The patch titled fix asm constraints in i386 atomic_add_return has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was fix-asm-constraints-in-i386-atomic_add_return.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: fix asm constraints in i386 atomic_add_return From: Duncan Sands <baldrick@xxxxxxx> Since v->counter is both read and written, it should be an output as well as an input for the asm. The current code only gets away with this because counter is volatile. Also, according to Documents/atomic_ops.txt, atomic_add_return should provide a memory barrier, in particular a compiler barrier, so the asm should be marked as clobbering memory. Test case: #include <stdio.h> typedef struct { int counter; } atomic_t; /* NB: no "volatile" */ #define ATOMIC_INIT(i) { (i) } #define atomic_read(v) ((v)->counter) static __inline__ int atomic_add_return(int i, atomic_t *v) { int __i = i; __asm__ __volatile__( "lock; xaddl %0, %1;" :"=r"(i) :"m"(v->counter), "0"(i)); /* __asm__ __volatile__( "lock; xaddl %0, %1" :"+r" (i), "+m" (v->counter) : : "memory"); */ return i + __i; } int main (void) { atomic_t a = ATOMIC_INIT(0); int x; x = atomic_add_return (1, &a); if ((x!=1) || (atomic_read(&a)!=1)) printf("fail: %i, %i\n", x, atomic_read(&a)); } Signed-off-by: Duncan Sands <baldrick@xxxxxxx> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx> Acked-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> --- include/asm-i386/atomic.h | 6 +++--- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff -puN include/asm-i386/atomic.h~fix-asm-constraints-in-i386-atomic_add_return include/asm-i386/atomic.h --- a/include/asm-i386/atomic.h~fix-asm-constraints-in-i386-atomic_add_return +++ a/include/asm-i386/atomic.h @@ -187,9 +187,9 @@ static __inline__ int atomic_add_return( /* Modern 486+ processor */ __i = i; __asm__ __volatile__( - LOCK_PREFIX "xaddl %0, %1;" - :"=r"(i) - :"m"(v->counter), "0"(i)); + LOCK_PREFIX "xaddl %0, %1" + :"+r" (i), "+m" (v->counter) + : : "memory"); return i + __i; #ifdef CONFIG_M386 _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from baldrick@xxxxxxx are - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html