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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/2] tracing/function-return-tracer: Make the function return tracer lockless
> So the answer to this is:
>
> i = index++;
> barrier();
> write to index i (not index);

That was my first thought when I wrote the original email,
but the disadvantage is that barrier() is a big hammer
that flushes everything and can make the code much worse.
That is why I suggested local_add_return() instead.

-Andi

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ak@linux.intel.com


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