On Tue, Jun 09, 2015 at 05:18:18PM +0530, Vineet Gupta wrote: Please try and provide at least _some_ Changelog body. <snip all atomic ops that return values> > diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/spinlock.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/spinlock.h > index b6a8c2dfbe6e..8af8eaad4999 100644 > --- a/arch/arc/include/asm/spinlock.h > +++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/spinlock.h > @@ -22,24 +22,32 @@ static inline void arch_spin_lock(arch_spinlock_t *lock) > { > unsigned int tmp = __ARCH_SPIN_LOCK_LOCKED__; > > + smp_mb(); > + > __asm__ __volatile__( > "1: ex %0, [%1] \n" > " breq %0, %2, 1b \n" > : "+&r" (tmp) > : "r"(&(lock->slock)), "ir"(__ARCH_SPIN_LOCK_LOCKED__) > : "memory"); > + > + smp_mb(); > } > > static inline int arch_spin_trylock(arch_spinlock_t *lock) > { > unsigned int tmp = __ARCH_SPIN_LOCK_LOCKED__; > > + smp_mb(); > + > __asm__ __volatile__( > "1: ex %0, [%1] \n" > : "+r" (tmp) > : "r"(&(lock->slock)) > : "memory"); > > + smp_mb(); > + > return (tmp == __ARCH_SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED__); > } > Both these are only required to provide an ACQUIRE barrier, if all you have is smp_mb(), the second is sufficient. Also note that a failed trylock is not required to provide _any_ barrier at all. > @@ -47,6 +55,8 @@ static inline void arch_spin_unlock(arch_spinlock_t *lock) > { > unsigned int tmp = __ARCH_SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED__; > > + smp_mb(); > + > __asm__ __volatile__( > " ex %0, [%1] \n" > : "+r" (tmp) This requires a RELEASE barrier, again, if all you have is smp_mb(), this is indeed correct. Describing some of this would make for a fine Changelog body :-) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-arch" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html