locking/qspinlock: Use __this_cpu_dec() instead of full-blown this_cpu_dec()
authorPan Xinhui <xinhui.pan@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Tue, 14 Jun 2016 06:37:27 +0000 (14:37 +0800)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Mon, 27 Jun 2016 09:37:41 +0000 (11:37 +0200)
commit0dceeaf599e6d9b8bd908ba4bd3dfee84aa26be2
tree901f7641d6bc6ed48fdffaee6f85f155e0fb8a07
parentebff09a6ff164aec2b33bf1f9a488c45ac108413
locking/qspinlock: Use __this_cpu_dec() instead of full-blown this_cpu_dec()

queued_spin_lock_slowpath() should not worry about another
queued_spin_lock_slowpath() running in interrupt context and
changing node->count by accident, because node->count keeps
the same value every time we enter/leave queued_spin_lock_slowpath().

On some architectures this_cpu_dec() will save/restore irq flags,
which has high overhead. Use the much cheaper __this_cpu_dec() instead.

Signed-off-by: Pan Xinhui <xinhui.pan@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Waiman.Long@hpe.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1465886247-3773-1-git-send-email-xinhui.pan@linux.vnet.ibm.com
[ Rewrote changelog. ]
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
kernel/locking/qspinlock.c