Re: [PATCH v2 cmpxchg 12/13] sh: Emulate one-byte cmpxchg

[John Paul Adrian Glaubitz]

Hi Paul,

On Wed, 2024-05-01 at 16:01 -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> Use the new cmpxchg_emu_u8() to emulate one-byte cmpxchg() on sh.
> 
> [ paulmck: Drop two-byte support per Arnd Bergmann feedback. ]
> [ paulmck: Apply feedback from Naresh Kamboju. ]
> [ Apply Geert Uytterhoeven feedback. ]
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: <linux-sh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/sh/Kconfig               | 1 +
>  arch/sh/include/asm/cmpxchg.h | 3 +++
>  2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/sh/Kconfig b/arch/sh/Kconfig
> index 2ad3e29f0ebec..f47e9ccf4efd2 100644
> --- a/arch/sh/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/sh/Kconfig
> @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ config SUPERH
>  	select ARCH_HIBERNATION_POSSIBLE if MMU
>  	select ARCH_MIGHT_HAVE_PC_PARPORT
>  	select ARCH_WANT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION
> +	select ARCH_NEED_CMPXCHG_1_EMU
>  	select CPU_NO_EFFICIENT_FFS
>  	select DMA_DECLARE_COHERENT
>  	select GENERIC_ATOMIC64
> diff --git a/arch/sh/include/asm/cmpxchg.h b/arch/sh/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
> index 5d617b3ef78f7..1e5dc5ccf7bf5 100644
> --- a/arch/sh/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
> +++ b/arch/sh/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
> @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
>  
>  #include <linux/compiler.h>
>  #include <linux/types.h>
> +#include <linux/cmpxchg-emu.h>
>  
>  #if defined(CONFIG_GUSA_RB)
>  #include <asm/cmpxchg-grb.h>
> @@ -56,6 +57,8 @@ static inline unsigned long __cmpxchg(volatile void * ptr, unsigned long old,
>  		unsigned long new, int size)
>  {
>  	switch (size) {
> +	case 1:
> +		return cmpxchg_emu_u8(ptr, old, new);
>  	case 4:
>  		return __cmpxchg_u32(ptr, old, new);
>  	}

Thanks for the patch. However, I don't quite understand its purpose.

There is already a case for 8-byte cmpxchg in the switch statement below:

        case 1:                                         \
                __xchg__res = xchg_u8(__xchg_ptr, x);   \
                break;

Does cmpxchg_emu_u8() have any advantages over the native xchg_u8()?

Thanks,
Adrian

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