On 2013-09-22 10:11, Liu Ping Fan wrote:
> This lets the read-side access run outside the BQL.
In fact, not only BQL. Didn't the original commit provide a changlog
about the content of this patch? Otherwise, briefly describe use cases
and maybe the typical invocation pattern.
>
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonz...@redhat.com>
>From says you, signed-off only Paolo - this is inconsistent.
Jan
> ---
> include/qemu/seqlock.h | 72
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 72 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 include/qemu/seqlock.h
>
> diff --git a/include/qemu/seqlock.h b/include/qemu/seqlock.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..3ff118a
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/include/qemu/seqlock.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
> +/*
> + * Seqlock implementation for QEMU
> + *
> + * Copyright Red Hat, Inc. 2013
> + *
> + * Author:
> + * Paolo Bonzini <pbonz...@redhat.com>
> + *
> + * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
> + * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
> + *
> + */
> +#ifndef QEMU_SEQLOCK_H
> +#define QEMU_SEQLOCK_H 1
> +
> +#include <qemu/atomic.h>
> +#include <qemu/thread.h>
> +
> +typedef struct QemuSeqLock QemuSeqLock;
> +
> +struct QemuSeqLock {
> + QemuMutex *mutex;
> + unsigned sequence;
> +};
> +
> +static inline void seqlock_init(QemuSeqLock *sl, QemuMutex *mutex)
> +{
> + sl->mutex = mutex;
> + sl->sequence = 0;
> +}
> +
> +/* Lock out other writers and update the count. */
> +static inline void seqlock_write_lock(QemuSeqLock *sl)
> +{
> + if (sl->mutex) {
> + qemu_mutex_lock(sl->mutex);
> + }
> + ++sl->sequence;
> +
> + /* Write sequence before updating other fields. */
> + smp_wmb();
> +}
> +
> +static inline void seqlock_write_unlock(QemuSeqLock *sl)
> +{
> + /* Write other fields before finalizing sequence. */
> + smp_wmb();
> +
> + ++sl->sequence;
> + if (sl->mutex) {
> + qemu_mutex_unlock(sl->mutex);
> + }
> +}
> +
> +static inline unsigned seqlock_read_begin(QemuSeqLock *sl)
> +{
> + /* Always fail if a write is in progress. */
> + unsigned ret = sl->sequence & ~1;
> +
> + /* Read sequence before reading other fields. */
> + smp_rmb();
> + return ret;
> +}
> +
> +static int seqlock_read_retry(const QemuSeqLock *sl, unsigned start)
> +{
> + /* Read other fields before reading final sequence. */
> + smp_rmb();
> + return unlikely(sl->sequence != start);
> +}
> +
> +#endif
>
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