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@@ -45,29 +45,6 @@ long fails. The definition looks like :
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typedef struct { atomic_long_t a; } local_t;
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typedef struct { atomic_long_t a; } local_t;
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-* Rules to follow when using local atomic operations
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-- Variables touched by local ops must be per cpu variables.
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-- _Only_ the CPU owner of these variables must write to them.
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-- This CPU can use local ops from any context (process, irq, softirq, nmi, ...)
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- to update its local_t variables.
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-- Preemption (or interrupts) must be disabled when using local ops in
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- process context to make sure the process won't be migrated to a
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- different CPU between getting the per-cpu variable and doing the
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- actual local op.
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-- When using local ops in interrupt context, no special care must be
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- taken on a mainline kernel, since they will run on the local CPU with
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- preemption already disabled. I suggest, however, to explicitly
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- disable preemption anyway to make sure it will still work correctly on
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- -rt kernels.
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-- Reading the local cpu variable will provide the current copy of the
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- variable.
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-- Reads of these variables can be done from any CPU, because updates to
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- "long", aligned, variables are always atomic. Since no memory
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- synchronization is done by the writer CPU, an outdated copy of the
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- variable can be read when reading some _other_ cpu's variables.
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* Rules to follow when using local atomic operations
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* Rules to follow when using local atomic operations
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- Variables touched by local ops must be per cpu variables.
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- Variables touched by local ops must be per cpu variables.
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