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Manfred Spraul 27d7be1801 ipc/sem.c: avoid using spin_unlock_wait()
a) The ACQUIRE in spin_lock() applies to the read, not to the store, at
   least for powerpc.  This forces to add a smp_mb() into the fast path.

b) The memory barrier provided by spin_unlock_wait() is right now arch
   dependent.

Therefore: Use spin_lock()/spin_unlock() instead of spin_unlock_wait().

Advantage: faster single op semop calls(), observed +8.9% on x86.  (the
other solution would be arch dependencies in ipc/sem).

Disadvantage: slower complex op semop calls, if (and only if) there are
no sleeping operations.

The next patch adds hysteresis, this further reduces the probability
that the slow path is used.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1476851896-3590-2-git-send-email-manfred@colorfullife.com
Signed-off-by: Manfred Spraul <manfred@colorfullife.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: <1vier1@web.de>
Cc: kernel test robot <xiaolong.ye@intel.com>
Cc: <felixh@informatik.uni-bremen.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2017-02-27 18:43:46 -08:00
Documentation autofs: update ioctl documentation regarding struct autofs_dev_ioctl 2017-02-27 18:43:45 -08:00
arch kprobes: move kprobe declarations to asm-generic/kprobes.h 2017-02-27 18:43:45 -08:00
block Merge branch 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shli/md 2017-02-24 14:42:19 -08:00
certs certs: Add a secondary system keyring that can be added to dynamically 2016-04-11 22:48:09 +01:00
crypto crypto: change LZ4 modules to work with new LZ4 module version 2017-02-24 17:46:57 -08:00
drivers rapidio: use get_user_pages_unlocked() 2017-02-27 18:43:45 -08:00
firmware WHENCE: use https://linuxtv.org for LinuxTV URLs 2015-12-04 10:35:11 -02:00
fs fs/affs: make export work with cold dcache 2017-02-27 18:43:46 -08:00
include include/linux/pid.h: use for_each_thread() in do_each_pid_thread() 2017-02-27 18:43:45 -08:00
init initramfs: finish fput() before accessing any binary from initramfs 2017-02-27 18:43:46 -08:00
ipc ipc/sem.c: avoid using spin_unlock_wait() 2017-02-27 18:43:46 -08:00
kernel config: android-base: enable hardened usercopy and kernel ASLR 2017-02-27 18:43:46 -08:00
lib lib/fonts/Kconfig: keep non-Sparc fonts listed together 2017-02-27 18:43:46 -08:00
mm zswap: don't param_set_charp while holding spinlock 2017-02-27 18:43:45 -08:00
net This is a tree wide change and has been kept separate for that reason. 2017-02-25 13:45:43 -08:00
samples Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2017-02-22 10:15:09 -08:00
scripts Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2017-02-25 10:29:09 -08:00
security mm, fs: reduce fault, page_mkwrite, and pfn_mkwrite to take only vmf 2017-02-24 17:46:54 -08:00
sound mm, fs: reduce fault, page_mkwrite, and pfn_mkwrite to take only vmf 2017-02-24 17:46:54 -08:00
tools tools/testing/selftests/sigaltstack/sas.c: improve output of sigaltstack testcase 2017-02-27 18:43:45 -08:00
usr kbuild: initramfs cleanup, set target from Kconfig 2017-01-05 09:40:16 -08:00
virt mm, fs: reduce fault, page_mkwrite, and pfn_mkwrite to take only vmf 2017-02-24 17:46:54 -08:00
.cocciconfig scripts: add Linux .cocciconfig for coccinelle 2016-07-22 12:13:39 +02:00
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.gitattributes .gitattributes: set git diff driver for C source code files 2016-10-07 18:46:30 -07:00
.gitignore Merge branch 'misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild 2016-08-02 16:48:52 -04:00
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Kbuild scripts/gdb: provide linux constants 2016-05-23 17:04:14 -07:00
Kconfig
MAINTAINERS kprobes: move kprobe declarations to asm-generic/kprobes.h 2017-02-27 18:43:45 -08:00
Makefile A slightly quieter cycle for documentation this time around. 2017-02-22 18:51:29 -08:00
README README: add a new README file, pointing to the Documentation/ 2016-10-24 08:12:35 -02:00

README

Linux kernel
============

This file was moved to Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst

Please notice that there are several guides for kernel developers and users.
These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.

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.