Use try_cmpxchg64 instead of cmpxchg64 (*ptr, old, new) != old in
sched_clock_{local,remote}. x86 cmpxchg returns success in ZF flag,
so this change saves a compare after cmpxchg (and related move
instruction in front of cmpxchg).
Signed-off-by: Uros Bizjak <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <[email protected]>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
clock = wrap_max(clock, min_clock);
clock = wrap_min(clock, max_clock);
- if (cmpxchg64(&scd->clock, old_clock, clock) != old_clock)
+ if (!try_cmpxchg64(&scd->clock, &old_clock, clock))
goto again;
return clock;
val = remote_clock;
}
- if (cmpxchg64(ptr, old_val, val) != old_val)
+ if (!try_cmpxchg64(ptr, &old_val, val))
goto again;
return val;