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Re: [PATCH -v4 2/8] locking/mutex: Rework mutex::owner

From Jason Low <jason.low2@hpe.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH -v4 2/8] locking/mutex: Rework mutex::owner
Date 2016-10-12 22:00 +0200
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On Wed, 2016-10-12 at 10:59 -0700, Davidlohr Bueso wrote:
> On Fri, 07 Oct 2016, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> >+/*
> >+ * Optimistic trylock that only works in the uncontended case. Make sure to
> >+ * follow with a __mutex_trylock() before failing.
> >+ */
> >+static __always_inline bool __mutex_trylock_fast(struct mutex *lock)
> >+{
> >+	unsigned long curr = (unsigned long)current;
> >+
> >+	if (!atomic_long_cmpxchg_acquire(&lock->owner, 0UL, curr))
> >+		return true;
> 
> Do we want to do a ccas check for !lock->owner? Although I can see a possible
> case of 'optimizing for the contended' reasons for nay.

Since this is the fast path version that gets used in mutex_lock(),
ect..., I think it would make sense to keep it like it is so that we
optimize it for the "common" case. This trylock function is more likely
to succeed as it is used for the initial attempt to get the mutex, so I
think we could avoid the ccas in the trylock_fast().

Jason

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[PATCH -v4 0/8] locking/mutex: Rewrite basic mutex Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-10-07 17:10 +0200
  [PATCH -v4 4/8] locking/mutex: Allow MUTEX_SPIN_ON_OWNER when DEBUG_MUTEXES Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-10-07 17:10 +0200
  [PATCH -v4 7/8] locking/mutex: Simplify some ww_mutex code in __mutex_lock_common() Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-10-07 17:10 +0200
  [PATCH -v4 6/8] locking/mutex: Restructure wait loop Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-10-07 17:30 +0200
    Re: [PATCH -v4 6/8] locking/mutex: Restructure wait loop Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> - 2016-10-13 17:20 +0200
      Re: [PATCH -v4 6/8] locking/mutex: Restructure wait loop Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-10-17 12:50 +0200
        Re: [PATCH -v4 6/8] locking/mutex: Restructure wait loop Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-10-17 15:30 +0200
          Re: [PATCH -v4 6/8] locking/mutex: Restructure wait loop Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> - 2016-10-17 15:50 +0200
            Re: [PATCH -v4 6/8] locking/mutex: Restructure wait loop Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-10-17 18:00 +0200
      Re: [PATCH -v4 6/8] locking/mutex: Restructure wait loop Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-10-19 19:40 +0200
        ciao set_task_state() (was Re: [PATCH -v4 6/8] locking/mutex:  Restructure wait loop) Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net> - 2016-10-24 04:00 +0200
          Re: ciao set_task_state() (was Re: [PATCH -v4 6/8] locking/mutex:  Restructure wait loop) Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@gmail.com> - 2016-10-24 15:30 +0200
          Re: ciao set_task_state() (was Re: [PATCH -v4 6/8] locking/mutex:  Restructure wait loop) Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@gmail.com> - 2016-10-24 16:30 +0200
            Re: ciao set_task_state() (was Re: [PATCH -v4 6/8] locking/mutex:  Restructure wait loop) Eric Wheeler <bcache@lists.ewheeler.net> - 2016-10-25 19:00 +0200
              Re: ciao set_task_state() (was Re: [PATCH -v4 6/8] locking/mutex:  Restructure wait loop) Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@gmail.com> - 2016-10-25 19:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH -v4 6/8] locking/mutex: Restructure wait loop Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-10-18 15:20 +0200
  [PATCH -v4 8/8] locking/mutex: Enable optimistic spinning of woken waiter Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-10-07 17:30 +0200
    Re: [PATCH -v4 8/8] locking/mutex: Enable optimistic spinning of  woken waiter Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> - 2016-10-13 17:30 +0200
      Re: [PATCH -v4 8/8] locking/mutex: Enable optimistic spinning of  woken waiter Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-10-17 11:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH -v4 8/8] locking/mutex: Enable optimistic spinning of  woken waiter Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-10-18 14:30 +0200
  [PATCH -v4 2/8] locking/mutex: Rework mutex::owner Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-10-07 17:30 +0200
    Re: [PATCH -v4 2/8] locking/mutex: Rework mutex::owner Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net> - 2016-10-12 20:40 +0200
      Re: [PATCH -v4 2/8] locking/mutex: Rework mutex::owner Jason Low <jason.low2@hpe.com> - 2016-10-12 22:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH -v4 2/8] locking/mutex: Rework mutex::owner Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> - 2016-10-13 17:20 +0200
  [PATCH -v4 5/8] locking/mutex: Add lock handoff to avoid starvation Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-10-07 17:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH -v4 5/8] locking/mutex: Add lock handoff to avoid  starvation Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> - 2016-10-13 17:20 +0200
      Re: [PATCH -v4 5/8] locking/mutex: Add lock handoff to avoid  starvation Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-10-17 11:30 +0200
    Re: [PATCH -v4 5/8] locking/mutex: Add lock handoff to avoid  starvation Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-10-18 14:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH -v4 5/8] locking/mutex: Add lock handoff to avoid  starvation Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-10-18 15:10 +0200
  [PATCH -v4 1/8] locking/drm: Kill mutex trickery Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-10-07 17:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH -v4 1/8] locking/drm: Kill mutex trickery Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-10-07 17:50 +0200
      Re: [PATCH -v4 1/8] locking/drm: Kill mutex trickery Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-10-07 18:00 +0200
        Re: [PATCH -v4 1/8] locking/drm: Kill mutex trickery Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-10-07 18:20 +0200
      Re: [PATCH -v4 1/8] locking/drm: Kill mutex trickery Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2016-10-08 14:10 +0200
        Re: [PATCH -v4 1/8] locking/drm: Kill mutex trickery Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2016-10-08 16:20 +0200
          Re: [PATCH -v4 1/8] locking/drm: Kill mutex trickery Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-10-08 18:50 +0200
        Re: [PATCH -v4 1/8] locking/drm: Kill mutex trickery Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-10-08 16:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH -v4 1/8] locking/drm: Kill mutex trickery Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-10-18 14:50 +0200
      Re: [PATCH -v4 1/8] locking/drm: Kill mutex trickery Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-10-18 15:00 +0200
      Re: [PATCH -v4 1/8] locking/drm: Kill mutex trickery Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk> - 2016-10-18 15:00 +0200
  [PATCH -v4 3/8] locking/mutex: Kill arch specific code Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-10-07 17:40 +0200
  Re: [PATCH -v4 0/8] locking/mutex: Rewrite basic mutex Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-10-07 17:50 +0200
  Re: [PATCH -v4 0/8] locking/mutex: Rewrite basic mutex Jason Low <jason.low2@hpe.com> - 2016-10-11 21:10 +0200

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