ptr_ring: Remove now-redundant smp_read_barrier_depends()
authorAndrea Parri <parri.andrea@gmail.com>
Fri, 16 Feb 2018 11:06:13 +0000 (12:06 +0100)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Mon, 19 Feb 2018 16:11:16 +0000 (11:11 -0500)
Because READ_ONCE() now implies smp_read_barrier_depends(), the
smp_read_barrier_depends() in __ptr_ring_consume() is redundant;
this commit removes it and updates the comments.

Signed-off-by: Andrea Parri <parri.andrea@gmail.com>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
Cc: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
Cc: John Fastabend <john.fastabend@gmail.com>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: <netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
include/linux/ptr_ring.h

index b884b7794187ee4c007b512107c41b7fe5055516..ddfed1dce9369eaee3b18938eb088af9ae2be34f 100644 (file)
@@ -296,13 +296,14 @@ static inline void *__ptr_ring_consume(struct ptr_ring *r)
 {
        void *ptr;
 
+       /* The READ_ONCE in __ptr_ring_peek guarantees that anyone
+        * accessing data through the pointer is up to date. Pairs
+        * with smp_wmb in __ptr_ring_produce.
+        */
        ptr = __ptr_ring_peek(r);
        if (ptr)
                __ptr_ring_discard_one(r);
 
-       /* Make sure anyone accessing data through the pointer is up to date. */
-       /* Pairs with smp_wmb in __ptr_ring_produce. */
-       smp_read_barrier_depends();
        return ptr;
 }