From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Michael Ellerman Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/9] powerpc: allocate sys_membarrier system call number Date: Tue, 01 Sep 2015 11:00:43 +1000 Message-ID: <1441069243.26730.3.camel@ellerman.id.au> References: <1440698215-8355-1-git-send-email-mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com> <1440698215-8355-2-git-send-email-mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com> <1441004045.5735.8.camel@ellerman.id.au> <131898944.32688.1441035174419.JavaMail.zimbra@efficios.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <131898944.32688.1441035174419.JavaMail.zimbra-vg+e7yoeK/dWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-api-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Mathieu Desnoyers Cc: Andrew Morton , linux-api , linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, Benjamin Herrenschmidt , Paul Mackerras , linuxppc-dev-uLR06cmDAlY/bJ5BZ2RsiQ@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-api@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 2015-08-31 at 15:32 +0000, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote: > ----- On Aug 31, 2015, at 2:54 AM, Michael Ellerman mpe-Gsx/Oe8HsFggBc27wqDAHg@public.gmane.org wrote: > > > On Thu, 2015-08-27 at 13:56 -0400, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote: > >> Allow it to be used from SPU, since it should not have unwanted > >> side-effects. > > $ ./membarrier_test > > membarrier MEMBARRIER_CMD_QUERY syscall available. > > membarrier: MEMBARRIER_CMD_SHARED success. > > membarrier: tests done! > > > > Which looks good. > > > > Assuming the membarrier support hits 4.3, I'll take this via my tree for 4.3 > > also. > > Great! I'll take care of your comments about self-tests, Thanks. None of them are critical so we can always fix them later. cheers From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from ozlabs.org (ozlabs.org [103.22.144.67]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EC6CC1A0725 for ; Tue, 1 Sep 2015 11:00:43 +1000 (AEST) Message-ID: <1441069243.26730.3.camel@ellerman.id.au> Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/9] powerpc: allocate sys_membarrier system call number From: Michael Ellerman To: Mathieu Desnoyers Cc: Andrew Morton , linux-api , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Benjamin Herrenschmidt , Paul Mackerras , linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org Date: Tue, 01 Sep 2015 11:00:43 +1000 In-Reply-To: <131898944.32688.1441035174419.JavaMail.zimbra@efficios.com> References: <1440698215-8355-1-git-send-email-mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com> <1440698215-8355-2-git-send-email-mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com> <1441004045.5735.8.camel@ellerman.id.au> <131898944.32688.1441035174419.JavaMail.zimbra@efficios.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Mime-Version: 1.0 List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Mon, 2015-08-31 at 15:32 +0000, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote: > ----- On Aug 31, 2015, at 2:54 AM, Michael Ellerman mpe@ellerman.id.au wrote: > > > On Thu, 2015-08-27 at 13:56 -0400, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote: > >> Allow it to be used from SPU, since it should not have unwanted > >> side-effects. > > $ ./membarrier_test > > membarrier MEMBARRIER_CMD_QUERY syscall available. > > membarrier: MEMBARRIER_CMD_SHARED success. > > membarrier: tests done! > > > > Which looks good. > > > > Assuming the membarrier support hits 4.3, I'll take this via my tree for 4.3 > > also. > > Great! I'll take care of your comments about self-tests, Thanks. None of them are critical so we can always fix them later. cheers