linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -rt 4/5] use migrate_disable for __local

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Message-ID: <20070714183557.GG6975@Krystal>
Date:	Sat, 14 Jul 2007 14:35:57 -0400
From:	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -rt 4/5] use migrate_disable for __local_begin

* Peter Zijlstra (a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl) wrote:
> On Sat, 2007-07-14 at 13:16 -0400, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> > * Peter Zijlstra (a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl) wrote:
> > > Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
> > > ---
> > >  include/asm-i386/local.h   |    7 ++++---
> > >  include/asm-x86_64/local.h |    7 ++++---
> > >  2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > Index: linux-2.6/include/asm-i386/local.h
> > > ===================================================================
> > > --- linux-2.6.orig/include/asm-i386/local.h
> > > +++ linux-2.6/include/asm-i386/local.h
> > > @@ -197,11 +197,12 @@ static __inline__ long local_sub_return(
> > >  #define __local_begin(__flags)					\
> > >  {								\
> > >  	(__flags) = 0;						\
> > > -	preempt_disable();					\
> > > +	migrate_disable();					\
> > 
> > Brrrr. That's wrong. Your non atomic __local*() updates only makes sense
> > when preempt_disable/enable() protects them from concurrent threads on
> > the same CPU, which is not the case of migrate_disable/enable(). This is
> > why I suggest that you use local_begin/end() mapped to
> > migrate_disable/enable() for normal local variables, and, if you really
> > want a __local_begin/end(), then it should be mapped to
> > preempt_disable/enable() and should state that it provides no protection
> > against interrupts.
> 
> Sure, but on -rt it does suffice, this part of the patch is rather WIP.
> 
> 

Hrm, how can it suffice, I wonder ? migrate_disable() does not protect
against other threads on the same CPU, so you could suffer from
concurrent updates to the same variables. How is it different in -rt ?

-- 
Mathieu Desnoyers
Computer Engineering Ph.D. Student, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal
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