linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] RCU changes for v3.4

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Date:	Fri, 23 Mar 2012 19:00:28 -0700
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] RCU changes for v3.4

On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 6:47 PM, Paul E. McKenney
<paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
>
> This is what I get on a 32-bit build, according to objdump:
>
>        24e3:       64 ff 05 00 00 00 00    incl   %fs:0x0

You do? I'm surprised:

> +static inline void __rcu_read_lock(void)
> +{
> +       __raw_get_cpu_var(rcu_read_lock_nesting)++;
> +       barrier(); /* Keep code within RCU read-side critical section. */
> +}

This looks wrong.

It should use "this_cpu_inc(rcu_read_lock_nesting)", I don't even see
how you get gcc to generate that "inc %fs:" without it.

In general, I don't think you should ever use the __raw_get_cpu_var() things.

                      Linus
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