Commit-ID: 93edc8bd7750ff3cae088bfca453ea73dc9004a4
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/93edc8bd7750ff3cae088bfca453ea73dc9004a4
Author: Waiman Long <Waiman.Long@xxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Fri, 11 Sep 2015 14:37:34 -0400
Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Fri, 18 Sep 2015 09:27:29 +0200
locking/pvqspinlock: Kick the PV CPU unconditionally when _Q_SLOW_VAL
If _Q_SLOW_VAL has been set, the vCPU state must have been vcpu_hashed.
The extra check at the end of __pv_queued_spin_unlock() is unnecessary
and can be removed.
Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <Waiman.Long@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Douglas Hatch <doug.hatch@xxxxxx>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Scott J Norton <scott.norton@xxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1441996658-62854-3-git-send-email-Waiman.Long@xxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h | 6 +-----
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h b/kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h
index c8e6e9a..f0450ff 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h
+++ b/kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h
@@ -267,7 +267,6 @@ static void pv_wait_head(struct qspinlock *lock, struct mcs_spinlock *node)
}
if (!lp) { /* ONCE */
- WRITE_ONCE(pn->state, vcpu_hashed);
lp = pv_hash(lock, pn);
/*
@@ -275,11 +274,9 @@ static void pv_wait_head(struct qspinlock *lock, struct mcs_spinlock *node)
* when we observe _Q_SLOW_VAL in __pv_queued_spin_unlock()
* we'll be sure to be able to observe our hash entry.
*
- * [S] pn->state
* [S] <hash> [Rmw] l->locked == _Q_SLOW_VAL
* MB RMB
* [RmW] l->locked = _Q_SLOW_VAL [L] <unhash>
- * [L] pn->state
*
* Matches the smp_rmb() in __pv_queued_spin_unlock().
*/
@@ -364,8 +361,7 @@ __visible void __pv_queued_spin_unlock(struct qspinlock *lock)
* vCPU is harmless other than the additional latency in completing
* the unlock.
*/
- if (READ_ONCE(node->state) == vcpu_hashed)
- pv_kick(node->cpu);
+ pv_kick(node->cpu);
}
/*
* Include the architecture specific callee-save thunk of the
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