[PATCH] parisc: Improve LWS-CAS performance (take 2)

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On 13-May-14, at 11:31 PM, Carlos O'Donell wrote:

2) Removes the lock code on UP systems where it is not needed, and

This is wrong. The locking was originally only for SMP, but at one
point it was discovered that you could COW during the CAS operation
and if you didn't take the lock in UP, you could re-enter the CAS via
another task and thus incorrectly carry out the CAS in two different
threads and corrupt the state.

The attached file updates the change so that the lock code is no longer removed on UP systems. I added a comment to indicate that contention can occur even on
UP systems.

Lightly tested with a build of kyotocabinet on c3750.

Signed-off-by: John David Anglin <dave.anglin@xxxxxxxx>
---

diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/syscall.S b/arch/parisc/kernel/syscall.S
index a63bb179..8387860 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/syscall.S
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/syscall.S
@@ -589,10 +589,13 @@ cas_nocontend:
 # endif
 /* ENABLE_LWS_DEBUG */
 
+	rsm	PSW_SM_I, %r0				/* Disable interrupts */
+	/* COW breaks can cause contention on UP systems */
 	LDCW	0(%sr2,%r20), %r28			/* Try to acquire the lock */
 	cmpb,<>,n	%r0, %r28, cas_action		/* Did we get it? */
 cas_wouldblock:
 	ldo	2(%r0), %r28				/* 2nd case */
+	ssm	PSW_SM_I, %r0
 	b	lws_exit				/* Contended... */
 	ldo	-EAGAIN(%r0), %r21			/* Spin in userspace */
 
@@ -619,15 +622,17 @@ cas_action:
 	stw	%r1, 4(%sr2,%r20)
 #endif
 	/* The load and store could fail */
-1:	ldw	0(%sr3,%r26), %r28
+1:	ldw,ma	0(%sr3,%r26), %r28
 	sub,<>	%r28, %r25, %r0
-2:	stw	%r24, 0(%sr3,%r26)
+2:	stw,ma	%r24, 0(%sr3,%r26)
 	/* Free lock */
-	stw	%r20, 0(%sr2,%r20)
+	stw,ma	%r20, 0(%sr2,%r20)
 #if ENABLE_LWS_DEBUG
 	/* Clear thread register indicator */
 	stw	%r0, 4(%sr2,%r20)
 #endif
+	/* Enable interrupts */
+	ssm	PSW_SM_I, %r0
 	/* Return to userspace, set no error */
 	b	lws_exit
 	copy	%r0, %r21
@@ -639,6 +644,7 @@ cas_action:
 #if ENABLE_LWS_DEBUG
 	stw	%r0, 4(%sr2,%r20)
 #endif
+	ssm	PSW_SM_I, %r0
 	b	lws_exit
 	ldo	-EFAULT(%r0),%r21	/* set errno */
 	nop


--
John David Anglin	dave.anglin@xxxxxxxx


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