linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 2/4] riscv: cmpxchg.h: Merge macros

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Date:   Sat, 27 Mar 2021 22:25:12 +0100
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     Guo Ren <guoren@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-riscv <linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-csky@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
        Guo Ren <guoren@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Michael Clark <michaeljclark@....com>,
        Anup Patel <anup@...infault.org>,
        Palmer Dabbelt <palmerdabbelt@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/4] riscv: cmpxchg.h: Merge macros

On Sat, Mar 27, 2021 at 7:06 PM <guoren@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> From: Guo Ren <guoren@...ux.alibaba.com>
>
> To reduce assembly codes, let's merge duplicate codes into one
> (xchg_acquire, xchg_release, cmpxchg_release).
>
> Signed-off-by: Guo Ren <guoren@...ux.alibaba.com>

This is a nice cleanup, but I wonder if you can go even further by using
the definitions from atomic-arch-fallback.h like arm64 and x86 do.

        Arnd