From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 19D9133AD89; Wed, 18 Feb 2026 23:27:48 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1771457269; cv=none; b=c9MSPlrdSju5BthTNLxsFjGHZCXfc58/qQisSKybCWf4qCq5cghlRLeUJ/rBgwWi0paEQwyCWsa9gyOHl/kBjXQ345wqUjAtwGx9qZ82GIgsXCEviGdTK81AnM/lZFroxnPpGCVKELYIjUhC03HtgfaHS0/VmK0ZyR4t+ss9FRs= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1771457269; c=relaxed/simple; bh=doeOuSBApm+Mg1WjaDnCLqHu6Mu7xY6QiFNZ484sfpw=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=IQ4ANg3xPsiUXERuAFL9WgDFyKCcLb3CHkt0gLufBlFJqnDYzRUXWCDtNlbew67YfiR5zr24bL+5c7nl/0r1k3mqXjaLTELUwlOJ3T+ozNTsjneybxNE3o9q0be34jXde9t3hyCCn9NfprqV6R/cz4h7c3u5pWIrCDbM6/49B1s= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=k+BE/qnx; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="k+BE/qnx" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 93E75C116D0; Wed, 18 Feb 2026 23:27:48 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1771457268; bh=doeOuSBApm+Mg1WjaDnCLqHu6Mu7xY6QiFNZ484sfpw=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=k+BE/qnxDXpCPsoqJ3n16bpNtXVoEQNgyxIIozv5KvCShnIIfsm4DQQbLXFi5keYW vg/xv1caByD32w9rHoCpvziiJLeibdxThUh5kT5/BlJpXxbOnnwRMgz30PXrsDPXzS yBxSpum+FvEsCCmsAhQm0Z+gKtUzuYqGuBVp+uhLpn7+n5uVJi/TAYh4ft034DCCC0 pEPcMaEd+BMmzPweoCf9z/kf9tqL6m4du9TJieVPEu3O1qIbNenvBPPpateXkLxiAT 8lPkJ7vJOI3qFMN83R6EIrba+7ZtHtjLnq82rryyHfyGg2UjS6nfowKH0JygDa409S xcgIefQl7QkTA== Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 23:27:47 +0000 From: Wei Liu To: Uros Bizjak Cc: linux-hyperv@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "K. Y. Srinivasan" , Haiyang Zhang , Wei Liu , Dexuan Cui , Long Li Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND] mshv: Use try_cmpxchg() instead of cmpxchg() Message-ID: <20260218232747.GK2236050@liuwe-devbox-debian-v2.local> References: <20260218102604.178561-1-ubizjak@gmail.com> <20260218110041.179949-1-ubizjak@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-hyperv@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20260218110041.179949-1-ubizjak@gmail.com> On Wed, Feb 18, 2026 at 12:00:18PM +0100, Uros Bizjak wrote: > Use !try_cmpxchg() instead of cmpxchg (*ptr, old, new) != old. > x86 CMPXCHG instruction returns success in ZF flag, so this > change saves a compare after CMPXCHG. > > The generated assembly code improves from e.g.: > > 415: 48 8b 44 24 30 mov 0x30(%rsp),%rax > 41a: 48 8b 54 24 38 mov 0x38(%rsp),%rdx > 41f: f0 49 0f b1 91 a8 02 lock cmpxchg %rdx,0x2a8(%r9) > 426: 00 00 > 428: 48 3b 44 24 30 cmp 0x30(%rsp),%rax > 42d: 0f 84 09 ff ff ff je 33c <...> > > to: > > 415: 48 8b 44 24 30 mov 0x30(%rsp),%rax > 41a: 48 8b 54 24 38 mov 0x38(%rsp),%rdx > 41f: f0 49 0f b1 91 a8 02 lock cmpxchg %rdx,0x2a8(%r9) > 426: 00 00 > 428: 0f 84 0e ff ff ff je 33c <...> > > No functional change intended. > > Signed-off-by: Uros Bizjak > Cc: "K. Y. Srinivasan" > Cc: Haiyang Zhang > Cc: Wei Liu > Cc: Dexuan Cui > Cc: Long Li Applied. Thanks.