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powerpc: NMI IPI improve lock primitive

When the NMI IPI lock is contended, spin at low SMT priority, using
loads only, and with interrupts enabled (where possible). This
improves behaviour under high contention (e.g., a system crash when
a number of CPUs are trying to enter the debugger).

Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Nicholas Piggin 8 years ago
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1 changed files with 3 additions and 3 deletions
  1. 3 3
      arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c

+ 3 - 3
arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c

@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ static void nmi_ipi_lock_start(unsigned long *flags)
 	hard_irq_disable();
 	while (atomic_cmpxchg(&__nmi_ipi_lock, 0, 1) == 1) {
 		raw_local_irq_restore(*flags);
-		cpu_relax();
+		spin_until_cond(atomic_read(&__nmi_ipi_lock) == 0);
 		raw_local_irq_save(*flags);
 		hard_irq_disable();
 	}
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ static void nmi_ipi_lock_start(unsigned long *flags)
 static void nmi_ipi_lock(void)
 {
 	while (atomic_cmpxchg(&__nmi_ipi_lock, 0, 1) == 1)
-		cpu_relax();
+		spin_until_cond(atomic_read(&__nmi_ipi_lock) == 0);
 }
 
 static void nmi_ipi_unlock(void)
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ int smp_send_nmi_ipi(int cpu, void (*fn)(struct pt_regs *), u64 delay_us)
 	nmi_ipi_lock_start(&flags);
 	while (nmi_ipi_busy_count) {
 		nmi_ipi_unlock_end(&flags);
-		cpu_relax();
+		spin_until_cond(nmi_ipi_busy_count == 0);
 		nmi_ipi_lock_start(&flags);
 	}