On Thu, May 01, 2014 at 09:44:39AM +0100, Mel Gorman wrote: > +void set_pfnblock_flags_group(struct page *page, unsigned long flags, > + unsigned long end_bitidx, > + unsigned long nr_flag_bits, > + unsigned long mask) > { > struct zone *zone; > unsigned long *bitmap; > + unsigned long pfn, bitidx, word_bitidx; > + unsigned long old_word, new_word; > + > + BUILD_BUG_ON(NR_PAGEBLOCK_BITS != 4); > > zone = page_zone(page); > pfn = page_to_pfn(page); > bitmap = get_pageblock_bitmap(zone, pfn); > bitidx = pfn_to_bitidx(zone, pfn); > + word_bitidx = bitidx / BITS_PER_LONG; > + bitidx &= (BITS_PER_LONG-1); > + > VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!zone_spans_pfn(zone, pfn), page); > > + bitidx += end_bitidx; > + mask <<= (BITS_PER_LONG - bitidx - 1); > + flags <<= (BITS_PER_LONG - bitidx - 1); > + > + do { > + old_word = ACCESS_ONCE(bitmap[word_bitidx]); > + new_word = (old_word & ~mask) | flags; > + } while (cmpxchg(&bitmap[word_bitidx], old_word, new_word) != old_word); > } You could write it like: word = ACCESS_ONCE(bitmap[word_bitidx]); for (;;) { old_word = cmpxchg(&bitmap[word_bitidx], word, (word & ~mask) | flags); if (word == old_word); break; word = old_word; } It has a slightly tighter loop by avoiding the read being included. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html