linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 1/2] debug: Convert dbg_slave

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Date:   Fri, 22 May 2020 18:26:47 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@...aro.org>
Cc:     sumit.garg@...aro.org, jason.wessel@...driver.com,
        dianders@...omium.org, kgdb-bugreport@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, patches@...aro.org, pmladek@...e.com,
        sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/2] debug: Convert dbg_slave_lock to an atomic

On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 03:55:09PM +0100, Daniel Thompson wrote:

> +static atomic_t			slaves_must_spin;

> +			if (!atomic_read(&slaves_must_spin))

> +		atomic_set(&slaves_must_spin, 1);

> +		atomic_set(&slaves_must_spin, 0);

There is no atomic operation there; this is pointless use of atomic_t.