linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 05/10] percpu: Wire up cmpxchg128

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Message-ID: <Y+DjULnIxcPU/rtp@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:   Mon, 6 Feb 2023 12:24:00 +0100
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 05/10] percpu: Wire up cmpxchg128

On Fri, Feb 03, 2023 at 06:25:04PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 2, 2023, at 15:50, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > In order to replace cmpxchg_double() with the newly minted
> > cmpxchg128() family of functions, wire it up in this_cpu_cmpxchg().
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
> 
> I commented on this in the previous version but never got any
> reply from you:
> 
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/1d88ba9f-5541-4b67-9cc8-a361eef36547@app.fastmail.com/

Sorry, seem to have missed that :/

> Unless I have misunderstood what you are doing, my concerns are
> still the same:
> 
> >  #define this_cpu_cmpxchg(pcp, oval, nval) \
> > -	__pcpu_size_call_return2(this_cpu_cmpxchg_, pcp, oval, nval)
> > +	__pcpu_size16_call_return2(this_cpu_cmpxchg_, pcp, oval, nval)
> >  #define this_cpu_cmpxchg_double(pcp1, pcp2, oval1, oval2, nval1, 
> > nval2) \
> >  	__pcpu_double_call_return_bool(this_cpu_cmpxchg_double_, pcp1, pcp2, 
> > oval1, oval2, nval1, nval2)
> 
> Having a variable-length this_cpu_cmpxchg() that turns into cmpxchg128()
> and cmpxchg64() even on CPUs where this traps (!X86_FEATURE_CX16) seems
> like a bad design to me.
> 
> I would much prefer fixed-length this_cpu_cmpxchg64()/this_cpu_cmpxchg128()
> calls that never trap but fall back to the generic version on CPUs that
> are lacking the atomics.

You're thinking acidental usage etc..? Lemme see what I can do.