2017-10-24 01:28:14

by Kemi Wang

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] buffer: Avoid setting buffer bits that are already set



On 2017年10月24日 09:21, Andi Kleen wrote:
> kemi <[email protected]> writes:
>>
>> I'll see if I can find some
>>> time to implement the above in a nice way.
>>
>> Agree. Maybe something like test_and_set_bit() would be more suitable.
>
> test_and_set_bit is a very different operation for the CPU because
> it is atomic for both. But we want the initial read to not
> be atomic.
>

I meant to express the meaning of test before setting bit.
Apologize to make you confused.

> If you add special functions use a different variant that is only
> atomic for the set.
>
> -Andi
>

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