[PATCH] rxrpc_find_service_conn_rcu: use read_seqbegin() rather than read_seqbegin_or_lock()
Oleg Nesterov
oleg at redhat.com
Fri Oct 27 03:00:47 PDT 2023
On 10/27, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
>
> read_seqbegin_or_lock() makes no sense unless you make "seq" odd
> after the lockless access failed. See thread_group_cputime() as
> an example, note that it does nextseq = 1 for the 2nd round.
See also
[PATCH 1/2] seqlock: fix the wrong read_seqbegin_or_lock/need_seqretry documentation
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20231024120808.GA15382@redhat.com/
> So this code can use read_seqbegin() without changing the current
> behaviour.
I am trying to remove the misuse of read_seqbegin_or_lock(),
then I am going to turn need_seqretry() into
static inline int need_seqretry(seqlock_t *lock, int *seq)
{
int ret = !(*seq & 1) && read_seqretry(lock, *seq);
if (ret)
*seq = 1; /* make this counter odd */
return ret;
}
Oleg.
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