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| From | Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/4] sched: Document Program-Order guarantees |
| Date | 2015-11-02 23:20 +0100 |
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On Mon, Nov 02, 2015 at 02:09:20PM -0800, Paul Turner wrote: > If we went this route, we could do something like: > > + * So in this case the scheduler does not provide an obvious full barrier; but > + * the smp_store_release() in finish_lock_switch(), paired with the control-dep > + * and smp_rmb() in try_to_wake_up() form a release-acquire pair and fully > + * order things between CPU0 and CPU1. > > Instead of having this, which is complete, but hard to synchronize > with the points at which it actually matters. Just use acquire and > release above, then at the actual site, e.g. in try_to_wake_up() > document how we deliver the acquire required by the higher level > documentation/requirements. Right, which was most of the point of trying to introduce smp_cond_acquire(), abstract out the tricky cond-dep and rmb trickery so we can indeed talk about release+acquire like normal people ;-) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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[PATCH 0/4] scheduler ordering bits Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-11-02 15:00 +0100
[PATCH 2/4] sched: Document Program-Order guarantees Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-11-02 15:00 +0100
Re: [PATCH 2/4] sched: Document Program-Order guarantees Paul Turner <pjt@google.com> - 2015-11-02 21:30 +0100
Re: [PATCH 2/4] sched: Document Program-Order guarantees Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-11-02 21:40 +0100
Re: [PATCH 2/4] sched: Document Program-Order guarantees Paul Turner <pjt@google.com> - 2015-11-02 23:10 +0100
Re: [PATCH 2/4] sched: Document Program-Order guarantees Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-11-02 23:20 +0100
[PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-11-02 15:00 +0100
Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-11-02 15:00 +0100
Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> - 2015-11-02 18:50 +0100
Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2015-11-03 02:20 +0100
Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2015-11-03 02:30 +0100
Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> - 2015-11-02 18:50 +0100
Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2015-11-02 19:10 +0100
Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> - 2015-11-02 19:40 +0100
Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2015-11-02 20:20 +0100
Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> - 2015-11-02 21:00 +0100
Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-11-02 21:30 +0100
Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-11-02 23:00 +0100
Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2015-11-03 03:00 +0100
Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2015-11-03 20:50 +0100
Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2015-11-04 05:00 +0100
Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2015-11-04 05:50 +0100
Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2015-11-04 14:10 +0100
Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2015-11-02 21:40 +0100
Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-11-02 21:50 +0100
Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2015-11-02 22:20 +0100
Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> - 2015-11-03 18:10 +0100
Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-11-03 19:30 +0100
Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> - 2015-11-11 10:50 +0100
Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> - 2015-11-11 11:40 +0100
Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> - 2015-11-11 20:00 +0100
Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2015-11-12 15:00 +0100
Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-11-11 13:20 +0100
Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> - 2015-11-11 19:50 +0100
Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2015-11-11 22:30 +0100
Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> - 2015-11-12 08:20 +0100
Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-11-12 11:30 +0100
Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> - 2015-11-12 15:10 +0100
Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> - 2015-11-12 15:50 +0100
Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2015-11-12 16:50 +0100
Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> - 2015-11-12 23:00 +0100
Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2015-11-12 15:50 +0100
Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-11-12 16:00 +0100
Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2015-11-12 16:10 +0100
Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-11-12 16:10 +0100
Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2015-11-12 16:30 +0100
Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> - 2015-11-12 22:30 +0100
Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> - 2015-11-12 16:20 +0100
Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> - 2015-11-12 18:50 +0100
Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-11-12 19:10 +0100
Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> - 2015-11-12 19:40 +0100
Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2015-11-12 20:00 +0100
Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> - 2015-11-12 22:40 +0100
Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2015-11-13 00:50 +0100
Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2015-11-12 19:30 +0100
Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire() Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> - 2015-11-12 23:10 +0100
[PATCH 1/4] sched: Better document the try_to_wake_up() barriers Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-11-02 15:00 +0100
[PATCH 3/4] sched: Fix a race in try_to_wake_up() vs schedule() Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-11-02 15:00 +0100
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