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From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead•org>
To: Pan Xinhui <xinhui@linux•vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger•kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@lists•ozlabs.org,
	benh@kernel•crashing.org, paulus@samba•org, mpe@ellerman•id.au,
	boqun.feng@gmail•com, paulmck@linux•vnet.ibm.com,
	tglx@linutronix•de
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3] powerpc: Implement {cmp}xchg for u8 and u16
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2016 16:24:08 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160420142408.GF3430@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <571782F0.2020201@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 09:24:00PM +0800, Pan Xinhui wrote:

> +#define __XCHG_GEN(cmp, type, sfx, skip, v)				\
> +static __always_inline unsigned long					\
> +__cmpxchg_u32##sfx(v unsigned int *p, unsigned long old,		\
> +			 unsigned long new);				\
> +static __always_inline u32						\
> +__##cmp##xchg_##type##sfx(v void *ptr, u32 old, u32 new)		\
> +{									\
> +	int size = sizeof (type);					\
> +	int off = (unsigned long)ptr % sizeof(u32);			\
> +	volatile u32 *p = ptr - off;					\
> +	int bitoff = BITOFF_CAL(size, off);				\
> +	u32 bitmask = ((0x1 << size * BITS_PER_BYTE) - 1) << bitoff;	\
> +	u32 oldv, newv, tmp;						\
> +	u32 ret;							\
> +	oldv = READ_ONCE(*p);						\
> +	do {								\
> +		ret = (oldv & bitmask) >> bitoff;			\
> +		if (skip && ret != old)					\
> +			break;						\
> +		newv = (oldv & ~bitmask) | (new << bitoff);		\
> +		tmp = oldv;						\
> +		oldv = __cmpxchg_u32##sfx((v u32*)p, oldv, newv);	\
> +	} while (tmp != oldv);						\
> +	return ret;							\
> +}

So for an LL/SC based arch using cmpxchg() like that is sub-optimal.

Why did you choose to write it entirely in C?

  reply	other threads:[~2016-04-20 14:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-04-19  6:29 [PATCH V2] powerpc: Implement {cmp}xchg for u8 and u16 Pan Xinhui
2016-04-19  9:18 ` Boqun Feng
2016-04-20  3:39   ` Pan Xinhui
2016-04-20 13:24 ` [PATCH V3] " Pan Xinhui
2016-04-20 14:24   ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2016-04-21 15:35     ` Pan Xinhui
2016-04-21 15:52       ` Boqun Feng
2016-04-22  1:59         ` Pan Xinhui
2016-04-22  3:16           ` Boqun Feng
2016-04-21 16:13       ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-04-25 10:10         ` Pan Xinhui
2016-04-25 15:37           ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-04-26 11:35             ` Pan Xinhui
2016-04-27  9:16   ` [PATCH V4] " Pan Xinhui
2016-04-27 13:58     ` Boqun Feng
2016-04-27 14:16       ` Boqun Feng
2016-04-27 14:50       ` Boqun Feng
2016-04-27 14:59         ` Boqun Feng
2016-04-28 10:21           ` Pan Xinhui
2016-04-28  7:59     ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-04-28 10:21       ` Pan Xinhui
2016-11-25  0:04     ` [V4] " Michael Ellerman

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