linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] lib/test_bitops: Do the full test during module init

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Date:   Mon, 6 Jul 2020 13:41:14 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@...il.com>,
        Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] lib/test_bitops: Do the full test during module init

Hi Andy,

On Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 1:34 PM Andy Shevchenko
<andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 06, 2020 at 01:29:00PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > Currently, the bitops test consists of two parts: one part is executed
> > during module load, the second part during module unload. This is
> > cumbersome for the user, as he has to perform two steps to execute all
> > tests, and is different from most (all?) other tests.
> >
> > Merge the two parts, so both are executed during module load.
>
> I think it's right way to go, sorry, I didn't notice this during module
> submission.
>
> Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>

Thanks!

> One question though, is compiler barrier enough to prevent potential ordering issues?

I think so, that's why I used barrier().
You may still be subject to CPU instruction reordering, though :-)

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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