linux-kernel - Re: [cpuops cmpxchg double V2 1/4] Generic support for this_cpu_cmpxchg

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Date:	Fri, 21 Jan 2011 12:42:36 -0500
From:	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
To:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
Cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [cpuops cmpxchg double V2 1/4] Generic support for
	this_cpu_cmpxchg_double

* Christoph Lameter (cl@...ux.com) wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Jan 2011, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> 
> > We could do cmpxchg with a structure... the problem with a lon int type is that Cristoph ran into bugs with __int128 on 64 bits.
> 
> We also would need to be pass the structure by value (well its really a
> variable but its like passing by value) in order to be similar to the
> other this_cpu_ops
> 
> You'd want either
> 
> DEFINE_PERCPU(struct mycustomdoublestruct, percpu_dd)
> 
> this_cpu_cmpxchg_double(percpu_dd, oldword1, oldword2, newword1, newword2)
> 
> with the problem of type checking

What is the problem with type checking here ?

We could use a gcc builtin like the following to check if the alignment of
"percpu_dd" meets the double-cas requirements:

#define testmacro(a, b) \
        __builtin_choose_expr(__alignof__(a) >= 2 * sizeof(unsigned long), \
                              ((a).low) = (b), \    /* success */
                              ((a).low) = (void) 0) /* compile-error */

> or
> 
> this_cpu_cmpxchg_double(percpu_dd, old_dd, new_dd)
> 
> with the problem of 128 bit constants/structs passed by value.

Yeah, I guess trying to deal with 128-bit value might be a bit tricky. But
having something sane and with compile-time-checked alignment for the percpu_dd
type is not to be looked over.

Thanks,

Mathieu

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Mathieu Desnoyers
Operating System Efficiency R&D Consultant
EfficiOS Inc.
http://www.efficios.com
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