Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 24 Oct 2013 12:14:58 +0200 (CEST) | From | Thomas Gleixner <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] qrwlock: A queue read/write lock implementation |
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On Wed, 23 Oct 2013, Waiman Long wrote: > On 10/23/2013 08:00 AM, walken@google.com wrote: > > > + /* > > > + * Wait until the next one in queue set up the next field > > > + */ > > > + while (likely(!(next = ACCESS_ONCE(node->next)))) > > > + cpu_relax(); > > > + /* > > > + * The next one in queue is now at the head > > > + */ > > > +notify_next: > > > + barrier(); > > > + ACCESS_ONCE(next->wait) = false; > > > + smp_wmb(); > > > +} > > I believe this could be unified with mspin_lock() / mspin_unlock() in > > kernel/mutex.c ? (there is already talk of extending these functions > > to be used by rwsem for adaptive spinning as well...) > > It probably can, but the unification can wait until the code are in.
The unification has to be done as a part of this series. Cleanups are part of the development process of new code and not an optional feature.
Thanks,
tglx
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