[Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/3] spinlock: use local_irq_disable() instead of local_irq_save() where possible

["Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

... as generally being a cheaper operation.

Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>

--- a/xen/common/spinlock.c
+++ b/xen/common/spinlock.c
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ unsigned long _spin_lock_irqsave(spinloc
         local_irq_restore(flags);
         while ( likely(_raw_spin_is_locked(&lock->raw)) )
             cpu_relax();
-        local_irq_save(flags);
+        local_irq_disable();
     }
     LOCK_PROFILE_GOT;
     preempt_disable();
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ unsigned long _read_lock_irqsave(rwlock_
             local_irq_restore(flags);
             while ( (x = lock->lock) & RW_WRITE_FLAG )
                 cpu_relax();
-            local_irq_save(flags);
+            local_irq_disable();
         }
     } while ( cmpxchg(&lock->lock, x, x+1) != x );
     preempt_disable();
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ unsigned long _write_lock_irqsave(rwlock
             local_irq_restore(flags);
             while ( (x = lock->lock) & RW_WRITE_FLAG )
                 cpu_relax();
-            local_irq_save(flags);
+            local_irq_disable();
         }
     } while ( cmpxchg(&lock->lock, x, x|RW_WRITE_FLAG) != x );
     while ( x != 0 )

Attachment: spinlock-use-irqenable.patch
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