linux-kernel - [tip:locking/core] locking/atomic: Use s64 for atomic64

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Message-ID: <tip-3724921396dd1a07c93e3516b8d7c9ff570d17a9@git.kernel.org>
Date:   Mon, 3 Jun 2019 06:44:44 -0700
From:   tip-bot for Mark Rutland <tipbot@...or.com>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     tglx@...utronix.de, mark.rutland@....com, hpa@...or.com,
        torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        peterz@...radead.org, mingo@...nel.org, will.deacon@....com
Subject: [tip:locking/core] locking/atomic: Use s64 for atomic64_t on 64-bit

Commit-ID:  3724921396dd1a07c93e3516b8d7c9ff570d17a9
Gitweb:     https://git.kernel.org/tip/3724921396dd1a07c93e3516b8d7c9ff570d17a9
Author:     Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
AuthorDate: Wed, 22 May 2019 14:22:48 +0100
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitDate: Mon, 3 Jun 2019 12:32:57 +0200

locking/atomic: Use s64 for atomic64_t on 64-bit

Now that all architectures use 64 consistently as the base type for the
atomic64 API, let's have the CONFIG_64BIT definition of atomic64_t use
s64 as the underlying type for atomic64_t, rather than long, matching
the generated headers.

On architectures where atomic64_read(v) is READ_ONCE(v->counter), this
patch will cause the return type of atomic64_read() to be s64.

As of this patch, the atomic64 API can be relied upon to consistently
return s64 where a value rather than boolean condition is returned. This
should make code more robust, and simpler, allowing for the removal of
casts previously required to ensure consistent types.

Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
Cc: aou@...s.berkeley.edu
Cc: arnd@...db.de
Cc: bp@...en8.de
Cc: catalin.marinas@....com
Cc: davem@...emloft.net
Cc: fenghua.yu@...el.com
Cc: heiko.carstens@...ibm.com
Cc: herbert@...dor.apana.org.au
Cc: ink@...assic.park.msu.ru
Cc: jhogan@...nel.org
Cc: linux@...linux.org.uk
Cc: mattst88@...il.com
Cc: mpe@...erman.id.au
Cc: palmer@...ive.com
Cc: paul.burton@...s.com
Cc: paulus@...ba.org
Cc: ralf@...ux-mips.org
Cc: rth@...ddle.net
Cc: tony.luck@...el.com
Cc: vgupta@...opsys.com
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190522132250.26499-17-mark.rutland@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 include/linux/types.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/types.h b/include/linux/types.h
index 231114ae38f4..05030f608be3 100644
--- a/include/linux/types.h
+++ b/include/linux/types.h
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ typedef struct {
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
 typedef struct {
-	long counter;
+	s64 counter;
 } atomic64_t;
 #endif