Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] sched, timer: Remove usages of ACCESS_ONCE in the scheduler

[Jason Low <jason.low2@hp.com>]

On Wed, 2015-04-29 at 13:15 -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Apr 2015 13:05:55 -0400
> Waiman Long <waiman.long@hp.com> wrote:
> 
> > >   		goto no_join;
> > > @@ -2107,7 +2107,7 @@ void task_numa_fault(int last_cpupid, int mem_node, int pages, int flags)
> > >
> > >   static void reset_ptenuma_scan(struct task_struct *p)
> > >   {
> > > -	ACCESS_ONCE(p->mm->numa_scan_seq)++;
> > > +	WRITE_ONCE(p->mm->numa_scan_seq, READ_ONCE(p->mm->numa_scan_seq) + 1);
> > >   	p->mm->numa_scan_offset = 0;
> > >   }
> > >
> > >
> > 
> > Generally, I am for replacing ACCESS_ONCE() with the more descriptive 
> > READ_ONCE() and WRITE_ONCE() except the above case where it makes the 
> > code harder to read without any real advantage.
> > 
> > Other than that,
> > 
> > Acked-by: Waiman Long <Waiman.Long@hp.com>
> > 
> 
> I agree, but I believe this code needs to be updated anyway. Making it
> uglier may encourage that to happen.

Yep, in this case, the ACCESS_ONCE conversion on numa_scan_seq
technically isn't necessary, but I think the best option is to
consistently update all of them, which makes things clearer than using
multiple sets of APIs.

Thanks,
Jason