this_cpu_inc_return() saves us a memory access there.
Reviewed-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
---
arch/x86/kernel/apic/nmi.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
Index: linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/apic/nmi.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/arch/x86/kernel/apic/nmi.c 2010-11-23 16:35:19.000000000 -0600
+++ linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/apic/nmi.c 2010-11-23 16:38:29.000000000 -0600
@@ -432,8 +432,7 @@ nmi_watchdog_tick(struct pt_regs *regs,
* Ayiee, looks like this CPU is stuck ...
* wait a few IRQs (5 seconds) before doing the oops ...
*/
- __this_cpu_inc(alert_counter);
- if (__this_cpu_read(alert_counter) == 5 * nmi_hz)
+ if (__this_cpu_inc_return(alert_counter) == 5 * nmi_hz)
/*
* die_nmi will return ONLY if NOTIFY_STOP happens..
*/
--
