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From: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Cc: mark.rutland@arm.com, vladimir.murzin@arm.com,
	ryan.roberts@arm.com, peterz@infradead.org,
	catalin.marinas@arm.com, david.laight.linux@gmail.com,
	stable@vger.kernel.org, ruanjinjie@huawei.com,
	james.morse@arm.com, yang@os.amperecomputing.com, cl@gentwo.org,
	maz@kernel.org, david@kernel.org, ljs@kernel.org,
	will@kernel.org, ardb@kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 03/20] arm64: cmpxchg: LL/SC: Avoid redundant extension
Date: Tue,  4 Aug 2026 18:04:46 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260804170503.3513916-4-mark.rutland@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260804170503.3513916-1-mark.rutland@arm.com>

The __ll_sc__cmpxchg_case_##name##sz() template always takes 'old' as an
unsigned long. When 'sz' is less than 32 bits, the 'old' is explicitly
truncated so that old[31:sz-1] is zero, which is necessary so that the
W-register EOR+CBNZ sequence doesn't fail spuriously.

For 32-bit types specifically, no extension is necessary, but as 'old'
is 64 bits, the caller must extend 'old' to 64 bits. This leads to a
redundant instruction (typically a MOV) to extend the value, as can be
seen from disassembly of the test case below.

Avoid this by always taking 'old' as a 'u##sz' type, and explicitly
zero-extend this to a 64-bit or 32-bit type matching the X or W register
used by the assembly. To make this work, the table of cases now
explicitly lists 'x' for the cases where an X register is used.

For 32-bit types this removes the redundant instruction. For 64-bit
types there is no truncation, and hence no change. For {16,8}-bit types,
the existing zero-extension to 64-bit is equivalent to the new
zero-extension to 32-bit, and compilers happen to use the same
instructions for this.

I've placed the logic for zero extension into a new <asm/xwreg.h> header
as it will be used by other logic in subsequent patches.

Test case:

| u32 outline_cmpxchg_u32(u32 *p, u32 o, u32 n)
| {
|         return cmpxchg(p, o, n);
| }

Before this patch:

| <outline_cmpxchg_u32>:
|        b       1f
|        casal   w1, w2, [x0]
|        mov     w0, w1
|        ret
| 1:     mov     w3, w1
|        prfm    pstl1strm, [x0]
| 2:     ldxr    w1, [x0]
|        eor     w4, w1, w3
|        cbnz    w4, 3f
|        stlxr   w4, w2, [x0]
|        cbnz    w4, 2b
|        dmb     ish
| 3:     mov     w0, w1
|        ret

After this patch:

| <outline_cmpxchg_u32>:
|        b       1f
|        casal   w1, w2, [x0]
|        mov     w0, w1
|        ret
| 1:     prfm    pstl1strm, [x0]
| 2:     ldxr    w3, [x0]
|        eor     w4, w3, w1
|        cbnz    w4, 3f
|        stlxr   w4, w2, [x0]
|        cbnz    w4, 2b
|        dmb     ish
| 3:     mov     w0, w3
|        ret

Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Ada Couprie Diaz <ada.coupriediaz@arm.com>
Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Cc: James Morse <james.morse@arm.com>
Cc: Jinjie Ruan <ruanjinjie@huawei.com>
Cc: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Vladimir Murzin <vladimir.murzin@arm.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Cc: Yang Shi <yang@os.amperecomputing.com>
---
 arch/arm64/include/asm/atomic_ll_sc.h | 27 +++++++++++++--------------
 arch/arm64/include/asm/xwreg.h        | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 arch/arm64/include/asm/xwreg.h

diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/atomic_ll_sc.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/atomic_ll_sc.h
index 89d2ba2723590..160c1251f0ec9 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/atomic_ll_sc.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/atomic_ll_sc.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #define __ASM_ATOMIC_LL_SC_H
 
