On 07/21, Andrew Morton wrote:
>
> On Sat, 21 Jul 2007 19:02:06 +0400 Oleg Nesterov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Make sure that spin_unlock_wait() is properly ordered wrt atomic_inc().
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > --- t/net/dccp/ccid.c~ccid 2006-12-18 18:17:31.000000000 +0300
> > +++ t/net/dccp/ccid.c 2007-07-21 18:29:21.000000000 +0400
> > @@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ static inline void ccids_write_unlock(vo
> > static inline void ccids_read_lock(void)
> > {
> > atomic_inc(&ccids_lockct);
> > + smp_mb__after_atomic_inc();
> > spin_unlock_wait(&ccids_lock);
> > }
> >
>
> Why not just use standard rwlocks in there?
>
> (This is probably an FAQ, but it should be).
Perhaps because read_lock() doesn't allow to sleep?
Oleg.
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