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Both spin locks and write locks currently do: f0 0f b1 17 lock cmpxchg %edx,(%rdi) 85 c0 test %eax,%eax 75 05 jne [slowpath] This 'test' insn is superfluous; the cmpxchg insn sets the Z flag appropriately. Peter pointed out that using atomic_try_cmpxchg_acquire() will let the compiler know this is true. Comparing before/after disassemblies show the only effect is to remove this insn. Take this opportunity to make the spin & write lock code resemble each other more closely and have similar likely() hints. Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Acked-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180820162639.GC25153@bombadil.infradead.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.