linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86/msr: add on cpu read/modify/write function

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Message-ID: <20160112171426.20062fa8@yairi>
Date:	Tue, 12 Jan 2016 17:14:26 -0800
From:	Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux PM <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
	Rafael Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	X86 Kernel <x86@...nel.org>,
	Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	jacob.jun.pan@...ux.intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86/msr: add on cpu read/modify/write function

On Sun, 20 Dec 2015 14:28:48 +0100 (CET)
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> wrote:

> So this is a copy of the above !SMP inline. What's wrong with
> providing:
> 
>  int rmwmsrl_safe(msr_no, clear_mask, set_mask)
> 
> in x86/lib/msr.c and make the !SMP variant of rdmsrl_safe_on_cpu()
> and that variant for the SMP case a simple wrapper around it?
> 
> static void remote_rmwmsrl_safe(void *info)
> {
> 	struct msr_action *ma = info;
> 
> 	return rmwmsrl_safe(ma->msr, ma->clear_mask, ma->set_mask);
> }
> 
> No gotos, no pointless code duplication. Just simple.
much better, just sent new code in v2. Sorry for the delay.

Thanks