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authorWill Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>2014-07-09 19:31:28 +0100
committerRussell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>2014-07-18 12:29:35 +0100
commitbf67fd3142dc605ded9b5e063e35b47c2bb21cb1 (patch)
tree4456902db3495ef066b7b80449c2e50e34946515 /arch/arm/include
parente38361d032f12f42ddc6d8e2028f6668da696d14 (diff)
ARM: 8098/1: mcs lock: implement wfe-based polling for MCS locking
This patch introduces a wfe-based polling loop for spinning on contended MCS locks and waking up corresponding waiters when the lock is released. Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/arm/include')
-rw-r--r--arch/arm/include/asm/mcs_spinlock.h23
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diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/mcs_spinlock.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/mcs_spinlock.h
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+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/mcs_spinlock.h
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+#ifndef __ASM_MCS_LOCK_H
+#define __ASM_MCS_LOCK_H
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+#include <asm/spinlock.h>
+
+/* MCS spin-locking. */
+#define arch_mcs_spin_lock_contended(lock) \
+do { \
+ /* Ensure prior stores are observed before we enter wfe. */ \
+ smp_mb(); \
+ while (!(smp_load_acquire(lock))) \
+ wfe(); \
+} while (0) \
+
+#define arch_mcs_spin_unlock_contended(lock) \
+do { \
+ smp_store_release(lock, 1); \
+ dsb_sev(); \
+} while (0)
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_SMP */
+#endif /* __ASM_MCS_LOCK_H */