[PATCH v19 0/7] ring-buffer: Making persistent ring buffers robust

[Masami Hiramatsu (Google)]

On Mon, 11 May 2026 12:29:43 -0400
Steven Rostedt <rostedt at kernel.org> wrote:

> On Thu, 7 May 2026 13:14:16 +0900
> Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat at kernel.org> wrote:
> 
> > > I'll test this some more, and make a proper patch.  
> > 
> > Ah, indeed. Thanks for fixing!
> > 
> > BTW, shouldn't we unify common logic of those functions?
> 
> Hmm, there's not much common between the two. One is a consuming read and
> the other is a non-consuming read that needs to test for a bunch of race
> conditions.
> 
> If you see something that can be shared, I'm all for it.

Maybe we can introduce a common inline function to calculate
max_loop, or at least replacing "3" with a common macro.

Thank you,


> 
> -- Steve


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Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat at kernel.org>