Should we do something similar with __down_read_trylock, such as the following? Signed-off-by: Jason Low <jason.low2@xxxxxx> --- include/asm-generic/rwsem.h | 3 +++ 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/asm-generic/rwsem.h b/include/asm-generic/rwsem.h index bb1e2cd..47990dc 100644 --- a/include/asm-generic/rwsem.h +++ b/include/asm-generic/rwsem.h @@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ static inline int __down_read_trylock(struct rw_semaphore *sem) long tmp; while ((tmp = sem->count) >= 0) { + if (sem->count != tmp) + continue; + if (tmp == cmpxchg(&sem->count, tmp, tmp + RWSEM_ACTIVE_READ_BIAS)) { return 1; -- 1.7.1 On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 3:22 PM, Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Cmpxchg will cause the cacheline bouning when do the value checking, > that cause scalability issue in a large machine (like a 80 core box). > > So a lock pre-read can relief this contention. > > Signed-off-by: Alex Shi <alex.shi@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > include/asm-generic/rwsem.h | 8 ++++---- > 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/include/asm-generic/rwsem.h b/include/asm-generic/rwsem.h > index bb1e2cd..5ba80e7 100644 > --- a/include/asm-generic/rwsem.h > +++ b/include/asm-generic/rwsem.h > @@ -70,11 +70,11 @@ static inline void __down_write(struct rw_semaphore *sem) > > static inline int __down_write_trylock(struct rw_semaphore *sem) > { > - long tmp; > + if (unlikely(sem->count != RWSEM_UNLOCKED_VALUE)) > + return 0; > > - tmp = cmpxchg(&sem->count, RWSEM_UNLOCKED_VALUE, > - RWSEM_ACTIVE_WRITE_BIAS); > - return tmp == RWSEM_UNLOCKED_VALUE; > + return cmpxchg(&sem->count, RWSEM_UNLOCKED_VALUE, > + RWSEM_ACTIVE_WRITE_BIAS) == RWSEM_UNLOCKED_VALUE; > } > > /* > -- > 1.7.4.4 > > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>