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SubjectRe: [linux-pm] [uclinux-dist-devel] freezer: should barriers be smp ?
On Wed, 13 Apr 2011, Mike Frysinger wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 17:05, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > On Wed 2011-04-13 17:02:45, Mike Frysinger wrote:
>
> >> then what's the diff between smp_rmb() and rmb() ?
> >>
> >> this is what i'm proposing:
> >> --- a/kernel/freezer.c
> >> +++ b/kernel/freezer.c
> >> @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ static inline void frozen_process(void)
> >>  {
> >>     if (!unlikely(current->flags & PF_NOFREEZE)) {
> >>         current->flags |= PF_FROZEN;
> >> -       wmb();
> >> +       smp_wmb();
> >>     }
> >>     clear_freeze_flag(current);
> >>  }
> >> @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ bool freeze_task(struct task_struct *p, bool sig_only)
> >>      * the task as frozen and next clears its TIF_FREEZE.
> >>      */
> >>     if (!freezing(p)) {
> >> -       rmb();
> >> +       smp_rmb();
> >>         if (frozen(p))
> >>             return false;
> >
> > smp_rmb() is NOP on uniprocessor.
> >
> > I believe the code is correct as is.
>
> that isnt what the code / documentation says. unless i'm reading them
> wrong, both seem to indicate that the proposed patch is what we
> actually want.

The existing code is correct but it isn't optimal.

wmb() and rmb() are heavy-duty operations, and you don't want to call
them when they aren't needed. That's exactly what smp_wmb() and
smp_rmb() are for -- they call wmb() and rmb(), but only in SMP
kernels.

Unless you need to synchronize with another processor (not necessarily
a CPU, it could be something embedded within a device), you should
always use smp_wmb() and smp_rmb() rather than wmb() and rmb().

Alan Stern

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