Patch for drm-next WAS Re: [PATCH] kref: prefer atomic_inc_not_zero to atomic_add_unless

[Thomas Hellstrom]

Dave,

Since kref_get_unless_zero() was brought in by drm, could we add this to
drm-next?

Thanks,
Thomas


On 06/30/2016 12:52 AM, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> This was positively reviewed by maintainers but never picked up. Can
> someone queue this for 4.7 or 4.8?
>
> Thanks,
> Jason
>
> On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 10:53 PM, Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> This was positively reviewed but never picked up. Can someone queue
>> this for rc3?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jason
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 9:59 PM, Thomas Hellstrom <thellstrom@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Reviewed-by: Thomas Hellstrom <thellstrom@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 10/10/2015 12:56 PM, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
>>>> On most platforms, there exists this ifdef:
>>>>
>>>>  #define atomic_inc_not_zero(v) atomic_add_unless((v), 1, 0)
>>>>
>>>> This makes this patch functionally useless. However, on PPC, there is
>>>> actually an explicit definition of atomic_inc_not_zero with its own
>>>> assembly that is slightly more optimized than atomic_add_unless. So,
>>>> this patch changes kref to use atomic_inc_not_zero instead, for PPC and
>>>> any future platforms that might provide an explicit implementation.
>>>>
>>>> This also puts this usage of kref more in line with a verbatim reading
>>>> of the examples in Paul McKenney's paper [1] in the section titled "2.4
>>>> Atomic Counting With Check and Release Memory Barrier", which uses
>>>> atomic_inc_not_zero.
>>>>
>>>> [1] https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__open-2Dstd.org_jtc1_sc22_wg21_docs_papers_2007_n2167.pdf&d=BQIBAg&c=Sqcl0Ez6M0X8aeM67LKIiDJAXVeAw-YihVMNtXt-uEs&r=vpukPkBtpoNQp2IUKuFviOmPNYWVKmen3Jeeu55zmEA&m=z5Nd9sYiJMKiphNjyZp6XT5CbayXMBlcb903f260pDY&s=HEHX3CuXRs2GRRQWuC4Vef6iJMwdilKVRkiZgJpjEpA&e=
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>> ---
>>>>  include/linux/kref.h | 2 +-
>>>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/include/linux/kref.h b/include/linux/kref.h
>>>> index 484604d..83d1f94 100644
>>>> --- a/include/linux/kref.h
>>>> +++ b/include/linux/kref.h
>>>> @@ -166,6 +166,6 @@ static inline int kref_put_mutex(struct kref *kref,
>>>>   */
>>>>  static inline int __must_check kref_get_unless_zero(struct kref *kref)
>>>>  {
>>>> -     return atomic_add_unless(&kref->refcount, 1, 0);
>>>> +     return atomic_inc_not_zero(&kref->refcount);
>>>>  }
>>>>  #endif /* _KREF_H_ */