locking/x86: Implement local_xchg() using CMPXCHG without the LOCK prefix
authorUros Bizjak <ubizjak@gmail.com>
Wed, 24 Jan 2024 10:58:16 +0000 (11:58 +0100)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Fri, 1 Mar 2024 11:54:25 +0000 (12:54 +0100)
commite807c2a37044a51de89d6d4f8a1f5ecfb3752f36
tree6bbce6951a8ff33b095fea22a79f6f9dc762b555
parentf3e3620f1a97fcd02a5f3606fa63888dbcffd82c
locking/x86: Implement local_xchg() using CMPXCHG without the LOCK prefix

Implement local_xchg() using the CMPXCHG instruction without the LOCK prefix.
XCHG is expensive due to the implied LOCK prefix.  The processor
cannot prefetch cachelines if XCHG is used.

Signed-off-by: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240124105816.612670-1-ubizjak@gmail.com
arch/x86/include/asm/local.h