Re: [PATCH 3/3] bitops.h: set_mask_bits() to return old value

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 04:26:27PM -0800, Vineet Gupta wrote:

> @@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ static __always_inline void __assign_bit(long nr, volatile unsigned long *addr,
>  		new__ = (old__ & ~mask__) | bits__;		\
>  	} while (cmpxchg(ptr, old__, new__) != old__);		\

diff --git a/include/linux/bitops.h b/include/linux/bitops.h
index 705f7c442691..2060d26a35f5 100644
--- a/include/linux/bitops.h
+++ b/include/linux/bitops.h
@@ -241,10 +241,10 @@ static __always_inline void __assign_bit(long nr, volatile unsigned long *addr,
 	const typeof(*(ptr)) mask__ = (mask), bits__ = (bits);	\
 	typeof(*(ptr)) old__, new__;				\
 								\
+	old__ = READ_ONCE(*(ptr));				\
 	do {							\
-		old__ = READ_ONCE(*(ptr));			\
 		new__ = (old__ & ~mask__) | bits__;		\
-	} while (cmpxchg(ptr, old__, new__) != old__);		\
+	} while (!try_cmpxchg(ptr, &old__, new__));		\
 								\
 	new__;							\
 })


While there you probably want something like the above... although,
looking at it now, we seem to have 'forgotten' to add try_cmpxchg to the
generic code :/




[Index of Archives]     [Linux ARM Kernel]     [Linux ARM]     [Linux Omap]     [Fedora ARM]     [IETF Annouce]     [Bugtraq]     [Linux OMAP]     [Linux MIPS]     [eCos]     [Asterisk Internet PBX]     [Linux API]

  Powered by Linux