x86: vdso: Use seqcount instead of seqlock

The update of the vdso data happens under xtime_lock, so adding a nested lock is pointless. Just use a seqcount to sync the readers. Reviewed-by: Andy Lutomirski <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: John Stultz <[email protected]>
redpig · Mar 16, 2012 · 2ab5165 · 2ab5165
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diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/vgtod.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/vgtod.h
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #include <linux/clocksource.h>
 
 struct vsyscall_gtod_data {
-	seqlock_t	lock;
+	seqcount_t	seq;
 
 	/* open coded 'struct timespec' */
 	time_t		wall_time_sec;

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c
@@ -52,10 +52,7 @@
 #include "vsyscall_trace.h"
 
 DEFINE_VVAR(int, vgetcpu_mode);
-DEFINE_VVAR(struct vsyscall_gtod_data, vsyscall_gtod_data) =
-{
-	.lock = __SEQLOCK_UNLOCKED(__vsyscall_gtod_data.lock),
-};
+DEFINE_VVAR(struct vsyscall_gtod_data, vsyscall_gtod_data);
 
 static enum { EMULATE, NATIVE, NONE } vsyscall_mode = EMULATE;
 
@@ -86,9 +83,7 @@ void update_vsyscall_tz(void)
 void update_vsyscall(struct timespec *wall_time, struct timespec *wtm,
 			struct clocksource *clock, u32 mult)
 {
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	write_seqlock_irqsave(&vsyscall_gtod_data.lock, flags);
+	write_seqcount_begin(&vsyscall_gtod_data.seq);
 
 	/* copy vsyscall data */
 	vsyscall_gtod_data.clock.vclock_mode	= clock->archdata.vclock_mode;
@@ -101,7 +96,7 @@ void update_vsyscall(struct timespec *wall_time, struct timespec *wtm,
 	vsyscall_gtod_data.wall_to_monotonic	= *wtm;
 	vsyscall_gtod_data.wall_time_coarse	= __current_kernel_time();
 
-	write_sequnlock_irqrestore(&vsyscall_gtod_data.lock, flags);
+	write_seqcount_end(&vsyscall_gtod_data.seq);
 }
 
 static void warn_bad_vsyscall(const char *level, struct pt_regs *regs,

diff --git a/arch/x86/vdso/vclock_gettime.c b/arch/x86/vdso/vclock_gettime.c
@@ -100,12 +100,12 @@ notrace static noinline int do_realtime(struct timespec *ts)
 	int mode;
 
 	do {
-		seq = read_seqbegin(&gtod->lock);
+		seq = read_seqcount_begin(&gtod->seq);
 		mode = gtod->clock.vclock_mode;
 		ts->tv_sec = gtod->wall_time_sec;
 		ts->tv_nsec = gtod->wall_time_nsec;
 		ns = vgetns();
-	} while (unlikely(read_seqretry(&gtod->lock, seq)));
+	} while (unlikely(read_seqcount_retry(&gtod->seq, seq)));
 
 	timespec_add_ns(ts, ns);
 	return mode;
@@ -117,13 +117,13 @@ notrace static noinline int do_monotonic(struct timespec *ts)
 	int mode;
 
 	do {
-		seq = read_seqbegin(&gtod->lock);
+		seq = read_seqcount_begin(&gtod->seq);
 		mode = gtod->clock.vclock_mode;
 		secs = gtod->wall_time_sec;
 		ns = gtod->wall_time_nsec + vgetns();
 		secs += gtod->wall_to_monotonic.tv_sec;
 		ns += gtod->wall_to_monotonic.tv_nsec;
-	} while (unlikely(read_seqretry(&gtod->lock, seq)));
+	} while (unlikely(read_seqcount_retry(&gtod->seq, seq)));
 
 	/* wall_time_nsec, vgetns(), and wall_to_monotonic.tv_nsec
 	 * are all guaranteed to be nonnegative.
@@ -142,23 +142,23 @@ notrace static noinline int do_realtime_coarse(struct timespec *ts)
 {
 	unsigned long seq;
 	do {
-		seq = read_seqbegin(&gtod->lock);
+		seq = read_seqcount_begin(&gtod->seq);
 		ts->tv_sec = gtod->wall_time_coarse.tv_sec;
 		ts->tv_nsec = gtod->wall_time_coarse.tv_nsec;
-	} while (unlikely(read_seqretry(&gtod->lock, seq)));
+	} while (unlikely(read_seqcount_retry(&gtod->seq, seq)));
 	return 0;
 }
 
 notrace static noinline int do_monotonic_coarse(struct timespec *ts)
 {
 	unsigned long seq, ns, secs;
 	do {
-		seq = read_seqbegin(&gtod->lock);
+		seq = read_seqcount_begin(&gtod->seq);
 		secs = gtod->wall_time_coarse.tv_sec;
 		ns = gtod->wall_time_coarse.tv_nsec;
 		secs += gtod->wall_to_monotonic.tv_sec;
 		ns += gtod->wall_to_monotonic.tv_nsec;
-	} while (unlikely(read_seqretry(&gtod->lock, seq)));
+	} while (unlikely(read_seqcount_retry(&gtod->seq, seq)));
 
 	/* wall_time_nsec and wall_to_monotonic.tv_nsec are
 	 * guaranteed to be between 0 and NSEC_PER_SEC.