Re: [PATCH] counter: interrupt-cnt: Convert atomic_t -> atomic_long_t

From: Sverdlin, Alexander
Date: Fri May 02 2025 - 05:24:31 EST


Dear maintainers,

On Mon, 2025-03-31 at 17:22 +0200, A. Sverdlin wrote:
> From: Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Convert the internal counter type to atomic_long_t, which:
> - doesn't change much for existing in-tree users as they are 32-bit anyway
>   (stm32/i.MX6)
> - doesn't introduce performace penalty on 32-bit platforms
> - provides 64-bit resolution on 64-bit platforms with virtually no
>   preformance penalty
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@xxxxxxxxxxx>

I've noticed that the patch has been marked as "Changes Requested" in
the patchwork, could it be a mistake? Because I never received any
change request.

> ---
>  drivers/counter/interrupt-cnt.c | 8 ++++----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/counter/interrupt-cnt.c b/drivers/counter/interrupt-cnt.c
> index 949598d51575a..8df5457b0a076 100644
> --- a/drivers/counter/interrupt-cnt.c
> +++ b/drivers/counter/interrupt-cnt.c
> @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
>  #define INTERRUPT_CNT_NAME "interrupt-cnt"
>  
>  struct interrupt_cnt_priv {
> - atomic_t count;
> + atomic_long_t count;
>   struct gpio_desc *gpio;
>   int irq;
>   bool enabled;
> @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ static irqreturn_t interrupt_cnt_isr(int irq, void *dev_id)
>   struct counter_device *counter = dev_id;
>   struct interrupt_cnt_priv *priv = counter_priv(counter);
>  
> - atomic_inc(&priv->count);
> + atomic_long_inc(&priv->count);
>  
>   counter_push_event(counter, COUNTER_EVENT_CHANGE_OF_STATE, 0);
>  
> @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ static int interrupt_cnt_read(struct counter_device *counter,
>  {
>   struct interrupt_cnt_priv *priv = counter_priv(counter);
>  
> - *val = atomic_read(&priv->count);
> + *val = atomic_long_read(&priv->count);
>  
>   return 0;
>  }
> @@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ static int interrupt_cnt_write(struct counter_device *counter,
>   if (val != (typeof(priv->count.counter))val)
>   return -ERANGE;
>  
> - atomic_set(&priv->count, val);
> + atomic_long_set(&priv->count, val);
>  
>   return 0;
>  }

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Alexander Sverdlin
Siemens AG
www.siemens.com