On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 05:44:42PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 05:36:47PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > Can't we make an argument that these barrier calls are not required? The
> > memcpy() call already guarantees we emit the loads and its opaque so the
> > compiler cannot 'cache' the value. So I see not immediate reason for the
> > dual memory clobber.
>
> Oh wait, it needs to reassess the content of the target variable after
> the memcpy of course.
>
> Could we then at least make the 64bit case unconditional as well?
Like so.
---
include/linux/compiler.h | 16 ----------------
1 file changed, 16 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h
index 1b45e4a0519b..0e41ca0e5927 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler.h
@@ -192,29 +192,16 @@ void ftrace_likely_update(struct ftrace_branch_data *f, int val, int expect);
#include <uapi/linux/types.h>
-static __always_inline void data_access_exceeds_word_size(void)
-#ifdef __compiletime_warning
-__compiletime_warning("data access exceeds word size and won't be atomic")
-#endif
-;
-
-static __always_inline void data_access_exceeds_word_size(void)
-{
-}
-
static __always_inline void __read_once_size(const volatile void *p, void *res, int size)
{
switch (size) {
case 1: *(__u8 *)res = *(volatile __u8 *)p; break;
case 2: *(__u16 *)res = *(volatile __u16 *)p; break;
case 4: *(__u32 *)res = *(volatile __u32 *)p; break;
-#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
case 8: *(__u64 *)res = *(volatile __u64 *)p; break;
-#endif
default:
barrier();
__builtin_memcpy((void *)res, (const void *)p, size);
- data_access_exceeds_word_size();
barrier();
}
}
@@ -225,13 +212,10 @@ static __always_inline void __write_once_size(volatile void *p, void *res, int s
case 1: *(volatile __u8 *)p = *(__u8 *)res; break;
case 2: *(volatile __u16 *)p = *(__u16 *)res; break;
case 4: *(volatile __u32 *)p = *(__u32 *)res; break;
-#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
case 8: *(volatile __u64 *)p = *(__u64 *)res; break;
-#endif
default:
barrier();
__builtin_memcpy((void *)p, (const void *)res, size);
- data_access_exceeds_word_size();
barrier();
}
}
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