linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently across all architectures

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Message-ID: <46C47927.8050703@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Date:	Thu, 16 Aug 2007 18:19:51 +0200
From:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
To:	Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi>
CC:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
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	Satyam Sharma <satyam@...radead.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently across all
 architectures

Ilpo Järvinen wrote:
> I looked around a bit by using some command lines and ended up wondering 
> if these are equal to busy-wait case (and should be fixed) or not:
> 
> ./drivers/telephony/ixj.c
> 6674:   while (atomic_read(&j->DSPWrite) > 0)
> 6675-           atomic_dec(&j->DSPWrite);
> 
> ...besides that, there are couple of more similar cases in the same file 
> (with braces)...

Generally, ixj.c has several occurrences of couples of atomic write and
atomic read which potentially do not do what the author wanted.
-- 
Stefan Richter
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