Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 6 Mar 2023 12:22:40 +0100 | From | Peter Zijlstra <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v4 05/12] this_cpu_cmpxchg: x86: switch this_cpu_cmpxchg to locked, add _local function |
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On Sun, Mar 05, 2023 at 10:37:02AM -0300, Marcelo Tosatti wrote: > Goal is to have vmstat_shepherd to transfer from > per-CPU counters to global counters remotely. For this, > an atomic this_cpu_cmpxchg is necessary. > > Following the kernel convention for cmpxchg/cmpxchg_local, > change x86's this_cpu_cmpxchg_ helpers to be atomic. > and add this_cpu_cmpxchg_local_ helpers which are not atomic.
Urgh.. much hate for this. this_cpu_*() is local, per definition, always.
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