 #include <linux/stringify.h>
+#include <asm/xwreg.h>
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_CC_HAS_K_CONSTRAINT
 #define K
@@ -239,20 +240,17 @@ __ll_sc_atomic64_dec_if_positive(atomic64_t *v)
 #define __CMPXCHG_CASE(w, sfx, name, sz, mb, acq, rel, cl, constraint)	\
 static __always_inline u##sz						\
 __ll_sc__cmpxchg_case_##name##sz(volatile void *ptr,			\
-					 unsigned long old,		\
+					 u##sz old,			\
 					 u##sz new)			\
 {									\
+	/*                                                              \
+	 * Sub-word sizes require zero extension so that EOR+CBNZ won't	\
+	 * consume non-zero upper bits of the register containing "old".\
+	 */								\
+	xwreg_t(w) cmpval = xwreg_zero_extend(old, w, sz);		\
 	unsigned long tmp;						\
 	u##sz oldval;							\
 									\
-	/*								\
-	 * Sub-word sizes require explicit casting so that the compare  \
-	 * part of the cmpxchg doesn't end up interpreting non-zero	\
-	 * upper bits of the register containing "old".			\
-	 */								\
-	if (sz < 32)							\
-		old = (u##sz)old;					\
-									\
 	asm volatile(							\
 	"	prfm	pstl1strm, %[v]\n"				\
 	"1:	ld" #acq "xr" #sfx "\t%" #w "[oldval], %[v]\n"		\
@@ -264,7 +262,8 @@ __ll_sc__cmpxchg_case_##name##sz(volatile void *ptr,			\
 	"2:"								\
 	: [tmp] "=&r" (tmp), [oldval] "=&r" (oldval),			\
 	  [v] "+Q" (*(u##sz *)ptr)					\
-	: [old] __stringify(constraint) "r" (old), [new] "r" (new)	\
+	: [old] __stringify(constraint) "r" (cmpval),			\
+	  [new] "r" (new)						\
 	: cl);								\
 									\
 	return oldval;							\
@@ -278,19 +277,19 @@ __ll_sc__cmpxchg_case_##name##sz(volatile void *ptr,			\
 __CMPXCHG_CASE(w, b,     ,  8,        ,  ,  ,         , K)
 __CMPXCHG_CASE(w, h,     , 16,        ,  ,  ,         , K)
 __CMPXCHG_CASE(w,  ,     , 32,        ,  ,  ,         , K)
-__CMPXCHG_CASE( ,  ,     , 64,        ,  ,  ,         , L)
+__CMPXCHG_CASE(x,  ,     , 64,        ,  ,  ,         , L)
 __CMPXCHG_CASE(w, b, acq_,  8,        , a,  , "memory", K)
 __CMPXCHG_CASE(w, h, acq_, 16,        , a,  , "memory", K)
 __CMPXCHG_CASE(w,  , acq_, 32,        , a,  , "memory", K)
-__CMPXCHG_CASE( ,  , acq_, 64,        , a,  , "memory", L)
+__CMPXCHG_CASE(x,  , acq_, 64,        , a,  , "memory", L)
 __CMPXCHG_CASE(w, b, rel_,  8,        ,  , l, "memory", K)
 __CMPXCHG_CASE(w, h, rel_, 16,        ,  , l, "memory", K)
 __CMPXCHG_CASE(w,  , rel_, 32,        ,  , l, "memory", K)
-__CMPXCHG_CASE( ,  , rel_, 64,        ,  , l, "memory", L)
+__CMPXCHG_CASE(x,  , rel_, 64,        ,  , l, "memory", L)
 __CMPXCHG_CASE(w, b,  mb_,  8, dmb ish,  , l, "memory", K)
 __CMPXCHG_CASE(w, h,  mb_, 16, dmb ish,  , l, "memory", K)
 __CMPXCHG_CASE(w,  ,  mb_, 32, dmb ish,  , l, "memory", K)
-__CMPXCHG_CASE( ,  ,  mb_, 64, dmb ish,  , l, "memory", L)
+__CMPXCHG_CASE(x,  ,  mb_, 64, dmb ish,  , l, "memory", L)
 
