From: Andreas Mohr <andi@lisas.de>
Add cpu_relax() to cmos_lock() inline function for faster operation on SMT
CPUs and less power consumption on others in case of lock contention (which
probably doesn't happen too often, so admittedly this patch is not too
exciting).
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: Include the header file for cpu_relax()]
Signed-off-by: Andreas Mohr <andi@lisas.de>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---
include/asm-i386/mc146818rtc.h | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
Index: linux/include/asm-i386/mc146818rtc.h
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/include/asm-i386/mc146818rtc.h
+++ linux/include/asm-i386/mc146818rtc.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
#include <asm/io.h>
#include <asm/system.h>
+#include <asm/processor.h>
#include <linux/mc146818rtc.h>
#ifndef RTC_PORT
@@ -43,8 +44,10 @@ static inline void lock_cmos(unsigned ch
unsigned long new;
new = ((smp_processor_id()+1) << 8) | reg;
for (;;) {
- if (cmos_lock)
+ if (cmos_lock) {
+ cpu_relax();
continue;
+ }
if (__cmpxchg(&cmos_lock, 0, new, sizeof(cmos_lock)) == 0)
return;
}
-
