Subject: [PATCH 1/6] powerpc: NMI IPI improve lock primitive

From: Nicholas Piggin <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2017 22:41:21 +1000

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 <[email-masked]>
---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
index cf0e1245b8cc..8d3320562c70 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/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);
 	}
 
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