Re: [PATCH] irq_enter/irq_exit consolidation

[Russell King <rmk+lkml@arm.linux.org.uk>]

On Sun, Sep 12, 2004 at 03:57:20PM -0700, David S. Miller wrote:
> On Sun, 12 Sep 2004 12:44:48 +0100
> Russell King <rmk+lkml@arm.linux.org.uk> wrote:
> 
> > This guarantee must also exist on every other architecture, otherwise:
> > 
> > > ===== include/linux/hardirq.h 1.1 vs edited =====
> > > --- 1.1/include/linux/hardirq.h	2004-09-08 08:32:57 +02:00
> > > +++ edited/include/linux/hardirq.h	2004-09-11 21:26:28 +02:00
> > > +#define irq_exit()						\
> > > +do {								\
> > > +	preempt_count() -= IRQ_EXIT_OFFSET;			\
> > 
> > would be buggy - it's an inherently non-atomic operation.
> 
> It works out actually, if we take an interrupt in the middle
> of the operation, that's fine because the preemption count
> will be precisely the same as we first read it by the time
> we return from that interrupt, work out some example cases
> as I think that makes it easier to understand.

I realise that, and it's precisely why I wrote the sentence following
the one you quoted above.

However, ARM ain't buggy whatever.

-- 
Russell King
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