powerpc: Add the lock elision using HTM

This patch adds support for lock elision using ISA 2.07 hardware
transactional memory instructions for pthread_mutex primitives.
Similar to s390 version, the for elision logic defined in
'force-elision.h' is only enabled if ENABLE_LOCK_ELISION is defined.

Also, the lock elision code should be able to be built even with
a compiler that does not provide HTM support with builtins.
However I have noted the performance is sub-optimal due scheduling
pressures.

1 files changed, 42 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/elision-conf.h b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/elision-conf.h
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+/* elision-conf.h: Lock elision tunable parameters.
+   Copyright (C) 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#ifndef _ELISION_CONF_H
+#define _ELISION_CONF_H 1
+
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include <time.h>
+
+/* Should make sure there is no false sharing on this.  */
+struct elision_config
+{
+  int skip_lock_busy;
+  int skip_lock_internal_abort;
+  int skip_lock_out_of_tbegin_retries;
+  int try_tbegin;
+  int skip_trylock_internal_abort;
+} __attribute__ ((__aligned__ (128)));
+
+extern struct elision_config __elision_aconf attribute_hidden;
+
+extern int __pthread_force_elision attribute_hidden;
+
+/* Tell the test suite to test elision for this architecture.  */
+#define HAVE_ELISION 1
+
+#endif