locking/atomic/bitops: Document and clarify ordering semantics for failed test_and_{}_bit()
A test_and_{}_bit() operation fails if the value of the bit is such that the modification does not take place. For example, if test_and_set_bit() returns 1. In these cases, follow the behaviour of cmpxchg and allow the operation to be unordered. This also applies to test_and_set_bit_lock() if the lock is found to be be taken already. Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1518528619-20049-1-git-send-email-will.deacon@arm.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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- RMW operations that have a return value are fully ordered.
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Except for test_and_set_bit_lock() which has ACQUIRE semantics and
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- RMW operations that are conditional are unordered on FAILURE,
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otherwise the above rules apply. In the case of test_and_{}_bit() operations,
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if the bit in memory is unchanged by the operation then it is deemed to have
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failed.
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Except for a successful test_and_set_bit_lock() which has ACQUIRE semantics and
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clear_bit_unlock() which has RELEASE semantics.
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Since a platform only has a single means of achieving atomic operations
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* @nr: Bit to set
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* @addr: Address to count from
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*
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* This operation is atomic and provides acquire barrier semantics.
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* This operation is atomic and provides acquire barrier semantics if
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* the returned value is 0.
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* It can be used to implement bit locks.
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*/
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#define test_and_set_bit_lock(nr, addr) test_and_set_bit(nr, addr)
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