File nptl-optimize-trylock.patch of Package glibc.42452
From 7b8f497fe4ccac805ac4b20ff64946f0a5bbe4e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sunil K Pandey <sunil.k.pandey@intel.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2025 08:57:44 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] nptl: Optimize trylock for high cache contention workloads
(BZ #33704)
Check lock availability before acquisition to reduce cache line
bouncing. Significantly improves trylock throughput on multi-core
systems under heavy contention.
Tested on x86_64.
Fixes BZ #33704.
Co-authored-by: Alex M Wells <alex.m.wells@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Wilco Dijkstra <Wilco.Dijkstra@arm.com>
(cherry picked from commit 63716823dbad9482e09972907ae98e9cb00f9b86)
---
nptl/pthread_mutex_trylock.c | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/nptl/pthread_mutex_trylock.c b/nptl/pthread_mutex_trylock.c
index 9b3a16954d..4ac283414d 100644
--- a/nptl/pthread_mutex_trylock.c
+++ b/nptl/pthread_mutex_trylock.c
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ ___pthread_mutex_trylock (pthread_mutex_t *mutex)
return 0;
}
- if (lll_trylock (mutex->__data.__lock) == 0)
+ if (atomic_load_relaxed (&(mutex->__data.__lock)) == 0
+ && lll_trylock (mutex->__data.__lock) == 0)
{
/* Record the ownership. */
mutex->__data.__owner = id;
@@ -71,7 +72,10 @@ ___pthread_mutex_trylock (pthread_mutex_t *mutex)
/*FALL THROUGH*/
case PTHREAD_MUTEX_ADAPTIVE_NP:
case PTHREAD_MUTEX_ERRORCHECK_NP:
- if (lll_trylock (mutex->__data.__lock) != 0)
+ /* Mutex type is already loaded, lock check overhead should
+ be minimal. */
+ if (atomic_load_relaxed (&(mutex->__data.__lock)) != 0
+ || lll_trylock (mutex->__data.__lock) != 0)
break;
/* Record the ownership. */
--
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