[PATCH] fs: Use try_cmpxchg() in sb_init_done_wq()

[PATCH] fs: Use try_cmpxchg() in sb_init_done_wq()

[Uros Bizjak]

Use !try_cmpxchg() instead of cmpxchg(*ptr, old, new) != old.

The x86 CMPXCHG instruction returns success in the ZF flag,
so this change saves a compare after CMPXCHG.

No functional change intended.

Signed-off-by: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@gmail.com>
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
---
 fs/super.c | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c
index 7f876f32343a..e91718017701 100644
--- a/fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/super.c
@@ -2318,13 +2318,15 @@ int sb_init_dio_done_wq(struct super_block *sb)
 						      sb->s_id);
 	if (!wq)
 		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	old = NULL;
 	/*
 	 * This has to be atomic as more DIOs can race to create the workqueue
 	 */
-	old = cmpxchg(&sb->s_dio_done_wq, NULL, wq);
-	/* Someone created workqueue before us? Free ours... */
-	if (old)
+	if (!try_cmpxchg(&sb->s_dio_done_wq, &old, wq)) {
+		/* Someone created workqueue before us? Free ours... */
 		destroy_workqueue(wq);
+	}
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sb_init_dio_done_wq);
-- 
2.50.1

Re: [PATCH] fs: Use try_cmpxchg() in sb_init_done_wq()

[Jan Kara]

On Mon 11-08-25 15:23:03, Uros Bizjak wrote:
> Use !try_cmpxchg() instead of cmpxchg(*ptr, old, new) != old.
> 
> The x86 CMPXCHG instruction returns success in the ZF flag,
> so this change saves a compare after CMPXCHG.
> 
> No functional change intended.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@gmail.com>
> Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
> Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
> Cc: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>

Looks good. Feel free to add:

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>

								Honza

> ---
>  fs/super.c | 8 +++++---
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c
> index 7f876f32343a..e91718017701 100644
> --- a/fs/super.c
> +++ b/fs/super.c
> @@ -2318,13 +2318,15 @@ int sb_init_dio_done_wq(struct super_block *sb)
>  						      sb->s_id);
>  	if (!wq)
>  		return -ENOMEM;
> +
> +	old = NULL;
>  	/*
>  	 * This has to be atomic as more DIOs can race to create the workqueue
>  	 */
> -	old = cmpxchg(&sb->s_dio_done_wq, NULL, wq);
> -	/* Someone created workqueue before us? Free ours... */
> -	if (old)
> +	if (!try_cmpxchg(&sb->s_dio_done_wq, &old, wq)) {
> +		/* Someone created workqueue before us? Free ours... */
>  		destroy_workqueue(wq);
> +	}
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sb_init_dio_done_wq);
> -- 
> 2.50.1
> 
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@suse.com>
SUSE Labs, CR

Re: [PATCH] fs: Use try_cmpxchg() in sb_init_done_wq()

[Christian Brauner]

On Mon, 11 Aug 2025 15:23:03 +0200, Uros Bizjak wrote:
> Use !try_cmpxchg() instead of cmpxchg(*ptr, old, new) != old.
> 
> The x86 CMPXCHG instruction returns success in the ZF flag,
> so this change saves a compare after CMPXCHG.
> 
> No functional change intended.
> 
> [...]

Applied to the vfs-6.18.misc branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs-6.18.misc branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.

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patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.

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tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
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