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SubjectRe: [PATCH] ARC: remove redundant READ_ONCE() in cmpxchg loop
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On 3/18/22 19:03, Bang Li wrote:
> This patch reverts commit 7082a29c22ac ("ARC: use ACCESS_ONCE in cmpxchg
> loop").
>
> It is not necessary to use READ_ONCE() because cmpxchg contains barrier. We
> can get it from commit d57f727264f1 ("ARC: add compiler barrier to LLSC
> based cmpxchg").
>
> Signed-off-by: Bang Li <libang.linuxer@gmail.com>

Indeed this is not needed. However have you checked the code with and/wo
this change to see if it builds the same.

-Vineet

> ---
> arch/arc/kernel/smp.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/smp.c b/arch/arc/kernel/smp.c
> index 78e6d069b1c1..56c23f3e1309 100644
> --- a/arch/arc/kernel/smp.c
> +++ b/arch/arc/kernel/smp.c
> @@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ static void ipi_send_msg_one(int cpu, enum ipi_msg_type msg)
> * and read back old value
> */
> do {
> - new = old = READ_ONCE(*ipi_data_ptr);
> + new = old = *ipi_data_ptr;
> new |= 1U << msg;
> } while (cmpxchg(ipi_data_ptr, old, new) != old);
>

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