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Peter Zijlstra authored
Dave ran into horrible performance on a VM without PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS set and Linus noted that the test-and-set implementation was retarded. One should spin on the variable with a load, not a RMW. While there, remove 'queued' from the name, as the lock isn't queued at all, but a simple test-and-set. Suggested-by:
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Reported-by:
Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
Tested-by:
Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
Signed-off-by:
Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Waiman Long <Waiman.Long@hp.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v4.2+
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20150904152523.GR18673@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net
Signed-off-by:
Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>43b3f028