Re: [PATCH v3] sched/psi: fix memory barrier without comment warnings

From: Pintu Agarwal
Date: Sun Oct 06 2024 - 02:04:20 EST


On Sun, 6 Oct 2024 at 00:22, Christophe JAILLET
<christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Le 05/10/2024 à 19:45, Pintu Kumar a écrit :
> > These warnings were reported by checkpatch.
> > Fix them with minor changes.
> > No functional changes.
> >
> > WARNING: memory barrier without comment
> > + t = smp_load_acquire(trigger_ptr);
> >
> > WARNING: memory barrier without comment
> > + smp_store_release(&seq->private, new);
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Pintu Kumar <quic_pintu@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > ---
> > Changes in V3:
> > Removed signature of Joe as requested. No other change.
> > V2: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAOuPNLi1mUKW_vv0E6Ynzvdw_rHvCye+nAf2bWv6Qj9A8ofX1g@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> > Changes in V2:
> > Retain printk_deferred warnings as suggested by Joe Perches.
> > V1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/a848671f803ba2b4ab14b0f7b09f0f53a8dd1c4b.camel@xxxxxxxxxxx/
> > ---
> > kernel/sched/psi.c | 2 ++
> > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/kernel/sched/psi.c b/kernel/sched/psi.c
> > index 020d58967d4e..4e4ff12fdeae 100644
> > --- a/kernel/sched/psi.c
> > +++ b/kernel/sched/psi.c
> > @@ -1474,6 +1474,7 @@ __poll_t psi_trigger_poll(void **trigger_ptr,
> > if (static_branch_likely(&psi_disabled))
> > return DEFAULT_POLLMASK | EPOLLERR | EPOLLPRI;
> >
> > + /* Pairs with the smp_store_release in psi_write */
> > t = smp_load_acquire(trigger_ptr);
> > if (!t)
> > return DEFAULT_POLLMASK | EPOLLERR | EPOLLPRI;
> > @@ -1557,6 +1558,7 @@ static ssize_t psi_write(struct file *file, const char __user *user_buf,
> > return PTR_ERR(new);
> > }
> >
> > + /* Pairs with the smp_store_acquire in psi_trigger_poll */
>
> smp_load_acquire()?
> I would also add some () after the functions name, here and above.
>
Okay added () in comment for function name and sent v4.
Thank you so much for your review.

Thanks,
Pintu