Re: [PATCH 10/13] atomics/powerpc: define atomic64_fetch_add_unless()

From: Michael Ellerman
Date: Wed May 23 2018 - 20:57:12 EST


Hi Mark,

Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx> writes:
> As a step towards unifying the atomic/atomic64/atomic_long APIs, this
> patch converts the arch/powerpc implementation of atomic64_add_unless()
> into an implementation of atomic64_fetch_add_unless().
>
> A wrapper in <linux/atomic.h> will build atomic_add_unless() atop of
> this, provided it is given a preprocessor definition.
>
> No functional change is intended as a result of this patch.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/powerpc/include/asm/atomic.h | 9 +++++----
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/atomic.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/atomic.h
> index b5646c079c16..233dbf31911c 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/atomic.h
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/atomic.h
> @@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ static __inline__ long atomic64_dec_if_positive(atomic64_t *v)
> #define atomic64_xchg_relaxed(v, new) xchg_relaxed(&((v)->counter), (new))
>
> /**
> - * atomic64_add_unless - add unless the number is a given value
> + * atomic64_fetch_add_unless - add unless the number is a given value
> * @v: pointer of type atomic64_t
> * @a: the amount to add to v...
> * @u: ...unless v is equal to u.
> @@ -533,13 +533,13 @@ static __inline__ long atomic64_dec_if_positive(atomic64_t *v)
> * Atomically adds @a to @v, so long as it was not @u.
> * Returns the old value of @v.

Comment was wrong, but is right now. Win.

> */
> -static __inline__ int atomic64_add_unless(atomic64_t *v, long a, long u)
> +static __inline__ long atomic64_fetch_add_unless(atomic64_t *v, long a, long u)
> {
> long t;
>
> __asm__ __volatile__ (
> PPC_ATOMIC_ENTRY_BARRIER
> -"1: ldarx %0,0,%1 # atomic_fetch_add_unless\n\
> +"1: ldarx %0,0,%1 # atomic64_fetch_add_unless\n\
> cmpd 0,%0,%3 \n\
> beq 2f \n\
> add %0,%2,%0 \n"

We overwrite t here with the new value ...

> @@ -552,8 +552,9 @@ static __inline__ int atomic64_add_unless(atomic64_t *v, long a, long u)

But then in the context above here we do:

" subf %0,%2,%0 \n\

Which puts the old value back into t.

> : "r" (&v->counter), "r" (a), "r" (u)
> : "cc", "memory");
>
> - return t != u;
> + return t;

ie. this is correct.

I'm not sure why we wrote it that way, to add and then subtract, but
that's not your problem.

So LGTM.

Acked-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

cheers