On Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at 08:11:23AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > * Paul E. McKenney <paul...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote: > > > diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h > > index 357b32aaea48..5fdfe874229e 100644 > > --- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h > > +++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h > > @@ -1175,11 +1175,11 @@ do { \ > > * if the UNLOCK and LOCK are executed by the same CPU or if the > > * UNLOCK and LOCK operate on the same lock variable. > > */ > > -#ifdef CONFIG_PPC > > +#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_WEAK_RELACQ > > #define smp_mb__after_unlock_lock() smp_mb() /* Full ordering for > > lock. */ > > -#else /* #ifdef CONFIG_PPC */ > > +#else /* #ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_WEAK_RELACQ */ > > #define smp_mb__after_unlock_lock() do { } while (0) > > -#endif /* #else #ifdef CONFIG_PPC */ > > +#endif /* #else #ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_WEAK_RELACQ */ > > > > > > So at the risk of sounding totally pedantic, why not structure it like the > existing smp_mb__before/after*() primitives in barrier.h? > > That allows asm-generic/barrier.h to pick up the definition - for example in > the > case of smp_acquire__after_ctrl_dep() we do: > > #ifndef smp_acquire__after_ctrl_dep > #define smp_acquire__after_ctrl_dep() smp_rmb() > #endif > > Which allows Tile to relax it: > > arch/tile/include/asm/barrier.h:#define smp_acquire__after_ctrl_dep() > barrier() > > I.e. I'd move the API definition out of rcupdate.h and into barrier.h - even > though tree-RCU is the only user of this barrier type.
I wouldn't have any problem with that, however, some time back it was moved into RCU because (you guessed it!) RCU is the only user. ;-) Thanx, Paul