linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v7 1/7] Restartable sequences system call

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Date:	Wed, 10 Aug 2016 09:50:44 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-api <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>,
	Paul Turner <pjt@...gle.com>, Andrew Hunter <ahh@...gle.com>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Dave Watson <davejwatson@...com>, Chris Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
	Ben Maurer <bmaurer@...com>, rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
	Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@...il.com>,
	Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v7 1/7] Restartable sequences system call

On Tue, Aug 09, 2016 at 10:41:47PM +0000, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> #ifdef __LP64__
> 
> static bool rseq_update_cpu_id_event_counter(struct task_struct *t)
> {
>         union rseq_cpu_event u;
> 
>         u.e.cpu_id = raw_smp_processor_id();
>         u.e.event_counter = ++t->rseq_event_counter;
>         if (__put_user(u.v, &t->rseq->u.v))
>                 return false;
>         trace_rseq_inc(t->rseq_event_counter);
>         return true;
> }
> 
> #else /* #ifdef __LP64__ */
> 
> static bool rseq_update_cpu_id_event_counter(struct task_struct *t)
> {
>         if (__put_user(raw_smp_processor_id(), &t->rseq->u.e.cpu_id))
>                 return false;
>         if (__put_user(++t->rseq_event_counter, &t->rseq->u.e.event_counter))
>                 return false;
>         trace_rseq_inc(t->rseq_event_counter);
>         return true;
> }
> 
> #endif /* #else #ifdef __LP64__ */

I don't think you need to guard it (and CONFIG_64BIT is the 'right'
kernel symbol for that), 32bit should have u64 __put_user() only
implemented as 2 u32 stores.