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Re: [PATCH -v2 14/33] locking,m68k: Implement atomic_fetch_{add,sub,and,or,xor}()

From Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH -v2 14/33] locking,m68k: Implement atomic_fetch_{add,sub,and,or,xor}()
Date 2016-06-16 12:20 +0200
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On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 12:08:27PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:

> >  #ifdef CONFIG_RMW_INSNS
> >
> > +/*
> > + * Am I reading these CAS loops right in that %2 is the old value and the first
> > + * iteration uses an uninitialized value?
> > + *
> > + * Would it not make sense to add: tmp = atomic_read(v); to avoid this?
> > + */
> > +
> >  #define ATOMIC_OP_RETURN(op, c_op, asm_op)                             \
> >  static inline int atomic_##op##_return(int i, atomic_t *v)             \
> >  {                                                                      \
> 
> Do we want the above comment in the code?

I figured it would not hurt; is this indeed the case, do we want to fix
it? I can do a follow up patch clarifying the situation.

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Re: [PATCH -v2 14/33] locking,m68k: Implement atomic_fetch_{add,sub,and,or,xor}() Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> - 2016-06-16 12:10 +0200
  Re: [PATCH -v2 14/33] locking,m68k: Implement  atomic_fetch_{add,sub,and,or,xor}() Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-06-16 12:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH -v2 14/33] locking,m68k: Implement atomic_fetch_{add,sub,and,or,xor}() Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> - 2016-06-16 14:50 +0200
      Re: [PATCH -v2 14/33] locking,m68k: Implement  atomic_fetch_{add,sub,and,or,xor}() Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-06-16 15:00 +0200
        Re: [PATCH -v2 14/33] locking,m68k: Implement atomic_fetch_{add,sub,and,or,xor}() Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> - 2016-06-16 15:00 +0200
          Re: [PATCH -v2 14/33] locking,m68k: Implement atomic_fetch_{add,sub,and,or,xor}() Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> - 2016-06-16 16:40 +0200
            Re: [PATCH -v2 14/33] locking,m68k: Implement  atomic_fetch_{add,sub,and,or,xor}() Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-06-16 17:00 +0200
              Re: [PATCH -v2 14/33] locking,m68k: Implement atomic_fetch_{add,sub,and,or,xor}() Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> - 2016-06-16 17:10 +0200
                Re: [PATCH -v2 14/33] locking,m68k: Implement  atomic_fetch_{add,sub,and,or,xor}() Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-06-16 19:50 +0200
                Re: [PATCH -v2 14/33] locking,m68k: Implement atomic_fetch_{add,sub,and,or,xor}() Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> - 2016-06-16 21:20 +0200
                Re: [PATCH -v2 14/33] locking,m68k: Implement atomic_fetch_{add,sub,and,or,xor}() Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> - 2016-06-16 22:00 +0200
          Re: [PATCH -v2 14/33] locking,m68k: Implement  atomic_fetch_{add,sub,and,or,xor}() Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-06-16 16:40 +0200
      Re: [PATCH -v2 14/33] locking,m68k: Implement  atomic_fetch_{add,sub,and,or,xor}() Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-06-17 17:50 +0200
        Re: [PATCH -v2 14/33] locking,m68k: Implement atomic_fetch_{add,sub,and,or,xor}() Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> - 2016-06-20 19:50 +0200
          Re: [PATCH -v2 14/33] locking,m68k: Implement  atomic_fetch_{add,sub,and,or,xor}() Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-06-21 06:40 +0200

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