epoll: use try_cmpxchg in list_add_tail_lockless
authorUros Bizjak <ubizjak@gmail.com>
Thu, 14 Jul 2022 17:32:55 +0000 (19:32 +0200)
committerAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Mon, 12 Sep 2022 04:55:07 +0000 (21:55 -0700)
commit693fc06e98514c2d5951ead4aca40cf8b21100b1
tree442f100b654ab0af29f2e068850c0d88eb1fbe5f
parentaa06a9bd853306c239f759018fb227d7e8f4e203
epoll: use try_cmpxchg in list_add_tail_lockless

Use try_cmpxchg instead of cmpxchg (*ptr, old, new) == old in
list_add_tail_lockless.  x86 CMPXCHG instruction returns success in ZF
flag, so this change saves a compare after cmpxchg (and related move
instruction in front of cmpxchg).

No functional change intended.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220714173255.12987-1-ubizjak@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@gmail.com>
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
fs/eventpoll.c