linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] change non-atomic bitops method

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Date:	Tue, 3 Feb 2015 20:10:38 +0100
From:	Uwe Kleine-König 
	<u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
To:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:	"'linux-arch@...r.kernel.org'" <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
	"'linux@....linux.org.uk'" <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	"Wang, Yalin" <Yalin.Wang@...ymobile.com>,
	"'arnd@...db.de'" <arnd@...db.de>,
	"'linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org'" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"'linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org'" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC] change non-atomic bitops method

Hello,

[added some more context again]

On Tue, Feb 03, 2015 at 03:14:43PM +0000, David Howells wrote:
> > > -     *p  |= mask;
> > > +     if ((*p & mask) == 0)
> > > +             *p  |= mask;
> > Care to fix the double space here while touching the code?
> > 
> > I think the more natural check here is:
> > 
> >         if ((~*p & mask) != 0)
> >                 *p |= mask;
> >
> > Might be a matter of taste, but this check is equivalent to
> > 
> > 	*p != (*p | mask)
> > 
> > which is what you really want to test for.
> I would argue that this is less clear as to what's going on.
OK, I admit that this equivalence is not obvious. Then maybe let the
compiler find the equivalence and do:

-	*p  |= mask;
+	if (*p != (*p | mask))
+		p |= mask;

?

Best regards
Uwe

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