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From: jbarnes@sgi.com (Jesse Barnes)
To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] don't use ld.bias
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 23:55:59 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <marc-linux-ia64-105883179830025@msgid-missing> (raw)

Patch to fix spin_lock to not use ld.bias since it causes a bunch of bus
activity that hurts scalability when a lock is contended.

Thanks,
Jesse

=== include/asm-ia64/spinlock.h 1.13 vs edited ==--- 1.13/include/asm-ia64/spinlock.h	Fri May 30 19:59:40 2003
+++ edited/include/asm-ia64/spinlock.h	Mon Jul 21 16:54:15 2003
@@ -93,13 +93,16 @@
  * Streamlined test_and_set_bit(0, (x)).  We use test-and-test-and-set
  * rather than a simple xchg to avoid writing the cache-line when
  * there is contention.
+ *
+ * Don't use ld.bias since it generates unnecessary bus activity on
+ * multiprocessor systems when the lock is contended.
  */
 #define _raw_spin_lock(x) __asm__ __volatile__ (		\
 	"mov ar.ccv = r0\n"					\
 	"mov r29 = 1\n"						\
 	";;\n"							\
 	"1:\n"							\
-	"ld4.bias r2 = [%0]\n"					\
+	"ld4 r2 = [%0]\n"					\
 	";;\n"							\
 	"cmp4.eq p0,p7 = r0,r2\n"				\
 	"(p7) br.cond.spnt.few 1b \n"				\

             reply	other threads:[~2003-07-21 23:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-07-21 23:55 Jesse Barnes [this message]
2003-07-22  0:15 ` [PATCH] don't use ld.bias Chen, Kenneth W
2003-07-22 13:11 ` Jesse Barnes
2003-07-23  4:40 ` Mallick, Asit K
2003-07-23 12:00 ` Matthew Wilcox
2003-07-25  1:10 ` David Mosberger
2003-07-25 13:40 ` Jesse Barnes

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