[PATCH] Enable common version of pthread_cond_timedwait to use VDSO version of clock_gettime(...)
Luis Machado
luisgpm@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Wed Mar 24 19:14:00 GMT 2010
Sorry for the duplicate, but this is the correct one (had an issue with
the Changelog in the previous mail).
Luis
On Tue, 2010-03-23 at 12:46 -0300, Luis Machado wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Currently the common version of pthread_cond_timedwait(...) makes a
> explicit call to the clock_gettime(...) syscall.
>
> This patch enables pthread_cond_timedwait to use the VDSO version of
> clock_gettime(...), whenever it's available, hopefully improving
> performance.
>
> Regtested on powerpc with no regressions.
>
> OK for trunk?
>
> Luis
>
>
> 2010-03-23 Luis Machado <luisgpm@br.ibm.com>
>
> * pthread_cond_timedwait.c: Add check for
> HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME_VSYSCALL to use VDSO whenever possible.
> Update Copyright year.
> (pthread_cond_timedwait): Use INTERNAL_VSYSCALL instead of
> INTERNAL_SYSCALL.
>
> diff --git a/nptl/pthread_cond_timedwait.c b/nptl/pthread_cond_timedwait.c
> index 9d268e9..7278ec4 100644
> --- a/nptl/pthread_cond_timedwait.c
> +++ b/nptl/pthread_cond_timedwait.c
> @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
> -/* Copyright (C) 2003, 2004, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> +/* Copyright (C) 2003, 2004, 2007, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> This file is part of the GNU C Library.
> Contributed by Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>, 2003.
>
> @@ -27,6 +27,14 @@
>
> #include <shlib-compat.h>
>
> +#ifndef HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME_VSYSCALL
> +# undef INTERNAL_VSYSCALL
> +# define INTERNAL_VSYSCALL INTERNAL_SYSCALL
> +# undef INLINE_VSYSCALL
> +# define INLINE_VSYSCALL INLINE_SYSCALL
> +#else
> +# include <bits/libc-vdso.h>
> +#endif
>
> /* Cleanup handler, defined in pthread_cond_wait.c. */
> extern void __condvar_cleanup (void *arg)
> @@ -102,7 +110,7 @@ __pthread_cond_timedwait (cond, mutex, abstime)
> #ifdef __NR_clock_gettime
> INTERNAL_SYSCALL_DECL (err);
> int ret;
> - ret = INTERNAL_SYSCALL (clock_gettime, err, 2,
> + ret = INTERNAL_VSYSCALL (clock_gettime, err, 2,
> (cond->__data.__nwaiters
> & ((1 << COND_NWAITERS_SHIFT) - 1)),
> &rt);
>
>
>
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