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Date:	Thu, 01 Sep 2011 11:02:48 +0800
From:	Shan Hai <haishan.bai@...il.com>
To:	Yong Zhang <yong.zhang0@...il.com>
CC:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, eric.dumazet@...il.com,
	vapier@...too.org, asharma@...com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1 -rt] lib:atomic64 using raw_spin_lock_irq[save|resotre]
 for atomicity

On 09/01/2011 10:37 AM, Yong Zhang wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 01, 2011 at 09:28:00AM +0800, Shan Hai wrote:
>> The spin_lock_irq[save|restore] could break the atomicity of the
>> atomic64_* operations in the PREEMPT-RT configuration, because
>> the spin_lock_irq[save|restore] themselves are preemptable in the
>> PREEMPT-RT, using raw variant of the spin lock could provide the
>> atomicity that atomic64_* need.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Shan Hai<haishan.bai@...il.com>
> I think you could show your panic info also in the header.
>
> And this should be routed to tglx(Cc'ing), and also to
> linux-rt-users.
>

Got it.

comments below:
>> ---
>>   lib/atomic64.c |   40 ++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
>>   1 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/lib/atomic64.c b/lib/atomic64.c
>> index e12ae0d..26f524a 100644
>> --- a/lib/atomic64.c
>> +++ b/lib/atomic64.c
>> @@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ long long atomic64_read(const atomic64_t *v)
>>   	spinlock_t *lock = lock_addr(v);
>>   	long long val;
>>
>> -	spin_lock_irqsave(lock, flags);
>> +	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(lock, flags);
>>   	val = v->counter;
>> -	spin_unlock_irqrestore(lock, flags);
>> +	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(lock, flags);
> I think this is indeed a problem;
> but I don't see you touch the declaration and initialising of the lock,
> why?
>

My fault, should replace the lock type too, thanks for the suggestion.

Best regards
Shan Hai

> Thanks,
> Yong
>
>>   	return val;
>>   }
>>   EXPORT_SYMBOL(atomic64_read);
>> @@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ void atomic64_set(atomic64_t *v, long long i)
>>   	unsigned long flags;
>>   	spinlock_t *lock = lock_addr(v);
>>
>> -	spin_lock_irqsave(lock, flags);
>> +	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(lock, flags);
>>   	v->counter = i;
>> -	spin_unlock_irqrestore(lock, flags);
>> +	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(lock, flags);
>>   }
>>   EXPORT_SYMBOL(atomic64_set);
>>
>> @@ -71,9 +71,9 @@ void atomic64_add(long long a, atomic64_t *v)
>>   	unsigned long flags;
>>   	spinlock_t *lock = lock_addr(v);
>>
>> -	spin_lock_irqsave(lock, flags);
>> +	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(lock, flags);
>>   	v->counter += a;
>> -	spin_unlock_irqrestore(lock, flags);
>> +	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(lock, flags);
>>   }
>>   EXPORT_SYMBOL(atomic64_add);
>>
>> @@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ long long atomic64_add_return(long long a, atomic64_t *v)
>>   	spinlock_t *lock = lock_addr(v);
>>   	long long val;
>>
>> -	spin_lock_irqsave(lock, flags);
>> +	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(lock, flags);
>>   	val = v->counter += a;
>> -	spin_unlock_irqrestore(lock, flags);
>> +	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(lock, flags);
>>   	return val;
>>   }
>>   EXPORT_SYMBOL(atomic64_add_return);
>> @@ -95,9 +95,9 @@ void atomic64_sub(long long a, atomic64_t *v)
>>   	unsigned long flags;
>>   	spinlock_t *lock = lock_addr(v);
>>
>> -	spin_lock_irqsave(lock, flags);
>> +	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(lock, flags);
>>   	v->counter -= a;
>> -	spin_unlock_irqrestore(lock, flags);
>> +	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(lock, flags);
>>   }
>>   EXPORT_SYMBOL(atomic64_sub);
>>
>> @@ -107,9 +107,9 @@ long long atomic64_sub_return(long long a, atomic64_t *v)
>>   	spinlock_t *lock = lock_addr(v);
>>   	long long val;
>>
>> -	spin_lock_irqsave(lock, flags);
>> +	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(lock, flags);
>>   	val = v->counter -= a;
>> -	spin_unlock_irqrestore(lock, flags);
>> +	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(lock, flags);
>>   	return val;
>>   }
>>   EXPORT_SYMBOL(atomic64_sub_return);
>> @@ -120,11 +120,11 @@ long long atomic64_dec_if_positive(atomic64_t *v)
>>   	spinlock_t *lock = lock_addr(v);
>>   	long long val;
>>
>> -	spin_lock_irqsave(lock, flags);
>> +	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(lock, flags);
>>   	val = v->counter - 1;
>>   	if (val>= 0)
>>   		v->counter = val;
>> -	spin_unlock_irqrestore(lock, flags);
>> +	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(lock, flags);
>>   	return val;
>>   }
>>   EXPORT_SYMBOL(atomic64_dec_if_positive);
>> @@ -135,11 +135,11 @@ long long atomic64_cmpxchg(atomic64_t *v, long long o, long long n)
>>   	spinlock_t *lock = lock_addr(v);
>>   	long long val;
>>
>> -	spin_lock_irqsave(lock, flags);
>> +	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(lock, flags);
>>   	val = v->counter;
>>   	if (val == o)
>>   		v->counter = n;
>> -	spin_unlock_irqrestore(lock, flags);
>> +	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(lock, flags);
>>   	return val;
>>   }
>>   EXPORT_SYMBOL(atomic64_cmpxchg);
>> @@ -150,10 +150,10 @@ long long atomic64_xchg(atomic64_t *v, long long new)
>>   	spinlock_t *lock = lock_addr(v);
>>   	long long val;
>>
>> -	spin_lock_irqsave(lock, flags);
>> +	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(lock, flags);
>>   	val = v->counter;
>>   	v->counter = new;
>> -	spin_unlock_irqrestore(lock, flags);
>> +	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(lock, flags);
>>   	return val;
>>   }
>>   EXPORT_SYMBOL(atomic64_xchg);
>> @@ -164,12 +164,12 @@ int atomic64_add_unless(atomic64_t *v, long long a, long long u)
>>   	spinlock_t *lock = lock_addr(v);
>>   	int ret = 0;
>>
>> -	spin_lock_irqsave(lock, flags);
>> +	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(lock, flags);
>>   	if (v->counter != u) {
>>   		v->counter += a;
>>   		ret = 1;
>>   	}
>> -	spin_unlock_irqrestore(lock, flags);
>> +	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(lock, flags);
>>   	return ret;
>>   }
>>   EXPORT_SYMBOL(atomic64_add_unless);
>> -- 
>> 1.7.4.1
>>
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