Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 9 Dec 2022 20:58:18 +0200 | From | Andy Shevchenko <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/5] linux/minmax.h: add non-atomic version of xchg |
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On Fri, Dec 09, 2022 at 08:56:28PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > On Fri, Dec 09, 2022 at 04:48:39PM +0100, Andrzej Hajda wrote:
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> > I hope there will be place for such tiny helper in kernel. > > Quick cocci analyze shows there is probably few thousands places > > where it could be used, of course I do not intend to do it :). > > > > I was not sure where to put this macro, I hope near swap definition > > is the most suitable place. > > Ah, swap() in this context is not the same. minmax.h hosts it because > it's often related to the swap function in the sort-type algorithms. > > > Moreover sorry if to/cc is not correct - get_maintainers.pl was > > more confused than me, to who address this patch. > > ... > > > include/linux/minmax.h | 14 ++++++++++++++ > > Does it really suit this header? I would expect something else.
> Maybe include/linux/non-atomic/xchg.h, dunno.
It may become a candidate to host io-64 non-atomic versions and other non-atomic generic headers...
> Btw, have you looked if Ingo's gigantic series have done anything to cmpxchg.h > and related headers? Maybe some ideas can be taken from there?
-- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko
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