linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/4] compiler-context-analysys: Add __cond

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Message-ID: <20260121190240.GL166857@noisy.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2026 20:02:40 +0100
From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To: Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>
Cc: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	bigeasy@...utronix.de, mingo@...nel.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
	will@...nel.org, boqun.feng@...il.com, longman@...hat.com,
	hch@....de, rostedt@...dmis.org, llvm@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/4] compiler-context-analysys: Add __cond_releases()

On Wed, Jan 21, 2026 at 07:35:14PM +0100, Marco Elver wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Jan 2026 at 18:55, Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org> wrote:
> >
> > On 1/21/26 3:07 AM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > > +#define __cond_releases(ret, x) __releases(x) __cond_acquires_impl_not_##ret(x)
> >
> > Since we have __cond_acquires() and __cond_acquires_shared(), how about
> > also adding a __cond_releases_shared() macro?
> 
> Since I'm a fan of less code, another option is to introduce it when
> needed. It's unlikely to be needed, and until then I'd prefer fewer
> lines of code to be included and maintained. Up to you.

Right, this was an on-demand thing. Lets add it when it becomes needed.