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btrfs: Relax memory barrier in btrfs_tree_unlock
When performing an unlock on an extent buffer we'd like to order the decrement of extent_buffer::blocking_writers with waking up any waiters. In such situations it's sufficient to use smp_mb__after_atomic rather than the heavy smp_mb. On architectures where atomic operations are fully ordered (such as x86 or s390) unconditionally executing a heavyweight smp_mb instruction causes a severe hit to performance while bringin no improvements in terms of correctness. The better thing is to use the appropriate smp_mb__after_atomic routine which will do the correct thing (invoke a full smp_mb or in the case of ordered atomics insert a compiler barrier). Put another way, an RMW atomic op + smp_load__after_atomic equals, in terms of semantics, to a full smp_mb. This ensures that none of the problems described in the accompanying comment of waitqueue_active occur. No functional changes. Signed-off-by: Nikolay Borisov <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: David Sterba <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: David Sterba <[email protected]>
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