linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/5] locking/arch: Wire up local_try

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Message-ID: <20230412113231.GA628377@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:   Wed, 12 Apr 2023 13:32:31 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-alpha@...r.kernel.org, loongarch@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-mips@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        x86@...nel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@...aro.org>,
        Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@...assic.park.msu.ru>,
        Matt Turner <mattst88@...il.com>,
        Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@...nel.org>,
        WANG Xuerui <kernel@...0n.name>,
        Jiaxun Yang <jiaxun.yang@...goat.com>,
        Jun Yi <yijun@...ngson.cn>,
        Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>,
        Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/5] locking/arch: Wire up local_try_cmpxchg

On Wed, Apr 05, 2023 at 04:17:08PM +0200, Uros Bizjak wrote:
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/local.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/local.h
> index bc4bd19b7fc2..45492fb5bf22 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/local.h
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/local.h
> @@ -90,6 +90,17 @@ static __inline__ long local_cmpxchg(local_t *l, long o, long n)
>  	return t;
>  }
>  
> +static __inline__ bool local_try_cmpxchg(local_t *l, long *po, long n)
> +{
> +	long o = *po, r;
> +
> +	r = local_cmpxchg(l, o, n);
> +	if (unlikely(r != o))
> +		*po = r;
> +
> +	return likely(r == o);
> +}
> +

Why is the ppc one different from the rest? Why can't it use the
try_cmpxchg_local() fallback and needs to have it open-coded?