From: Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@xxxxxxxxx> It makes no sense to fold smp_mb__before_llsc()/smp_llsc_mb() again and again, leave only one barrier pair in the outer function. This removes one SYNCW from __xchg_small() and brings around 10% performance improvement in a tight spinlock loop with 6 threads on a 6 core Octeon. Signed-off-by: Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@xxxxxxxxx> --- arch/mips/kernel/cmpxchg.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/cmpxchg.c b/arch/mips/kernel/cmpxchg.c index 89107de..122e85f 100644 --- a/arch/mips/kernel/cmpxchg.c +++ b/arch/mips/kernel/cmpxchg.c @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ unsigned long __xchg_small(volatile void *ptr, unsigned long val, unsigned int s do { old32 = load32; new32 = (load32 & ~mask) | (val << shift); - load32 = cmpxchg(ptr32, old32, new32); + load32 = cmpxchg_local(ptr32, old32, new32); } while (load32 != old32); return (load32 & mask) >> shift; @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ unsigned long __cmpxchg_small(volatile void *ptr, unsigned long old, */ old32 = (load32 & ~mask) | (old << shift); new32 = (load32 & ~mask) | (new << shift); - load32 = cmpxchg(ptr32, old32, new32); + load32 = cmpxchg_local(ptr32, old32, new32); if (load32 == old32) return old; } -- 2.10.2