Paul Cassella wrote:
> > int atomic_read_and_clear(atomic_t *p)
> > {
> > int n = atomic_read(p);
> > atomic_sub(p, n);
> > return n;
> > }
>
> I don't think this will work; consider two callers doing the atomic_read()
> at the same time, or someone else doing an atomic_dec() after the
> atomic_read().
Oh yes, mea culpa, this is a terrible primitive, yet it works for this
application. 1) We don't have two callers 2) We only have atomic_inc
from the other processes, and it's ok for the atomic_inc to occur after
the atomic_read because that means the atomic_inc'er will then proceed
to up() the atomic_sub'ers semaphore, and it won't block.
I much preferred my original waiters = xchg(&sem.count, 0), but as noted
it doesn't work with sparc. A satisfying approach would be to create
the new primitive up_down, which simplifies everything dramatically.
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