From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Tue, 26 Jan 2016 18:23:04 +0100 (CET) Received: from bombadil.infradead.org ([198.137.202.9]:49944 "EHLO bombadil.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by eddie.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S27011633AbcAZRXDPdCKC (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Jan 2016 18:23:03 +0100 Received: from j217066.upc-j.chello.nl ([24.132.217.66] helo=twins) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtpsa (Exim 4.80.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1aO7K2-0008Dr-U0; Tue, 26 Jan 2016 17:22:31 +0000 Received: by twins (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 9D8311257A0D8; Tue, 26 Jan 2016 18:22:27 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 18:22:27 +0100 From: Peter Zijlstra To: Boqun Feng Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" , Herbert Xu , Leonid.Yegoshin@imgtec.com, linux-mips@linux-mips.org, linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org, mst@redhat.com, will.deacon@arm.com, virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org, hpa@zytor.com, sparclinux@vger.kernel.org, mingo@kernel.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, linux@arm.linux.org.uk, user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-sh@vger.kernel.org, mpe@ellerman.id.au, x86@kernel.org, xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org, mingo@elte.hu, linux-xtensa@linux-xtensa.org, james.hogan@imgtec.com, arnd@arndb.de, stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com, adi-buildroot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, ddaney.cavm@gmail.com, tglx@linutronix.de, linux-metag@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, andrew.cooper3@citrix.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ralf@linux-mips.org, joe@perches.com, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, davem@davemloft.net, Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: [v3,11/41] mips: reuse asm-generic/barrier.h Message-ID: <20160126172227.GG6357@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net> References: <20160114204827.GE3818@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20160118081929.GA30420@gondor.apana.org.au> <20160118154629.GB3818@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20160126165207.GB6029@fixme-laptop.cn.ibm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20160126165207.GB6029@fixme-laptop.cn.ibm.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2012-12-30) Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 51420 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: peterz@infradead.org Precedence: bulk List-help: List-unsubscribe: List-software: Ecartis version 1.0.0 List-Id: linux-mips X-List-ID: linux-mips List-subscribe: List-owner: List-post: List-archive: X-list: linux-mips On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 12:52:07AM +0800, Boqun Feng wrote: > I recall that last time you and Linus came into a conclusion that even > on Alpha, a barrier for read->write with data dependency is unnecessary: > > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/2077661 > > And in an earlier mail of that thread, Linus made his point that > smp_read_barrier_depends() should only be used to order read->read. > > So right now, are we going to extend the semantics of > smp_read_barrier_depends()? Can we just make smp_read_barrier_depends() > still only work for read->read, and assume all the architectures won't > reorder read->write with data dependency, so that the code above having > a smp_rmb() also works? That discussions was about control dependencies. So writes that _depend_ on a prior read having an explicit value. So something like: struct foo *x = READ_ONCE(*ptr); smp_read_barrier_depends() if (x->val == 5) x->bar = 5; In that case, the load of x->val must be complete and its value determined _before_ the store to x->bar can happen. This is distinct from: struct foo *x = READ_ONCE(*ptr); smp_read_barrier_depends(); x->bar = 5; And its the second case where smp_read_barrier_depends() read->write order matters.