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authorManfred Spraul <manfred@colorfullife.com>2017-02-28 01:28:15 +0300
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2017-02-28 05:43:46 +0300
commit27d7be1801a4824ecccbc735593101d72c038f13 (patch)
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ipc/sem.c: avoid using spin_unlock_wait()
a) The ACQUIRE in spin_lock() applies to the read, not to the store, at least for powerpc. This forces to add a smp_mb() into the fast path. b) The memory barrier provided by spin_unlock_wait() is right now arch dependent. Therefore: Use spin_lock()/spin_unlock() instead of spin_unlock_wait(). Advantage: faster single op semop calls(), observed +8.9% on x86. (the other solution would be arch dependencies in ipc/sem). Disadvantage: slower complex op semop calls, if (and only if) there are no sleeping operations. The next patch adds hysteresis, this further reduces the probability that the slow path is used. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1476851896-3590-2-git-send-email-manfred@colorfullife.com Signed-off-by: Manfred Spraul <manfred@colorfullife.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Cc: <1vier1@web.de> Cc: kernel test robot <xiaolong.ye@intel.com> Cc: <felixh@informatik.uni-bremen.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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