From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mingo@kernel.org,
torvalds@linux-foundation.org, mark.rutland@arm.com,
linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, will.deacon@arm.com,
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
Alexander Kuleshov <kuleshovmail@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu 12/15] lib/assoc_array: Remove smp_read_barrier_depends()
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2017 09:05:23 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20171010160523.GH3521@linux.vnet.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20171010155451.wv2dfirmra5aeake@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net>
On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 05:54:51PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 08:50:42AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > + /* We need a barrier between the read of the pointer,
> > + * which is supplied by the above READ_ONCE().
> > */
>
> > /* We need a barrier between the read of the pointer
> > * and dereferencing the pointer - but only if we are
> > * actually going to dereference it.
> > */
>
> Could you also fix those "disgusting drug-induced crap" comment styles
> while you're there anyway?
>
> http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1607.1/00627.html
If Dave is OK with it, I will do so on my next pass.
Thanx, Paul
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-10-10 16:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 61+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-10-10 0:19 [PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu 0/15] Remove to-be-unneeded smp_read_barrier_depends() Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-10 0:22 ` [PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu 01/15] doc: READ_ONCE() now implies smp_barrier_depends() Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-10 0:22 ` [PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu 02/15] mn10300: READ_ONCE() now implies smp_read_barrier_depends() Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-10 0:22 ` [PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu 03/15] drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed: Fix __qed_spq_block() ordering Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-10 0:22 ` [PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu 04/15] fs/dcache: Use release-acquire for name/length update Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-10 0:22 ` [PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu 05/15] percpu: READ_ONCE() now implies smp_read_barrier_depends() Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-10 14:08 ` Tejun Heo
2017-10-10 15:30 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-10 15:49 ` Tejun Heo
2017-10-10 0:22 ` [PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu 06/15] rcu: Adjust read-side accessor comments for READ_ONCE() Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-10 0:22 ` [PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu 07/15] rtnetlink: Update now-misleading smp_read_barrier_depends() comment Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-10 0:22 ` [PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu 08/15] seqlock: Remove now-redundant smp_read_barrier_depends() Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-10 0:22 ` [PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu 09/15] uprobes: " Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-10 0:22 ` [PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu 10/15] locking: Remove smp_read_barrier_depends() from queued_spin_lock_slowpath() Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-10 0:22 ` [PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu 11/15] tracepoint: Remove smp_read_barrier_depends() from comment Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-10 0:31 ` Steven Rostedt
2017-10-10 1:12 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2017-10-10 15:32 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-10 0:22 ` [PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu 12/15] lib/assoc_array: Remove smp_read_barrier_depends() Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-10 8:39 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-10-10 9:36 ` David Howells
2017-10-10 0:22 ` [PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu 13/15] mm/ksm: Remove now-redundant smp_read_barrier_depends() Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-10 0:22 ` [PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu 14/15] netfilter: " Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-10 8:43 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-10-10 15:56 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-10 0:22 ` [PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu 15/15] keyring: " Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-10 9:35 ` [PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu 12/15] lib/assoc_array: Remove smp_read_barrier_depends() David Howells
2017-10-10 15:50 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-10 15:54 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-10-10 16:05 ` Paul E. McKenney [this message]
2017-10-11 12:19 ` David Howells
2017-10-11 12:22 ` Will Deacon
2017-10-11 12:54 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-11 14:18 ` Will Deacon
2017-10-11 14:50 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-11 12:58 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-11 15:17 ` David Howells
2017-10-11 15:59 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-11 16:12 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-10-11 16:24 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-10-11 16:47 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-11 16:54 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-10-11 17:06 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-11 17:11 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-10-11 17:34 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-11 18:43 ` Dmitry Vyukov
2017-10-11 18:56 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-10-11 19:28 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-11 19:59 ` Dmitry Vyukov
2017-10-11 17:14 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-11 17:19 ` Mark Rutland
2017-10-11 16:50 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-11 16:07 ` David Howells
2017-10-11 16:17 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-10-11 16:19 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-11 15:28 ` David Howells
2017-10-11 16:02 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-10 9:59 ` David Howells
2017-10-10 15:52 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-11 12:21 ` [PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu 0/15] Remove to-be-unneeded smp_read_barrier_depends() David Howells
2017-10-11 12:56 ` Paul E. McKenney
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