From: Andreas Mohr Use cpu_relax() in __acpi_acquire_global_lock() etc. Signed-off-by: Andreas Mohr Cc: "Brown, Len" Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- include/asm-i386/acpi.h | 14 ++++++++++---- include/asm-x86_64/acpi.h | 14 ++++++++++---- 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff -puN include/asm-i386/acpi.h~cpu_relax-use-in-acpi-lock include/asm-i386/acpi.h --- a/include/asm-i386/acpi.h~cpu_relax-use-in-acpi-lock +++ a/include/asm-i386/acpi.h @@ -61,11 +61,14 @@ static inline int __acpi_acquire_global_lock (unsigned int *lock) { unsigned int old, new, val; - do { + while (1) { old = *lock; new = (((old & ~0x3) + 2) + ((old >> 1) & 0x1)); val = cmpxchg(lock, old, new); - } while (unlikely (val != old)); + if (likely(val == old)) + break; + cpu_relax(); + } return (new < 3) ? -1 : 0; } @@ -73,11 +76,14 @@ static inline int __acpi_release_global_lock (unsigned int *lock) { unsigned int old, new, val; - do { + while (1) { old = *lock; new = old & ~0x3; val = cmpxchg(lock, old, new); - } while (unlikely (val != old)); + if (likely(val == old)) + break; + cpu_relax(); + } return old & 0x1; } diff -puN include/asm-x86_64/acpi.h~cpu_relax-use-in-acpi-lock include/asm-x86_64/acpi.h --- a/include/asm-x86_64/acpi.h~cpu_relax-use-in-acpi-lock +++ a/include/asm-x86_64/acpi.h @@ -59,11 +59,14 @@ static inline int __acpi_acquire_global_lock (unsigned int *lock) { unsigned int old, new, val; - do { + while (1) { old = *lock; new = (((old & ~0x3) + 2) + ((old >> 1) & 0x1)); val = cmpxchg(lock, old, new); - } while (unlikely (val != old)); + if (likely(val == old)) + break; + cpu_relax(); + } return (new < 3) ? -1 : 0; } @@ -71,11 +74,14 @@ static inline int __acpi_release_global_lock (unsigned int *lock) { unsigned int old, new, val; - do { + while (1) { old = *lock; new = old & ~0x3; val = cmpxchg(lock, old, new); - } while (unlikely (val != old)); + if (likely(val == old)) + break; + cpu_relax(); + } return old & 0x1; } _