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+#ifndef __ASM_MCS_LOCK_H
+#define __ASM_MCS_LOCK_H
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+#include <asm/spinlock.h>
+
+/* MCS spin-locking. */
+#define arch_mcs_spin_lock_contended(lock) \
+do { \
+ /* Ensure prior stores are observed before we enter wfe. */ \
+ smp_mb(); \
+ while (!(smp_load_acquire(lock))) \
+ wfe(); \
+} while (0) \
+
+#define arch_mcs_spin_unlock_contended(lock) \
+do { \
+ smp_store_release(lock, 1); \
+ dsb_sev(); \
+} while (0)
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_SMP */
+#endif /* __ASM_MCS_LOCK_H */
This patch introduces a wfe-based polling loop for spinning on contended MCS locks and waking up corresponding waiters when the lock is released. Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> --- v1 => v2: Use SMP guards and dsb_sev() macro to ensure this compiles and runs only on CPUs that can support v6k. arch/arm/include/asm/mcs_spinlock.h | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+) create mode 100644 arch/arm/include/asm/mcs_spinlock.h