On 07/15/2011 02:37 AM, Jakub Jelinek wrote:
> Any comments?  Can anyone see meassurable differences on some benchmark?
> 
> 2011-07-15  Jakub Jelinek  <ja...@redhat.com>
> 
>       * config/linux/wait.h (do_spin): New inline, largely copied
>       from do_wait, just don't do futex_wait here, instead return true if
>       it should be done.
>       (do_wait): Implement using do_spin.
>       * config/linux/mutex.h (gomp_mutex_lock_slow): Add an int argument
>       to prototype.
>       (gomp_mutex_lock): Use __sync_val_compare_and_swap instead of
>       __sync_bool_compare_and_swap, pass the oldval to
>       gomp_mutex_lock_slow.
>       * config/linux/mutex.c (gomp_mutex_lock_slow): Add oldval argument.
>       If all mutex contenders are just spinning and not sleeping, don't
>       change state to 2 unnecessarily.  Optimize the loop when state has
>       already become 2 to use just one atomic operation per loop instead
>       of two.
>       * config/linux/ia64/mutex.h (gomp_mutex_lock_slow): Add an int argument
>       to prototype.
>       (gomp_mutex_lock): Use __sync_val_compare_and_swap instead of
>       __sync_bool_compare_and_swap, pass the oldval to
>       gomp_mutex_lock_slow.

I think that even if the only measurable difference is a
reduction in the number of syscalls, that's still an improvement.

The patch is ok.


r~

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