From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
To: Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 17/32] arm: define __smp_xxx
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2016 11:12:44 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160103110158-mutt-send-email-mst@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160102112438.GU8644@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk>
On Sat, Jan 02, 2016 at 11:24:38AM +0000, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at 09:07:59PM +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > This defines __smp_xxx barriers for arm,
> > for use by virtualization.
> >
> > smp_xxx barriers are removed as they are
> > defined correctly by asm-generic/barriers.h
> >
> > This reduces the amount of arch-specific boiler-plate code.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
> > Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
>
> In combination with patch 14, this looks like it should result in no
> change to the resulting code.
>
> Acked-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
>
> My only concern is that it gives people an additional handle onto a
> "new" set of barriers - just because they're prefixed with __*
> unfortunately doesn't stop anyone from using it (been there with
> other arch stuff before.)
>
> I wonder whether we should consider making the smp memory barriers
> inline functions, so these __smp_xxx() variants can be undef'd
> afterwards, thereby preventing drivers getting their hands on these
> new macros?
That'd be tricky to do cleanly since asm-generic depends on
ifndef to add generic variants where needed.
But it would be possible to add a checkpatch test for this.
> --
> RMK's Patch system: http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/developer/patches/
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-01-03 9:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 106+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-12-31 19:05 [PATCH v2 00/34] arch: barrier cleanup + barriers for virt Michael S. Tsirkin
2015-12-31 19:05 ` [PATCH v2 01/32] lcoking/barriers, arch: Use smp barriers in smp_store_release() Michael S. Tsirkin
2015-12-31 19:05 ` [PATCH v2 02/32] asm-generic: guard smp_store_release/load_acquire Michael S. Tsirkin
2015-12-31 19:06 ` [PATCH v2 03/32] ia64: rename nop->iosapic_nop Michael S. Tsirkin
2015-12-31 19:06 ` [PATCH v2 04/32] ia64: reuse asm-generic/barrier.h Michael S. Tsirkin
2015-12-31 19:06 ` [PATCH v2 05/32] powerpc: " Michael S. Tsirkin
2015-12-31 19:06 ` [PATCH v2 06/32] s390: " Michael S. Tsirkin
2016-01-04 13:20 ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-01-04 15:03 ` Martin Schwidefsky
2016-01-04 20:42 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2016-01-05 8:03 ` Martin Schwidefsky
2016-01-04 20:34 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2015-12-31 19:06 ` [PATCH v2 07/32] sparc: " Michael S. Tsirkin
2015-12-31 19:43 ` David Miller
2015-12-31 19:06 ` [PATCH v2 08/32] arm: " Michael S. Tsirkin
2016-01-02 11:20 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2015-12-31 19:06 ` [PATCH v2 09/32] arm64: " Michael S. Tsirkin
2015-12-31 19:07 ` [PATCH v2 10/32] metag: " Michael S. Tsirkin
2016-01-04 23:24 ` James Hogan
2015-12-31 19:07 ` [PATCH v2 11/32] mips: " Michael S. Tsirkin
2016-01-04 13:26 ` Peter Zijlstra
2015-12-31 19:07 ` [PATCH v2 12/32] x86/um: " Michael S. Tsirkin
2016-01-05 23:12 ` Richard Weinberger
2015-12-31 19:07 ` [PATCH v2 13/32] x86: " Michael S. Tsirkin
2015-12-31 19:07 ` [PATCH v2 14/32] asm-generic: add __smp_xxx wrappers Michael S. Tsirkin
2015-12-31 19:07 ` [PATCH v2 15/32] powerpc: define __smp_xxx Michael S. Tsirkin
2016-01-05 1:36 ` Boqun Feng
2016-01-05 8:51 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2016-01-05 9:53 ` Boqun Feng
2016-01-05 16:16 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2016-01-06 1:51 ` Boqun Feng
2016-01-06 20:23 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2016-01-07 0:43 ` Boqun Feng
2015-12-31 19:07 ` [PATCH v2 16/32] arm64: " Michael S. Tsirkin
2015-12-31 19:07 ` [PATCH v2 17/32] arm: " Michael S. Tsirkin
2016-01-02 11:24 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2016-01-03 9:12 ` Michael S. Tsirkin [this message]
