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Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/errseq.c | 23 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/lib/errseq.c b/lib/errseq.c index df782418b333..81f9e33aa7e7 100644 --- a/lib/errseq.c +++ b/lib/errseq.c @@ -111,27 +111,22 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(errseq_set); * errseq_sample() - Grab current errseq_t value. * @eseq: Pointer to errseq_t to be sampled. * - * This function allows callers to sample an errseq_t value, marking it as - * "seen" if required. + * This function allows callers to initialise their errseq_t variable. + * If the error has been "seen", new callers will not see an old error. + * If there is an unseen error in @eseq, the caller of this function will + * see it the next time it checks for an error. * + * Context: Any context. * Return: The current errseq value. */ errseq_t errseq_sample(errseq_t *eseq) { errseq_t old = READ_ONCE(*eseq); - errseq_t new = old; - /* - * For the common case of no errors ever having been set, we can skip - * marking the SEEN bit. Once an error has been set, the value will - * never go back to zero. - */ - if (old != 0) { - new |= ERRSEQ_SEEN; - if (old != new) - cmpxchg(eseq, old, new); - } - return new; + /* If nobody has seen this error yet, then we can be the first. */ + if (!(old & ERRSEQ_SEEN)) + old = 0; + return old; } EXPORT_SYMBOL(errseq_sample); |