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Date: Wed, 31 May 2017 13:09:18 +0200
From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To: "Reshetova, Elena" <elena.reshetova@...el.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 1/3] refcount: Create unchecked atomic_t implementation
On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 10:45:09AM +0000, Reshetova, Elena wrote:
> > +static inline __must_check bool refcount_add_not_zero(unsigned int i,
> > +
> > refcount_t *r)
> > +{
> > + return atomic_add_return(i, &r->refs) != 0;
> > +}
>
> Maybe atomic_add_unless(&r->refs, i, 0) in order to be consistent with the below inc_not_zero implementation?
Yes, atomic_add_return() is strictly incorrect here since the add is
unconditional.
> > +static inline __must_check bool refcount_sub_and_test(unsigned int i,
> > +
> > refcount_t *r)
> > +{
> > + return atomic_sub_return(i, &r->refs) == 0;
> > +}
>
> Any reason for not using atomic_sub_and_test() here?
> > +static inline __must_check bool refcount_dec_and_test(refcount_t *r)
> > +{
> > + return atomic_dec_return(&r->refs) == 0;
> > +}
>
> Same here: atomic_dec_and_test()?
Both those are better because they return condition codes generated from
the operand itself.
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