 #undef __CMPXCHG_CASE
 
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/xwreg.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/xwreg.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d55e3ac68f7eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/xwreg.h
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
+#ifndef __ASM_XWREG_H
+#define __ASM_XWREG_H
+
+#include <asm/types.h>
+
+#define __xwreg_t_x		u64
+#define __xwreg_t_w		u32
+#define xwreg_t(xw)		__xwreg_t_##xw
+
+/*
+ * Zero extend 'v' from 'sz' bits (8/16/32/64) to fill an X or W register.
+ */
+#define xwreg_zero_extend(v, xw, sz)	((xwreg_t(xw))(u##sz)(v))
+
+#endif /* __ASM_XWREG_H */
-- 
2.30.2



  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-08-04 17:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-04 17:04 [PATCH v2 00/20] arm64: Preemptible this_cpu_*() operations Mark Rutland
2026-08-04 17:04 ` [PATCH v2 01/20] arm64: percpu: Fix this_cpu_write() casting Mark Rutland
2026-08-05  8:37   ` David Laight
2026-08-04 17:04 ` [PATCH v2 02/20] arm64: percpu: Fix this_cpu_and() mask generation Mark Rutland
2026-08-05  9:14   ` David Laight
2026-08-05 13:02     ` Mark Rutland
2026-08-06  8:28       ` David Laight
2026-08-06 10:23         ` Mark Rutland
2026-08-04 17:04 ` Mark Rutland [this message]
2026-08-04 17:04 ` [PATCH v2 04/20] arm64: cmpxchg128: LSE: Remove redundant operands Mark Rutland
2026-08-04 17:04 ` [PATCH v2 05/20] arm64: preempt: Simplify and optimize __preempt_count_dec_and_test() Mark Rutland
2026-08-04 17:04 ` [PATCH v2 06/20] arm64: preempt: Treat should_resched() as unlikely Mark Rutland
2026-08-04 17:04 ` [PATCH v2 07/20] arm64: ptrace: Always inline pt_regs_[read,write}_reg() Mark Rutland
2026-08-04 17:04 ` [PATCH v2 08/20] arm64: percpu: Factor out percpu offset asm Mark Rutland
2026-08-04 17:04 ` [PATCH v2 09/20] arm64: gpr-num: Add wxN aliases for wN registers Mark Rutland
2026-08-04 17:04 ` [PATCH v2 10/20] arm64: gpr-num: add __GPR_NUM() helper Mark Rutland
2026-08-04 17:04 ` [PATCH v2 11/20] arm64: entry: sdei: Restore all clobberable GPRs Mark Rutland
2026-08-04 17:04 ` [PATCH v2 12/20] arm64: entry: sdei: Make 'tsk' available Mark Rutland
2026-08-04 17:04 ` [PATCH v2 13/20] arm64: percpu: Add infrastructure for preemptible this_cpu_*() ops Mark Rutland
2026-08-04 22:45   ` Pedro Falcato
2026-08-05 10:27     ` David Laight
2026-08-05 12:50       ` Pedro Falcato
2026-08-05  6:45   ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-08-05  6:47     ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-08-06 11:21       ` Mark Rutland
2026-08-06 11:32         ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-08-06 12:02           ` Mark Rutland
2026-08-06 13:25           ` David Laight
2026-08-06 13:30             ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-08-04 17:04 ` [PATCH v2 14/20] arm64: percpu: Implement preemptible read/write ops Mark Rutland
2026-08-05  9:24   ` Ryan Roberts
2026-08-05 12:08     ` David Laight
2026-08-05 13:34     ` Mark Rutland
2026-08-04 17:04 ` [PATCH v2 15/20] arm64: percpu: Implement preemptible void RMW ops Mark Rutland
2026-08-04 17:04 ` [PATCH v2 16/20] arm64: percpu: Implement preemptible return " Mark Rutland
2026-08-04 17:05 ` [PATCH v2 17/20] arm64: percpu: Implement preemptible XCHG ops Mark Rutland
2026-08-04 17:05 ` [PATCH v2 18/20] arm64: percpu: Implement preemptible CMPXCHG ops Mark Rutland
2026-08-04 17:05 ` [PATCH v2 19/20] arm64: percpu: Implement preemptible CMPXCHG128 ops Mark Rutland
2026-08-04 17:05 ` [PATCH v2 20/20] arm64: percpu: Remove _pcp_protect*() wrappers Mark Rutland

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