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ipc/sem.c: avoid using spin_unlock_wait()
authorManfred Spraul <manfred@colorfullife.com>
Mon, 27 Feb 2017 22:28:15 +0000 (14:28 -0800)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Tue, 28 Feb 2017 02:43:46 +0000 (18:43 -0800)
commit1ccda37ed8526296c1ca07ac4e54960318337285
tree3955f64e229157c2acdec238e9e5a24b7d457db8
parente4777e3200c92a610f1d3677b59f8222231d0142
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>
ipc/sem.c