[PATCH] mutex subsystem, add include/asm-arm/mutex.h

add the ARM version of mutex.h, which is optimized in assembly for
ARMv6, and uses the xchg implementation on pre-ARMv6.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

1 files changed, 128 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/asm-arm/mutex.h b/include/asm-arm/mutex.h
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+++ b/include/asm-arm/mutex.h
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+/*
+ * include/asm-arm/mutex.h
+ *
+ * ARM optimized mutex locking primitives
+ *
+ * Please look into asm-generic/mutex-xchg.h for a formal definition.
+ */
+#ifndef _ASM_MUTEX_H
+#define _ASM_MUTEX_H
+
+#if __LINUX_ARM_ARCH__ < 6
+/* On pre-ARMv6 hardware the swp based implementation is the most efficient. */
+# include <asm-generic/mutex-xchg.h>
+#else
+
+/*
+ * Attempting to lock a mutex on ARMv6+ can be done with a bastardized
+ * atomic decrement (it is not a reliable atomic decrement but it satisfies
+ * the defined semantics for our purpose, while being smaller and faster
+ * than a real atomic decrement or atomic swap.  The idea is to attempt
+ * decrementing the lock value only once.  If once decremented it isn't zero,
+ * or if its store-back fails due to a dispute on the exclusive store, we
+ * simply bail out immediately through the slow path where the lock will be
+ * reattempted until it succeeds.
+ */
+#define __mutex_fastpath_lock(count, fail_fn)				\
+do {									\
+	int __ex_flag, __res;						\
+									\
+	typecheck(atomic_t *, count);					\
+	typecheck_fn(fastcall void (*)(atomic_t *), fail_fn);		\
+									\
+	__asm__ (							\
+		"ldrex	%0, [%2]	\n"				\
+		"sub	%0, %0, #1	\n"				\
+		"strex	%1, %0, [%2]	\n"				\
+									\
+		: "=&r" (__res), "=&r" (__ex_flag)			\
+		: "r" (&(count)->counter)				\
+		: "cc","memory" );					\
+									\
+	if (unlikely(__res || __ex_flag))				\
+		fail_fn(count);						\
+} while (0)
+
+#define __mutex_fastpath_lock_retval(count, fail_fn)			\
+({									\
+	int __ex_flag, __res;						\
+									\
+	typecheck(atomic_t *, count);					\
+	typecheck_fn(fastcall int (*)(atomic_t *), fail_fn);		\
+									\
+	__asm__ (							\
+		"ldrex	%0, [%2]	\n"				\
+		"sub	%0, %0, #1	\n"				\
+		"strex	%1, %0, [%2]	\n"				\
+									\
+		: "=&r" (__res), "=&r" (__ex_flag)			\
+		: "r" (&(count)->counter)				\
+		: "cc","memory" );					\
+									\
+	__res |= __ex_flag;						\
+	if (unlikely(__res != 0))					\
+		__res = fail_fn(count);					\
+	__res;								\
+})
+
+/*
+ * Same trick is used for the unlock fast path. However the original value,
+ * rather than the result, is used to test for success in order to have
+ * better generated assembly.
+ */
+#define __mutex_fastpath_unlock(count, fail_fn)				\
+do {									\
+	int __ex_flag, __res, __orig;					\
+									\
+	typecheck(atomic_t *, count);					\
+	typecheck_fn(fastcall void (*)(atomic_t *), fail_fn);		\
+									\
+	__asm__ (							\
+		"ldrex	%0, [%3]	\n"				\
+		"add	%1, %0, #1	\n"				\
+		"strex	%2, %1, [%3]	\n"				\
+									\
+		: "=&r" (__orig), "=&r" (__res), "=&r" (__ex_flag)	\
+		: "r" (&(count)->counter)				\
+		: "cc","memory" );					\
+									\
+	if (unlikely(__orig || __ex_flag))				\
+		fail_fn(count);						\
+} while (0)
+
+/*
+ * If the unlock was done on a contended lock, or if the unlock simply fails
+ * then the mutex remains locked.
+ */
+#define __mutex_slowpath_needs_to_unlock()	1
+
+/*
+ * For __mutex_fastpath_trylock we use another construct which could be
+ * described as a "single value cmpxchg".
+ *
+ * This provides the needed trylock semantics like cmpxchg would, but it is
+ * lighter and less generic than a true cmpxchg implementation.
+ */
+static inline int
+__mutex_fastpath_trylock(atomic_t *count, int (*fail_fn)(atomic_t *))
+{
+	int __ex_flag, __res, __orig;
+
+	__asm__ (
+
+		"1: ldrex	%0, [%3]	\n"
+		"subs		%1, %0, #1	\n"
+		"strexeq	%2, %1, [%3]	\n"
+		"movlt		%0, #0		\n"
+		"cmpeq		%2, #0		\n"
+		"bgt		1b		\n"
+
+		: "=&r" (__orig), "=&r" (__res), "=&r" (__ex_flag)
+		: "r" (&count->counter)
+		: "cc", "memory" );
+
+	return __orig;
+}
+
+#endif
+#endif