On Tue, 12 Jul 2022 17:44:55 +0200, Uros Bizjak wrote:
> Use atomic_try_cmpxchg instead of atomic_cmpxchg (*ptr, old, new) == old
> in blkcg_unuse_delay, blkcg_set_delay and blkcg_clear_delay and
> atomic64_try_cmpxchg in blkcg_scale_delay. x86 CMPXCHG instruction
> returns success in ZF flag, so this change saves a compare after cmpxchg
> (and related move instruction in front of cmpxchg).
>
> Also, atomic_try_cmpxchg implicitly assigns old *ptr value to "old" when
> cmpxchg fails, enabling further code simplifications.
>
> [...]
Applied, thanks!
[1/1] blk-cgroup: Use atomic{,64}_try_cmpxchg
commit: 96388f57d2aad9836b2c589181fa1dbaba4066b4
Best regards,
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Jens Axboe
