[PATCH v2] powerpc/qspinlock: Add spinlock contention tracepoint

Shrikanth Hegde sshegde at linux.ibm.com
Sat Aug 2 02:42:00 AEST 2025



On 7/31/25 11:48, Nysal Jan K.A. wrote:
> Add a lock contention tracepoint in the queued spinlock slowpath.
> Also add the __lockfunc annotation so that in_lock_functions()
> works as expected.
> 

There is bit of pure code movement. Given that is small, single patch is fine.

> Signed-off-by: Nysal Jan K.A. <nysal at linux.ibm.com>

Tried the patch and able to see tracepoints.

Reviewed-by: Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde at linux.ibm.com>

> ---
>   arch/powerpc/lib/qspinlock.c | 19 ++++++++++---------
>   1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/qspinlock.c b/arch/powerpc/lib/qspinlock.c
> index bcc7e4dff8c3..95ab4cdf582e 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/lib/qspinlock.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/qspinlock.c
> @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
>   #include <linux/sched/clock.h>
>   #include <asm/qspinlock.h>
>   #include <asm/paravirt.h>
> +#include <trace/events/lock.h>
>   
>   #define MAX_NODES	4
>   
> @@ -708,26 +709,26 @@ static __always_inline void queued_spin_lock_mcs_queue(struct qspinlock *lock, b
>   	qnodesp->count--;
>   }
>   
> -void queued_spin_lock_slowpath(struct qspinlock *lock)
> +void __lockfunc queued_spin_lock_slowpath(struct qspinlock *lock)
>   {
> +	trace_contention_begin(lock, LCB_F_SPIN);
>   	/*
>   	 * This looks funny, but it induces the compiler to inline both
>   	 * sides of the branch rather than share code as when the condition
>   	 * is passed as the paravirt argument to the functions.
>   	 */
>   	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS) && is_shared_processor()) {
> -		if (try_to_steal_lock(lock, true)) {
> +		if (try_to_steal_lock(lock, true))
>   			spec_barrier();
> -			return;
> -		}
> -		queued_spin_lock_mcs_queue(lock, true);
> +		else
> +			queued_spin_lock_mcs_queue(lock, true);
>   	} else {
> -		if (try_to_steal_lock(lock, false)) {
> +		if (try_to_steal_lock(lock, false))
>   			spec_barrier();
> -			return;
> -		}
> -		queued_spin_lock_mcs_queue(lock, false);
> +		else
> +			queued_spin_lock_mcs_queue(lock, false);
>   	}
> +	trace_contention_end(lock, 0);
>   }
>   EXPORT_SYMBOL(queued_spin_lock_slowpath);
>   
> 



More information about the Linuxppc-dev mailing list