[PATCH V2 1/5] asm-generic: ticket-lock: New generic ticket-based spinlock

[Guo Ren]

On Sat, Mar 19, 2022 at 7:52 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb.de> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Mar 19, 2022 at 4:54 AM <guoren at kernel.org> wrote:
> >  /*
> > - * You need to implement asm/spinlock.h for SMP support. The generic
> > - * version does not handle SMP.
> > + * Using ticket-spinlock.h as generic for SMP support.
> >   */
> >  #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
> > -#error need an architecture specific asm/spinlock.h
> > +#include <asm-generic/ticket-lock.h>
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_QUEUED_RWLOCKS
> > +#include <asm-generic/qrwlock.h>
> > +#else
> > +#error Please select ARCH_USE_QUEUED_RWLOCKS in architecture Kconfig
> > +#endif
> >  #endif
>
> There is no need for the !CONFIG_SMP case, as asm/spinlock.h only ever
> gets included for SMP builds in the first place. This was already a mistake
> in the existing code, but your change would be the time to fix it.
>
> I would also drop the !CONFIG_QUEUED_RWLOCKS case, just include
> it unconditionally. If any architecture wants the ticket spinlock in
> combination with a custom rwlock, they can simply include the
> asm-generic/ticket-lock.h from their asm/spinlock.h, but more
> likely any architecture that can use the ticket spinlock will also
> want the qrwlock anyway.
I agree, !CONFIG_SMP & !CONFIG_QUEUED_RWLOCKS are unnecessary.

@Palmer, you could pick back the series, thx.

>
>      Arnd



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 Guo Ren

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