[PATCH v2] arch/powerpc/include/asm/barrier.h: redefine rmb and wmb to lwsync
Kautuk Consul
kconsul at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Wed Feb 22 20:46:54 AEDT 2023
>
> Reviewed-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy at csgroup.eu>
Thanks!
>
> > ---
> > arch/powerpc/include/asm/barrier.h | 7 +++++++
> > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/barrier.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/barrier.h
> > index b95b666f0374..e088dacc0ee8 100644
> > --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/barrier.h
> > +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/barrier.h
> > @@ -36,8 +36,15 @@
> > * heavy-weight sync, so smp_wmb() can be a lighter-weight eieio.
> > */
> > #define __mb() __asm__ __volatile__ ("sync" : : : "memory")
> > +
> > +/* The sub-arch has lwsync. */
> > +#if defined(CONFIG_PPC64) || defined(CONFIG_PPC_E500MC)
> > +#define __rmb() __asm__ __volatile__ ("lwsync" : : : "memory")
> > +#define __wmb() __asm__ __volatile__ ("lwsync" : : : "memory")
>
> I'd have preferred with 'asm volatile' though.
Sorry about that! That wasn't the intent of this patch.
Probably another patch series should change this manner of #defining
assembly.
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