Re: [PATCH 0/3] nohz: Convert tick dependency mask to atomic_t

[Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>]

* Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> wrote:

> As per Linus suggestion, lets convert the tick dependency mask to
> atomic_t. Introduce atomic_fetch_or() and confine fetch_or() back to
> scheduler guts.
> 
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/frederic/linux-dynticks.git
> 	timers/nohz
> 
> HEAD: 7b7e5da5733f58668181077ec394a718e08c392c
> 
> Thanks,
> 	Frederic
> ---
> 
> Frederic Weisbecker (3):
>       atomic: Introduce atomic_fetch_or
>       nohz: Convert tick dependency mask to atomic_t
>       Revert "atomic: Export fetch_or()"
> 
> 
>  include/linux/atomic.h   | 34 +++++++++++++--------------
>  include/linux/sched.h    |  4 ++--
>  kernel/sched/core.c      | 18 ++++++++++++++
>  kernel/time/tick-sched.c | 61 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------
>  kernel/time/tick-sched.h |  2 +-
>  5 files changed, 68 insertions(+), 51 deletions(-)

Could you please also convert the sched/core.c usage, so that we can get rid of 
the private fetch_or() definition? Please also double check that it does not 
result in worse code generation.

Thanks,

	Ingo