On Wed, Jul 06, 2016 at 11:17:10AM +0900, Byungchul Park wrote:
>
> lock(A)
> wait_for(B)
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <- serialized by atomic operation
> lock(A)
> unlock(A)
> wake(B)
> unlock(A)
By the way, I have a question. Is there anyone who could answer it?
I want to serialize between two context's lock operations, for example,
context A context B
-------------- --------------
lock A
lock B ...
lock C
atomic_inc_return
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <- serialization
atomic_read
lock D
... lock E
lock F
so that we can see these in the order like A -> B -> C -> D -> E -> F.
atomic_inc_return() is used after lock C in context A, and atomic_read()
is used before lock D in context B. And I want to make it serialized when
the atomic_read() can see the increased value.
Can I use smp_mb__after_atomic() just after atomic_read() or should I use
smp_mb()? I think anyway I have to choose one of them for that ordering.
Thank you,
Byungchul
