docs/atomics: update comparison with Linux
Over time, some differences between QEMU and Linux atomics are getting smoothed. In particular, Linux grew atomic_fetch_or (and in general the differences regarding RMW operations were not described accurately) and smp_load_acquire/smp_store_release. Also, set_mb was renamed to smp_store_mb(). Include these changes in the documentation. Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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properly aligned.
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properly aligned.
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No barriers are implied by atomic_read/set in either Linux or QEMU.
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No barriers are implied by atomic_read/set in either Linux or QEMU.
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- most atomic read-modify-write operations in Linux return void;
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- atomic read-modify-write operations in Linux are of three kinds:
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in QEMU, all of them return the old value of the variable.
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atomic_OP returns void
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atomic_OP_return returns new value of the variable
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atomic_fetch_OP returns the old value of the variable
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atomic_cmpxchg returns the old value of the variable
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In QEMU, the second kind does not exist. Currently Linux has
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atomic_fetch_or only. QEMU provides and, or, inc, dec, add, sub.
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- different atomic read-modify-write operations in Linux imply
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- different atomic read-modify-write operations in Linux imply
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a different set of memory barriers; in QEMU, all of them enforce
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a different set of memory barriers; in QEMU, all of them enforce
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sequential consistency, which means they imply full memory barriers
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sequential consistency, which means they imply full memory barriers
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before and after the operation.
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before and after the operation.
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- Linux does not have an equivalent of atomic_mb_read() and
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- Linux does not have an equivalent of atomic_mb_set(). In particular,
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atomic_mb_set(). In particular, note that set_mb() is a little
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note that smp_store_mb() is a little weaker than atomic_mb_set().
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weaker than atomic_mb_set().
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atomic_mb_read() compiles to the same instructions as Linux's
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smp_load_acquire(), but this should be treated as an implementation
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detail. If required, QEMU might later add atomic_load_acquire() and
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atomic_store_release() macros.
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