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From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
To: Alex Shi <alex.shi@intel.com>
Cc: Peter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com>,
	Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com>,
	Michel Lespinasse <walken@google.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>,
	Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr.bueso@hp.com>,
	Matthew R Wilcox <matthew.r.wilcox@intel.com>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm <linux-mm@kvack.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] rwsem: check the lock before cpmxchg in down_write_trylock and rwsem_do_wake
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2013 07:10:18 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130623051018.GS6123@two.firstfloor.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <51C64C5D.5090400@intel.com>

> >> diff --git a/include/asm-generic/rwsem.h b/include/asm-generic/rwsem.h
> >> index bb1e2cd..052d973 100644
> >> --- a/include/asm-generic/rwsem.h
> >> +++ b/include/asm-generic/rwsem.h
> >> @@ -70,11 +70,11 @@ static inline void __down_write(struct
> >> rw_semaphore *sem)
> >>
> >>   static inline int __down_write_trylock(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
> >>   {
> >> -    long tmp;
> >> +    if (unlikely(&sem->count != RWSEM_UNLOCKED_VALUE))
> >                      ^^^^^^^^^^^
> > 
> > This is probably not what you want.
> > 
> 
> this function logical is quite simple. check the sem->count before
> cmpxchg is no harm this logical.
> 
> So could you like to tell us what should we want?

You are comparing the address, not the value. Remove the &
This was a nop too.

-Andi
-- 
ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only.

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  reply	other threads:[~2013-06-23  5:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <cover.1371855277.git.tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com>
2013-06-21 23:51 ` [PATCH 1/2] rwsem: check the lock before cpmxchg in down_write_trylock and rwsem_do_wake Tim Chen
2013-06-22  0:10   ` Alex Shi
2013-06-22  0:15     ` Davidlohr Bueso
2013-06-24 16:34     ` Tim Chen
2013-06-22  7:21   ` Peter Hurley
2013-06-23  1:16     ` Alex Shi
2013-06-23  5:10       ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2013-06-23 11:52         ` Alex Shi
2013-06-21 23:51 ` [PATCH 2/2] rwsem: do optimistic spinning for writer lock acquisition Tim Chen
2013-06-22  0:00   ` Davidlohr Bueso
2013-06-22  7:57   ` Peter Hurley
2013-06-23 20:03     ` Davidlohr Bueso
2013-06-24 17:11       ` Tim Chen
2013-06-24 18:49         ` Peter Hurley
2013-06-24 19:13           ` Tim Chen
2013-06-24 20:32             ` Peter Hurley
2013-06-24 20:17           ` Tim Chen
2013-06-24 20:48             ` Peter Hurley
2013-06-24 21:30               ` Tim Chen
2013-06-25  7:37             ` Peter Zijlstra
2013-06-25 16:00               ` Tim Chen
2013-06-24 21:58     ` Tim Chen
2013-06-24 22:08       ` Peter Hurley
2013-06-24  8:46   ` Peter Zijlstra
2013-06-24 16:36     ` Tim Chen

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