[PATCH] WorkStruct: Implement generic UP cmpxchg() where an arch doesn't support it

David Howells
2006-12-06T16:44:04Z

From: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>

Implement generic UP cmpxchg() where an arch doesn't otherwise support it.
This assuming that the arch doesn't have support SMP without providing its own
cmpxchg() implementation.

This is required because cmpxchg() is used by the reduced work queue patches to
adjust the management data in a work_struct.

Also provide ARMv6 with a cmpxchg() implementation using LDREX/STREXEQ. Pre-v6
ARM doesn't support SMP according to ARM's atomic.h, so the generic
IRQ-disablement based cmpxchg() is entirely adequate there (if it isn't, then
atomic_cmpxchg() is also broken on ARM).

Furthermore, if the generic IRQ-disablement cmpxchg() is being used, then a
preprocessor symbol is defined (ARCH_USING_IRQ_BASED_CMPXCHG) so that code
using it can make alternative arrangements where such would be more efficient.

__queue_work() in kernel/workqueue.c then makes use of this as it disables
interrupts before attempting to modify the work queue pointer in the work item.

With the reduction patches, cmpxchg() is called indirectly from within
__queue_work(), and so it's more efficient to use __queue_work()'s interrupt
disablement and just make the desired change directly if the aforementioned
ARCH_USING_IRQ_BASED_CMPXCHG is set rather than using cmpxchg() at all.

Unfortunately, the compiler's optimiser can't discard excessive interrupt
disablement, so optimisation here has to be done manually, if at all.

Signed-Off-By: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
---

include/asm-arm/system.h | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
include/asm-generic/cmpxchg.h | 48 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
kernel/workqueue.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
3 files changed, 124 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/asm-arm/system.h b/include/asm-arm/system.h
index f05fbe3..f16e42d 100644
--- a/include/asm-arm/system.h
+++ b/include/asm-arm/system.h
@@ -325,6 +325,46 @@ #endif
extern void disable_hlt(void);
extern void enable_hlt(void);

+/*
+ * We only implement cmpxchg in ASM on ARMv6 where we have LDREX/STREX
+ * available, and we only implement it for word-sized exchanges
+ */
+#if __LINUX_ARM_ARCH__ >= 6
+extern void __bad_cmpxchg(volatile void *, int);
+
+#define cmpxchg(ptr, old, new) \
+({ \
+ __typeof__ (ptr) ____p = (ptr); \
+ __typeof__(*ptr) ____old = (old); \
+ __typeof__(*ptr) ____new = (new); \
+ __typeof__(*ptr) ____oldval; \
+ __typeof__(*ptr) ____res; \
+ \
+ switch (sizeof(____res)) { \
+ case 4: \
+ do { \
+ __asm__ __volatile__("@ cmpxchg\n" \
+ "ldrex %1, [%2]\n" \
+ "mov %0, #0\n" \
+ "teq %1, %3\n" \
+ "strexeq %0, %4, [%2]\n" \
+ : "=&r" (____res), "=&r" (____oldval) \
+ : "r" (____p), "Ir" (____old), "r" (____new) \
+ : "cc"); \
+ } while(____res); \
+ break; \
+ default: \
+ __bad_cmpxchg(____p, sizeof(____res)); \
+ ____oldval = 0; \
+ break; \
+ } \
+ ____oldval; \
+})
+
+#else
+#include <asm-generic/cmpxchg.h>
+#endif
+
#endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */

#define arch_align_stack(x) (x)
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/cmpxchg.h b/include/asm-generic/cmpxchg.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4316092
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/asm-generic/cmpxchg.h
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/* Generic cmpxchg for those arches that don't implement it themselves
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2006 Red Hat, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ * Written by David Howells (dhowells@redhat.com)
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
+ * 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _ASM_GENERIC_CMPXCHG_H
+#define _ASM_GENERIC_CMPXCHG_H
+
+#if !defined(cmpxchg) && !defined(CONFIG_SMP)
+
+/**
+ * cmpxchg - Atomically conditionally exchange one value for another.
+ * @ptr - Pointer to the value to be altered.
+ * @old - The value to change from.
+ * @new - The value to change to.
+ *
+ * This function atomically compares the current value at the word pointed to
+ * by @ptr, and if it's the same as @old, changes it to @new. If it's not the
+ * same then it's left unchanged.
+ *
+ * The value that was in the word pointed to by @ptr is returned, whether or
+ * not it was changed to @new.
+ */
+#define cmpxchg(ptr, old, new) \
+({ \
+ unsigned long ____flags; \
+ __typeof__ (ptr) ____p = (ptr); \
+ __typeof__(*ptr) ____old = (old); \
+ __typeof__(*ptr) ____new = (new); \
+ __typeof__(*ptr) ____res; \
+ raw_local_irq_save(____flags); \
+ ____res = *____p; \
+ if (likely(____res == (____old))) \
+ *____p = (____new); \
+ raw_local_irq_restore(____flags); \
+ ____res; \
+})
+
+#define ARCH_USING_IRQ_BASED_CMPXCHG
+
+#endif /* !cmpxchg && !SMP */
+#endif /* _ASM_GENERIC_CMPXCHG_H */
diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index 8d1e7cb..fdf0c30 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -80,6 +80,11 @@ static inline int is_single_threaded(str
return list_empty(&wq->list);
}

+/*
+ * set the work queue pointer in the work item's management data
+ * - must retain the NAR flag, but the pending flag can just be set
+ */
+#ifndef ARCH_USING_IRQ_BASED_CMPXCHG
static inline void set_wq_data(struct work_struct *work, void *wq)
{
unsigned long new, old, res;
@@ -98,6 +103,36 @@ static inline void set_wq_data(struct wo
}
}

+#define __set_wq_data(w, wq) set_wq_data((w), (wq))
+
+#else
+/*
+ * set the work queue pointer when the caller guarantees atomicity by disabling
+ * interrupts on a UP box (where there's no CMPXCHG equivalent)
+ */
+static inline void __set_wq_data(struct work_struct *work, void *wq)
+{
+ unsigned long tmp;
+
+ tmp = work->management & WORK_STRUCT_FLAG_MASK;
+ tmp |= (unsigned long) wq;
+ tmp |= 1UL << WORK_STRUCT_PENDING;
+ work->management = tmp;
+}
+
+static inline void set_wq_data(struct work_struct *work, void *wq)
+{
+ unsigned long flags;
+
+ local_irq_save(flags);
+ __set_wq_data(work, wq);
+ local_irq_restore(flags);
+}
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * get the workqueue data from the work item's management data
+ */
static inline void *get_wq_data(struct work_struct *work)
{
return (void *) (work->management & WORK_STRUCT_WQ_DATA_MASK);
@@ -110,7 +145,7 @@ static void __queue_work(struct cpu_work
unsigned long flags;

spin_lock_irqsave(&cwq->lock, flags);
- set_wq_data(work, cwq);
+ __set_wq_data(work, cwq);
list_add_tail(&work->entry, &cwq->worklist);
cwq->insert_sequence++;
wake_up(&cwq->more_work);