[PATCH v8 04/12] arm64: support WFET in smp_cond_relaxed_timeout()

[Will Deacon]

On Sun, Dec 14, 2025 at 08:49:11PM -0800, Ankur Arora wrote:
> +#define __CMPWAIT_CASE(w, sfx, sz)						\
> +static inline void __cmpwait_case_##sz(volatile void *ptr,			\
> +				       unsigned long val,			\
> +				       s64 timeout_ns)				\
> +{										\
> +	unsigned long tmp;							\
> +										\
> +	if (!alternative_has_cap_unlikely(ARM64_HAS_WFXT) || timeout_ns <= 0) {	\
> +		asm volatile(							\
> +		"	sevl\n"							\
> +		"	wfe\n"							\
> +		"	ldxr" #sfx "\t%" #w "[tmp], %[v]\n"			\
> +		"	eor	%" #w "[tmp], %" #w "[tmp], %" #w "[val]\n"	\
> +		"	cbnz	%" #w "[tmp], 1f\n"				\
> +		"	wfe\n"							\
> +		"1:"								\
> +		: [tmp] "=&r" (tmp), [v] "+Q" (*(u##sz *)ptr)			\
> +		: [val] "r" (val));						\
> +	} else {								\
> +		u64 ecycles = arch_timer_read_counter() +			\
> +				NSECS_TO_CYCLES(timeout_ns);			\
> +		asm volatile(							\
> +		"	sevl\n"							\
> +		"	wfe\n"							\
> +		"	ldxr" #sfx "\t%" #w "[tmp], %[v]\n"			\
> +		"	eor	%" #w "[tmp], %" #w "[tmp], %" #w "[val]\n"	\
> +		"	cbnz	%" #w "[tmp], 2f\n"				\
> +		"	msr s0_3_c1_c0_0, %[ecycles]\n"				\
> +		"2:"								\
> +		: [tmp] "=&r" (tmp), [v] "+Q" (*(u##sz *)ptr)			\
> +		: [val] "r" (val), [ecycles] "r" (ecycles));			\
> +	}									\

Why not have a separate helper for the WFXT version and avoid the runtime
check on timeout_ns?

Will