Subject: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 04/24] xen/arm: sync_bitops

From: [email-masked] (Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk)
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2012 10:35:51 -0400

On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 10:28:25AM +0100, Ian Campbell wrote:
> On Thu, 2012-07-26 at 17:37 +0100, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 04:33:46PM +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> > > sync_bitops functions are equivalent to the SMP implementation of the
> > > original functions, independently from CONFIG_SMP being defined.
> > 
> > So why can't the code be changed to use that? Is it that
> > the _set_bit, _clear_bit, etc are not available with !CONFIG_SMP?
> 
> _set_bit etc are not SMP safe if !CONFIG_SMP. But under Xen you might be
> communicating with a completely external entity who might be on another
> CPU (e.g. two uniprocessor guests communicating via event channels and
> grant tables). So we need a variant of the bit ops which are SMP safe
> even on a UP kernel.
> 
> The users are common code and the sync_foo vs foo distinction matters on
> some platforms (e.g. x86 where a UP kernel would omit the LOCK prefix
> for the normal ones).

OK, that makes sense. Stefano can you include that comment in the git
commit description and in the sync_bitops.h file please?
> 
> > 
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <[email-masked]>
> > > ---
> > >  arch/arm/include/asm/sync_bitops.h |   17 +++++++++++++++++
> > >  1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> > >  create mode 100644 arch/arm/include/asm/sync_bitops.h
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/sync_bitops.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/sync_bitops.h
> > > new file mode 100644
> > > index 0000000..d975092903
> > > --- /dev/null
> > > +++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/sync_bitops.h
> > > @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
> > > +#ifndef __ASM_SYNC_BITOPS_H__
> > > +#define __ASM_SYNC_BITOPS_H__
> > > +
> > > +#include <asm/bitops.h>
> > > +#include <asm/system.h>
> > > +
> > > +#define sync_set_bit(nr, p)		_set_bit(nr, p)
> > > +#define sync_clear_bit(nr, p)		_clear_bit(nr, p)
> > > +#define sync_change_bit(nr, p)		_change_bit(nr, p)
> > > +#define sync_test_and_set_bit(nr, p)	_test_and_set_bit(nr, p)
> > > +#define sync_test_and_clear_bit(nr, p)	_test_and_clear_bit(nr, p)
> > > +#define sync_test_and_change_bit(nr, p)	_test_and_change_bit(nr, p)
> > > +#define sync_test_bit(nr, addr)		test_bit(nr, addr)
> > > +#define sync_cmpxchg			cmpxchg
> > > +
> > > +
> > > +#endif
> > > -- 
> > > 1.7.2.5
> > > 
> > > 
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