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Message-ID: <17f40b7c-f98d-789d-fa19-12ec077b756a@intel.com>
Date:   Thu, 23 Feb 2023 22:24:19 +0100
From:   Andrzej Hajda <andrzej.hajda@...el.com>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:     Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>, linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-sh@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
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        Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>,
        linux-xtensa@...ux-xtensa.org, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org,
        openrisc@...ts.librecores.org, loongarch@...ts.linux.dev,
        Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@...el.com>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
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        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [Intel-gfx] [PATCH v5 0/7] Introduce __xchg, non-atomic xchg

On 22.02.2023 18:04, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 18, 2023 at 04:35:22PM +0100, Andrzej Hajda wrote:
> 
>> Andrzej Hajda (7):
>>    arch: rename all internal names __xchg to __arch_xchg
>>    linux/include: add non-atomic version of xchg
>>    arch/*/uprobes: simplify arch_uretprobe_hijack_return_addr
>>    llist: simplify __llist_del_all
>>    io_uring: use __xchg if possible
>>    qed: use __xchg if possible
>>    drm/i915/gt: use __xchg instead of internal helper
> 
> Nothing crazy in here I suppose, I somewhat wonder why you went through
> the trouble, but meh.

If you are asking why I have proposed this patchset, then the answer is 
simple, 1st I've tried to find a way to move internal i915 helper to 
core (see patch 7).
Then I was looking for possible other users of this helper. And 
apparently there are many of them, patches 3-7 shows some.


> 
> You want me to take this through te locking tree (for the next cycle,
> not this one) where I normally take atomic things or does someone else
> want this?

If you could take it I will be happy.

Regards
Andrzej