Re: [PATCH] [PATCH] Gaurantee spinlocks implicit barrier for !PREEMPT_COUNT

[Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com>]

On Mon, 2013-04-08 at 07:50 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> ---
>     diff --git a/include/linux/preempt.h b/include/linux/preempt.h
>     index 5a710b9c578e..465df1c13386 100644
>     --- a/include/linux/preempt.h
>     +++ b/include/linux/preempt.h
>     @@ -93,14 +93,17 @@ do { \
> 
>      #else /* !CONFIG_PREEMPT_COUNT */
> 
>     -#define preempt_disable() do { } while (0)
>     -#define sched_preempt_enable_no_resched() do { } while (0)
>     -#define preempt_enable_no_resched() do { } while (0)
>     -#define preempt_enable() do { } while (0)
>     -
>     -#define preempt_disable_notrace() do { } while (0)
>     -#define preempt_enable_no_resched_notrace() do { } while (0)
>     -#define preempt_enable_notrace() do { } while (0)
>     +/* This is only a barrier to other asms. Notably get_user/put_user */

Probably should add in the comment:

	" or anything else that can cause a hidden schedule. "

-- Steve

>     +#define asm_barrier() asm volatile("")
>     +
>     +#define preempt_disable() asm_barrier()
>     +#define sched_preempt_enable_no_resched() asm_barrier()
>     +#define preempt_enable_no_resched() asm_barrier()
>     +#define preempt_enable() asm_barrier()
>     +
>     +#define preempt_disable_notrace() asm_barrier()
>     +#define preempt_enable_no_resched_notrace() asm_barrier()
>     +#define preempt_enable_notrace() asm_barrier()
> 
>      #endif /* CONFIG_PREEMPT_COUNT */