cmpxchg(&lock->val, 0, _Q_LOCKED_VAL) != 0);
return true;
}