This patch illustrates the transition to local{,64}_try_cmpxchg. It is not intended to be merged as-is. Signed-off-by: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@xxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/events/core.c | 9 ++++----- kernel/events/ring_buffer.c | 5 +++-- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/events/core.c b/arch/x86/events/core.c index d096b04bf80e..d9310e9363f1 100644 --- a/arch/x86/events/core.c +++ b/arch/x86/events/core.c @@ -129,13 +129,12 @@ u64 x86_perf_event_update(struct perf_event *event) * exchange a new raw count - then add that new-prev delta * count to the generic event atomically: */ -again: prev_raw_count = local64_read(&hwc->prev_count); - rdpmcl(hwc->event_base_rdpmc, new_raw_count); - if (local64_cmpxchg(&hwc->prev_count, prev_raw_count, - new_raw_count) != prev_raw_count) - goto again; + do { + rdpmcl(hwc->event_base_rdpmc, new_raw_count); + } while (!local64_try_cmpxchg(&hwc->prev_count, &prev_raw_count, + new_raw_count)); /* * Now we have the new raw value and have updated the prev diff --git a/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c index 273a0fe7910a..111ab85ee97d 100644 --- a/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c +++ b/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c @@ -191,9 +191,10 @@ __perf_output_begin(struct perf_output_handle *handle, perf_output_get_handle(handle); + offset = local_read(&rb->head); do { tail = READ_ONCE(rb->user_page->data_tail); - offset = head = local_read(&rb->head); + head = offset; if (!rb->overwrite) { if (unlikely(!ring_buffer_has_space(head, tail, perf_data_size(rb), @@ -217,7 +218,7 @@ __perf_output_begin(struct perf_output_handle *handle, head += size; else head -= size; - } while (local_cmpxchg(&rb->head, offset, head) != offset); + } while (!local_try_cmpxchg(&rb->head, &offset, head)); if (backward) { offset = head; -- 2.39.2