spinlock: use local_irq_disable() instead of local_irq_save() where possible ... as generally being a cheaper operation. Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich --- a/xen/common/spinlock.c +++ b/xen/common/spinlock.c @@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ unsigned long _spin_lock_irqsave(spinloc local_irq_restore(flags); while ( likely(_raw_spin_is_locked(&lock->raw)) ) cpu_relax(); - local_irq_save(flags); + local_irq_disable(); } LOCK_PROFILE_GOT; preempt_disable(); @@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ unsigned long _read_lock_irqsave(rwlock_ local_irq_restore(flags); while ( (x = lock->lock) & RW_WRITE_FLAG ) cpu_relax(); - local_irq_save(flags); + local_irq_disable(); } } while ( cmpxchg(&lock->lock, x, x+1) != x ); preempt_disable(); @@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ unsigned long _write_lock_irqsave(rwlock local_irq_restore(flags); while ( (x = lock->lock) & RW_WRITE_FLAG ) cpu_relax(); - local_irq_save(flags); + local_irq_disable(); } } while ( cmpxchg(&lock->lock, x, x|RW_WRITE_FLAG) != x ); while ( x != 0 )