2016-01-04 13:36 ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-01-04 13:54 ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-01-04 13:59 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2016-01-05 14:38 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2016-01-04 20:39 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2016-01-04 20:12 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2015-12-31 19:08 ` [PATCH v2 18/32] blackfin: " Michael S. Tsirkin
2015-12-31 19:08 ` [PATCH v2 19/32] ia64: " Michael S. Tsirkin
2015-12-31 19:08 ` [PATCH v2 20/32] metag: " Michael S. Tsirkin
2016-01-04 13:41 ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-01-04 15:25 ` James Hogan
2016-01-04 15:30 ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-01-04 16:04 ` James Hogan
2016-01-05 0:09 ` James Hogan
2016-01-11 11:10 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2015-12-31 19:08 ` [PATCH v2 21/32] mips: " Michael S. Tsirkin
2015-12-31 19:08 ` [PATCH v2 22/32] s390: " Michael S. Tsirkin
2016-01-04 13:45 ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-01-04 20:18 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2016-01-05 8:13 ` Martin Schwidefsky
2016-01-05 9:30 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2016-01-05 12:08 ` Martin Schwidefsky
2016-01-05 13:04 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2016-01-05 14:21 ` Martin Schwidefsky
2016-01-05 15:39 ` Christian Borntraeger
2016-01-05 16:04 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2015-12-31 19:08 ` [PATCH v2 23/32] sh: define __smp_xxx, fix smp_store_mb for !SMP Michael S. Tsirkin
2015-12-31 19:08 ` [PATCH v2 24/32] sparc: define __smp_xxx Michael S. Tsirkin
2015-12-31 19:44 ` David Miller
2015-12-31 19:09 ` [PATCH v2 25/32] tile: " Michael S. Tsirkin
2015-12-31 19:09 ` [PATCH v2 26/32] xtensa: " Michael S. Tsirkin
2015-12-31 19:09 ` [PATCH v2 27/32] x86: " Michael S. Tsirkin
2015-12-31 19:09 ` [PATCH v2 28/32] asm-generic: implement virt_xxx memory barriers Michael S. Tsirkin
2015-12-31 19:09 ` [PATCH v2 29/32] Revert "virtio_ring: Update weak barriers to use dma_wmb/rmb" Michael S. Tsirkin
2015-12-31 19:09 ` [PATCH v2 31/32] sh: support a 2-byte smp_store_mb Michael S. Tsirkin
2016-01-04 14:05 ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-01-05 23:27 ` Rich Felker
2016-01-06 11:19 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2016-01-06 11:40 ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-01-06 11:52 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2016-01-06 14:32 ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-01-06 15:42 ` Rob Landley
2016-01-06 16:57 ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-01-06 20:21 ` Rob Landley
2016-01-06 18:57 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2016-01-06 18:23 ` Rich Felker
2016-01-06 20:23 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2016-01-06 23:53 ` Rich Felker
2016-01-07 13:37 ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-01-07 19:05 ` Rich Felker
2016-01-07 15:50 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2016-01-07 17:48 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2016-01-07 19:10 ` Rich Felker
2016-01-07 22:41 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2016-01-08 4:25 ` Rich Felker
2016-01-08 7:23 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2016-01-06 22:14 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2015-12-31 19:09 ` [PATCH v2 32/32] virtio_ring: use virt_store_mb Michael S. Tsirkin
2016-01-01 17:23 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2016-01-03 9:01 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2015-12-31 19:10 ` [PATCH v2 33/34] xenbus: use virt_xxx barriers Michael S. Tsirkin
2016-01-04 11:32 ` [Xen-devel] " David Vrabel
2016-01-04 12:03 ` Stefano Stabellini
2016-01-04 14:09 ` Peter Zijlstra
2015-12-31 19:10 ` [PATCH v2 34/34] xen/io: " Michael S. Tsirkin
2016-01-04 11:32 ` [Xen-devel] " David Vrabel
2016-01-04 12:05 ` Stefano Stabellini
2016-01-01 9:39 ` [PATCH v2 30/32] virtio_ring: update weak barriers to use __smp_xxx Michael S. Tsirkin
2016-01-01 10:21 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
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