linux-kernel - Re: [gcv v3 27/35] arm: Replace __get_cpu

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Date:	Thu, 5 Sep 2013 18:28:10 +0100
From:	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
To:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
Cc:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	"akpm@...uxfoundation.org" <akpm@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Catalin Marinas <Catalin.Marinas@....com>,
	"linux-arch@...r.kernel.org" <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <srostedt@...hat.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [gcv v3 27/35] arm: Replace __get_cpu_var uses

On Thu, Sep 05, 2013 at 03:24:25PM +0100, Christoph Lameter wrote:
> On Thu, 5 Sep 2013, Will Deacon wrote:
> 
> > >
> > >  	if (el == DBG_ACTIVE_EL1 &&
> > > -	    local_dec_and_test(this_cpu_ptr(&kde_ref_count)))
> > > +	    this_cpu_dec_return(kde_ref_count))
> > >  		disable &= ~DBG_MDSCR_KDE;
> >
> > Almost! I think we just need an '== 0' check on the result from the
> > decrement, since local_dec_and_test is simply a way to check that we've
> > decremented to zero, so this patch would otherwise invert the meaning.
> 
> Ok can you take it from here and modify it? I have no build and test
> environment set up for ARM.

Sure. Does that include the original arm/arm64 patches from your v3 series
as well as these two fixups?

Will
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