[PATCH] cpu_relax(): smpboot.c
authorAndreas Mohr <andi@rhlx01.fht-esslingen.de>
Sun, 25 Jun 2006 12:46:52 +0000 (05:46 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>
Sun, 25 Jun 2006 17:00:55 +0000 (10:00 -0700)
Add cpu_relax() to various smpboot.c init loops.  cpu_relax() always implies a
barrier (according to Arjan), so remove those as well.

Signed-off-by: Andreas Mohr <andi@lisas.de>
Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
arch/i386/kernel/smpboot.c

index 825b2b4..bd0ca5c 100644 (file)
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ static void __init synchronize_tsc_bp (void)
                 * all APs synchronize but they loop on '== num_cpus'
                 */
                while (atomic_read(&tsc_count_start) != num_booting_cpus()-1)
-                       mb();
+                       cpu_relax();
                atomic_set(&tsc_count_stop, 0);
                wmb();
                /*
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ static void __init synchronize_tsc_bp (void)
                 * Wait for all APs to leave the synchronization point:
                 */
                while (atomic_read(&tsc_count_stop) != num_booting_cpus()-1)
-                       mb();
+                       cpu_relax();
                atomic_set(&tsc_count_start, 0);
                wmb();
                atomic_inc(&tsc_count_stop);
@@ -333,19 +333,21 @@ static void __init synchronize_tsc_ap (void)
         * this gets called, so we first wait for the BP to
         * finish SMP initialization:
         */
-       while (!atomic_read(&tsc_start_flag)) mb();
+       while (!atomic_read(&tsc_start_flag))
+               cpu_relax();
 
        for (i = 0; i < NR_LOOPS; i++) {
                atomic_inc(&tsc_count_start);
                while (atomic_read(&tsc_count_start) != num_booting_cpus())
-                       mb();
+                       cpu_relax();
 
                rdtscll(tsc_values[smp_processor_id()]);
                if (i == NR_LOOPS-1)
                        write_tsc(0, 0);
 
                atomic_inc(&tsc_count_stop);
-               while (atomic_read(&tsc_count_stop) != num_booting_cpus()) mb();
+               while (atomic_read(&tsc_count_stop) != num_booting_cpus())
+                       cpu_relax();
        }
 }
 #undef NR_LOOPS
@@ -1433,7 +1435,7 @@ int __devinit __cpu_up(unsigned int cpu)
        /* Unleash the CPU! */
        cpu_set(cpu, smp_commenced_mask);
        while (!cpu_isset(cpu, cpu_online_map))
-               mb();
+               cpu_relax();
        return 0;
 }