linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/3] atomic: generalize atomic_add_unless

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Date:	Tue,  7 Jun 2011 17:07:19 -0700
From:	Arun Sharma <asharma@...com>
To:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Arun Sharma <asharma@...com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] atomic: generalize atomic_add_unless_return

commit 686a7e3 added atomic_add_unless_return() in net/ipv4
to have a quick solution for the stable branch.

Move the primitive to <linux/atomic.h>.

Signed-off-by: Arun Sharma <asharma@...com>
Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Cc: Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@...il.com>
LKML-Reference: <20110531105019.GF24172@...e.hu>
---
 include/linux/atomic.h |   15 +++++++++++++++
 net/ipv4/inetpeer.c    |   17 ++---------------
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/atomic.h b/include/linux/atomic.h
index fc31190..3489d9c 100644
--- a/include/linux/atomic.h
+++ b/include/linux/atomic.h
@@ -17,6 +17,21 @@ static inline int atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
 }
 
 /**
+ * atomic_add_unless_return - add unless the number is already a given value
+ * @v: pointer of type atomic_t
+ * @a: the amount to add to v...
+ * @u: ...unless v is equal to u.
+ *
+ * Atomically adds @a to @v, so long as @v was not already @u.
+ * Returns the desired new value of @v (old value of @v + @a)
+ * (Note: return value of @u + @a indicates that the add failed)
+ */
+static inline int atomic_add_unless_return(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
+{
+	return __atomic_add_unless(v, a, u) + a;
+}
+
+/**
  * atomic_inc_not_zero - increment unless the number is zero
  * @v: pointer of type atomic_t
  *
diff --git a/net/ipv4/inetpeer.c b/net/ipv4/inetpeer.c
index ce616d9..d4190ae 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/inetpeer.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/inetpeer.c
@@ -203,20 +203,6 @@ static int addr_compare(const struct inetpeer_addr *a,
 	u;							\
 })
 
-static bool atomic_add_unless_return(atomic_t *ptr, int a, int u, int *newv)
-{
-	int cur, old = atomic_read(ptr);
-
-	while (old != u) {
-		*newv = old + a;
-		cur = atomic_cmpxchg(ptr, old, *newv);
-		if (cur == old)
-			return true;
-		old = cur;
-	}
-	return false;
-}
-
 /*
  * Called with rcu_read_lock()
  * Because we hold no lock against a writer, its quite possible we fall
@@ -239,7 +225,8 @@ static struct inet_peer *lookup_rcu(const struct inetpeer_addr *daddr,
 			 * distinction between an unused entry (refcnt=0) and
 			 * a freed one.
 			 */
-			if (!atomic_add_unless_return(&u->refcnt, 1, -1, newrefcnt))
+			*newrefcnt = atomic_add_unless_return(&u->refcnt, 1, -1);
+			if (*newrefcnt == 0)
 				u = NULL;
 			return u;
 		}
-- 
1.7.4

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