On Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 10:34:50PM +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
>
> > > + if (unlikely(test_bit(SPU_SCHED_NOTIFY_ACTIVE,
> > > + &ctx->sched_flags))) {
> > > + clear_bit(SPU_SCHED_NOTIFY_ACTIVE, &ctx->sched_flags);
> >
> > this should use test_and_clear_bit
>
> This also looks like an abuse of atomics to effectively implement a lock
> or did I miss something ?
not really. We set a flag on the context to make sure some action is
performed when it comes through spu_run the next time. It's not exactly
elegant, but cleaning this up will have to wait for the grand spu_run
rewrite.
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