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# commit a6fcdbf95d7907bc5d5a669adb86e6bda72d738b
# Author: Reza Arbab <arbab@linux.ibm.com>
# Date:   Thu Aug 2 23:03:36 2018 -0500
# 
#     powerpc/powernv: Fix concurrency issue with npu->mmio_atsd_usage
#     
#     We've encountered a performance issue when multiple processors stress
#     {get,put}_mmio_atsd_reg(). These functions contend for
#     mmio_atsd_usage, an unsigned long used as a bitmask.
#     
#     The accesses to mmio_atsd_usage are done using test_and_set_bit_lock()
#     and clear_bit_unlock(). As implemented, both of these will require
#     a (successful) stwcx to that same cache line.
#     
#     What we end up with is thread A, attempting to unlock, being slowed by
#     other threads repeatedly attempting to lock. A's stwcx instructions
#     fail and retry because the memory reservation is lost every time a
#     different thread beats it to the punch.
#     
#     There may be a long-term way to fix this at a larger scale, but for
#     now resolve the immediate problem by gating our call to
#     test_and_set_bit_lock() with one to test_bit(), which is obviously
#     implemented without using a store.
#     
#     Fixes: 1ab66d1fbada ("powerpc/powernv: Introduce address translation services for Nvlink2")
#     Signed-off-by: Reza Arbab <arbab@linux.ibm.com>
#     Acked-by: Alistair Popple <alistair@popple.id.au>
#     Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
# < /opt/cross/kisskb/gcc-5.3.0-nolibc/powerpc64-linux/bin/powerpc64-linux-gcc --version
# < git log --format=%s --max-count=1 a6fcdbf95d7907bc5d5a669adb86e6bda72d738b
# < make -s -j 10 ARCH=powerpc O=/kisskb/build/powerpc-next_tqm8xx_defconfig_powerpc-5.3 CROSS_COMPILE=/opt/cross/kisskb/gcc-5.3.0-nolibc/powerpc64-linux/bin/powerpc64-linux-  tqm8xx_defconfig
# make -s -j 10 ARCH=powerpc O=/kisskb/build/powerpc-next_tqm8xx_defconfig_powerpc-5.3 CROSS_COMPILE=/opt/cross/kisskb/gcc-5.3.0-nolibc/powerpc64-linux/bin/powerpc64-linux-  
/kisskb/src/net/Makefile:24: CC cannot link executables. Skipping bpfilter.
/kisskb/src/net/Makefile:24: CC cannot link executables. Skipping bpfilter.
Completed OK
# rm -rf /kisskb/build/powerpc-next_tqm8xx_defconfig_powerpc-5.3
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