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SubjectRe: [PATCH v5 3.1.0-rc4-tip 18/26] uprobes: slot allocation.
* Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> [2011-09-27 14:37:59]:

> On Tue, 2011-09-20 at 17:33 +0530, Srikar Dronamraju wrote:
> > +static unsigned long xol_take_insn_slot(struct uprobes_xol_area *area)
> > +{
> > + unsigned long slot_addr, flags;
> > + int slot_nr;
> > +
> > + do {
> > + spin_lock_irqsave(&area->slot_lock, flags);
> > + slot_nr = find_first_zero_bit(area->bitmap, UINSNS_PER_PAGE);
> > + if (slot_nr < UINSNS_PER_PAGE) {
> > + __set_bit(slot_nr, area->bitmap);
> > + slot_addr = area->vaddr +
> > + (slot_nr * UPROBES_XOL_SLOT_BYTES);
> > + atomic_inc(&area->slot_count);
> > + }
> > + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&area->slot_lock, flags);
> > + if (slot_nr >= UINSNS_PER_PAGE)
> > + xol_wait_event(area);
> > +
> > + } while (slot_nr >= UINSNS_PER_PAGE);
> > +
> > + return slot_addr;
> > +}
>
> Why isn't a find_first_bit() + set_and_test_bit() not sufficient? That
> is, what do you need that lock for?

yes, we could do without the lock to.
Will do this in the next patchset.

--
Thanks and Regards
Srikar



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