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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/lib/atomic64_32.c15
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/atomic64_32.c b/arch/x86/lib/atomic64_32.c
index 5fc1e2caa54..61959627e1e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/lib/atomic64_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/atomic64_32.c
@@ -76,13 +76,22 @@ u64 atomic64_read(atomic64_t *ptr)
*/
u64 atomic64_add_return(u64 delta, atomic64_t *ptr)
{
- u64 old_val, new_val;
+ /*
+ * Try first with a (probably incorrect) assumption about
+ * what we have there. We'll do two loops most likely,
+ * but we'll get an ownership MESI transaction straight away
+ * instead of a read transaction followed by a
+ * flush-for-ownership transaction:
+ */
+ u64 old_val, new_val, real_val = 1ULL << 32;
do {
- old_val = atomic_read(ptr);
+ old_val = real_val;
new_val = old_val + delta;
- } while (atomic64_cmpxchg(ptr, old_val, new_val) != old_val);
+ real_val = atomic64_cmpxchg(ptr, old_val, new_val);
+
+ } while (real_val != old_val);
return new_val;
}