Re: Fix unlock_buffer() to work the same way as bit_unlock()

[Zoltan Menyhart <Zoltan.Menyhart@free.fr>]

Chen, Kenneth W wrote:
> Nick Piggin wrote on Tuesday, March 28, 2006 12:11 AM
> 
>>Also, I think there is still the issue of ia64 not having the
>>correct memory consistency semantics. To start with, all the bitops
>>and atomic ops which both modify their operand and return a value
>>should be full memory barriers before and after the operation,
>>according to Documentation/atomic_ops.txt.
>
> I suppose the usage of atomic ops is abused, it is used in both lock
> and unlock path.  And it naturally suck because it now requires full
> memory barrier.  A better way is to define 3 variants: one for lock
> path, one for unlock path, and one with full memory fence.

I agree. As I wrote a few days ago:

Why not to use separate bit operations for different purposes?

- e.g. "test_and_set_bit_N_acquire()" for lock acquisition
- "test_and_set_bit()", "clear_bit()" as they are today
- "release_N_clear_bit()"...

Thanks,

Zoltan