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From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Vineet Gupta <Vineet.Gupta1@synopsys.com>
Cc: lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, arc-linux-dev@synopsys.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/6] ARCv2: spinlock/rwlock/atomics: Delayed retry of failed SCOND with exponential backoff
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2015 13:50:59 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150803115059.GM25159@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1438596188-10875-6-git-send-email-vgupta@synopsys.com>

On Mon, Aug 03, 2015 at 03:33:07PM +0530, Vineet Gupta wrote:
> +#define SCOND_FAIL_RETRY_ASM							\
> +	"	bz	4f			\n"				\
> +	"   ; --- scond fail delay ---		\n"				\
> +	"	mov	%[tmp], %[delay]	\n"	/* tmp = delay */	\
> +	"2: 	brne.d	%[tmp], 0, 2b		\n"	/* while (tmp != 0) */	\
> +	"	sub	%[tmp], %[tmp], 1	\n"	/* tmp-- */		\
> +	"	asl	%[delay], %[delay], 1	\n"	/* delay *= 2 */	\
> +	"	b	1b			\n"	/* start over */	\
> +	"4: ; --- success ---			\n"				\

One more note, you might want a test to handle the case where delay *= 2
overflows and results in a 0.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2015-08-03 11:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-08-03 10:03 [PATCH 0/6] ARC: spinlocks/atomics rework Vineet Gupta
2015-08-03 10:03 ` [PATCH 1/6] Revert "ARCv2: STAR 9000837815 workaround hardware exclusive transactions livelock" Vineet Gupta
2015-08-03 10:03 ` [PATCH 2/6] ARC: refactor atomic inline asm operands with symbolic names Vineet Gupta
2015-08-03 10:03 ` [PATCH 3/6] ARC: LLOCK/SCOND based spin_lock Vineet Gupta
2015-08-03 11:29   ` Peter Zijlstra
2015-08-03 11:44     ` Vineet Gupta
2015-08-03 10:03 ` [PATCH 4/6] ARC: LLOCK/SCOND based rwlock Vineet Gupta
2015-08-03 11:33   ` Peter Zijlstra
2015-08-03 11:51     ` Vineet Gupta
2015-08-03 10:03 ` [PATCH 5/6] ARCv2: spinlock/rwlock/atomics: Delayed retry of failed SCOND with exponential backoff Vineet Gupta
2015-08-03 11:41   ` Peter Zijlstra
2015-08-03 13:01     ` Vineet Gupta
2015-08-03 13:50       ` Vineet Gupta
2015-08-03 14:08         ` Peter Zijlstra
2015-08-03 11:50   ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2015-08-03 13:02     ` Vineet Gupta
2015-08-03 13:06       ` Peter Zijlstra
2015-08-03 10:03 ` [PATCH 6/6] ARCv2: spinlock/rwlock: Reset retry delay when starting a new spin-wait cycle Vineet Gupta
2015-08-03 11:43   ` Peter Zijlstra
2015-08-03 14:40     ` Vineet Gupta
2015-08-03 14:42       ` Peter Zijlstra

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