[PATCH 11/18] seqcount: Introduce raw_write_seqcount_barrier()

[Peter Zijlstra]

Introduce raw_write_seqcount_barrier(), a new construct that can be
used to provide write barrier semantics in seqcount read loops instead
of the usual consistency guarantee.

Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Suggested-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 include/linux/seqlock.h |   42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+)

--- a/include/linux/seqlock.h
+++ b/include/linux/seqlock.h
@@ -233,6 +233,48 @@ static inline void raw_write_seqcount_en
 	s->sequence++;
 }
 
+/**
+ * raw_write_seqcount_barrier - do a seq write barrier
+ * @s: pointer to seqcount_t
+ *
+ * This can be used to provide an ordering guarantee instead of the
+ * usual consistency guarantee. It is one wmb cheaper, because we can
+ * collapse the two back-to-back wmb()s.
+ *
+ *      seqcount_t seq;
+ *      bool X = true, Y = false;
+ *
+ *      void read(void)
+ *      {
+ *              bool x, y;
+ *
+ *              do {
+ *                      int s = read_seqcount_begin(&seq);
+ *
+ *                      x = X; y = Y;
+ *
+ *              } while (read_seqcount_retry(&seq, s));
+ *
+ *              BUG_ON(!x && !y);
+ *      }
+ *
+ *      void write(void)
+ *      {
+ *              Y = true;
+ *
+ *              write_seqcount_begin(seq);
+ *              write_seqcount_end(seq);
+ *
+ *              X = false;
+ *      }
+ */
+static inline void raw_write_seqcount_barrier(seqcount_t *s)
+{
+	s->sequence++;
+	smp_wmb();
+	s->sequence++;
+}
+
 /*
  * raw_write_seqcount_latch - redirect readers to even/odd copy
  * @s: pointer to seqcount_t


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