linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/7] atomic: Export fetch

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Date:	Fri, 13 Nov 2015 15:22:03 +0100
From:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
To:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...hip.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@...hat.com>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/7] atomic: Export fetch_or()

Export fetch_or() that's implemented and used internally by the
scheduler. We are going to use it for NO_HZ so make it generally
available.

Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
Cc: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...hip.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc: Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@...hat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
---
 include/linux/atomic.h | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 kernel/sched/core.c    | 14 --------------
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/atomic.h b/include/linux/atomic.h
index 00a5763..c3b99f8 100644
--- a/include/linux/atomic.h
+++ b/include/linux/atomic.h
@@ -451,6 +451,24 @@ static inline int atomic_dec_if_positive(atomic_t *v)
 }
 #endif
 
+/**
+ * fetch_or - perform *ptr |= mask and return old value of *ptr
+ * @ptr: pointer to value
+ * @mask: mask to OR on the value
+ *
+ * cmpxchg based fetch_or, macro so it works for different integer types
+ */
+#define fetch_or(ptr, mask)						\
+({	typeof(*(ptr)) __old, __val = *(ptr);				\
+	for (;;) {							\
+		__old = cmpxchg((ptr), __val, __val | (mask));		\
+		if (__old == __val)					\
+			break;						\
+		__val = __old;						\
+	}								\
+	__old;								\
+})
+
 #include <asm-generic/atomic-long.h>
 #ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_ATOMIC64
 #include <asm-generic/atomic64.h>
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 10a8faa..63d22bd 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -453,20 +453,6 @@ static inline void init_hrtick(void)
 }
 #endif	/* CONFIG_SCHED_HRTICK */
 
-/*
- * cmpxchg based fetch_or, macro so it works for different integer types
- */
-#define fetch_or(ptr, val)						\
-({	typeof(*(ptr)) __old, __val = *(ptr);				\
- 	for (;;) {							\
- 		__old = cmpxchg((ptr), __val, __val | (val));		\
- 		if (__old == __val)					\
- 			break;						\
- 		__val = __old;						\
- 	}								\
- 	__old;								\
-})
-
 #if defined(CONFIG_SMP) && defined(TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG)
 /*
  * Atomically set TIF_NEED_RESCHED and test for TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG,
-- 
2.5.3

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