Re: [RFC] block: change to use atomic_inc_return_release()

From: Jens Axboe
Date: Mon Nov 16 2015 - 22:38:44 EST


On 11/16/2015 08:24 PM, yalin wang wrote:
Some arch define this atomic_inc_return_release() OP.

That is a very vague commit message, you'll need a whole lot more than that... A commit message is supposed to describe the reason for the change. You provide no reason for the change.

diff --git a/block/bio.c b/block/bio.c
index fbc558b..b251857 100644
--- a/block/bio.c
+++ b/block/bio.c
@@ -310,8 +310,7 @@ static void bio_chain_endio(struct bio *bio, int error)
static inline void bio_inc_remaining(struct bio *bio)
{
bio->bi_flags |= (1 << BIO_CHAIN);
- smp_mb__before_atomic();
- atomic_inc(&bio->__bi_remaining);
+ atomic_inc_return_release(&bio->__bi_remaining);

Are these equivalent? Where's the documentation for this primitive? The previous code ensured that we ordered the dec of the remaining count with the update of the flags.

--
Jens Axboe

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