llist: Move cpu_relax() to after the cmpxchg()

If in llist_add()/etc. functions the first cmpxchg() call succeeds, it is
not necessary to use cpu_relax() before the cmpxchg(). So cpu_relax() in
a busy loop involving cmpxchg() should go after cmpxchg() instead of before
that.

This patch fixes this for all involved llist functions.

Signed-off-by: Huang Ying <ying.huang@intel.com>
Acked-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1315461646-1379-4-git-send-email-ying.huang@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/llist.h b/include/linux/llist.h
index 65fca1cbf514..ca91875286bf 100644
--- a/include/linux/llist.h
+++ b/include/linux/llist.h
@@ -148,11 +148,14 @@ static inline void llist_add(struct llist_node *new, struct llist_head *head)
         struct llist_node *entry, *old_entry;
 
         entry = head->first;
-        do {
+        for (;;) {
                 old_entry = entry;
                 new->next = entry;
+                entry = cmpxchg(&head->first, old_entry, new);
+                if (entry == old_entry)
+                        break;
                 cpu_relax();
-        } while ((entry = cmpxchg(&head->first, old_entry, new)) != old_entry);
+        }
 }
 
 /**