linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] lib: percpu counter add unless less than functionality

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Tue, 30 Nov 2010 15:30:01 +1100
From:	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Cc:	xfs@....sgi.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] lib: percpu counter add unless less than
 functionality

On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 01:08:50PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-11-29 at 11:36 +1100, Dave Chinner wrote:
> > +int percpu_counter_add_unless_lt(struct percpu_counter *fbc, s64 amount,
> > +                                                       s64 threshold);
> 
> It might make sense to implement that as;
> 
>   __percpu_counter_add_unless_lt(struct percpu_counter *fbc,
> 				 s64 amount,
> 				 s64 threshold,
> 				 s32 batch);
> 
> That way its consistent with the __percpu_counter_add() implementation
> where you can also specify the batch value.

Good point. I'll fix that up.

Cheers,

Dave.
-- 
Dave Chinner
david@...morbit.com
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/