perf: Optimize perf_output_*() by avoiding local_xchg()

Since the x86 XCHG ins implies LOCK, avoid the use by using a sequence count instead. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
git-mirror · May 18, 2010 · 6d1acfd · 6d1acfd
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diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -804,6 +804,7 @@ struct perf_output_handle {
 	struct perf_mmap_data		*data;
 	unsigned long			head;
 	unsigned long			offset;
+	unsigned long			wakeup;
 	int				nmi;
 	int				sample;
 };

diff --git a/kernel/perf_event.c b/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -2917,6 +2917,7 @@ static void perf_output_get_handle(struct perf_output_handle *handle)
 
 	preempt_disable();
 	local_inc(&data->nest);
+	handle->wakeup = local_read(&data->wakeup);
 }
 
 static void perf_output_put_handle(struct perf_output_handle *handle)
@@ -2950,7 +2951,7 @@ static void perf_output_put_handle(struct perf_output_handle *handle)
 		goto again;
 	}
 
-	if (local_xchg(&data->wakeup, 0))
+	if (handle->wakeup != local_read(&data->wakeup))
 		perf_output_wakeup(handle);
 
 	preempt_enable();