locking/mcs: Micro-optimize the MCS code, add extra comments
[deliverable/linux.git] / include / linux / mcs_spinlock.h
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1/*
2 * MCS lock defines
3 *
4 * This file contains the main data structure and API definitions of MCS lock.
5 *
6 * The MCS lock (proposed by Mellor-Crummey and Scott) is a simple spin-lock
7 * with the desirable properties of being fair, and with each cpu trying
8 * to acquire the lock spinning on a local variable.
9 * It avoids expensive cache bouncings that common test-and-set spin-lock
10 * implementations incur.
11 */
12#ifndef __LINUX_MCS_SPINLOCK_H
13#define __LINUX_MCS_SPINLOCK_H
14
15struct mcs_spinlock {
16 struct mcs_spinlock *next;
17 int locked; /* 1 if lock acquired */
18};
19
20/*
21 * Note: the smp_load_acquire/smp_store_release pair is not
22 * sufficient to form a full memory barrier across
23 * cpus for many architectures (except x86) for mcs_unlock and mcs_lock.
24 * For applications that need a full barrier across multiple cpus
25 * with mcs_unlock and mcs_lock pair, smp_mb__after_unlock_lock() should be
26 * used after mcs_lock.
27 */
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28
29/*
30 * In order to acquire the lock, the caller should declare a local node and
31 * pass a reference of the node to this function in addition to the lock.
32 * If the lock has already been acquired, then this will proceed to spin
33 * on this node->locked until the previous lock holder sets the node->locked
34 * in mcs_spin_unlock().
35 *
36 * We don't inline mcs_spin_lock() so that perf can correctly account for the
37 * time spent in this lock function.
38 */
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39static inline
40void mcs_spin_lock(struct mcs_spinlock **lock, struct mcs_spinlock *node)
41{
42 struct mcs_spinlock *prev;
43
44 /* Init node */
45 node->locked = 0;
46 node->next = NULL;
47
48 prev = xchg(lock, node);
49 if (likely(prev == NULL)) {
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50 /*
51 * Lock acquired, don't need to set node->locked to 1. Threads
52 * only spin on its own node->locked value for lock acquisition.
53 * However, since this thread can immediately acquire the lock
54 * and does not proceed to spin on its own node->locked, this
55 * value won't be used. If a debug mode is needed to
56 * audit lock status, then set node->locked value here.
57 */
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58 return;
59 }
60 ACCESS_ONCE(prev->next) = node;
61 /*
62 * Wait until the lock holder passes the lock down.
63 * Using smp_load_acquire() provides a memory barrier that
64 * ensures subsequent operations happen after the lock is acquired.
65 */
66 while (!(smp_load_acquire(&node->locked)))
67 arch_mutex_cpu_relax();
68}
69
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70/*
71 * Releases the lock. The caller should pass in the corresponding node that
72 * was used to acquire the lock.
73 */
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74static inline
75void mcs_spin_unlock(struct mcs_spinlock **lock, struct mcs_spinlock *node)
76{
77 struct mcs_spinlock *next = ACCESS_ONCE(node->next);
78
79 if (likely(!next)) {
80 /*
81 * Release the lock by setting it to NULL
82 */
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84 return;
85 /* Wait until the next pointer is set */
86 while (!(next = ACCESS_ONCE(node->next)))
87 arch_mutex_cpu_relax();
88 }
89 /*
90 * Pass lock to next waiter.
91 * smp_store_release() provides a memory barrier to ensure
92 * all operations in the critical section has been completed
93 * before unlocking.
94 */
95 smp_store_release(&next->locked, 1);
96}
97
98#endif /* __LINUX_MCS_SPINLOCK_H */
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