commit d26914d11751b23ca2e8747725f2cae10c2f2c1b
author Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de> Thu Apr 03 14:47:24 2014 -0700
committer Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Thu Apr 03 16:20:58 2014 -0700
tree 020b606fb9223e29292f54922a11111239e3a3f4
parent 91ca9186484809c57303b33778d841cc28f696ed

mm: optimize put_mems_allowed() usage

Since put_mems_allowed() is strictly optional, its a seqcount retry, we
don't need to evaluate the function if the allocation was in fact
successful, saving a smp_rmb some loads and comparisons on some relative
fast-paths.

Since the naming, get/put_mems_allowed() does suggest a mandatory
pairing, rename the interface, as suggested by Mel, to resemble the
seqcount interface.

This gives us: read_mems_allowed_begin() and read_mems_allowed_retry(),
where it is important to note that the return value of the latter call
is inverted from its previous incarnation.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

include/linux/cpuset.h

diff --git a/include/linux/cpuset.h b/include/linux/cpuset.h
index 3fe661f..b19d3dc 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpuset.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpuset.h
@@ -87,25 +87,26 @@
 extern void cpuset_print_task_mems_allowed(struct task_struct *p);
 
 /*
- * get_mems_allowed is required when making decisions involving mems_allowed
- * such as during page allocation. mems_allowed can be updated in parallel
- * and depending on the new value an operation can fail potentially causing
- * process failure. A retry loop with get_mems_allowed and put_mems_allowed
- * prevents these artificial failures.
+ * read_mems_allowed_begin is required when making decisions involving
+ * mems_allowed such as during page allocation. mems_allowed can be updated in
+ * parallel and depending on the new value an operation can fail potentially
+ * causing process failure. A retry loop with read_mems_allowed_begin and
+ * read_mems_allowed_retry prevents these artificial failures.
  */
-static inline unsigned int get_mems_allowed(void)
+static inline unsigned int read_mems_allowed_begin(void)
 {
 	return read_seqcount_begin(&current->mems_allowed_seq);
 }
 
 /*
- * If this returns false, the operation that took place after get_mems_allowed
- * may have failed. It is up to the caller to retry the operation if
+ * If this returns true, the operation that took place after
+ * read_mems_allowed_begin may have failed artificially due to a concurrent
+ * update of mems_allowed. It is up to the caller to retry the operation if
  * appropriate.
  */
-static inline bool put_mems_allowed(unsigned int seq)
+static inline bool read_mems_allowed_retry(unsigned int seq)
 {
-	return !read_seqcount_retry(&current->mems_allowed_seq, seq);
+	return read_seqcount_retry(&current->mems_allowed_seq, seq);
 }
 
 static inline void set_mems_allowed(nodemask_t nodemask)
@@ -225,14 +226,14 @@
 {
 }
 
-static inline unsigned int get_mems_allowed(void)
+static inline unsigned int read_mems_allowed_begin(void)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static inline bool put_mems_allowed(unsigned int seq)
+static inline bool read_mems_allowed_retry(unsigned int seq)
 {
-	return true;
+	return false;
 }
 
 #endif /* !CONFIG_CPUSETS */