[PATCH v3 2/4] locking/atomic/x86: Introduce arch_atomic64_read_nonatomic to x86_32

From: Uros Bizjak
Date: Wed Apr 10 2024 - 02:30:23 EST


Introduce arch_atomic64_read_nonatomic for 32-bit targets to load
the value from atomic64_t location in a non-atomic way. This
function is intended to be used in cases where a subsequent atomic
operation will handle the torn value, and can be used to prime the
first iteration of unconditional try_cmpxchg() loops.

Suggested-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
v2: New patch.
v3: Expand function comment.
---
arch/x86/include/asm/atomic64_32.h | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/atomic64_32.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/atomic64_32.h
index 11e817dab44a..bc76a88ae481 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/atomic64_32.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/atomic64_32.h
@@ -14,6 +14,32 @@ typedef struct {

#define ATOMIC64_INIT(val) { (val) }

+/*
+ * Read an atomic64_t non-atomically.
+ *
+ * This is intended to be used in cases where a subsequent atomic operation
+ * will handle the torn value, and can be used to prime the first iteration
+ * of unconditional try_cmpxchg() loops, e.g.:
+ *
+ * s64 val = arch_atomic64_read_nonatomic(v);
+ * do { } while (!arch_atomic64_try_cmpxchg(v, &val, val OP i);
+ *
+ * This is NOT safe to use where the value is not always checked by a
+ * subsequent atomic operation, such as in conditional try_cmpxchg() loops
+ * that can break before the atomic operation, e.g.:
+ *
+ * s64 val = arch_atomic64_read_nonatomic(v);
+ * do {
+ * if (condition(val))
+ * break;
+ * } while (!arch_atomic64_try_cmpxchg(v, &val, val OP i);
+ */
+static __always_inline s64 arch_atomic64_read_nonatomic(const atomic64_t *v)
+{
+ /* See comment in arch_atomic_read(). */
+ return __READ_ONCE(v->counter);
+}
+
#define __ATOMIC64_DECL(sym) void atomic64_##sym(atomic64_t *, ...)
#ifndef ATOMIC64_EXPORT
#define ATOMIC64_DECL_ONE __ATOMIC64_DECL
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