Re: [PATCH 1/2] md: convert double atomic_inc() to atomic_add()

From: NeilBrown
Date: Thu Jun 02 2011 - 01:48:20 EST


On Thu, 2 Jun 2011 13:53:02 +0900 Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/md/md.c | 3 +--
> 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
> index aa640a85bb21..f210e42a56ca 100644
> --- a/drivers/md/md.c
> +++ b/drivers/md/md.c
> @@ -396,8 +396,7 @@ static void submit_flushes(struct work_struct *ws)
> * we reclaim rcu_read_lock
> */
> struct bio *bi;
> - atomic_inc(&rdev->nr_pending);
> - atomic_inc(&rdev->nr_pending);
> + atomic_add(2, &rdev->nr_pending);
> rcu_read_unlock();
> bi = bio_alloc_mddev(GFP_KERNEL, 0, mddev);
> bi->bi_end_io = md_end_flush;

Thanks, but I don't think I want this patch.
I'm happy having two separate 'atomic_inc' calls. I think it makes it a bit
clearer what is happening, and it is easier to search for all atomic_inc
calls.

NeilBrown
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