linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Fix race with shared tag queue maps

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Date:	Thu, 13 Sep 2007 08:16:52 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	orgis@...ld.uni-potsdam.de, arekm@...en.pl, ed.lin@...mise.com,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	James.Bottomley@...elEye.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix race with shared tag queue maps



On Thu, 13 Sep 2007, Jens Axboe wrote:
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Ensure ordering with tag section
> +	 */
> +	smp_mb__before_clear_bit();
> +
> +	if (unlikely(!test_and_clear_bit(tag, bqt->tag_map))) {

You don't need the "smp_mb__before_clear_bit()" there.

The regular "clear_bit()" needs it, but the "test_and_xxx()" versions are 
architecturally defined to be memory barriers, exactly because they are 
regularly used for locking.

This is even documented - see Documentation/atomic_ops.txt.

		Linus
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