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From: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
To: Felipe W Damasio <felipewd@terra.com.br>
Cc: Jamie Lokier <jamie@shareable.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kernel/futex.c: Uneeded memory barrier
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 21:39:01 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030914114054.CC7CE2C0A7@lists.samba.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 12 Sep 2003 15:20:17 -0300." <3F620E61.4080604@terra.com.br>

In message <3F620E61.4080604@terra.com.br> you write:
> 	Kills an unneeded set_current_state after schedule_timeout, since it 
> already guarantees that the task will be TASK_RUNNING.

I thought we already got rid of that once: damn thing won't die...

> 	Also, when setting the state to TASK_RUNNING, isn't that memory 
> barrier unneeded? Patch removes this memory barrier too.

I personally *HATE* the set_task_state()/__set_task_state() macros.
Simple assignments shouldn't be hidden behind macros, unless there's
something really subtle involved.

Personally, when there's a normal and a __ version of a function, I
use the normal version unless there's a real (performance or
correctness) reason.  (ie. I prefer the "think less" version 8).

I don't mind either way.  I'll roll it in the next update.

Cheers,
Rusty.
--
  Anyone who quotes me in their sig is an idiot. -- Rusty Russell.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2003-09-14 11:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-09-12 18:20 [PATCH] kernel/futex.c: Uneeded memory barrier Felipe W Damasio
2003-09-12 18:33 ` Felipe W Damasio
2003-09-15  9:39   ` Rusty Russell
2003-09-16 12:05     ` Jamie Lokier
2003-09-13 19:02 ` Jamie Lokier
2003-09-15  1:36   ` Rusty Russell
2003-09-14 11:39 ` Rusty Russell [this message]
2003-09-14 14:08   ` Jamie Lokier
2003-09-15  3:41     ` Rusty Russell
2003-09-15  9:23       ` Russell King
2003-09-15 16:32         ` Rusty Russell

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