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Date:   Mon, 23 Oct 2023 22:49:36 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 2/2] lib/test_bitmap: add tests for
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On Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 03:50:42PM +0200, Alexander Potapenko wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 1:32 PM Andy Shevchenko
> <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 12:23:27PM +0200, Alexander Potapenko wrote:

...

> > > +                             val = bitmap_read(bitmap, i, nbits);
> > > +                             (void)val;
> >
> > Is it marked with __must_check? Otherwise why do we need this?
> 
> That was a weak attempt to prevent the compiler from completely
> optimizing away the bitmap_read() calls, but I haven't really looked
> at the result.
> The reality is that even with this check the calls are deleted, and
> the size of the function is only 68 bytes.
> Replacing the val assignment with a WRITE_ONCE() actually ensures the
> bitmap_read() calls are not deleted:
> 
> diff --git a/lib/test_bitmap.c b/lib/test_bitmap.c
> index ba567f53feff1..ae57ae48ef3ad 100644
> --- a/lib/test_bitmap.c
> +++ b/lib/test_bitmap.c
> @@ -1360,8 +1360,7 @@ static void __init test_bitmap_read_perf(void)
>                         for (i = 0; i < TEST_BIT_LEN; i++) {
>                                 if (i + nbits > TEST_BIT_LEN)
>                                         break;
> -                               val = bitmap_read(bitmap, i, nbits);
> -                               (void)val;
> +                               WRITE_ONCE(val, bitmap_read(bitmap, i, nbits));
>                         }
>                 }
>         }

Okay, whatever you choose, please add a comment explaining this.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko