this_cpu: Use this_cpu operations in RCU
authorChristoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
Sat, 3 Oct 2009 10:48:23 +0000 (19:48 +0900)
committerTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Sat, 3 Oct 2009 10:48:23 +0000 (19:48 +0900)
RCU does not do dynamic allocations but it increments per cpu variables
a lot. These instructions results in a move to a register and then back
to memory. This patch will make it use the inc/dec instructions on x86
that do not need a register.

Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
kernel/rcutorture.c

index 233768f21f9735845c32c6ee9e3b27974a73e3b8..178967b6434e8e27061ac7b226b56c669de7e607 100644 (file)
@@ -731,13 +731,13 @@ static void rcu_torture_timer(unsigned long unused)
                /* Should not happen, but... */
                pipe_count = RCU_TORTURE_PIPE_LEN;
        }
-       ++__get_cpu_var(rcu_torture_count)[pipe_count];
+       __this_cpu_inc(per_cpu_var(rcu_torture_count)[pipe_count]);
        completed = cur_ops->completed() - completed;
        if (completed > RCU_TORTURE_PIPE_LEN) {
                /* Should not happen, but... */
                completed = RCU_TORTURE_PIPE_LEN;
        }
-       ++__get_cpu_var(rcu_torture_batch)[completed];
+       __this_cpu_inc(per_cpu_var(rcu_torture_batch)[completed]);
        preempt_enable();
        cur_ops->readunlock(idx);
 }
@@ -786,13 +786,13 @@ rcu_torture_reader(void *arg)
                        /* Should not happen, but... */
                        pipe_count = RCU_TORTURE_PIPE_LEN;
                }
-               ++__get_cpu_var(rcu_torture_count)[pipe_count];
+               __this_cpu_inc(per_cpu_var(rcu_torture_count)[pipe_count]);
                completed = cur_ops->completed() - completed;
                if (completed > RCU_TORTURE_PIPE_LEN) {
                        /* Should not happen, but... */
                        completed = RCU_TORTURE_PIPE_LEN;
                }
-               ++__get_cpu_var(rcu_torture_batch)[completed];
+               __this_cpu_inc(per_cpu_var(rcu_torture_batch)[completed]);
                preempt_enable();
                cur_ops->readunlock(idx);
                schedule();