Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2] rwsem: Support optimistic spinning | From | Davidlohr Bueso <> | Date | Wed, 30 Apr 2014 09:17:37 -0700 |
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On Wed, 2014-04-30 at 10:27 +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 03:09:01PM -0700, Davidlohr Bueso wrote: > > +/* > > + * Try to acquire write lock before the writer has been put on wait queue. > > + */ > > +static inline bool rwsem_try_write_lock_unqueued(struct rw_semaphore *sem) > > +{ > > + long count = ACCESS_ONCE(sem->count); > > +retry: > > + if (count == RWSEM_WAITING_BIAS) { > > + count = cmpxchg(&sem->count, RWSEM_WAITING_BIAS, > > + RWSEM_ACTIVE_WRITE_BIAS + RWSEM_WAITING_BIAS); > > + /* allow write lock stealing, try acquiring the write lock. */ > > + if (count == RWSEM_WAITING_BIAS) > > + goto acquired; > > + else if (count == 0) > > + goto retry; > > + } else if (count == 0) { > > + count = cmpxchg(&sem->count, 0, RWSEM_ACTIVE_WRITE_BIAS); > > + if (count == 0) > > + goto acquired; > > + else if (count == RWSEM_WAITING_BIAS) > > + goto retry; > > + } > > + return false; > > + > > +acquired: > > + return true; > > +} > > Could we have written that like: > > static inline bool rwsem_try_write_lock_unqueued(struct rw_semaphore *sem) > { > long old, count = ACCESS_ONCE(sem->count); > > for (;;) { > if (!(count == 0 || count == RWSEM_WAITING_BIAS)) > return false; > > old = cmpxchg(&sem->count, count, count + RWSEM_ACTIVE_BIAS); > if (old == count) > return true; > > count = old; > } > } > > ?
Yeah that's a lot nicer.
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