On Tue, Jul 08, 2014 at 06:55:45PM -0400, Pranith Kumar wrote:
> atomic_add_return() invalidates the cache line in other processors where-as
> atomic_read does not. I don't see why we would need invalidation in this case.
> If indeed it was need a comment would be helpful for readers. Otherwise
> doesn't
> using atomic_read() make more sense here? RFC!
>
> replace atomic_add_return(0, v) with atomic_read(v) as the latter is better.
>
> Signed-off-by: Pranith Kumar <[email protected]>
This will break RCU -- the full memory barriers implied both before
and after atomic_add_return() are needed in order for RCU to be able to
avoid death due to memory reordering.
That said, I have considered replacing the atomic_add_return() with:
smp_mb();
... = atomic_read(...);
smp_mb();
However, this is a very ticklish change, and would need serious thought
and even more serious testing.
Thanx, Paul
> ---
> kernel/rcu/tree.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> index dac6d20..a4a8f5f 100644
> --- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> @@ -891,7 +891,7 @@ static int rcu_is_cpu_rrupt_from_idle(void)
> static int dyntick_save_progress_counter(struct rcu_data *rdp,
> bool *isidle, unsigned long *maxj)
> {
> - rdp->dynticks_snap = atomic_add_return(0, &rdp->dynticks->dynticks);
> + rdp->dynticks_snap = atomic_read(&rdp->dynticks->dynticks);
> rcu_sysidle_check_cpu(rdp, isidle, maxj);
> if ((rdp->dynticks_snap & 0x1) == 0) {
> trace_rcu_fqs(rdp->rsp->name, rdp->gpnum, rdp->cpu, TPS("dti"));
> @@ -920,7 +920,7 @@ static int rcu_implicit_dynticks_qs(struct rcu_data *rdp,
> int *rcrmp;
> unsigned int snap;
>
> - curr = (unsigned int)atomic_add_return(0, &rdp->dynticks->dynticks);
> + curr = (unsigned int)atomic_read(&rdp->dynticks->dynticks);
> snap = (unsigned int)rdp->dynticks_snap;
>
> /*
> --
> 1.9.1
>
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