percpu: update local_ops.txt to reflect this_cpu operations
Update the documentation to reflect changes due to the availability of this_cpu operations. Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com> Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ to implement them for any given architecture and shows how they can be used
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properly. It also stresses on the precautions that must be taken when reading
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those local variables across CPUs when the order of memory writes matters.
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Note that local_t based operations are not recommended for general kernel use.
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Please use the this_cpu operations instead unless there is really a special purpose.
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Most uses of local_t in the kernel have been replaced by this_cpu operations.
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this_cpu operations combine the relocation with the local_t like semantics in
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a single instruction and yield more compact and faster executing code.
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* Purpose of local atomic operations
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@ -87,10 +92,10 @@ the per cpu variable. For instance :
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local_inc(&get_cpu_var(counters));
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put_cpu_var(counters);
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If you are already in a preemption-safe context, you can directly use
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__get_cpu_var() instead.
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If you are already in a preemption-safe context, you can use
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this_cpu_ptr() instead.
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local_inc(&__get_cpu_var(counters));
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local_inc(this_cpu_ptr(&counters));
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{
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/* Increment the counter from a non preemptible context */
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printk("Increment on cpu %d\n", smp_processor_id());
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local_inc(&__get_cpu_var(counters));
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local_inc(this_cpu_ptr(&counters));
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/* This is what incrementing the variable would look like within a
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* preemptible context (it disables preemption) :
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