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SubjectRe: [PATCH REBASED 3/6] s390: Add __down_read_killable()
On Sat, 30 Sep 2017 11:20:02 +0200
Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 07:06:18PM +0300, Kirill Tkhai wrote:
> > Similar to __down_write_killable(), and read killable primitive.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai@virtuozzo.com>
> > ---
> > arch/s390/include/asm/rwsem.h | 18 ++++++++++++++++--
> > 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/rwsem.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/rwsem.h
>
> FWIW, while looking into this patch I realized that we never optimized our
> rwsem primitives to make use of new atomic instructions.
>
> The generic rwsem header file however does, since it uses atomic ops which
> we did optimize. Even when compiling for old machines the generic version
> generates better code. Therefore I will remove the 15 years old s390
> implementation and switch to the generic version instead.

Take care not to conflict with the queued spinlock/rwlock patches on the
features branch.

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/s390/linux.git/commit/?h=features&id=eb3b7b848fb3dd00f7a57d633d4ae4d194aa7865

Me thinks that what you have in mind is already done.

--
blue skies,
Martin.

"Reality continues to ruin my life." - Calvin.

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