Re: [PATCH] Fixes for RCU handling of task_struct

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Andrew Morton wrote:

+static inline int get_task_struct_rcu(struct task_struct *t)
+{
+	int oldusage;
+
+	do {
+		oldusage = atomic_read(&t->usage);
+		if (oldusage == 0) {
+			return 0;
+		}
+	} while (cmpxchg(&t->usage.counter,
+		 oldusage, oldusage + 1) != oldusage);
+	return 1;
+}


arm (at least) does not implement cmpxchg.


Yes, and using atomic_t.counter in generic code is ugly, albeit
compatible with all current implementations.

I think Nick is working on patches which implement cmpxchg on all
architectures?


Yes, it is basically ready to go.

--
SUSE Labs, Novell Inc.

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